Personal Gripes

• We don't worship the devil. Really, we don't." Two things bother me about this.
  
  
  
  1. You can repeat this until you're blue in the face for all the good it does. Silly Wiccans, you're overlooking the fact that anyone non-Xian, by definition, is misguided and worships the devil. [And if you can't see the humor in that, then I will clarify: no, I'm not a Xian.] You're not changing any minds here, no matter how many times you repeat the Rede. Especially if you insist on arguing with the Xians over what a lie their religion is!
  
  2. Some of the most talented adepts I've ever met are left-handers. It's sickeningly arrogant to assume that all witches are, in fact, White Wiccans just like [insert fluffy author here] tells you to be. There are Real WitchesTM who worship Satan. There are even athiest witches who don't believe in karma. The other pagans are sick and tired of reading dire warnings about the threefold law and the ethics of love spells. It's been said a thousand times already, and it still only applies to the Wiccans, so get out of the way -- some people are trying to practice serious hexcraft and blood sacrifice out here.
  
  
• Hecate was not a beautiful scantily-clad maiden dancing through the flowers with elves and faeries. She had three heads.
  
  
• "As above, so below!" Do you even know where that phrase came from? It was originally found on a Greek burial stone. Not an astrology chart or a karma wheel. A burial stone. Think about it. ("Have fun down there, you lady's man!")
  
  
  
  
• "I need some thyme for this and some sage for that...." Herbs have been used in witchcraft for thousands of years -- but no one seems to realize why. The origins of this were a) as offerings burnt to the gods, b) to provide smoke from which the spirits could form material bodies, and c) as poisons, balms, or psychedelics (or, in the case of the flying broomstick/phallus, all three at once).
  
  This happy-go-lucky "my love spell needs rose petals" attitude is a far cry from the original stuff. (By the way, if you think that using herbs to heal makes someone a witch, you should probably read this page.)

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