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Stagnation

In all of your talk about spiritual growth, there's a good chance you're scared $#17less of actually facing a challenge. You cleanse and ward your house obsessively, create psychic shields, and avoid facing your inner demons with layers of denial. In fact, there's a good chance that you've rationalized every bit of this page as you read it so as not to face what I'm saying.

("This person doesn't know what they're talking about, so I shouldn't take it seriously," "This doesn't apply to me, just those OTHER people," "Ha! They just contradicted themselves, they must be Christian!")

And for now a side rant -- You know what?

I AM TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Anyone who comes to this webpage
intending to snicker at how wrong it is
or to get angry at the Stupid Fundie
is one of the people I'm talking about.

Do I mention crystal-hugging New Age
mental case flakes on this page
a n y w h e r e ? NO.
And yet, people keep mentioning them.
"Agreeing" with me, for God's sake...
-- too dense to realize that
I'm talking about THEM.

[I now return you to your regularly scheduled rant...]
"Witches don't have any more psychic powers than any other person, we're just more in tune with the Earth." Um... what??? Just because [insert fluffy author here] has redefined the title "witch" for any unambitious preteen to claim, doesn't mean you should scrap the flashy definition that has been around for centuries. There's a huge difference between having mystical abilities and having a religion. Or to put it another way, just because you're Christian doesn't mean you know how to turn water into wine.

I'm also rather sick of the assumption that your religion has to be "nature-based" to be a witch. I don't have religion or respect for nature (I'll choose toilet paper over mosquitoes any day) and yet I'm still a witch ("Gasp! Oh, the heresy!").
"Magick isn't what Hollywood portrays it as. We don't levitate objects or flash fire from our fingers." Well why the hell not? "Because magick is just a subtle force underneath everything that I can bend to my will, a little... okay, not much, really.... ummm... uh.... Sometimes I dream of the future and stuff..." Fluffy fluffy fluffy. You've been brainwashed into recognising that everyone's definition of magic has always been wrong, too. It was never anything spectacular, it's just drawing circles on the ground and lighting candles. But if you've subtly threatened someone with how spooky you are, you'd rather not let them know that your version of Wiccan magick involves something that sounds like really fancy prayer.
"But this so-called 'fluffy' stuff is a step to higher magick!" Have you ever met a fellow Wiccan who practiced high magick? The HP/S of your circle, maybe? No? How about high magick webpages, instead of some Wiccan's rambling about how oppressed they are? Any how-to books on the subject in your local newage shop? No? Of course not -- they wouldn't sell. Magic takes discipline, and neopagans would much rather be told they're a witch right away (for "worshipping the God/Goddess" or some other non-mystical habit) than through blood & sweat training and lifelong research.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Wiccans can't learn heavy magick; rather, that the Wiccans who know what they're doing are mature. You'll never catch one of these wearing ten pounds of pentacle jewelry and picking arguments with Christians. In fact, you'll probably never even realize that they're Wiccan, at all. They don't let a religion define who they are -- they have better things to do.

Immaturity | Misconceptions | Personal Gripes | Stagnation