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And generally Aryanists, too... Nothing like faith in the 'master race' to get you going!
Claus, other than a few borrowed terms, some Deity names, and an occasional ritual or sigil, most of the practices of Wicca are fairly new. Within Family trads of witchcraft (such as I've observed), I wouldn't call their practices 'ancient' per se - at most, a few of these practices hailed back to Europe, not much further back than medeival times. I am aware of one family that claims to perform ceremonies modeled after temple ceremonies of Classical Greece, but I got the feeling (watching their ceremonies) that they were more inspired by 'Clash of the Titans' than actual historical Greece. I dunno.
See, I admit to being a believer and a demi-skeptic, and that works for me. Most of the time.
Claus, other than a few borrowed terms, some Deity names, and an occasional ritual or sigil, most of the practices of Wicca are fairly new. Within Family trads of witchcraft (such as I've observed), I wouldn't call their practices 'ancient' per se - at most, a few of these practices hailed back to Europe, not much further back than medeival times. I am aware of one family that claims to perform ceremonies modeled after temple ceremonies of Classical Greece, but I got the feeling (watching their ceremonies) that they were more inspired by 'Clash of the Titans' than actual historical Greece. I dunno.
See, I admit to being a believer and a demi-skeptic, and that works for me. Most of the time.
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Yes, I've gotten that too. In fact, I recently lost two close friends because they insisted on behaving that way every time we spoke to each other, and subsequently annoying the cr@p out of me.CFLarsen said:Heck, I've met believers who claimed that they were skeptics, and that I was a "pseudo-skeptic"!
Luckily, I don't tolerate that kind of behavior from anyone. Does that make me intolerant?
Wicca as a whole belief system has only been around since 1951. Sadly, the overwhelming majority of Wiccans, at least here in the States, are teenaged girls, and not very predisposed to learning anything, let alone history. They hear something passed off as fact, and repeat it like it's written in stone.CFLarsen said:
There's not much there that is ancient, in any way, shape, or form-- just a deity name or two, like Zaayrdragon said, and a couple superstitious practices. Some people just like to claim it's all "ancient Celtic knowledge" or whatever. I think it makes them feel special.
*edited to add a point and for typos*