Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
Wicca 501
A friend's publisher asked him to write them a Wicca 101 book.
Thank Goddess, he told them that the last thing that the world needs is yet another book on Wicca 101, but that he would be willing to write them one on Wicca 501.
Great, they said, write it.
Well, good on him, and good on them, and luck to the maker and the made. Pardon me, though, if I remain a little skeptical.
Wicca, at heart, is a fairly simple system. This is one of its great advantages, and helps explain its rapid spread across the world. But of course, this very simplicity is also its greatest problem.
The problem with Wicca 501 is that there is no Wicca 501.
What would Wicca 501 look like? Well, I'll tell you, but—if you're thinking psychic techniques and harnessing the power of the subconscious mind—it may not be what you're expecting.
Kindling Fire in the old way, wood on wood.
That's Wicca 501.
Tracking, killing, and dressing out a deer.
That's Wicca 501.
Going naked into the woods at New Moon with nothing but a knife, and coming out again alive and well at Full.
That's Wicca 501.
We tend to think of the Craft as a certain set of rituals and magical techniques.
Oh, but it's so much more.
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