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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:51 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:21 pm
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Violet Song jat Shariff Crew
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Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:50 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:02 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:23 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:29 am
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:20 am
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:29 pm
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Thea Sabin is a 3rd Degree Gardnerian HPS based in the Seattle area. I am actually going to attend a party of hers, where I will meet her, so I can ask her if you like. I also know one of her first degree coveners personally (he was initiated by her); he helps out a bunch in my Outer Court training. They're legit and vouched for.
My HP is a 3rd Degree Gardnerian. He is legit. Yet, he does not hold the usual M&R or A&J stance on what is Wicca and what is not. He says he was a solitary Wiccan before he was initiated. Not all BTWs think the same on the "what is Wicca and what is not" debate. He considers me Wiccan. I disagree, but I have not pressed the issue.
As for the book, I own a copy. I think that it's a really valuable book because it goes into detail about the importance of meditation, visualization, grounding, centering, etc., which are invaluable skills that other "Wicca 101" books gloss over. I have basically ignored the rest of it, but I think it's a great book if you're interested in becoming initiated or starting your own Wicca-inspired neopagan path.
Deborah Lipp is another famous Wiccan author. She is a 3rd degree Gardnerian, also. I picked up her book called "The Study of Witchcraft," which, along with her other books, is excellent. In it, she labels some things "Radical Wicca" (stuff like "Dianic Wicca") and "Eclectic Wicca." She says that one of the things that "Traditional Wiccans" can learn from "Eclectic Wiccans" is that the Lord and Lady are available to all.
This may be a matter of her UPG. As Wicca is orthopraxic and not orthodoxic, the UPG of initiated Trad Wiccans differs. Her UPG could say that the Lord and Lady are not exclusive, while other UPG says they are. I honestly won't know for sure until I'm initiated and I experience the Mysteries for myself, but I lean heavily toward the M&R stance that the only Wiccans are BTWs.
My advice is to do your own research and do it well. Formulate your own stance.
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Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:49 pm
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:29 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:11 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:16 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:51 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:22 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:14 pm
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maenad nuri Sophist Illiezeulette It's extremely difficult to share a mystery, as they are experiential in nature and cannot be "penned down" or verbally articulated. Is this your personal opinion or are you commenting on the nature of mysteries itself? If it's personal, it's a very shared opinion. I'd say its a comment on the nature.
To my knowledge, it is a direct comment on the nature of the Wiccan Mysteries. Perhaps not for all Mysteries of all religious traditions, but certainly for Wicca.
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