Pagan Centered Podcast – Episode 114 – The Wiccan Way

2009
08.17

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5:35 Disclaimer that this is Dave’s take on Wicca – still have much research to do.
6:33 What is Wicca?
6:46 Paganism is Wicca misconception
7:09 Wicca = Witchcraft?
8:00 “Ancient Wicca” and when Wicca got started.
8:59 Did Gardner pull Wicca out of his butt or was it based off a prior religion?
10:24 Filling in incomplete practices
10:54 Is Wicca a corruption of old Witchcraft?
11:22 Wicca is a religion continually evolving
11:41 Is it a fertility religion?
12:34 Wicca does not deny the existence of powerful magic
12:59 Wiccan ethics is often excessively oversimplified
13:50 Origin of the conflict between Wicca and Christianity
14:14 Origins of Harm None
14:60 Why do so many self-proclaimed Wiccans focus on “love and light”
15:48 The Leadership Vacuum in Wicca
16:18 Books
17:20 The grand pussificiation of the Wiccan Religion
18:60 Is Wicca a rigid religion?
21:42 Wiccans disrespect the Gods (from the perspective of reconstructionists)
24:00 Oathbound
24:48 Influence of Hippie Culture upon Wicca
27:57 Wiccans being accused of stuff as a deflection technique
28:52 As Wicca goes more mainstream, more “don’t do bad things” morality
29:44 Solitary Wicca
31:47 Solitary Wicca being the cause of how fast Wicca has spread in recent decades?
32:58 Guy shooting up a fitness club because he couldn’t get laid
33:35 Wiccan Rede vs. Rede of the Wiccan Rede
34:15 How to find more Wiccan dogma
34:29 How did Dave become Wiccan?
35:38 Should we adhere to the old beliefs of Wicca or incorporate new beliefs as well?
36:52 Ongoing pussification of Wicca
40:40 Initiation Process
42:20 How open is initiation?
42:21 The 3 degrees of initiation
42:59 Magic and Wicca
44:10 There’s not so much compartmentalization in Wicca so much as excessive labeling
44:32 Anyone can ask anyone anything
45:48 Are there people who say they’re Wiccan but don’t actually know what they are?
47:20 Need for self-discipline
48:15 There is no intermediary between you and the divine
48:53 Typical Wiccan Spiritual Practices