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 Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:40 pm
With much debate, I decided start fresh with a new thread about my beliefs, in order to relieve confusion and disagreements. Making this new thread also gives me the opportunity to express more in depth about my beliefs, as well as giving me a few things to think about.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:41 pm
Table of Contents:
1. What is Eclectic Neo-Pagan, and why it gets confused with solitary wicca
2. Beliefs and where they’re drawn from
3. Deities
4. Ethics
5. Sabbats
6. Ritual Structure
7. Witchcraft
8. My background, and why I walk this path
9. Sources/Books
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:43 pm
What is Eclectic Neo-Pagan
Eclectic Neo-Paganism means that a person seeks information from other pagan religions, and uses it to make their own pagan traditions, while not adhering to any pagan religion. Not to be confused with Solitary Wicca.
You can't become wiccan unless you are initiated into a coven. Wicca is a religion of mystery, and there are a lot of prerequisites for being a wiccan. If you don't fit the bill, then you can't be a wiccan. Wiccans take an oath when they get initiated, to not tell people (besides coven members) information about their coven. This is only one of their ways.
Now, what about solitary wiccans? Solitary wiccans are wiccans who used to be in a coven, but either the coven gets disbanded. From what I've learned, there is no other way someone can be a solitary wiccan. If you're like me who have read Scott Cunningham books (and heavily relied on them for quite a while), then you notice that he tosses around Solitary Wicca quite a bit. This poses confusion to people who have never heard of
Eclectic Neo-Paganism, and will mistakenly call themselves 'solitary wiccans'.
What do Eclectic Neo-Pagans practice? Anything they feel they want to, or are interested in. This could be anything from astrology, to alchemy. Every Eclectic Neo-Pagan is different, and will study different things. There is no set belief system, or list of what they must study. They are free to pull information from anywhere they please, and use it in a manor that works for them.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:46 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:48 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:49 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:50 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:52 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:54 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:55 pm
My background, and why I walk this path
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:00 pm
Sources/Books
-Wicca vs Eclectic Neo-Paganism: This article was pretty helpful. It stated what a solitary wiccan was, and how both terms are completely different. They explained the terminology in an easy way to understand.
-Two informative gaians from this guild (you know who you are)
-Scott Cunningham Books:
1. I find the ones about solitary wicca to be helpful (eventhough the solitary wicca term was a little misleading). They had everything that a beginner needed to know.
2. I've also read his Kitchen Witch book, which I also like to cook, so I'll be having fun incorporating the craft and cooking together.
3. His Complete Oils, Incense, and Brews book, I just bought. So far, I liked how it looked (I thumbed through it). I'll write more about this when I actually read it.
-NeoWiccan/Eclectic Wiccan: I liked this article a lot. It gave me a new term to think about it, and I'm happy that the author explained it in detail. The term was NeoWiccan/Eclectic Wiccan. I'm not sure if everyone agrees with this, or not, but I thought this was something to at least think about, since I take most of my teachings from books like Scott Cunningham.
-Solitary Witch: The Book of Shadows for the New Generation: This book is a catch all for just about every subject you can think of. Say what you will about Silver Ravenwolf, this book happens to be one of the best reference books I've ever read. If I need to know something specific, I can always look it up. Somethings she goes in detail about, some she just barely scratches the surface. Still, I find a book like this very handy on my book shelf.
(More to come)
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:02 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:43 pm
Congrats on the new thread! Really not trying to derail or upset things but I like to comment and I'd like to point out that Scott Cunningham is actually a highly valid and credible source for ENP. Later in his life he stated that he regretted using the term Wicca for the practices in his books. He even gave his version of things it's own name, the Standing Stone Tradition. Cheers!
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:59 pm
CalledTheRaven Congrats on the new thread! Really not trying to derail or upset things but I like to comment and I'd like to point out that Scott Cunningham is actually a highly valid and credible source for ENP. Later in his life he stated that he regretted using the term Wicca for the practices in his books. He even gave his version of things it's own name, the Standing Stone Tradition. Cheers!
I would like to say thank you again. Cunningham is a wonderful source of information, and I still use them as references. I didn't know that he regretted using Wicca for his books, but the Standing Stone Tradition does sound interesting.
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