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Originally Posted by Ustwo
It could be but its not.
Anyways, no Wicca is not based on thousand year old tenants. No one knows any of the 'old religion'. All we really have is pieced together Roman or early Christian accounts. There are tales of mass human sacrifice, (aka the burning man where prisoners were stuffed into a life size wodden 'man' and set ablaze) which may or may not be true. One thing that is true is that human sacrifice was part of the religion as the victims have been found, but why/were they prisoners or volunteers etc is not known.
My guess is the true 'old religion' would horrify most modern day Wiccans.
This is a very interesting and long review of the subect of the 'age' of Wicca.
http://paganwiccan.about.com/gi/dyna...d_history.html
Here is a snippet, (and I think the author IS a Wiccan) |
It's easy to find anything that debunks anything on the net and say "well this was written by I think a Wiccan and proves what I am saying."
What your site fails to mention is Gardner was brought into a coven in 1939 and because he felt the beauty of WIcca was dying he worked to bring it to people's awareness.
Anyway, when a religion has to be hidden or you face society's wrath.... then it's history will be shrouded and guarded because even today Wiccans face prejudices as the court ruling shows.
I don't see why debunking Wiccan is so far more important to you than admitting the judge was wrong.
Anyway, here is a site that that has a "true HIstory" with many dates. LINK:
http://occoquan1.f2w.net/custom4.html
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http://www.wiccanet.net/wicca/bookst...timeline.shtml
Then there is this very articulate piece:
http://www.jaguarmoon.org/public/History/History1.htm
Again who's side is right doesn't truly matter..... Wiccan is a governmentally recognized religion and the judge is wrong for his decision so why argue the merits on the religion?