Animal or otherwise.
2007-04-09 11:22:05 · 19 answers · asked by piano_master13 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Goddess, no!
2007-04-09 11:24:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Blood offerings? Not needed in Wicca
Sacrifice of an favored item or activity, that is up to the person doing the sacrifice. What one is willing to sacrifice has to do far more with how much you want the ritual to work, it is saying "I am willing to give .......... of what I have to make this work". This is why animal sacrifice is not done in Wicca, the life you are offering is not your own.
2007-04-11 16:24:12 · answer #2 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, but those sacrifices are votive sacrifices, the same kind many Christians do- giving blood at a blood drive, tithing money to a charity, spending time in community service.
Very few religions have animal sacrifice as many think of it. Most animal sacrifices in the ancient world, for example, bore far more resemblance to a barbeque than to a mystic rite.
2007-04-10 08:50:52 · answer #3 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Um - no, not like you're implying.
Although I'm sure some think there are. I have heard all the nonsense about killing babies, drinking blood and then being in a frenzy from the blood and engaging in a giant sexual orgy that inlcudes animals.
But that sort of thing isn't actually reality. In fact most outsiders that have been to a Wiccan circle actually find it boring.
2007-04-09 18:32:06 · answer #4 · answered by noncrazed 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No, not really. Most Pagans [Wiccans included] are against any sort of sacrifice that lives. The only real sacrifice in Wicca could be like food, or water, or incense.
2007-04-09 18:26:05 · answer #5 · answered by Squishy Khrysorrhapis 2 · 7⤊ 2⤋
I would have thought in this day and age, questions like this would never be asked.
That is a NO.
Anyone who thinks or believes otherwise is ignorant.
BB
)O(
2007-04-10 16:29:37 · answer #6 · answered by Seph7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmn... Well, you do have to take time out of your schedule to meditate, do spells or rituals if you feel it's called for, etc.
Any other sacrifice is chosen. But, usually, no. Wiccans and Pagans alike usually have a strong distaste for the harming of animals.
- 16 yo Pagan
2007-04-09 18:25:29 · answer #7 · answered by Lady Myrkr 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋
None what so ever. Wicca celebrates life. Killing is contrary to Wiccan beliefs.
2007-04-09 18:26:21 · answer #8 · answered by David G 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
No they don't believe in doing any of those things at all. They believe in karma and if you do something bad it comes back to you threefold. I gave you the link to the Wiccan Rede.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiccan_Rede
2007-04-09 18:30:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Sometimes, usually its just Dogma, But then again a good hate spell that involves me cutting my self and using my own blood defiantly gets the demons dancing.
Sometimes I wonder how many believe my b.s.
But then again to misguide is to hide!
Yes you are right this is pointless with no points. but two
2007-04-09 18:29:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Isn't that, like, the exact opposite of the beliefs of Wiccans?
2007-04-09 18:26:25 · answer #11 · answered by Blackbird 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋