for people that know the difference, please explain.
being a true witch, there is no kind of rede or law of three. so why do wiccans claim to be witches. most of who claim to be wiccan witches are these teeny bopper kids or people that just found their religion.
witches does this upset you?
2007-12-01 06:54:24 · 13 answers · asked by me 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
well ms heathen, it matters to me because i asked the question. i am a practitioner of witchcraft and i am cuirious.
2007-12-01 07:09:54 · update #1
baronvonstrudel
thank you very much for your reply. yes i have had many run ins with the fluffy bunnys, i am glad to see someone with some sense.
2007-12-01 07:13:27 · update #2
Delylah
the wiccan rede and law of three is relavent. they are rules. witchcraft has no rules.
2007-12-01 07:21:17 · update #3
ok ok sorry delylah, i see what your saying true true.
2007-12-01 07:24:20 · update #4
I have been a witch for over 40 years, and it may be true that witchcraft, in itself, has no rules, but I can assure you that most witches do have some sort of rules to live by.
It is also true that many Wiccans are indeed witches and they are a more mature bunch involved in valid traditions.
Yes the fluffy bunnies piss me off! Mostly because they throw a bad light on true practitioners. I am also very tired of the continual asking for love spells.
I have also noticed that there seem to be a lot of solitary, under age Wiccans bopping around Y/A, and maybe I am way off base here, but I thought Wiccans were generally coven/tradition based and had to be at least 18. I am not Wiccan, so I don't know exactly how they work.
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2007-12-01 18:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by Enchanted Gypsy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When Gardner's religion (Wicca) went public, he called it Witchcraft or the witch-cult. The word Wicca doesn't appear to have showed up until later. There were multiple decades in which the words were generally used interchangably: not only were all Wiccans considered witches, but all witches were considered Wiccan! This also had to do with Murray's suggestion - repeated in the Encyclopedia Britannica until 1970 - that witches were part of an ancient witch-cult...the cult Gardner considered his group a part of. Break apart the two terms and the ancient history of Wicca goes out the window.
It has taken a long time to untangle the two words. Among other things, if Wiccans admit they're not automatically witches, then they can't whine about the "Burning Times."
However, I'm unsure of your objection to people calling themselves Wiccan witches. While not all Wiccans are witches, (and certainly many, many witches are not Wiccans) there are plenty of Wiccans who do practice witchcraft and thus are witches. No one has a copyright on the term.
2007-12-01 09:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Actually I'm 39 years old and have been involved in Wicca for over 10. I follow the religion of Wicca and practice Witchcraft. Non-Wiccans do not OWN witchcraft. And not all Wiccans practice witchcraft. I do understand your frustration when some 15 year old wannabe starts spouting that you CAN'T practice magic/witchcraft without following the rede or law of 3. However, I don't recommend it. Cause and effect.
2007-12-01 09:04:22 · answer #3 · answered by Keltasia 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a technical term. There are about 18 definitions of "witch" and "follower of Wicca" is one of them. Besides, most Wiccans practice witchcraft, seeing as it's incorporated into our religion.
We don't claim that we are the only witches, that all witches follow our religion's ethics, or anything like that. You've probably just had one too many encounters with a fluffy bunny.
2007-12-01 07:03:16 · answer #4 · answered by xx. 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
"True witch" strikes me as being a little bit like "true Christian".
I am a Wiccan. I also practice witchcraft. Therefore, I am a witch. Not all witches are Wiccans by a long shot, nor would I ever presume to tell non-Wiccan witches that they must follow the tenets of our religion.
If you've been running into Wiccans who have told you that all witches HAVE to be like Wiccans, allow me to apologize for their ignorance.
2007-12-01 07:20:51 · answer #5 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Wiccans practice a form of witchcraft, therefore they can be considered witches.
The Wiccan Rede or the Threefold Law isn't relevant to this discussion.
2007-12-01 07:04:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, it doesn't bother me until they say that ALL witches follow the rede. It's not a true statement. I personally follow my own form of the rede but it's not the Wiccan one.
2007-12-01 07:26:02 · answer #7 · answered by Janet L 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
it does not upset me, because I know that the root of the word are the same. Derived from the Anglo-Saxon Wicce, which means wise; the Anglo-Saxon witan, to see, or know; Icelandic vitki, a witch, which came from vita, to know: the words Wit and Wisdom come from the same roots. As far as I am concerned, all Wiccas are witches, but not all witches are Wiccans, there are many traditions.
2007-12-01 07:24:14 · answer #8 · answered by Isadora 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
a "witch" is someone that practices witchcraft - i.e. "low" or "folk" magic.
All Wiccans are witches, not all witches are Wiccans.
It does not matter what religion you are, if you practice witchcraft, you are a witch.
For Wiccans, the practce of witchcraft is intrinsic to the expression of the faith, therefore, all Wiccans are also witches.
2007-12-01 07:02:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 2⤋
A witch is someone who practices witch craft. There for they consider themsevles witches.What does it matter to you?
2007-12-01 06:59:39 · answer #10 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋