WE ARE THE GOOD GUYS

MISCONCEPTIONS

I realize some people still equate witches with evil people who sacrifice animals.

Not us!

I became interested in Wicca in the 1970s because it was a philosophy that cared about the environment and other life forms

LOVE AND RESPECT MOTHER EARTH

I liked Buddhism but found that Australian Buddhists changed Buddhism to suit their WASP philosophies

The few Wiccans I knew back then certainly cared about the environment

I was a member of the original Greenpeace and we were labelled a dangerous radical group because we advocated for the environment

My tradition is Alexandrian/Gardenarian and we work sky clad

I became interested in the 1970’s – my first degree initiation was 1983

This is the first page of  my Book of Shadows started in 1983

“Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfil

An it harm NONE

Do what thou will”

The concept that witches were evil began at the inquisition when the Church of Rome was trying to get rid of  the Old Religion and the women herbalists.

The Satanists, who we are sometimes equated with, got their ideas from Malleus Maleficarum,

which is about  how to torture people to get them to say they worship the devil and not about witchcraft as it says if you Google!

Our rituals are similar to American Indian rituals –at least the one I am aware of, which is Sioux tradition.

After telling a friend that I used to lecture on Wicca

I told her that in the 1990s when it was becoming popular it attracted a lot of people to training courses

Her reply was “you must have made a lot of money“

WE DID NOT CHARGE

Neophytes were asked to donate for candles and incense.

Back to witches not being evil.

I will not kill anything — Not spiders: mice: insects: trees –

I believe everything that exists has consciousness and deserves respect.

I have cried on many occasions because I haven’t been able to save a bird: animal or  reptile that had been  hit by a car – at least I move them off the road so that they are not continuously run over.

I get upset when moths throw themselves at the window to get to the light.

This doesn’t mean there are not people out there calling themselves witches and killing animals.

Male witches are called witches,

so if someone claims to be a warlock be suspicious.

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The following words had different meanings once:

Wicca meant wise or to bend

Heathen = dweller on the heath

Pagan = village dweller

Weird = magic

Sinister = left-handed

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Blessed be

and be kind to non humans

P.S. I’ve just returned from the dining room in the retirement village where I live

 People at my table were discussing a poison that kills snails but not rats

It upsets and infuriates me that humans think they have the right kill other life forms      

I should have called this book LIFE AFTER DEATH as my experiences convinced me that this life isn’t all that there is – mind you the last time I posted a blog with this title it only got 2 likes – guess I am threatening the status quo

The clairvoyant Experiences of a Sceptic is not a literary masterpiece

but a true story.

I dont know the meaning of life:

nor understand the nature of reality:

I do know physical death is not the end.

And there are so many amazing stories omitted so as not to break client confidentiality.

The second part I wrote as therapy and had not intended to include.

It wasn’t included in the original l publication

( I started shaking when I tried to write about the abuse so it is badly written and a great deal omitted)

A SHORT STORY ABOUT HEALING THE  BLUE PLANET

I wrote and published this sci fi short story a few years ago (under the above title) when the human population was only 7.4 billion:

(1st published 4th April 2017)

It is now more than 8 billion

I wrote this short story as social satire and sympathetic magic

The idea that we were genetically engineered is from Mayan writings plus my belief that humans are not indigenous to the planet

The concept of translocation was once a practice pre Roman Empire and apparently still is in some so called primitive cultures

He idea that humans were livestock for the gods is mine but am sure others have thought this

I chose Ophiuchus because I was I was drawn to this constellation

I chose Kunapipi because I respect and admire the wisdom and spirituality of indigenous Australians