Comments on: What isn’t witchcraft? http://www.qryztufre.com/life/02/19/what-isn%e2%80%99t-witchcraft Magick in everyday living Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:28:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carrol http://www.qryztufre.com/life/02/19/what-isn%e2%80%99t-witchcraft/comment-page-1#comment-29 Carrol Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:18:29 +0000 http://qryztufre.com/life/02/19/what-isn%e2%80%99t-witchcraft/#comment-29 According to the oral tradition of Witches, we were once the priests and priestesses of a peasant Pagan religion. Members of this secret sect met at night beneath the full moon, for these were the "misfits" and "outcasts" who did not fit into mainstream society. Little has changed over the centuries and the Witchcraft community still embraces individuals frequently rejected in mainstream society. These include gays, lesbians, transgendered individuals, and other people with the courage to live their lives authentically in accord with who they are inside their hearts, minds, and spirits. According to the oral tradition of Witches, we were once the priests and priestesses of a peasant Pagan religion. Members of this secret sect met at night beneath the full moon, for these were the “misfits” and “outcasts” who did not fit into mainstream society. Little has changed over the centuries and the Witchcraft community still embraces individuals frequently rejected in mainstream society. These include gays, lesbians, transgendered individuals, and other people with the courage to live their lives authentically in accord with who they are inside their hearts, minds, and spirits.

]]> By: Q http://www.qryztufre.com/life/02/19/what-isn%e2%80%99t-witchcraft/comment-page-1#comment-26 Q Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:48:55 +0000 http://qryztufre.com/life/02/19/what-isn%e2%80%99t-witchcraft/#comment-26 I do tend to disagree on the meanings of the pentacle. If you look at most people that use the single point down, they are using a more humanist based magick, where as those using the single point up tend to call upon the divine. If you take the meaning of that single point (Chi/energy) and it very likely represents where the power of that energy comes from. Pagans == Power of the divine Satanists (etc) == Power of the Self Next time you use magick that called upon you inner energies, try flipping your star. You may notice a huge difference in the effectiveness of the ritual. I do tend to disagree on the meanings of the pentacle.

If you look at most people that use the single point down, they are using a more humanist based magick, where as those using the single point up tend to call upon the divine.

If you take the meaning of that single point (Chi/energy) and it very likely represents where the power of that energy comes from.

Pagans == Power of the divine
Satanists (etc) == Power of the Self

Next time you use magick that called upon you inner energies, try flipping your star. You may notice a huge difference in the effectiveness of the ritual.

]]> By: Prophecy 2012 http://www.qryztufre.com/life/02/19/what-isn%e2%80%99t-witchcraft/comment-page-1#comment-25 Prophecy 2012 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:25:31 +0000 http://qryztufre.com/life/02/19/what-isn%e2%80%99t-witchcraft/#comment-25 This is an excellent point! Wicca revivalists like Scott Cunningham waste a great deal of inkspace trying to divorce modern witches from the stigma of Satanism...when in fact, well-documented (though spectacularized) medieval Dark rites did exist which were directed against the Church and often secretly carried out at night by priests and parishioners. These are distinct from nature paganism, although the "evil" of the participants is a judgment imposed by the Church being so attacked. The distinction is in the orientation of the pentacle...demonic magic points two cones upward, like horns, while the pagan pentacle sports a single horn. This is an excellent point! Wicca revivalists like Scott Cunningham waste a great deal of inkspace trying to divorce modern witches from the stigma of Satanism…when in fact, well-documented (though spectacularized) medieval Dark rites did exist which were directed against the Church and often secretly carried out at night by priests and parishioners. These are distinct from nature paganism, although the “evil” of the participants is a judgment imposed by the Church being so attacked.
The distinction is in the orientation of the pentacle…demonic magic points two cones upward, like horns, while the pagan pentacle sports a single horn.

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