Friday, January 19, 2007

PAGAN BULLIES AND WITCH WARS 1/19/07


http://www.quizilla.com/users/SwissCelt/quizzes/How%20fluffy%20a%20Pagan%20are%20you?/
How%20fluffy%20a%20Pagan%20are%20you?/

Yeah I took a quiz to prepare myself mentally to write this post. The quiz has a warning regarding the necessity of having a sense of humor before proceeding. It was a fluffy sort of quiz, short and cute. And I made the little blinkie too, using The GIMP. So if you want the little blinkie, right-click to Save to your My Pictures. I abhor hot-linking just as a few of you claim to watch the I.P. addys of those who post or attempt to post comments to your little stake of the WWW.



We now know-- through historical research-- that almost all of the folks killed during the infamous Burning Times were not witches. And we forget that we did not always know this. We ignore any of our own lack in self-esteem. We make our own petty little wars in order to artifically inflate our false bruised egos. We fling those we don't understand into a heap labeled "not good enough." We seek a unity of those who are like-minded. Community presupposes that there is at least a smathering of unity. Unity is not conformity and that is where I think some of our difficulties come from.

Teaching someone a better way to do things is not the same as blasting their name and character to Hel. We don't have that right. The vulnerable will always be among us. The picked-on, despised, unpopular, different-from-the-average kids were easy marks for the bullies in the schoolyards. We feared those who we didn't understand. Some of us grew out of that and a few of us didn't.

Ya don't care for someone's way of being-- change the channel. Surely there are more interesting options for entertainment. If you don't have the patience or you have lost the patience necessary to give a helping hand to the struggling pagan folks around you, then don't bother. You do not have to help. You might have already done that and need a break from it. Or maybe it is just not your thing. Other people who are able to and want to will step in. You are not indisposable. Downright meanness is not called for. Those of us who are able to face our own vulnerabilities squarely can show people how to conduct research, cite sources, create their own work, and get along with others.

N.B. This post is a direct result of my own experience within the past two months learning about the differences between deserved and undeserved reputations. If you are offended by anything I said, tough shit. No one forced you to read this blog. No one is forcing you to think.

radical sapphoq



http://chass.colostate-pueblo.edu/natrel/pom/old/POM11a1.html

http://members.tripod.com/Grey_Cat/witchwar.htm


http://www.conjure.com/TRINE/namewitch.html

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http://www.akashanpathways.com/witchcraft.htm

http://wicca.timerift.net/fluffy.shtml


http://wiccans.faithweb.com/lbunny.html

http://www.soulrebels.com/beth/fluffy.html

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http://witchkit.tripod.com/FluffVsHardcore.html

http://wicca.timerift.net/ravenwolf.shtml

4 comments:

Kim Jong il said...

This is all to accurate, and something I had lost site of.

sapphoq said...

Thank you Lady Jane.
sapphoq

Kim Jong il said...

Sometimes when these witch wars start I find myself wondering who is the bad guy really. For someone newer on the path this can lead to constant doubt and questioning. Currently I find myself taking a turn on my path, a fairly tumultuous event for me and one that could use a nurturing atmosphere and sounding board. I am fortunate to have some of this around me in the community. However, when we as a community go to war how can we support each other and build something strong for those who are just joining us on this road. It is all to easy to get caught up in cruelty and deception and I too am guilty of this. I think tonight will be a big writing night.
Blessings
LadyJane

Anonymous said...

It seems the witchwars continue even when truce is declared. Not everyone is going to move on and that is just a fact of life. But those who say they are going to move on need to do so and quit fueling the fire. It's sad to cry persecution and then do things to stir the pot all over again.