12-03-2009, 02:39 PM
Hi
I was mistaken to use the word "wicca", the proper word of course is the good old "Witchcraft". In "Spiral Dance" Starhawk a peace activist and leader in spirituality and the ecofeminist movement describes the suppression and modern-day reemergence of Witchcraft as a Godess-worshipping religion. I can imagine wicca being a shallow or distorted form of "true" witchcraft.
An excerpt: "because women give birth to males, nurture them at the breast and in our culture are primarily responsible for their care as children, "every male brought up in a traditional home develops an intense early identification with his mothe and therefore carries with him a strong feminine imprint.
The symbiol of the Godess allows men to experience and integrate the feminine side of their nature, which is often felt to be the deepest and most sensitive aspect of self. The Godess does not exclude the male; She contains him, as a pregnant woman contains a male child. Her own male aspect embodies both the solar light of the intellect and wild, untamed animal energy.
Our relationship to the earth and the other species that share it has also been conditioned by our religious models. The image of God as outside of nature has given us a rationale for our own destruction of the natural order, and justified our plunder of the earth's resources. We have tried to "conquer" nature as we have tried to conquer sin.
Only as the results of pollution and ecological destruction become severe enough to threaten even urban humanity's adaptability have we come to recognize the importance of ecological balance and the interdependance of all life. The model of the Godess, who is imminent in
nature, fosters respect for the sacredness of all living things. Whichcraft can be seen as a religion of ecology. Its goal is harmony with
nature, so that life may not just survive, but thrive.
I was mistaken to use the word "wicca", the proper word of course is the good old "Witchcraft". In "Spiral Dance" Starhawk a peace activist and leader in spirituality and the ecofeminist movement describes the suppression and modern-day reemergence of Witchcraft as a Godess-worshipping religion. I can imagine wicca being a shallow or distorted form of "true" witchcraft.
An excerpt: "because women give birth to males, nurture them at the breast and in our culture are primarily responsible for their care as children, "every male brought up in a traditional home develops an intense early identification with his mothe and therefore carries with him a strong feminine imprint.
The symbiol of the Godess allows men to experience and integrate the feminine side of their nature, which is often felt to be the deepest and most sensitive aspect of self. The Godess does not exclude the male; She contains him, as a pregnant woman contains a male child. Her own male aspect embodies both the solar light of the intellect and wild, untamed animal energy.
Our relationship to the earth and the other species that share it has also been conditioned by our religious models. The image of God as outside of nature has given us a rationale for our own destruction of the natural order, and justified our plunder of the earth's resources. We have tried to "conquer" nature as we have tried to conquer sin.
Only as the results of pollution and ecological destruction become severe enough to threaten even urban humanity's adaptability have we come to recognize the importance of ecological balance and the interdependance of all life. The model of the Godess, who is imminent in
nature, fosters respect for the sacredness of all living things. Whichcraft can be seen as a religion of ecology. Its goal is harmony with
nature, so that life may not just survive, but thrive.