"Here Come the Brides" is now
"Here Come the Witches".
Posted on 10/31/2019 5:01:56 PM PDT by marshmallow
There are witches among us.
Halloween approaches, signaling the time of year when dentists crack their knuckles with glee and Amazon overflows with sexy versions of otherwise reasonable costumes. But Samhain (pronounced sow-ain) is the original Halloween, a modern(ish) version of an ancient Gaelic end-of-harvest festival. Co-opted by the Catholic Church as “All Hallows’ Day” or “All Saints’ Day,” Samhain lands midway between the fall equinox and the winter solstice, celebrated on the evening of Oct. 31 and into Nov. 1.
Much of modern Halloween is about demons, monsters and cult serial killers, none of which have anything to do with the modern religion known as Wicca. But some of the obvious symbology is quite apt — those cobwebs, gravestones and skeletons on porches all suggest a celebration of the dead. In Mexico, Día De Los Muertos, on Nov. 1, is even more on-the-nose, and any kids running around with pointy hats and brooms are a cartoonish reminder that Halloween originated as a holiday held sacred by people who sometimes refer to themselves, unapologetically, as witches.
“Wicca is kind of a mix of western magic and neopaganism,” said Robert Anderson, who runs Edge of the Circle Books in the University District, the premier pagan supplies shop and bookstore in Seattle. Step in the door and you’ll see racks of ornate tarot decks, hoodoo candles — designed for everything from causing couples to break up to making your boss do your bidding — plus books on topics from alchemical magic to Zoroastrianism and everything in between. There are zero copies of Twilight.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...
Wiccans are followers of Satan whether they publicly acknowledge it or not.
"Here Come the Brides" is now
"Here Come the Witches".
I worked graveyard shift several years with a wicca warlock. Weird guy. He always had his tarot cards out trying to predict his future. I would catch him chanting in some dark corner sometimes. Mostly, he was just pitiful. He eventually died of AIDS.
It all depends on what kinda of Wiccan, doesn’t it? Silly article doesn’t address whether they’re talking Dianic or Alexandrian or Gardnerian or even Solitary. Therefore this “author” supposes that all Wiccans are the same. What a bigot!
(Knew that useless knowledge I gained dating a Wiccan would come in handy at some point; was just kinda hoping it would be a bar bet)
...Some might wonder what the point is of trying to establish which came first: pagan or Christian. Indeed, one website described this kind of effort as a “pissing match” to establish who’s holy day is older. That attitude misses the point of doing the history. The issue is that Neo-Pagans and Wiccans, in an effort to discredit Christianity, have made many assertions about the history of these holy days that are patently false. Most of their claims are based on an intellectual heritage that comes through the Folklorists of the 19th and early 20th centuries—which itself was deeply influenced by the wealth of philosophy, arts, and literature from the Romantic movement (particularly Gothic fiction).
When one looks at individual claims about the supposed antiquity of the Neo-Pagan/Wiccan holy day of Samhain one finds the actual historical evidence lacking....
Wicca and NeoPaganism is a mid-20th century invention, having no demonstrable historical ties to any ancient or medieval pagan religions—but having very clearly demonstrable origins through the writings and works of people like Eliphas Levy, Alistair Crowley, Gerald Gardiner, Robert Cochrane, Doreen Valiente, Margaret Murray, Alexander Sander, Zusana Budapest, Starhawk, the Buckleys, Margo Adler, and many others.
same ol same ol.
most modern witches just get married.
They give a good living to divorce lawyers. Find a woman you hate and buy her a house...
60 billion dollars a year the divorce court industry confiscates, from mostly guys.
Overgrown children playing dress-up. They may not admit they look like idiots ... but deep down, they know they do.
Perhaps, one day we will be freed...
Make believe for little girls.
It’s the war games scenario at the moment.
The only way not to lose is to not play the game in the first place.
Wicca was invented by Crowley’s OTO cult as a marketing ploy to attract gullible feminists. Jack Parsons and Gerald Gardner were key figures. The role of Gardner is better known, but Parsons was developing similar ideas even before Gardner went public, while Crowley was still alive. Meanwhile, the FBI was investigating Parsons for espionage.
Thanks for the info. ...don’t know much about it other than one of my former employer’s wives fell for it, not long after she suffered a devestating crime, guess it appealed to her Irish roots despite it not being Irish, and maybe she is angry with God for what happened to her. I don’t know how he’s dealing with it since he has to my knowledge always been a faithful Catholic. It just makes me sad.
Sorry to hear that. I know other people that’s happened to. I’ll keep your friend in my prayers.
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