The "ancient origin" deal is... um, sketchy, at best. Or, rather, it's an article of faith rather than an expression of historical fact. Wicca traces its origin back to the 1950s, when an English bureaucrat/occultist published an account of joining a coven in rural England. The actual coven he joined seems to be of dubious authenticity.<br>
<br>-- ACS<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Sue Hovey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com">suehovey@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
But isn't Wicca ancient? I thought Wiccans traced their history to<br>
Stonehenge and beyond?<br>
<br>
Sue H.<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 23:01, deb <<a href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">debismith@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Surprise! For me, Witches are Real!<br>
><br>
> I'm going to ask you a question, Debi. I can't help myself; I've<br>
> always been curious. It is intended respectfully, so I hope it comes<br>
> across that way.<br>
><br>
> First, an instant of preamble: I believe that all religions are human<br>
> inventions. Preamble finished.<br>
><br>
> Why choose a religion invented so recently that its origins can't even<br>
> be cloaked by antiquity? I often wonder this about Mormonism as well,<br>
> invented by Joseph Smith. The overlap isn't that great: Gerald<br>
> Gardner died only about 7 years before Brigham Young (Smith's<br>
> successor) was born.<br>
><br>
> I mean, if you aren't going to choose a faith hoary with age (which<br>
> enrobes it in at least a little bit of plausibility), why not be a<br>
> humanist, or some flavor of skeptic, or even invent your own?<br>
><br>
> for example, I'm a confirmed non-theist, but I've always found<br>
> Hinduism attractive mythologically. It is so joyously carnal and<br>
> colorful. If I was going to pick a mythology, that would be my<br>
> choice. Krisha and Ganesha and Hanuman rock. The Mahabharata is an<br>
> amazing document.<br>
><br>
> So why Wicca?<br>
><br>
> Chas<br>
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