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| | Dianic Wicca - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Most Dianics worship in female-only circles and covens, but there are mixed-gender Dianic traditions. | | | Dianic Wicca can be very similar to traditional Wicca in practice (see section below for a discussion of their differences), but differs significantly from it in beliefs. | | | Dianic Wicca is also known as Women's Spirituality, Feminist Spirituality, Feminist Witchcraft, and Feminist Wicca. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianic_Wicca
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| | Wicca |
| | The Dianic Tradition has spread to Europe, but covens are presently far less numerous and tend not to be as militant as their American counterparts, allowing men an equal role in worship, and worshipping both the Goddess and the Horned God as her consort. | | | Dianic covens stress the worship of the Goddess, sometimes exclusively, and as such are largely feminist and/or matriarchal in orientation. | | | In Faery Wicca the iron and pearl pentagrams are used as meditational symbols to explore the self and restore ones balance with the universe. |
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http://philtar.ucsm.ac.uk/encyclopedia/europe/wicca.html
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| | Wicca |
| | Wicca is a religion which honors the Earth through worshipping the God and Goddess, as represented by the masculine and feminine aspects of the universe. | | | Wicca is a newly formed pagan religion (i.e. | | | Wicca, and especially Diannic Wicca, offered me the opportunity to re-define what being a woman means to me. And although I have since moved on from considering myself solely Wiccan, I still tend toward many of the Diannic beliefs and traditions. |
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http://www.fortunecity.com/bally/skull/109/wicca.html
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| | Wicca - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema |
| | Gardnerian Wicca was an initiatory mystery religion, admission to which was at least in theory limited to those who were initiated into a pre-existing coven. | | | Wicca is a popular Neopagan religion, originally founded by the British civil servant Gerald Gardner, probably in the 1940s, although it was first openly revealed in 1954. | | | There is good evidence, however, that while the ritual side of Wicca is undeniably styled after late Victorian era occultism, the spiritual side is inspired by the old Pagan faiths, with Buddhist and Hindu influences. |
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http://www.egnu.org/thelema/index.php/Wicca
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| | Religious Movements Homepage: Wicca |
| | Wicca, in all its incarnations, is probably one of the longest and most persecuted religions in history. | | | Unlike other traditions, Dianic focuses on the worship of Diana, the ancient greek Goddess and consequently, a higher percentage of women and feminist beliefs are found in Dianic covens. | | | Much of the history and practice of Wicca is based on oral tradition, with many conflicting stories arising as various factions have created a body of sacred belief and practice for themselves. |
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http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/wicca.html
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| | Beliefnet.com |
| | Dianic comes from Dianus, a god Murray claimed was one of the polarity worshipped as a secret ancient religion of Witchcraft in Europe along with Diana. | | | In their case, whatever (Dianic) religion they are practicing could be considered a monotheistic religion. | | | The Dianic Tradition of the Religion of Wicca evolved out of the Alexandrian Tradition in the 1970's. |
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http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?boardID=14443&discussionID=405032
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| | Paths: Wicca |
| | The Church of Wicca was founded by Gavin and Yvonne Frost. | | | 'Wicca is both a religion and a Craft. | | | Certainly, the word "Wicca" is less evocative and emotive than "Witchcraft" but whatever their perceived differences, they both share the same commonality in their beliefs and practises. |
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http://www.wyldwytch.com/weavings/articles/pagan_path/pages/wicca.htm
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| | TRADITIONS |
| | Georgian Wicca was founded by George Patterson in 1970, and was given legal status by the Universal Life Church in the early seventies as the Church of Wicca of Bakersfield, California. | | | One difference Seax Wicca has with some other Wiccan traditions is that Buckland never claimed that it originated from an ancient religion. | | | The Dianic tradition of today is based on the worship of the Goddess Diana, and can be categorized in two stems: one with feminist beliefs, and one without. |
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http://www.magickmind.net/traditions.html
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| | Wicca and Asatru |
| | Wicca is a contemporary approach to a supposed religion. | | | In close relationship to issues of leadership, one of the distinctive attributes of Wicca is the domination of a student teacher relationship between members of a coven and the coven leader. | | | It could be said that Wicca is a religion that evolved out of a magical group, while Ásatrú is a religion out of which have evolved magical groups. |
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http://www.webcom.com/~lstead/wicatru.html
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| | Wicca - Llewellyn's Wicca Resources |
| | William Schnoebelen thought Wicca was a harmless nature-worshipping religion. | | | Wicca is a Neopagan religion that can be found in many English-speaking countries The history of Wicca is a much debated topic. | | | Shop for Wicca products like spellbooks, and spiritual guides or read articles on wiccan subjects from Llewellyn the World's oldest New Age Publisher. |
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http://searchalso.com/q/wicca.html
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| | Browse Dianic Wicca Books |
| | Dianic Wicca is the practice of Wicca by women, with women, and for women, in all-women covens. | | | We carry over 800 Wicca and Witchcraft titles, including all the best books on Wiccan beliefs, practices, and philosophy, solitary practice, covens, natural magic, spells, spellcasting, ritual and ritual tools, talismanic magick, invocation, and so much more! | | | And men, if you're feeling left out, just do a title search on the main Wicca books page for the word "male" and see what comes up! |
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http://www.sevenrays.com/books/Wicca.Dianic
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| | A Tradition of Wicca that concentrates mainly on the Goddess aspect, and downplaying or not acknowledging the God. | | | Old Dianic Wicca- Places greater importance in the Goddess, and honours the God as merely her consort. | | | As with many Traditions in Wicca, the faces practitioners choose to view as the Goddess' aspects are gleaned from everywhere- from the Ashanti to the Zulu, from Aja to Zywie. |
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http://girlgerms.net/dianicism.html
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| | Myths about Wicca from non-Wiccans |
| | Dianic Pagans who are not Wiccan, as well as the followers of a number of indigenous religions can be described as being goddess worshippers, but are NOT Wiccan at all. | | | Wicca (specifically) believes that deity, whether divine as interpreted by the ancient world, or modern concepts of deity, is either without gender, beyond gender, or reflective of the human race and having both genders. | | | Modern Wicca in it's earliest incarnations points to a God and Goddess in divine unity. |
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http://home.att.net/~ladykaat/teens/q3.html
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| | Common Wiccan Traditions |
| | A pre-Gardnerian from of Wicca in which one must be able to trace the practice of the Old Religion through there family tree. | | | This form of Dianic Wicca gives primacy to the Goddess and Covens are mixed. | | | This form of Dianic Wicca focuses exclusively on the Goddess and consists of women-only Covens and groups (has a strong lesbian presence). |
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http://www.brigids-haven.com/bos/beginner/wicca.html
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| | Wiccan Traditions |
| | Dianic Feminist Wicce is a tradition started by Ann Forfreedom that is both religious and practices magick. | | | As "The Church and School of Wicca" the material is presented to students by correspondence, though the course is virtually the same as the material presented in their book The Witches Bible. | | | The Georgians, founded by George E. Patterson in 1970, were chartered by the Universal Life Church in 1972, as The Church of Wicca of Bakersfield. |
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http://www.joellessacredgrove.com/wiccantraditions.html
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| | Dianic Tradition, Dianic Wicca (Temple of Diana) |
| | Temple of Diana's Dianic tradition is a Goddess and woman -centered, earth-based, feminist denomination of the Wiccan religion revived and inspired by author and activist, Zsuzsanna Budapest in the early 1970's. | | | Dianic tradition is a vibrantly creative and evolving Women's Mystery tradition, inclusive of all women. | | | Contemporary Dianic tradition recognizes the greater or lesser effects and influences of the dominant culture on every aspect of women's lives. |
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| | Pagan Traditions Selector [Archive] - Stormfront White Nationalist Community |
| | What bothers me most is whole newage feel around wicca: Everything should be nice and harmonious, and we have to live in harmony and pray to the Goddess, whoever she is. Definitely female oriented religion. | | | According to Gardner, the Wicca is centered around the revival of the old neolithic religion which was practiced in western Europe and the mediterranean area. | | | That religion was centered around the worship of a horned god and a mother-earth goddess, and has been transmitted in the countries of western Europe till nowadays, through covert structures called "Covens". |
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http://www.stormfront.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-70600
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| | Types |
| | The Church of Wicca was founded by Gavin and Yvonne Frost. | | | The Church of Wicca has just recently started to include a Goddess as a strong force in their teachings, up till now they have been strongly patrofocal. | | | One branch, founded in Texas by Morgan McFarland and Mark Roberts gives primacy to the Goddess, but also honours the Horned God as her Consort. |
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| | Dianic FAQs - UNIVERSAL LIFE CHURCH SEMINARY |
| | Dianic coven members of this “sect” consist of both women and men. | | | This branch recognizes the Goddess Diana (or the Lady) as the primary spiritual force yet honors the Horned God, Cernunnos (or the Lord), as Her Beloved Consort. | | | In the spiritual philosophy of Wicca, a woman evolves over three stages during her lifetime: Maidenhood, Motherhood, and Cronehood. |
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http://www.ulcseminary.org/faqs/dianicFaq.php
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| | Pagan News - Pagan News & Information |
| | Dianics are empowered through the Divine Feminine of the Universe. | | | Dianic Coven of the Green Goddess - Coven (Owasso Oklahoma USA) | | | Sometimes called Feminist Dianic Witchcraft, focus exclusively on the Goddess and consists of women-only covens and groups. |
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http://www.pagannews.com/cgi-bin/traditions1.pl?90
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| | Not only is he responsible for bringing Wicca to the United States in 1964, but he has also written several books and has his own Wiccan tradition- Seax-Wicca.... | | | From what I understand she is in connection with the earlier stages of Dianic Wicca, where Z Budapest comes along after.. | | | Though Asatru is not Wicca by any means, I've seen a lot of people associate them, and say that Asatru springs from Wiccan roots. |
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http://www.wicca.com/celtic/forums/view_topic.php?id=2136&forum_id=19
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| | Technorati Tag: wicca |
| | Wicca Spell Casting by Andreika Spell casting by Andreika for love, luck, money, and more. | | | Sacred Mists Wicca Enchantments Unique store with books, cauldrons, blessed candles, herbal apothecary, jewelry, body care, spell kits, natural-state and polished crystals and stones, incense, statuary and UK imports. | | | Capricorns Lair Store for Wicca Goods Capricorns Lair online store offers thousands of wicca and metaphysical goods; see us for altar items, candles, incense and more. |
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| | Dianic Witchcraft |
| | Some Dianic Wiccans reject a masculine aspect to the divine, while other Dianic Wiccans recognize a masculine aspect but only invoke the feminine in their ritual. | | | In classical Roman Dianic worship, the priesthood were single women (not necessarily lesbian, many left the priesthood to be married). | | | Unlike most forms of Wicca, which invoke the divine as a heterosexual male and female pairing of Lord and Lady, Diannic Wicca invokes the divine as essentially feminine, with just a Lady (usually Diana, but also Artemis, Bast, Isis, Lucia, and other ancient Goddesses from any ancient culture). |
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| | Dianic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Feminist Dianic Witches, who may have been inspired by Z Budapest, the New York Redstocking's W.I.T.C.H. manifesto, or feminist spirituality movements, who emphasize self-initiation, womanism and non-hierarchical organization. | | | It refers to those Neopagan religious traditions that place emphasis on the feminine divine. | | | The Apple Branch - A Dianic Tradition, a combination of Dianic Wicca, Old Dianic, and Faerie Faith. |
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| | Dianic Wicca |
| | Dianic Wicca focuses on the feminine aspect of the Divine. | | | Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Pagan: Wicca:... | | | Offers a definition and explanation of Witchcraft and Dianic Wicca. |
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| | Dianic Witchcraft |
| | Some Dianic practitioners consider themselves Wiccan; many (including myself) do not. | | | If you are not practicing a Dianic path, you are still welcome to view these pages, but I expect you to be respectful despite our religious differences. | | | Dianic Witchcraft is a female-only, Goddess-centered, pagan path of worship. |
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| | The tradition is open to women and men, over the age of 18, who have previously identified Wicca as their path. | | | A 5-10 page paper explaining one's personal belief system (it does not conform to any particular standard, but an initiate must have one; this is a spiritual tradition). | | | Our tradition is a moderate branch of Dianic Wicca, with an emphasis on equality, ecology and wo/men's mysteries. |
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| | Profile: Pagan Traditions |
| | Its founder, Lady Cara, a Gardnerian High Priestess for over thirty years, felt a calling to put Traditional teachings in a form that would benefit the masses without giving away any oathbound material. | | | This tradition has five levels of learning with a dedication, initiation and three elevations. | | | Level One: Dedication to the gods, goddesses and nature. |
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http://www.witchvox.com/trads/dt_trads.html?a=usfl&id=9821
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| | Dianic Wicca |
| | Most Dianic traditions excludes male membership, but there are some that include males. | | | Within Dianic tradition is the belief that ancient cultures were matriarchal in structure and passive in action. | | | Members of the Dianic Wiccan tradition are often involved in politics, were associated with the feminist movement of the 1960s, and seek to improve the position of women in society. |
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| | Wicca |
| | It is a nature based religious system with various traditions, god and goddess worship, witchcraft, spells, and divination. | | | What should Christian do if their child gets involved in Wicca? | | | Wicca is a very popular movement in America and Europe. |
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| | Susun Weed - Herbal Medicine: Books, Workshops, Intensives, Apprenticeship, Correspondence Courses |
| | In addition to her writing, Ms Weed trains apprentices, oversees the work of more than 300 correspondence course students, coordinates the activities of the Wise Woman Center, and is a High Priestess of Dianic Wicca, a member of the Sisterhood of the Shields, and a Peace Elder. | | | It was followed by Healing Wise (1989), New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way (1992 and revised in 2002), and Breast Cancer? | | | Susun Weed is a contributor to the Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women's Studies, peer- reviewed journals, and popular magazines, including a regular column in Sagewoman. |
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| | Dianic Cosmology: Polarity, Continuum and Balance |
| | My article draws from major features of my cosmological musings and understandings, and addresses a topic that has tended to disenfranchise Dianic Wicca from mainstream Wicca and panpaganism alike. | | | Systems theory talks of complexity, of the dynamics that structure systems. | | | Whatever Floats Your Boat: A Dianic Perspective on Polarity, Balance, and Gender |
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http://www.goddessmystic.com/PathActivities/Cosmology/Cosmology3.shtml
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