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[Jodi McMaster]

At 12:45 PM 1/23/98 -0800, Cougar wrote:

>Anyhoo, I personally know some wiccans, and they don't talk about it
>much, but I wonder if the people I know, are aware of the history of
>thier belief. It is VERY old, has an extensive history, and shaped the
>way we all are today. 

I'd quibble with this statement to this extent--modern Wiccans are
generally structuring their practices and beliefs on a resurrected version
of the historical Wicca.  It parallels (or may even be considered a
subgroup of) the Celtic revival. A good example of the process: the famous
poet Yeats (along with his cohorts) made up religious Celtic ceremonies
based on their interpretations of what ancient practices were with a
limited amount of hard research or any literal continuation of those
practices.  (Those particular rites arose out of a need to find a
commonality between Catholic and Protestant Irishmen and still go on.)  I
can't give the same specifics about Wicca, but I have the sense that the
same sort of thing gave rise to modern Wiccan practices.

AElfwyn
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