It's unfortunate that Wren tried to speak with such definitive authority about this topic. Traditional witchcraft does not embody things like the threefold law or concepts of karma. Those come from the Gardenarian Wicca tradition, which borrows (or one could say appropriates) such concepts from other cultures. Ironically, "karma" comes from the Hindu faith which acknowledges that so-called darkness and evil are all just part of God, one of its many faces. But I digress.
Traditional witchcraft has many different practices around the world, all who see things differently. Within Europe, traditional European witchcraft is also diverse, from country to country and even region to region within those countries.
It's both scholastically and theocratically incorrect for anybody to say witchcraft is one thing. Fortunately the modern understanding of magic has evolved greatly as the internet has proliferated and old literary volumes that were formerly lost have been found. Magic is not one dimensional. It is an entire universe.
I think you're not acknowledging the cultural timing and context of this review having been written in 1996...25 years ago! The discourse around modern witchcraft was quite different then and the vast majority of practitioners drew their practices, liturgy and beliefs from a Gardnerian Wiccan perspective. You mention this "evolution" yourself but fail to apply it to your own comments about a piece of writing that was created, by your logic, before that evolution took place.
It's unfortunate that Wren tried to speak with such definitive authority about this topic. Traditional witchcraft does not embody things like the threefold law or concepts of karma. Those come from the Gardenarian Wicca tradition, which borrows (or one could say appropriates) such concepts from other cultures. Ironically, "karma" comes from the Hindu faith which acknowledges that so-called darkness and evil are all just part of God, one of its many faces. But I digress.
Traditional witchcraft has many different practices around the world, all who see things differently. Within Europe, traditional European witchcraft is also diverse, from country to country and even region to region within those countries.
It's both scholastically and theocratically incorrect for anybody to say witchcraft is one thing. Fortunately the modern understanding of magic has evolved greatly as the internet has proliferated and old literary volumes that were formerly lost have been found. Magic is not one dimensional. It is an entire universe.
Agreed. Plus, We ARE The WEIRDOS, Misters and ma’am’s… embrace it!
I think you're not acknowledging the cultural timing and context of this review having been written in 1996...25 years ago! The discourse around modern witchcraft was quite different then and the vast majority of practitioners drew their practices, liturgy and beliefs from a Gardnerian Wiccan perspective. You mention this "evolution" yourself but fail to apply it to your own comments about a piece of writing that was created, by your logic, before that evolution took place.
Your reply reads very defensive. I was practicing before the movie came out and Wren’s blog comes across as a cranky, defensive person.