Is Wicca the 'Old Religion' ?

Ever since Gerald Gardner burst onto the scene in the 1950's, bringing to light what many had long sought to keep hidden, there has been the debate much like the one between the chicken and the egg-what came first? The Goddess or the Christian God? Meaning, does Wicca really predate any modern notions of Christianity?

There will never be an indisputable answer to this question, and it is highly likely that it's best that way, but let's look at the story that Raymond Buckland (the man who brought Wicca to North America) tells about the emergence of Wicca. Buckland writes in his book " Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft" that men and women were so in awe of nature that they turned everything into a God. They saw, as many still do today, hunting as masculine so anything to do with hunting became a God, and gathering and all things associated with it became a Goddess. With God's and Goddess came rituals to appease them and a priesthood to oversee these rituals. The members of said priesthood became known as the Wita-or wise ones.

At this point in time Pope Gregory the Great thought that he could make a mass conversion of people to Christianity by building churches on Pagan places of worship and smash any depictions of the gods and goddesses. The Gods of the Wita then became the devils of Christianity in a very literal sense. The God of the "Old Religion" was depicted with horns, so naturally the Christian's Devil must appear with horns as well. After the church had made a visual representation out of it, it wasn't a huge leap for them to begin calling the Pagan's devil worshipers (up until the time that the Christian church created him he was not even in existence ).

You may have noticed in that brief overview of addressing how the persecution of witchcraft began that I didn't answer the question raised. This is for a very simple reason-it does not matter. It is my belief that Wicca, whether it is the old religion or not, is at least modeled after something ancient and beautiful; worshiping the Gods throughout the Wheel of the Year with esbats and sabbats, using our knowledge to help others, and spreading love and light wherever we can.

i leave you with this thought : there are many paths to walk in this life, some are harder than others, recognize this and choose to walk your path ever so gently and lend a hand to those whom have fallen while walking theirs.

Blessed Be.

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It would be rude to assume that everyone reading this also follows me on Twitter, so I will take a moment to introduce myself: I am 19, married to JT, a solitary eclectic witch, and pulling double duty as a house wife and working outside of our home. I live in the bible belt, so I'm in "the broom closet" as it were about my religion.  I am an ordained minister , but have never done anything with the title. Aside from getting married my life has been rather boring since I graduated High School a year ago so I'm afraid this introduction may be rather short.


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Blessed Be.