There is no such thing as an indo-european culture. What there is is an indo-european language group.
And isnt the same true for most of the original wiccan writers???
Of course there's not a Proto-Indo-European culture anymore. It disappeared when it branched off into several other Indo-European cultures and civilisations a few thousand years ago. This is attested by the similarities between Hinduism, ancient Celtic religion, and various other Indo-European religions.
Not necessarily. That depends on which ones you are talking about, and the extent to which they believed the ideas of other early writers on the subject. Keep in mind, Margaret Murray was not a Wiccan. However, her writings influenced the early development of the religion. On the other hand, modern Wicca is vastly different from proto-Gardnerian Wicca, so Murray's influence is, thankfully, dwindling.
To prove a common origin between Vedic religion and Celtic religion there would have to be a celtic literature with distinct similarities to the Vedas.
Ive read that Crowley wasnt a Wiccan either and yet Gardner apparently lifted whole passages from Crowley for his own writings.
'Kay. We can agree to disagree. We'd get nowhere fast if we didn't.
In some ways. I think she's more a twat than anything else. She tries to play the "victim" card too much, and a lot of the things she uses to back up her ideas are based on the outdated claims by Margaret Murray. Some of her major claims simply aren't relevant to modern Wicca, in my opinion.
I thought you referred to yourself before as a female?
Do you feel better now...that youve said something spectacularly meaningless?
Probably cuz I said I like Starhawk. I would be curious to hear Starhawk's opinion of Silver'Kay. We can agree to disagree. We'd get nowhere fast if we didn't.
In some ways. I think she's more a twat than anything else. She tries to play the "victim" card too much, and a lot of the things she uses to back up her ideas are based on the outdated claims by Margaret Murray. Some of her major claims simply aren't relevant to modern Wicca, in my opinion.
I thought you referred to yourself before as a female?
Anyway- I dunno. You just seem like a chick to me.
I do agree w/this.
Yeah, I'm done with being baited.
Well any spiritual tradition is supposed to be based on universal/eternal truths, so if it seems outdated it probably had no value to begin with.
Having met her, I'd have to say "she takes it seriously; she's just a fluffy bunny person" (I realize that's not a resounding endorsementYeah. That's why I don't like her stuff as much as, say, Cunningham. She's very fluffy-bunny about it all, and she doesn't seem to take it seriously, whereas Cunningham is honest, straightforward, and is actually serious about getting the right information out there, and in following his beliefs.
Or, was, before he died. But you get my point.
Anyway...discussion point...
What about other, less well-known neopagan faiths? Such as Asatru or Neodruidry, or Kemeticism?
I find those to be very interesting, because they're more along the lines of reconstructionism, or close to it. They're, to me, closer to the original religions, but because of that, they can be a bit outdated. What do ya'll think?
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Wiki has a fine article that discusses it in good detail.
Well, she might have. I don't know; I haven't been up to date on her latest stuff.Maybe i just imagined she softened
After I did light candles to memory of love ones in our Christian cemetery I went to light up candle to our ancient God of Forest - Tapio, sacrified waste parts of my meat-stew and pour some beer to ground. Then I lighted up a joint and did drink rest of my beer, listening the wind whispering in trees. That was first for me, but not the last one. I´m Evangelist Lutherian wanna be "pagan" LOL