"Never again the Burning!!"
WYOMING RITUALS
CHILDREN OF THE MOONLIT FOREST
Tradition or Path: ECLECTIC WICCANS
Community Support: Open Circles
Handfastings & Rites of Passage
- In Person Teaching - Email Classes
Group Overview: We are a local group of eclectic wiccan practitioners, we are a dominantly new group and we are also open to any new members. We have an ordained high priest of the third degree wiccan tradition. For more info please contact Dejah. BLESSED BE and Bright blessings to you all.
Evanston State: WY Zip: 82930
Email: TOMBSTONE21@hotmail.com
Bi weekly
Event Type: Networking
Sponsored by: Tam & Mysteria
Bi Weekly, Full Moon, New Moon & Sabbats
Price/Donation: Free!
Address: 1023 W 6th St
City: Cheyenne State: WY Zip: 82007
When: Bi weekly Time Information: 7pm
Forming an Open Discussion/Teaching circle open to all who follow the rede. Any and all welcome. Pot Luck to follow each meeting
contact: Kevin & Julie Kissler
Email: noradax@earthlink.net
Telephone: 307-432-0615
WYOMING WICCANS
Torrington: Willow (Libra) ... animal lover-eclectic path-seeking friends on the path. melodyrose46@yahoo.com
Sheridean: Firhorse (Scorpio) ... nature and animal loving Wiccan - looking for others in the area to communicate with bodygirl@hotmail.com
Rock Springs: Kendra (Pisces) ... Solitary eclectic always willing to share and listen. Blessed Be. krayon@fiw.net
Rawlins: Kari Allison (Aries) ... Looking for someone to research WiccansPagans. Please email. kallison@wyoming.com
Gillette: Libby Lemons (Cancer) ... Put Rosmary by your garden gate plant Lavender for luck and fall in love whenever you can. video1@vcn.com
Cheyenne: IshvaraIshy (Libra) ... 30 yr. old swm. 8 sabbats and so little time. Lets dance under the moon. lshvara1@excite.com
Carpenter: Shadowwalker (Scorpio) ... Warrior Wiccan following a martial interpretation of the path. shadowalker@worldnet.att.net
BACKGROUND The Wiccan faith is a matriarchal religion which originated in Europe. In this faith there is a belief in a deity, but not in the sense of an anthropomorphic God. Rather, the Wiccan belief is that there is a primordial, supernatural force which is the creator of the world and universe and which permeates everything therein. In the Wiccan faith, there is a deification of this force, and all individuals are seen as divine sparks from this divinity with a concomitant moral and ethical responsibility to themselves and to everything in nature. This responsibility arises from the fact that each individual is connected to all things in the universe in what is known as the "karmic circle," and each individual both causes the events occurring within the circle and is affected thereby.
Adherents to the Wiccan faith do not practice the stereotypical "bubble, bubble, toil and trouble" witchcraft, and Voodoo-like curses and hexes play no part in the Wiccan philosophy. The Wiccan church is not Christian, but it does believe in the teachings of Christ. It does not believe in the devil.
In the Wiccan faith, there are eight Sabbaths per year, which are major festivals celebrating changes of seasons. These include: Yule, Vernal Equinox, Beltane, Summer Solstice, Michelmas, and Lamas. The sacraments and ceremonies of the Wiccan doctrinal theology include: honoring the deity through reverence and homage, communion, marriages (referred to as "hand fastings"), funeral ceremonies, and ceremonies for naming babies.
The Book of Shadows is a customized reference book for Witches, containing useful information such as myths and liturgy. According to Gerald Gardner, such a book should be hand-copied from teacher to student but in practice not every Witch or Wiccan has a "book of shadows" and few are exactly alike. There are many "books of shadows" available in print and online (leading to the "disk of shadows" or even "directories of shadows" several megabytes large). If you'd like to copy from these sources for your personal use, you may assemble your own book. But please observe copyright laws in your newfound enthusiasm.
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