Lynda June Prime's Home Page
My Other Web Pages
Related Web Pages
Table of Contents
Being a Wicca is who I am as well as what I do
Wiccas do not subscribe to what most people would see as a common sense
scientific understanding of reality. They have rejected the authority of
scriptures and the hierarchy of organized religions. They are generally
uncomfortable with any kind of orthodoxy.
Environmentalists have recently come to realize that organized religions
have failed to respect the diversity of natural life upon which our ecosystem
is based. Wiccas see the earth, heavenly bodies, humanity, and nature in
all their diversity as manifestations of divinity.
The ethical code of the craft is a very simple one, and it reflects
an absence of universal objective values in a tolerant and individualistic
attitude. It consists of just eight words: Do what you will, if it harms
none. Many Wiccas pointed out that a respect for all nature in that
its admonition of harming none includes both people and other living
things. To a Wicca, all things are living since there is no distinction
between animate and inanimate nature. Wiccas believe that the divine
spark of life permeates everything.
Wiccas also believe that their moral code is not one of licence, but
of responsibility. It requires an individual to act in accordance with
his or her true nature and to take account of the consequences of all acts.
The Goddess told her followers: All acts of love and pleasure are
my rituals.
Wiccas believe in the ancient theory of correspondence between what
is within the human mind and what is outside in nature and the cosmos.
They believe that a form of energy, sometimes called the ether,
permeates all life. This is the energy that people use to connect with
one another on an emotional or psychic plane. The same energy is seen in
the influence of the moon on the tides and the menstrual cycles of women.
The strength of the sun's rays, the seasons of the year, and the fertility
of the earth are seen as manifestations of the same energy. Magic is a
system for tapping into this energy and manipulating it in order to change
one's own consciousness or the external events.
The unity of mankind with the natural world is represented in the primary
sacred symbol of the craft, the pentagram. The pentacle a pentagram with
a circle around it is the protection for Wiccas.
We all have an energy field
It makes sense and it can be directed by taking energy and focusing
on that which you wish to alter. In healing, all the person is doing is
reinforcing a person's will to health. Some people are in love with the
fact that they are sick. You have to remove their sense of guilt. We Wiccas
have learned to be aware and do things other people don't think of doing.
In these modern times our instincts have become civilized. We've cut ourselves
off from instinctive ways.
We were the first ecologists. We believe in the law of threefold return:
What you have taken from the earth you give back three times. A
lot of people have become disillusioned with what they term patriarchal
religion. Wicca's have become greatly influenced by ancient mythology
and a love of nature. Wiccas demand that you be responsible for
your own decisions, responsible for how you live -- no one is telling you.
What Wiccas call magic could also be described as prayer, therapy, meditation,
creative energy, or optimism. The important thing for them is that it works
and helps them transform their lives.
Create your own Magic
Magic is for knowing yourself, knowing your environment. It is not for
pretty tools that cost lots of money. Tools are props. If the trained mind
and heart is with you, it works. For some people the craft is an expression
of their rebellion against the mainstream society and culture, or a spiritual
vehicle for social change. For others, it is a private religion and a way
of life that can coexist quite comfortably in any society that allows it
to do so.
Wiccas have an uninhibited approach to sexuality in their everyday lives.
Sex is natural and holy, and that is something that most people in our
culture are not able to understand and respect. Wiccas do not have a concept
of sin and they believe that, in order to act wisely and use magical powers
well, one has to have a clear understanding of the nature of the universe
and one's role in it. The Craft is rich with unspeakable secrets
and mysteries well guarded by the fact that they cannot be expressed in
words to those who are unready, so they will not be able to understand.
All the information I have been drawn to my entire life and that
felt good and right turned out to all be connected.
All Wiccas believe the earth is sacred. The female principle in the
self and the universe is as least as important as, if not more important
than, than the male. Wiccas all agree that the psychic energy within the
individual is one with the force that governs all life.
In a quest to find the Wicca one would expect to encounter some bizarre
people but simple and domestic is what you will often find. Wiccas feel
free to create new versions of the craft. They are feminists, ecologists,
and political activists who found the craft in a quest for a spiritual
dimension to their beliefs. They identify with symbols of the craft, but
interpret them in new ways. They often draw more on their own energy and
experience than on traditional beliefs and practices. I find if given the
opportunity the Wicca's can come up with as many interpretations as there
are stars in the sky. A survey found the most common occupations among
Wiccas was in computer technology. People who become Wiccas do so because
they have discovered a religion for themselves. Many people said discovering
Wicca's set of beliefs correspond to the way they have always felt.
This would explain that they now realized that they had always been Wiccas,
but had not come to realize that until later in life.
The most important thing in my life, in the same way as the ground
is what I need to walk on -- background and foreground at the same time.
Being a Wicca is who I am as well as what I do.
The ancients understood the earth, and that we as humans are only a
part of the earth. That whatever we do to the earth we do to ourselves.
Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. It appears
many humans have simply forgotten how to use their intuition and have narrowed
their consciousness to such a degree that they no longer are even aware
of their intuitive powers. If humans get caught up in the trivialities
of every day life, they suffer from subconscious hypertension. If worry
remains in the back of their minds permanently, they will become depressed
and it will eat up all their vitality.
In order to live a healthy life, one must relax and grasp the deeper
level of meaning. It is always there, but one must be able to tune
into it. When stagnation occurs an excessive degree of self consciousness
is created, hence the getting caught up in everydayness. If a person
is not given a holiday from everydayness, their creativity takes the form
of increasing resentment against that life that imprisons them. What
they must understand is that they have imprisoned themselves with the way
they think. The human mind was meant to take wings and escape the mere
present moment and soar as it were. The human will needs aims and
desires to stimulate it.
You are what you think, feel, believe, and eat
This brings me to my main point and the focus of this article: the
power of positive thinking. I believe that each and every one of us
can benefit from realizing our own worst enemy is indeed ourselves. That
our physical body is the temple of our souls. It is our duty to keep that
temple fit. Ever hear the old saying, healthy body, healthy mind?
The same goes with the mind. If you are happy and have a healthy attitude,
each person you come in contact with is permeated with this positive energy;
if you are depressed and unhappy, the same goes -- each person you come
in contact with is permeated with this negative energy. Most human beings
live in a state of vigilance and anxiety that is far above the level they
actually need for vital efficiency. We must set our priorities and deal
with problems one step at a time. Remember we think ourselves in
and out of everything we do and say.
We must strive to live an ordinary life, but with one difference: in
a non-ordinary way. Wiccas realize that human beings are still partly animal.
We are tied down to the present moment, but we have a remarkable capacity
that is not possessed by any other animal: our minds can take flight and
the journey is known as imagination. Our minds crave stimulation
as our lungs crave oxygen. When the mind is denied release from its everydayness,
it is as painful as an extremely full bladder. The active creative expression
it seeks will turn to any powerful stimulus, no matter how terrifying or
negative.
We need only read the headlines in our local newspapers or watch our
local TV stations as each morning is born amidst unspeakable horrors or
superhuman acts of heroism. Human history is the history of childness,
of silly quarrels for small reasons. The Ancient people had one thing that
is apparently lacking in present day thinking and that is long range
vision. We have one thing in common each and everyone of us. We
are all members of the Planet Earth. That we can not deny.
The powers of the mind have yet to be discovered. One thing I know is
true and that is all things are possible with the right attitude. I have
learned that great sorrow may be returned as great joy. I was forced to
give two children away at birth. My great sorrow became another's joy;
a young unwed mother's
sorrow was turned into another couple's joy. Now at a later point in
my life that great wound has been healed with a mother and child reunion,
not once but twice. I share my life with the sweetest creature I have had
to fortune to cross paths with. She is a thirteen pound Jack Russell Terrier
named Kynna. Her unconditional,
never-quavering love gives me hope. I pray that there comes a day that
each and every one of us will open our minds to the endless possibilities
that lie at our very fingertips. For a Wicca, the quest of knowledge is
a life long quest. For in order to be knowledgable, we must first accept
how very little we indeed know.
I have always, through my life, found great peace from music. The lyrics
are never forgotten -- I need only hear a few beginning bars. I think the
Moody Blues pretty well summed it up when they sang these words:
I have dreams enough for one and I've got love enough for three, I have
my hopes to comfort me, I got my new horizons out to see, but I'm never
going to lose your precious gift it will always be that way, cause I know
I'm going to find my peace of mind some day.
The key to youthfulness is attitude and staying physically fit. We are
what we eat, breathe, drink, and see. We are each an absolute individual,
but the Wiccas understand that we are also born from matter that once was
one force. Life has never possessed positive purpose, only the negative
one of staying alive and avoiding pain. With the development of art, science
and philosophy, man has acquired a positive purpose, a purpose towards
which he can drive forward -- not be driven from behind. If a positive
purpose could be established as the human driving force, it would be a
turning point in evolution, for it is many times stronger than the negative
purpose of avoiding pain.
Cyberspace is the perfect ground to establish a positive purpose. The
soil has been richly laid and is awaiting each new seed of information.
The world is beautiful in its great diversity. With this new form of information
sharing, all things could be possible, even World Peace. I feel
fortunate to be alive at a time when we can all participate in this new
and exciting form of communication. I have always felt compelled to share
my knowledge with those willing to listen. At the same time, I am no stranger
to a good book, movie or song.