Liber ab Anima (The Book of Soul)^207
Indeed the Pagan soul does scream for liberty and freedom. In the Roman Festival
of Feronia, we see a celebration of freedom not only from that which is commonly
thought of as enslavement, but from those things which bind our soul. That principle
being summed up by the Devil card in a standard tarot deck.
It is this desire for liberation that has brought most folk to Wicca and yet it is mostly
ignored. Again we see the two distinctly different paths of Wicca. The faddist who
performs a self-dedication or a coven/household initiation being one branch of Wicca
and the sincere path in which one recognizes the insatiable need to understand, to
know, to liberate the mind and who, with that recognition, realizes Wicca is not a place
to go, it is a journey to take. That journey being the initiation into the mysteries upon
mysteries found within not only our own soul but the collective that is life itself.The Wiccan Soul Screams for Victory
Finally, the Wiccan soul screams for victory in all things as demonstrated by the
Ludi Victoriae Sullanae from October 26 to November 1. That very celebration being
created because the ancient Romans knew that their souls screamed for victory, but
that victory could not be achieved without a conflict to be overcome. So instead of
allowing the desire for victory to become the motive for war, the celebration of sport
was created.Is Your Soul Wiccan?
In these questions, I am not asking if you have acted on your soul’s desire. I am
asking only if your soul has spoken these things to you.Does your soul scream for beauty in a world that is sometimes very ugly? When you see an
animal needlessly tortured and killed in the ugliest ways do you want to scream STOP!
That is life that you are destroying! Do you cry for that creature because you feel its
pain? Because you have the empathy given to Ash and Elm. Do you know the suffering
of other creatures? Does it hurt so bad that when you think about it, when you lower
the years of protective walls and shields intended to protect you from the pain, do you
have trouble curling up into a little ball and cry in the dark?Does your soul scream for love in a world that is sometimes filled with hate? When some-
one acts hatefully towards you, does it hurt? Does your soul scream out that you want
to be loved? That you need to be loved? Does your soul tell you that unless you are
loved, you will wither and die? Have you ever sat alone in the dark and gave into the
tears of a relationship gone bad? Has your soul ever brought you to the edge of insanity
because someone you loved did not act with reciprocity?Does your soul scream with lust so strongly that you can’t imagine laws against satisfying
those desires? If you are heterosexual, is your soul so clear that sex is sacred that you cans WB Chap 11.p65 207 7/11/2003, 5:55 PM