(^62) A Wiccan Bible
‘It wasn’t me. It was the [insert drug or alcohol of choice].’—Who put that
alcohol into your mouth? If it wasn’t you, then where is the police report?
Wiccans refuse to be slaves to Satan, the boogieman, or any other excuse. We are
not sheep. If you are a slave, sheep, or any other colloquialism denoting a follower,
then Wicca is not the religion for you. You see, in Wicca, you must decide for yourself
what is right and what is wrong. In this, I do not mean what is right and wrong just for
yourself, but what is right and wrong in the totality of the terms. To be Wiccan, one
must decide what is good, what is evil, and then look inside oneself, recognize both,
and take action to remove that which is evil. Wicca is a religion in which one seeks to
improve oneself.
In this I have seen the downfall of many that have come to Wicca for superficial
reasons. If one becomes Wiccan and does not recognize the need to identify good and
evil within ones self, there is no moral authority as guidance. No one to state firmly that
one’s actions are right or wrong. Consider the abortion issue, in Wicca, and the Catho-
lic Church. Most Catholics will tell you that the Church finds abortion to be a sin so
great, it is punishable by excommunication. Most Wiccans will tell you that the Wiccan
religion is pro-choice. Note that the Catholic Church addresses the issue of abortion
but Wiccans tend in conversation to address only the political stance on the legality of
abortion. What benefit is Wicca to a person considering abortion if she were not willing
to do that which Wicca insists? That is, to consult one’s own soul and that which has
been uncovered of that soul during the path of initiation into the mysteries of Wicca.
Now, I know I just pressed a few buttons by using the abortion issue. A great many
people insist that the issue is not a matter of religion. Those folk like to tell us that
abortion is a personal choice, not a religious edict. Those folk are exactly who I do not
believe should be Wiccan. While such matters are not best decided by some group of
priests in Rome, if one is not willing to accept a religion as personal, becoming ones
own priest/ess, making decisions mindful of right and wrong, then having some moral
authority other than one’s self is in fact needed. Our actions do have consequences. As
example, if abortion is wrong for you, then it is an immoral act. If you have searched
your soul and found that it is not a wrong decision for you, then it is not an immoral act.
However, do not think that it has no consequence, and do not think that the issue of
having or not having an abortion is not a matter of morality. In Wicca, morality is of the
highest order. That order is a morality in which the individual must decide for oneself
what is right and what is wrong.
Take issue with this as you will. With or without your agreement, the fact remains
that in our society, failing the ability to know the difference between right and wrong
negates a person’s ability to participate in the legal system. In our society identified
sociopaths are generally institutionalized such that someone else makes decisions for
them. This does not mean there is anything inherently wrong with the Catholic religion
or other religions. Some religions say one thing on matters such as these, other reli-
gions say the opposite. The Wiccan religion, when it is truly asked, says something
different to each person. This is because the Wiccan religion speaks from one’s own
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