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Why is it tough to be a wiccan?

Updated: 8/19/2019
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It is tough to be a Wiccan in the modern world because Wicca and its followers have gotten a bad reputation because of things people did to our ancestors, who weren't necessarily Wiccan or witches. A lot of people believe that we're devil worshipers who sit behind closed curtain and cast dark magic spells on people. That we're all about harming other people.

That's the most common misconception, however. We have two laws as such. One is the Wiccan Rede:"An it harm none, do as ye will." the other is the Rule of Three: "Everything you do comes back to you in threefold." If one of the two rules we live by is that we mustn't hurt people, why would we? That would be like a good-faith Christian stealing, killing or breaking one of the other Commandments.

Sure, we may sit awake at midnight on a full moon, casting a spell, meditating or doing otherwise. That's all in the symbolism of it. Some spells work best during full moons, and midnight symbolizes the Goddess; she represents the moon. See? Symbolism.

Basically, it's tough to be a Wiccan in some societies because of all the prejudice that's been set up during the past centuries (think Salem Witch Trials and witch burnings before that,) and ignorance as many people refuse to listen when we attempt to inform them what Wiccan really is all about - we're not trying to proselytize, we're trying to inform.

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Let alone the outer world. You don't have to tell everyone around you that you are a Wiccan. A Wiccan is supposed to keep it a secret, not to advertise!

If you are comfortable writing your own book of shadows and dedicate a lot of time and effort for learning and researching, and if you rather enjoy than complain about late night rituals and safekeeping a lot of ritual tools and ingredients and books, then it is not a tough thing at all, it is an enjoyable thing to do..!

Another thought

In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and many other forward thinking countries of the world, religious tolerance is not just "on the books" but being practiced and defended by the law.

It is no tougher to be an ethical practicing pagan, than it is to practice any other spiritual path known to humankind.

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The toughest part of being Wiccan for me is the Wiccan Rede itself.

I have yet to find a definitive answer to the simple need for a Wiccan interpretation of two words: "harm" and "none."

In my thinking it is virtually impossible to correctly and universally define the word harm.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary says it means: physical of mental damage.

That overlooks emotional and spiritual damage as just the first of the flaws.

It also leaves a Wiccan practitioner at possible odds with the Rede for an inadvertent insult, an unintentional slight, or even an incautious comment or use of a politically incorrect term.

Then there is the word "none." Defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary as "not any" That means all life. Which is virtually impossible, in order to eat we must kill something, even vegetarians kill plants to survive. In today's world you can not go outdoors, heat/cool your home, operate a vehicle, or do anything without damaging something, from an insect, to the planet we live on.

I know this sounds like nit-picking, but if you think about it, the Wiccan Rede really is the toughest part of being Wiccan.

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