For me outside nature is indescribable, it is actually in-humanly impossible to give nature context, in a way we would understand it. Instead I am going to try and put it into context for clarity, which my small mind then will no doubt explode itself with confusion. I view nature as a creative destructive force in this world, we are ready to except the creative force of nature yet so eagerly shun the darker sides of nature, hence when I say nature I am NOT referring to human nature. Darker does not in any way imply evil, evil to me is a manmade concept, it describes our nature, and mistakes we blame religion or the devil for. when I refer to darkness I refer to the hidden, less unknown aspects of nature. The word darkness has been so tainted that we have to associate it with evil. In nature darkness is the spark of creativity.The night time sky is dark but it is not evil. When an animal takes another animals life for food , when things die, it is a dark time for the ones left behind but that is not evil. The so called dark side of Wicca is not evil. It is as it. Noone likes the thought of destruction, the tornadoes that rip through houses and towns, the flash floods that wipe away a life of material valuable things, volcanoes earthquakes, and the other varied assorted variety that nature whips up. In human understanding our small minds call this bad, evil. But in reality this is untrue. Nature is as it, it creates life and thus can also destroy it as does the Goddess/God, not out of malice or hate, just because. It maintains balance on its own. Nature can cause the most beautiful flowers to spring forth, un-yet parch the very land they live on.It's that which must destroy in order to create.
What about human nature ? People are capapble of many things regardless of there Spiritula Preferance. I'm a good person, but I'm capable of doing nasty things because im human and im stuck with all the bad emotions as the good ones, I get angry, I swear, I sometimes hurt others feelings. YOU shouldnt look for destruction, in your life because it happens anyway, like it does in nature. It just happens when you least expect it, amost like someones come along and shits on you, so to say. Natural darkness in human nature is all ths shit, and pain we go through, but allowing ourselves to be devoured by it dosnt help, but learning from it does, and yes it does suck big time. This whole concept of being Black or White has nothing to do with Witchcraft, infact it has nothing to do with any religion atal, you wouldn't ask someone of another faith if they were a black or white Buddhist, or Christian so to say. The black and white aspects are not in ones faith but in ourselves.The devil and the darkness do not exist in religion for religion is man made. Spirituality is however genuine. Evil is not found in Wicca, Christianity, or any faith known to man, because the devil and darkness exist in us. People make up the faith, so it's obvious to tell whether a faith is generally positive or negative. It's our actions and intent which determine that. We are capable of spontaneous hurtful emotions, which we try not to leak into out magickal actions. And of course some people will will rear there heads, and try to devour everyone with there negativity, and eventually themselves. You see even though negativity is apart of life, to help us to learn, we can't let it become us. Wicca/Witchcraft is a life encompassing religion faith whatever you prefer to call it. Life means exactly that LIFE, understanding all of life. The life we see in natural nature as i said above, and also the human nature Encompassing all of life means understanding our darker side. Our darker sides are the things which we hate about ourselves, and our faults, hey we are not perfect and are not meant to be. Even though these emotions are normal we should not let them destroy us. It's very important to take a look at your life, we as human beings have the ability to create the most wonderful things, and the most horrid things. Im a content person and happy but if bad things happen i try to sort them out because ignoring the problem dosnt make it go away, and even if you cant sort it out you can learn from the suffering your going through. I believe Sometimes we suffer things in life because we are meant to learn from them; other times we create the problems. And even idiots sometimes create problems too! I also think that we do pay in some form or another for our actions. Its okay to to cry, it takes real strength to cry, and crying is purifying. Strenth does not always come from sucking it up.
And to me thats the wonderful thing about life, and wicca no matter when pain, sadness and suffering come into my life, i can try to learn from it to become a more positive beautiful person. Wicca has helped me to understand my life better, why things are the way they are, and how i can help to heal myself whole again. If theres ever a time when things happen to you, and you feel you've reached the end of your teather, of you feel the need to give up your precious life, remember this. Your life is a beautiful gift, don't waste it.Many pagans witch's/Wicca's enjoy there lives despite of the negative things that happen. We love to learn, celebrate and rejoice in the life that the Goddess/god has given us. We try to embrace balance and except change no matter hard it is
As for wiccan authors -- Yes go ahead and shun Silver RavenWolf, Scot Cunnigham, etc....... these People have contributed and helped many people by writing ther books, liked or disliked. Dont like people interchanging the word wicca with the word witch? Then come up with an all agreement all agreement word that everyone agrees on. Whats more important the label your labeled or your beliefs. Dont get so caught up with disapproving wicca, because you want to feel like you're so ancient
Learn to move on, and take what past you need with you. Be yourself, not a steryotype, and most of all keep learning...... All ranted out!!! :) Blessings
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