I continue to try to take Wicca apart and rebuild it, reconstruct it, making of it something more suited to my needs (at least until something better comes along).
As well you should, lest you and your spirituality become rusted with laziness! I've a number of Wiccan friends whose faith, for lack of a better word, has become so overly-ritualized and almost dogmatic that I've had to tell them that they're no better than fundamentalist Christians.
Syncretism and individuality is the name of the game when it comes to spirituality these days. And, yes, it may seem odd for a stonecold atheist and materialist like myself to be making such a comment, but I still identify my own "belief system" as just that--a memetic structure that I favor for use in interpreting and understanding the world around me. Other belief systems do the same in different ways for different people, hence my devotion to the old motto (and John Lennon song): "Whatever gets you through the night / is all right!"
By the way, Ms. K--this is my new 100%-public LJ, where I'll be focusing the lion's share of my personal writings about...well, writing stuff and music and whatnot. The oneirophrenia account isn't going anywhere, but I'm just using it for friends-only personal stuff--i.e., bitching and moaning about the healthcare system and how much I hate the government. Heh.
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Date: 2006-12-05 09:29 pm (UTC)As well you should, lest you and your spirituality become rusted with laziness! I've a number of Wiccan friends whose faith, for lack of a better word, has become so overly-ritualized and almost dogmatic that I've had to tell them that they're no better than fundamentalist Christians.
Syncretism and individuality is the name of the game when it comes to spirituality these days. And, yes, it may seem odd for a stonecold atheist and materialist like myself to be making such a comment, but I still identify my own "belief system" as just that--a memetic structure that I favor for use in interpreting and understanding the world around me. Other belief systems do the same in different ways for different people, hence my devotion to the old motto (and John Lennon song): "Whatever gets you through the night / is all right!"
By the way, Ms. K--this is my new 100%-public LJ, where I'll be focusing the lion's share of my personal writings about...well, writing stuff and music and whatnot. The