Bone and Steel: Wicca =/= Eclectic anything:
boneandsteel:I have neither the time nor patience to nurse people through this so its an instant unfollow to anyone on my dash who talks about generic eclectic paganism and calls it Wicca.
Wiccan's are people initiated into Gardenarian or Alexandrian covens that can verify that lineage. End of story.
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This is actually a very poor definition. I am an initiated Gardnerian and I have yet to meet a fellow gard that has such a limited view of who can claim to be wiccan. Technically speaking Wicca was the term for the faith that Gardner started, so why would Alexandrian covens get a free pass? Why is Seax-Wicca not included? Seax-Wicca was founded by Ray Buckland who brought Gardnerian Wicca to America. I would think he would get the benefit of the doubt as far as started a valid form of Wicca Then you have Moshian Wicca, Greencraft Wicca, Central Valley Wicca, Algard Wicca, Minoan Brotherhood, and Minoan Sisterhood that were all founded by Gardnerian and Alexandrians and use many of the same elements.
Then we get to self-initiated and eclectic wiccans of the Scott Cunningham variety. Many of these practices are very much based off of what Gardnerian and Alexandrian do, and are not different enough to start claiming they are not a valid form of Wicca.
Definitions of terms evolve over time. Christian used to mean all of the different cults that formed after the death of Christ. Then it just referred to the catholic church, then it referred to all Catholics and Protestants then the Mormons were lumped in there too. The meaning of "Wicca" has changed too. While originally it only applied to people initiated down like of Gardner that is no longer the case.
Origin: witch-selena.blogspot.com
