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Satanism/Wicca Research Questions

To: alt.satanism,alt.religion.wicca,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.pagan
From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nocTifer)
Subject: Re: Satanism/Wicca Research Questions
Date: 16 Feb 1998 21:03:07 -0800

49980216 aa2 Hail Satan!

AmerFocus:
>> 1. Why has Wicca been dubbed "Satan's Little White Lie?'

because it was started by Satanists who lost their way.


Jerry :
> Wicca wants to pretend that there are two types of magic, white 
> and black. Magic is magic, it's all the same.

false.  "Wicca" cannot want, and Wiccans don't all want the same
thing.  many Wiccans do accept a dualistic ethical system which
they describe by applying 'black and white' labels to their
terminology, but this is only demonstrative of their immaturity 
and ignorance, not of any cosmological validity.


>> 2. If Witches and Wiccans don't worship Satan, why does 
>> satanist Zeena LaVey consider herself to be both a Witch 
>> and a satanic witch?

most witches don't worship Satan.  some of us serve Hir.
Zeena considers herself a Satanic witch but there is a very
wide variety of witch to be found.


> The term "witch" is not the sole possesion of Wicca. It is much 
> older than that.  A female Satanist who practices magic is a 
> Satanic Witch.

hehehe.  some like the witch/warlock (female/male) terminology,
mostly because it gets under the skin of modern witches who have
tried their best to escape their Satanic roots and failed miserably.


>> 3. What the heck is a satanic witch?

a "satanic witch" is a redundant term.  "satanism" is the nightmare
of Christianity, and all "witches" worship Satan according to this
projection.  few who consider themselves Satanic witches probably
worship Satan, but this is quite beside the point.

'witches' occur in a variety religious contexts.  those who are into
the Roman Catholic Church are Catholic witches, those who like Santeria
are Santerian witches, those who like Wicca are Wiccan witches, and
those who like Satanism are Satanic witches.  it is very simple.  it
just happens that the Wiccan religion has attempted to co-opt the
term 'witch' out from under the Satanic tradition, in the best
Satanic sense, sometimes quite befuddling the very 'Witches' who see
fit to argue for "only white light spells!"  it can be quite a mess
to sort out, but the Satanist community likes it this way it appears.

blessed beast!
tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com 
nocTifer
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