[ SECRET POST #2260 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2260 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 04 pages, 080 secrets from Secret Submission Post #323.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 1 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This isn't fandom-related, but it just gets my goat, so.

As someone who isn't Wiccan and isn't interested in becoming Wiccan, I can't attest to your comments about what "the essence of what Wicca [...] is really all about." However, spellcrafting is not about that to all spellcrafters. Whatever someone who works magic chooses to call themselves, it's not... I mean ffs, you can be a monotheist and do magic. You can be atheist and do magic. You can be secular and just do magic without it being about the moon's phases or the earth.

So. Yeah. I haven't seen Buffy, don't particularly care to, won't know anything about the character in question. But please don't make generalizations about magic and spells.

I don't know what assumptions people make about Wicca in fandom, but I'm sorry that's what prompted you to make this a secret. You should feel safe enough to talk about religion with your friends!

[(Anonymous)]

You're not Wiccan, not interested in Wicca, and not a Buffy fan? Why the hell are you trying to correct the OP? Within their parameters, assuming that they follow the Gardnerian tradition or similar, the secret makes sense.

Magick in Wicca is generally considered to be highly religious, which is why many upthread were comparing it to prayer in Christianity. You can certainly do spells with very little religion but spells are considered more effective otherwise. Religion in Wicca usually involves a dualistic Deity, of which the female part is often called Gaia or simply the Goddess. That's just how magick in Wicca is understood.

The OP made it very clear they were talking about Wicca, not other religions that use magic, so no generalization of non-Wiccan magic or spellcasting is being made. You coming in here is like a Christian telling a Muslim talking exclusively about prayer in Islam is making generalizations just because the Islamic understanding doesn't apply to Christianity. And that's just stupid.