Is Gardnerianism from Atlantis?

[Guest guest]

My apologies for any difficulties you have had with members of my Wiccan

tradition. Some Gardnerians are awfully judgemental. If you'd like to

see what ny own training was like, read the book "Wicca Covens" by my

teacher, Judy Harrow.

 

I'm surprized that most of the Wiccans out West are Gardnerians. I

thought that there were more of Starhawk's tradition, or NROOGD, or Pete

Pathfinder's kind -- all of which are quite different from Gardnerian.

 

As to the accusation that Dianics have "no real history" -- are those

Gardnerians claiming to date back to the "Burning Times," or to Atlantis?

Very silly. Gerald Gardner cobbled his Wicca together from various

sources (including Aleister Crowley, the Catholic Church, and Malay

Shamanism). I am unconvinced that even "family traditions" can be

accurately traced back unbroken before the 19th century. And the Dianics

have reconstructed their traditions from many of the same sources.

 

There's nothing wrong with reclaiming from old writings, or with modern

inspiration. What's important is whether it works!

 

But I didn't join Shakti Sadhana to argue about Western mystical

traditions. I joined to discuss the longstanding, HISTORICAL,

Goddess-worshipping traditions of India, which has always been accessible

to both men and women.

 

Om shanti,

 

-- Len/ Black Lotus

 

 

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:59:25 -0000 "prainbow61" <paulie-rainbow

writes:

>

> Namaste,

>

> <bows deeply and spreads the hands in a gesture of openness>

>

> Please be assured that I am not out attacking Gardnerians.

>

> I am in a conservative western state of the US where there are

> predominantly groups of that tradition or a derivative.

>

> Though my personal experience with them has been less than

> impressive and sometimes quite off-putting, I was at great pains to

> craft my language to include the spectrum of the tradition.

>

 

 

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