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The Baldax Triplex Wiccan Coven is based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. We follow the British Traditional Witchcraft and we meet together to celebrate each Sabbat. We consist of 3 male and 10 female. The younger is a girl of 18, the oldest a woman of 42. We have students, managers, lawyers and doctors. In this moment we are not looking for new members, althought people concerned with wicca or paganism are welcome to discuss with us. As we are a group of high class people, often job travelling, we have no many free time, so we accept just few appointments with selected and very important people. Our purpose is to improve the material and spiritual growth of our members, so to have a new kind of man or woman, able to make his part in the construction of a better world.
There are different currents within the Wiccan religion: below a non-exhaustive list of the most important.
GARDNERIAN WICCA: based on the principles set forth by Gardner, gives great importance to the rituals, the coven is presided over by a
Master who is the Horned God.
ALEXANDRIAN WICCA: has a hierarchical structure, founded by Alex Sanders. It is inspired by the rituals of Gardner but with less rigidity.
SEAX WICCA: according to this current the origins of witchcraft are to be found in the traditions of the Saxon people. It prefers the personal approach rather than the rigidity of the rites.
FAERY WICCA: related to the Celtic traditions, it is based on the belief in fairies.
CELTIC WICCA is the original source from which they sprang all other events Wiccan. Closely linked to the Celtic world and its traditions.
BALDAXIAN WICCA: Italian current founded by Baldax Triplex, highly selective
and strongly linked to traditional indigenous religions, with much less
rigidity than the Anglo-Saxon currents.
It goes against the inconclusive and ephemeral idea of solitary practice.
Scott Cunningham is one of the most famous authors who tried to speak about Wicca.During its brief existence it was highlighted as an essayist
especially thanks to his most famous work: "Wicca: A Guide for the
Solitary Practitioner".His intent was to reveal contents until then remained hidden from most absolute secrecy and to bring the cult practitioner DIY. Its intent was partially rewarded by commercial success of his work, but technically quite sold questionable.Many of the practices described in its pages give an idea, at best,
only approximate about the practice and, at times, seems to read things
written by those who have only heard talk about certain topics, without
having had a tangible experience.When
we hear about "the Bible Wicca" We can not hide our concerns, whereas
the solitary practice is completely foreign to the tradition. So
it is conceivable consider fundamental a book that aims to clear a
figure like the solitary practitioner, a real contradiction and
doctrinal aberration.
A few days ago, in an evening show, broadcast on a popular
commercial channel, it has been analyzed, so definitely rough, the theme
of the Wicca religion.
I
always repeat that certain issues should be handled by competent people
and not by acrobats and dancers: in fact such a complex issue was
presented in terms more like folklore, with convoluted interpretations
of the principles of pagan culture and interviews with would-priestesses
who actually they showed a level of esoteric culture so inadequate as to shiver even the less attentive and prepared peolpe.
In particular, the thing that struck me most was the complacency with
which it was stated that the Wiccan covens would not proselytize.
How to grow a community would not accept new members?
The non-proselytizing is not a dogma: it depends on situations, contexts inside and outside the group.If a member of the group proposes a candidate that can bring benefits
to community development, it is surely the duty of the group to make
sure that this person may have the ability to integrate.On
the other hand is typical of those who know things only by hearsay,
cling to orthodoxy and dogma to demonstrate knowledge in matters that
really do not know at all.
Many people ask me why in our country there is so little movement in terms of the pagan culture. The problem is that many follow stereotypical patterns and it is not easy to communicate new ideas, that are original, but at the same time referring to an ancient tradition, deeply rooted in the ancestral memory of the places where we live.
We need more openness, willingness to study, knowing that the real culture refers to the recovery of ancient memories and not in chasing fads or pedantic sciolism that is usually served up by existing agencies of mass education.
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