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New Post 11/28/2007 12:35 AM
User is offline Lycanuss
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SA Pagans & Witches NOT FREE at all :( 
Have you seen this?

http://www.pressportal.co.za/associations_and_organizations/za_20071024_862.html

and this

http://pro-pagan.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=3&Itemid=32

click on * General Questions ( 15 items )

my rants to them

http://360.yahoo.com/lycanuss

I am upset and so should all the Witches in South Africa
 
New Post 12/4/2007 10:14 PM
User is offline Damon
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Re: SA Pagans & Witches NOT FREE at all :( 

Lycanuss :)

Like you, I find the position of the PPA on the subject of Witchcraft offensive.

I have stated my opinion (and that of the South African Pagan Rights Alliance - SAPRA) in a document entitled 'Progressive Pagan Alliance' - see http://www.paganrights.net/press for a copy of the press statement.

Please also visit the following sites for more information on the pro-Reclamation position held by SAPRA, the South African Pagan Council (SAPC), Pagan Federation Internation South Africa (PFISA), and the Pagan Federation South Africa (PFSA).

TouchStone Advocacy
The Battle for Reclamation of the terms Witch and Witchcraft in South Africa
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6416194117

TouchStone Advocacy Blog: http://mynewsblogs.24.com/touchstone

South African Pagan Council (SAPC) http://www.pagancouncil.co.za

 

My position on this is clear - As a self-defined Witch I claim the right and priviledge to define who and what I am for myself. I will never relinquish my constitutional right to define myself as a Witch, and I will never give up my right to determine my own destiny.

ViVa! Reclamation!

 
New Post 12/8/2007 9:59 PM
User is offline Gert
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Re: SA Pagans & Witches NOT FREE at all :( 
'The Witch Hunter cometh'

Please excuse me if I come across as ignorant being new to the forum and all, but is it really that important? I think the words Witch and Witchcraft do not hold any power in themselves. These are merely vessels that embody something so much bigger, that is YOU. You are a self-defined witch and blessed are you be but do not let the misunderstanding and blindness of those around you offend you or make you forget what Paganism/ Wicca is really about.

I have extracted priciple 8 of 'The 13 Principles of the Wiccan Belief'.

'Calling oneself ‘Witch’ does not make a Witch – but neither does heredity itself, nor the collecting of titles, degrees and initiations. A Witch seek to control the forces within her/himself that make life possible in order to live wisely and without harm to others and in harmony with nature.'

1. Know yourself.
2. Know your Craft.
3. Learn.
4. Apply knowledge with wisdom.
5. Achieve balance.
6. Keep your words in good order.
7. Keep your thoughts in good order.
8. Celebrate life.
9. Attune with the cycles of the Earth
10. Breathe and eat correctly.
11. Exercise the body.
12. Meditate.
13. Honor the Goddess and God

Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding.
 
New Post 10/25/2009 5:02 PM
User is offline Damon
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Re: SA Pagans & Witches NOT FREE at all :( 

I am no Wiccan. I and many other self-identified Witches in this country have chosen not to relinquish our right to continue to call ourselves what we are - Witches.

 

 

 
New Post 10/26/2009 8:32 PM
User is offline Ammon
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Re: SA Pagans & Witches NOT FREE at all :( 

This is unfortunately something that seems to be happening a lot in S.A, there are more so called Pagan Associations that it's almost impossible to keep up with them all, and each with thier own agenda.


"Life's journey is not to arrive at the end safely in a well preserved body, but rather to slide in sideways totally worn out shouting, "holy sh*t...what a ride!"
 
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