A Wheel With Five Points
Sometimes, Jen Rowe hestitates to wear her pentagram, or pentacle.
An almost-universal symbol of paganism, it's worn by many pagans as jewelry, says Jen Rowe, coordinator of the Pagan Pride celebration this past weekend.
"It's a circle with a five-pointed star inside," she says. "For most, the points represent earth, air, fire, water and spirit."
Rowe says she's not alone in her hesitation. Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, spells
An almost-universal symbol of paganism, it's worn by many pagans as jewelry, says Jen Rowe, coordinator of the Pagan Pride celebration this past weekend.
"It's a circle with a five-pointed star inside," she says. "For most, the points represent earth, air, fire, water and spirit."
Rowe says she's not alone in her hesitation. Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, spells
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Hello,
I want to preface the following statements by saying that I do not practice any form of pagan religion or Wicca. However, earlier today I watched program on the Discovery Channel and was shocked to see how they depicted this religion.
The show, entitled "A Haunting" consistently compared Wicca to Satanic worship and depicted the female practitioner (named Sandra) as an unstable, ignorant woman who was unintentionally harming those around her with her religious beliefs. The program makes direct comparisons between the male pagan God and Satan and makes many philosophical statements about the uncontrollable and unpredictable nature of magic and humans' inadequacy to deal with these "forces".
The show also depicts Sandra as becoming increasingly counter-culture in her behavior as she continues to practice Wicca (the show does this through showing her wearing only black and decorating her house in entirely pagan symbols). She is also constantly in conflict with her retired military, well-balanced and Christian son, whose name I think was Gene.
The show climaxes when Sandra attempts a religious ritual involving Isis and "demons" (as Sandra and her son refer to them) emerge from the walls. At the closing of the show, Sandra and her son have reconciled, she is wearing colorful clothing, looking happy and has given up "practicing witchcraft" forever.
I do not believe that this kind of depiction of paganism to be a fair treatment of the religion. It seems extremely slanted (above even the typical and expected dramatics in a show called "A Haunting") and programs like this contribute to the ongoing social persecution of Wiccan and pagan practitioners.
I felt like the pagan religious community needed to informed of this program.
Thank you for your time.
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