Fate and Destiny: a philosophy thread

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Ponine

Kevy : Could you elaborate please?

I want to give an opinion, but I think I want to know what this means first.

It is hard to provide a detailed elaboration to such a basic concept (I say this not to be condescending, but because the question has me a little stumped). In searching for an answer online which would (hopefully) help me better express the thought, I ran across this:

Witches have a very strict belief in the Law of Three which states that whatever we send out into our world shall return to us three fold either good or bane. With this in mind, a "True Witch" would hesitate in doing magick to harm or manipulate another because that boomerang we throw will eventually come back to us much larger and harder then when we threw it.

Also, there are variations of the "Wiccan Reed" (or "Rede"), which sort of highlights many of the beliefs that many Witches follow. One such variation can be found here. The conclusion is almost always:

These Eight words the Reed fulfill:
"An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"

One of the more interesting (to me) aspects of Wicca is that it is VERY loosly defined. There are no hard and fast rules and definitely no dogma. It is a very eclectic belief system with much room for customization for personal preferences and beliefs. Our "Coven" (I use that term VERY loosly as we are small and hardly take ourselves too seriously) get-togethers are often as much social as they are spiritual.

Wicca does not involve blood-letting, animal sacrafice or running around naked in the woods. Also, other than a few words and symbols that have been borrowed and grossly distorted, "Charmed" has NOTHING to do with Wicca (although GusGus and I do watch it).

Wicca IS a simple, earth-based Pagan belief system

Does that answer your question?