On the subject of “ancientness” being value-coded as “word that ascribes legitimacy” to a spiritual ceremony or religion, if doing something that your ancient ancestors or ancient people unrelated to you gives you spiritual comfort then okay cool I’m glad for you. But I would really like to find more Wiccans who embrace the religion for its modernity.
If you’re into claiming, with minimal or shaky evidence, that something is ancient with the intention of making it seem more legitimate, or claiming that ritual and religion NOT based on ancient practices is less legitimate, either way, miss me with it.
I’m not a farming wife in Scotland like my ancestors. My spiritual needs are different from theirs. My relationship with the Divine is different from that of the ancestors behind all the other religions that have a larger footprint on the culture in which I operate than Wicca does.
“Your religion was invented in the 80′s” yeah okay so was the MRI scanner and I’m really glad to have that in my lifetime as well.
Honestly, all Pagans and polytheists could benefit more from this IMHO.
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