Highschool provided me conversations with a few others who practiced magick of some form. Of the seven female practicioners, all started off claiming to be "wiccans," though four of them later dropped this title for either "witch" or "pagan." All left the practice exept one who now calls herself simply "pagan." I knew five males who practiced magick in some form as well. One started off studying witch craft and later started working with Tyson's book on Enochian. I believe that he has left the practice but am not sure about this as he left to another school a few months before I graduated. Another started studying psionics and later blended in Chaos magick. He still practices, though not as much as he used to. A third started with witch craft and quickly moved to the Levay flavor of Satanism. He left the practice as well. A fourth began with witchcraft and tried to make a transition to cerimonial. When he began going to church with his, at the time new, girlfriend he quite practice and study all together. The fifth I knew started working with witchcraft and after a short time, took wicca as his religion. The last time that I spoke with him, he was still practicing.
While there were certainly many of others who studied the subject, the above are those who had studied/practiced for at least six months and had at least some idea of what they were reading/discussing.
Interpret the above the data as you will.
Whether you like it or not, pop culture effects a lot of early decisions to start studying magick. Notice the smilies to the left of your screen.
Lets look at the "witch smiley". (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/witch.gif) Note the long hair, this would probably indicate a female smiley.
Now note the wizard. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/wizard.gif) No long hair...
Another wizard. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/wandwizard.gif) No long hair...
The egyptian magickian. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/egypt1.gif) No long hair...
The chaos magickian. (IMG:
style_emoticons/default/922.gif) No long hair...
Can men be wiccans?
DerekThomas Can men be wiccans? Feb 28 2006, 02:27 AM
Feb 28 2006, 02:27 AM
