tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post5823939537318965204..comments2024-03-28T02:44:22.875-04:00Comments on Hecate: A Witch Takes ResponsibilityHecatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-3723896525804863112010-02-19T07:25:05.023-05:002010-02-19T07:25:05.023-05:00Sooo... Let me get this straight. If I refuse to p...Sooo... Let me get this straight. If I refuse to perform one of the most intimate acts known to mankind with a total stranger, I am not a witch? <br />Bullcrap. <br />I have just lost what little respect I had for the Frosts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-2327797155507745382009-02-26T11:14:00.000-05:002009-02-26T11:14:00.000-05:00I don't know what to make of these people any more...I don't know what to make of these people any more. I've read some good stuff of theirs, and then they say stuff like THIS and it makes everything they ever said that I liked suspect.<BR/><BR/>I suppose I should throw their book out?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906089927390662087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-86958244126423973172009-02-25T13:39:00.000-05:002009-02-25T13:39:00.000-05:00Anyone who says "my cultural brainwashing is bette...Anyone who says "my cultural brainwashing is better than the one you grew up with" is suspect.<BR/><BR/>If that brainwashing is sexual, my 'predator' lights start flashing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-85763382258354480072009-02-25T08:36:00.000-05:002009-02-25T08:36:00.000-05:00Excellent post. The kind of sex the Frosts advocat...Excellent post. The kind of sex the Frosts advocate means that no one under the age of 18 could legally become a Wiccan. And this would be one religious freedom issue I wouldnt want to argue in front of the Supreme Court.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-43498735409267537012009-02-24T08:59:00.000-05:002009-02-24T08:59:00.000-05:00Except for my conversations with M-I-L, I know ver...Except for my conversations with M-I-L, I know very little about Wicca or witchcraft. However, I am extremely troubled that this is the same practice/argument used by very violent gangs when initiating female members into the gang. Seems an practice/argument used for oppression and subjugation as opposed to a practice/argument to encourage enlightenment and empowerment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-52882128714689365602009-02-24T08:57:00.000-05:002009-02-24T08:57:00.000-05:00Oh! thank you for this offering. As a woman who h...Oh! thank you for this offering. As a woman who had to overcome many sexual wounds I could never use sex in the way these people describe. I also know and have known that my power and holiness is there in my sexual response. Thank you so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-3902566385281180972009-02-23T13:04:00.000-05:002009-02-23T13:04:00.000-05:00That's certainly coercion. I mean, it's essential...That's certainly coercion. I mean, it's essentially telling someone, "You can join our club that you really want to join, but first, have sex with this random person I just picked out for you." Totally not cool. As an outsider (Deist) I don't see too much difference between that practice and some of the crap the FLDS pulls. Well, it's less permanent, I suppose, but sex with strangers is risky to begin with.<BR/><BR/>Also, consider what goes into how we choose our mates, be them permanent or fleeting. We have evolved to find certain aspects attractive, and that manifests itself in different ways for different people. One important way that women select their preferred mates, for example, is by smelling (usually subconsciously) his sweat. In general, the more his immune system is like hers, the less she finds the scent attractive. It's a means of avoiding incest. These cues and instincts are tragically bypassed by this practice of a coerced hook-up. Pretty creepy.<BR/><BR/>I do like how modern pagans view human sexuality as a more positive thing than most other religions. Some of the more socially progressive Christians, Jews, etc. are trying to adopt those views, as well. I'm glad they are, but I suspect they'll always fall behind the pagans in that respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-34717808010587832042009-02-22T23:26:00.000-05:002009-02-22T23:26:00.000-05:00Wow, there are not enough red flags in the world t...Wow, there are not enough red flags in <I>the world</I> to put around that passage. That's just plain abuse, with a handful of shame thrown on top of it to keep people quiet. I mean, really, isn't what they're saying is that initiation = rape?Thaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09948272740932982138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-31416722440110292652009-02-22T23:15:00.000-05:002009-02-22T23:15:00.000-05:00Phew. I'm glad to see someone take on the hypocrit...Phew. I'm glad to see someone take on the hypocritical idea that ritual sex is somehow a mandatory thing for practicing pagans. I feel the same way about drug use--I've read a lot of things that seem to suggest that the only way to expand one's mind is via chemical enhancement. Whatever happened to personal empowerment? Good post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17952545418181970381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-33558211043048342672009-02-22T21:00:00.000-05:002009-02-22T21:00:00.000-05:00I am shocked beyond words. That the importance I ...I am shocked beyond words. That the importance I have always placed on the sacredness of sex, on the right I have to choose with whom I share my body can be written off as cultural brainwashing or as something that makes me less of a Witch is nothing less than insulting.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-67785508820871664472009-02-22T19:27:00.000-05:002009-02-22T19:27:00.000-05:00Methinks that some of these people had some issues...Methinks that some of these people had some issues about sex that could have entertained a roomful of behavioral psychologists for a very long time. It is a shame that it got mixed up with Witchcraft. <BR/>The personal empowerment of Witchcraft and the idea of trading sex for initiation are such opposing ideas that I just have never understood it. <BR/>The only thing that makes sense to me is predators in ritual cloaks, similar to predators in clerical collars.Celestitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786165729352851549noreply@blogger.com