Talk:Dianic Wicca
From Academic Kids
I question the inclusion of StarHawk as related to Dianic Wicca. She is very much into pan-gender practice. Maybe she has been influential in some way I don't know about? --Dmerrill
Comment: Starhawk's early training included significant experience with Z. Budapest and Feminist Wicca (the store). Some of Starhawk's work is in The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries by Z. Budapest. -SC
I question the inclusion of the Dianic tradition as Wiccan. The teachings are nowhere near the same, and the origins are too far removed.--J. Robinson
Comment: Some Dianic Witches would agree with you. However Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903), author of Aradia: Gospel of the Witches (1899) would probably not; "Whenever in history there is a period of radical intellectual rebellion against long established conservatism, hierarchy, and the like, there is always an effort to regard Woman as the fully equal, which means the superior sex." -SC
Moved from Village Pump
Although most Dianics do worship the goddess unto herself, not all Dianics believe that there is no equal god form. In fact, I personally know two ordained McFarlane Dianic Priests. Although rare it does happen. Purley feminist Wicca is a reactionary belief system. It is a sociological backlash against male dominated religions. However, it has the same fault in that it rejects balance in favor of the domination of one form of Deity; hence, it is a psycholoigcal reaction rather than a true belief system. It has served its purpose in showing the fallacy of a amle dominant god from. But, to not understand the sacrifice of the god and the joy and pain the goddess experiences from his arrival and departure from this plane, is to not understand the majesty, beauty and compassion of the goddess herself. Unfortunately, many Dianic Wiccans fail to understadn the true nature of the goddess by ignoring or downplaying her equal and opposite self.
Comment: You are entitled to your Point Of View. However, most Dianics do NOT practice or agree with polarity worship and dualism. Some non-Dianic Wiccans also do not. Personally, I think Dianic Wicca to be an oxymoron, because polarity worship has become The significant belief in American Wicca. -SC
