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This is an extract from the October 1990 issue of FATE magazine.
It deals with Witchcraft as it really is today.
Witchcraft Beliefs: For these look to books like Buckland's
Complete Book of Witchcraft by Ray Buckland, or The Truth About
Witchcraft Today by Scott Cunningham. Basically, Witches worship
the same Creator (for there is only one) as all those who believe
in a deity. This is the same Creator who is worshipped by Jews,
Hindus, Moslems, and Cristians. As no one knows what the Deity
looks like (or even if the Deity has looks), people have give the
Creator a physical form. After all, it is much easier to worship
something you can see or imagine other thaan an abstract concept.
The concept of male and female exists throughout life. Indeed,
they create life. Most Witches perceive the Deity as being female
and male: the Goddess and the God (although Dianic Witches only
recognize the female aspect).
The God and Goddess: The Goddess is seen as Mother Nature and
Mother Earth and is represented by the Moon. She is seen in the
fertility of the plant, animal and human kingdoms. In most Wiccan
traditions, her power is said to be at a peak in the
"fertile half" of the year, from May until October
The God is seen in the woodlands, the Sun, grain, and the hunt.
Most of the animals that prehistoric man hunted had horns, so He
is usually depicted as the Horned One. His power is at a peak in
the "dark half" of the year, from October to May.
That was istallment # 1, with several (at least 5) more to come.
Blessed Be,
Red Death