Celtic Wicca
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Celtic Wicca is a tradition of Wicca, loosely syncretized with elements of Celtic mythology, mostly, as noted by authors including Ronald Hutton, Kelly, Greer and Cooper, by way of the Romanticist Celtic Revival. Raeburn (2001) is aware of the ahistoricity of "Celtic Wicca", establishing "a firm distinction between historical Celtic inspiration and modern Wiccan practice". Celtic Wiccans worship some of the gods of the Celtic pantheon, however this worship is within a Wiccan structure, not a Celtic one.
Witta is a specific form of Celtic Wicca, but claims to have historical accuracy, unlike mainstream Celtic Wicca, that generally recognises that it is very modern in origin.
Wicca, as established by Gerald Gardner in the 1950s, contained a few Celtic elements, along with elements from many other cultures such as Hinduism, romanticized re-interpretations of some Native American beliefs, as well as Masonic traditions (Greer and Cooper, Hutton, Kelly); Celtic Wicca can be seen as emphasizing such Celtic elements as there are to be found in Gardnerian Wicca while de-emphasizing some of the more obviously non-Celtic elements.
Celtic Wicca can be seen as both a form of Wicca and a form of Celtic Neopaganism, equally as historically inaccurate as Neo-druidry, contrasting firmly with Celtic Reconstructionism.
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[edit] References
- Greer, John Michael, and Cooper, Gordon. "The Red God: Woodcraft and the Origins of Wicca". Gnosis Magazine, Issn. #48: Witchcraft & Paganism (Summer 1998)
- Hutton, Ronald (2001). The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. ISBN 0-19-285449-6
- Raeburn, Jane, Celtic Wicca: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century (2001), ISBN 0806522291.
- Sirona Knight, Celtic Traditions. Druids, Faeries, and Wiccan Rituals. Citadel Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8065-2135-X.
[edit] External links
- http://celtdigital.org/Wicca.html
- http://www.janeraeburn.com/brigantia/ccw.htm
- The Wicca That Never Was: The real story of the world's newest "ancient" religion (part 1), (part 2), by Andy Steiner, Utne Reader
- When is a Celt Not a Celt? by Joanna Hautin-Mayer
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