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- From: ag055@yfn.ysu.edu (Ward Chanley)
- Subject: Re: PAGAN, was You should be a Christian because (30 words max):
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- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 17:37:00 GMT
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- Can you back this with anything verifiable or academic?
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- I really don't see that as all that
- necesarry; if you've chosen to take
- issue with the attributions Tammy
- makes for the words "Wicca" or "Witch"
- is it all that likely that she'll be
- able to cite sources you'll consider
- valid?
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- Scott Cunningham defines "Wicca" as
- "The Wise Ones" in his book _Wicca:
- A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner_.
- "Witch" and "Wicca" are both from the
- Old English root "Wic", to bend.
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- I thank the Goddess for my life,
- I thank the Goddess for my loves,
- I thank the Goddess for continued blessings.
- -- Z Budapest
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