Happy October! This is the month of Halloween and the Pagan Holiday Samhain.
I want to introduce you to a colleague and friend of mine, Rev. Devra Gregory, a Wiccan High Priestess, Alchemist, Ritualist, Healer, Massage Therapist, Drummer.
She was one of our presenters at the NAIN 2017 Conference. She is writing a chapter for Steve’s new book and I asked her if I could copy part of her chapter for this newsletter. I truly believe all faith traditions are important and the Pagan/Wiccan one seems to receive the least amount of attention and has been abused and misunderstood in the past.
It has a deep caring for ALL Beings and love for Mother Nature.
Thank you Devra for helping us have a greater insight into the Wicca tradition, which has many similarities to New Thought.
I believe:
“When knowledge is shared,
awareness and understanding become greater.
Myths, and misconceptions are dissipated,
and barriers of fear melt away.”
-Rev. Dr. Abigail Albert
“In Wicca The Goddess is the primary Deity with her consort being the male form of God. He is in service to the Divine Feminine, the creator of life. Women are accepted into Spiritual Leadership roles and may lead in other types of Pagan ritual. The term “Pagan” as well as “Witch” has had incorrect connotations attached to them. Pagan means “people of the land” or county folk. Witch comes from the Gaelic root wic or wiz meaning “to change.” Wizard also comes from this root meaning. So, what is magick? (magick with a “K” distinguishes it from stage magic) Magick is changing matter with ones focused will. In quantum physics we see that matter actually does undergo a pattern change when influenced by intentional, focused thoughts. Our thought sends out a spark of electricity and is not contained just inside our heads, but flows outside of us, too. We are all floating in a sea of vibration, in fact WE are vibrating energy. Humans are magnificent energy generators and receivers. In practicing magic, a Wiccan understands how important it is to control their own thoughts and consciousness, to direct the outer realm. Wiccans know that thoughts are “things” and the more focused the intention, and, the more we raise our energy up in natural ways like drumming and dance the better our prayers/spells land. Spells are really just prayers with some extra “bling.” Herbs, incense, charms, candles and other gifts from nature are used in a sacred way, utilizing each’s unique frequency to be synchronistic with the intention of the ritual. Witches do in fact create change. Healing is change, releasing unproductive habits and thoughts is change, shifting from the ego mind to the heart centered soul is change. Many other religious practices utilize this information, they just call it something else like manifestation or even miracles. So, when someone says “be careful what you wish for” they are reminding you of the powerful magic of your thoughts!
Wicca has no book of law only guidelines for the way we live our lives. The one basic tenant called The Wiccan Rede states, “Let it harm none, do as thy wilt.” In other words, do what you want just don’t hurt anyone else: it’s the golden rule. There is also the law of three- What you send out returns to thee by all the power of 3. This is the law of cause and effect, AKA Karma in the Hindu tradition.
Like other indigenousness cultures from all over the world, Wiccans accept there is life force in everything and each has its own vibratory pattern: plants, rocks, gem stones, herbs, trees and each of us, too. So, respecting all of life and honoring the miracle of nature is paramount to a Wiccan. We are peace loving, nature worshiping, Goddess/God Loving (not fearing) people.”
You can find more information about her ministry and events at:
Harming No one,
Abigail and Steve
there is a storm somewhere else on earth. We must truly realize our impact on our society and the world. Each one of is here to make a difference. The tools we have are our internal thoughts, God Intuition, Guidance, feelings and action.
