What makes a 'True' wiccans? by Kaja aka Queen Crazy

Okay to begin with I don't mind who comments as long as you don't say wicca is devil worship etc... This isnt a christian wiccan debate lol! Also I would like to say I know not all wiccans are like this but I must ask their opinion for curiosity sakes. I've been a wiccan 2 years, 1 year study, 1 year practicing :). Now I read all the books I can (I don't believe everything I read but you can learn things from some of them) and articles on USM and paganwiccan.about.com and other trustworthy sites. I consider myself ever learning as most wiccans always are. Now I don't believe in skyclad (for non practioners that means doing your rituals nude) and no offense to any gardenians but some things I've read from and about that guy I don't agree with (someone on USM had a quote of him saying gay was wrong (I'm not gay nor do I know anyone who is gay) and I highly disagree with that.) and I also don't believe in ceremonial magick where you call up a lot of non deity things (undines, gnomes, animals, those guards for the corners cant remember their names, faeries, divas, etc...) I guess I'm for good old 'religious magick' if you will where if you need something you ask the god and goddess for it and may do a spell involving them for it. Anyways one day not to long ago an old 'wiccan' (I dunno i dont think he deserves the term) emailed me and was asking if I did skyclad, ceremonial magick, great rite (for non practioners its an old practice not usually performed today where the high priest and high preistess um...had relations), wanted a teacher for and with both. The part that makes me either classify this guy as a non wiccan or a bad one is that he asked for pictures of me doin skyclad! Just a note to people I wouldn't do that in private let alone take pictures and blast them to anyone especially over the net. Well anyways to be curtious I just wrote back no pics and no way in the world would i do any, and that I don't believe in the other three. This guy claimed to be a gardenian since he was 12 (I think he was in his 40's.) Well anyways he writes me back and is saying if I ever wanted to be quote 'counted as one in the wiccan community' i would get a teacher and do those things, and also I quote Raymond Buckland (yes I know he's been trained as a gardenian) on why ceremonial magick is dangerous. Okay basically the jist of all this was he was saying I was non wiccan cuz I don't do those things (note I'm 15 for summerland sakes!) Well anyways I won't be speaking with this guy anymore but here is my question to the wiccans out there: do you think ceremonial magick, great rite, and skyclad are requierments of wicca and to be true wiccan you'd do those things? Honestly I don't think so. Skyclad and the great rite me have worked back in the way old days of paganisim but I don't think they should be brought to wicca. Ceremonial magick is more debatable but I still say it isnt worth the risk. Well happy debating!-Kaja aka Queen Crazy

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