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"Wicca and Witchcraft:  Understanding the Dangers"  Currently sold out on Amazon's UK website.  Written by Elizabeth Dodd for the Catholic Truth Society, this pamphlet sells for about $4.00 USD/CDN and is a guide on how to convert Witches to Catholocism.

CTS Mission Statement

The Catholic Truth Society works to develop and disseminate as widely as possible completely reliable publications about the faith, teaching and life of the Catholic Church. It is motivated by a love of Christ, a deep belief in the profound hope he brings to modern man, a love of and fidelity to the Church, and the desire to communicate these treasures both to the faithful and all other enquirers by way of inexpensive and accessible English language publications.

Also from the same group:  "Lent:  Learning to Love Like Jesus" which has such wonderful advice as

There is more to Easter than the first bite of chocolate, sip of wine or gasp of cigarette.
and
Finally, don’t aim too high!


Whooo boy, where do I start?

Actually, this isnt a rant.  The pamphlet author gets a lot of things right.  She's mostly wrong on how the Catholic Church can satisfy the needs of those who turn to Wicca.

“Modern Wicca’s origins lie in Victorian occultism,” she says (also finding room to mention the movement’s early links with Aleister Crowley). “Wiccans are encouraged to develop their own pantheon of gods and goddesses with whom they are comfortable to work – a religious ‘dream team’ … There are no limits to the creativity Wiccans can employ when creating their religious pantheons: it would not be uncommon to come across a Wiccan who worshipped Odin, Poseidon and the Buddhist Bodhisattva Kawn-Yin simultaneously.”

This is correct.  What she fails to realize that every religion ever created started exactly the same way.

“Whether or not a Wiccan can successfully communicate with the dead or summon a spirit, whether spellwork is effective or not, has no bearing on the psychological damage that can be done to a young person who is convinced that they have summoned the dead, or have performed a spell that has hurt or injured another. Wicca has no hierarchy or support structure in place for these vulnerable young people … The use of magic, the practice of witchcraft, offends God because it is rooted in our sinful and fallen nature. It attempts to usurp God.”
 

This is only partly correct.  Proper Wiccans (ie not the "fuzzy bunny" wiccan wannabes) do not teach thier children spellwork or encourage them to practice wicca.  One can only embrace the craft as a willing adult.  I also don't believe magic offends God.  I am Wiccan and I believe in God.  I honestly don't think he (usually) finds me nearly as offensive as most Catholics.  Wiccan spells are simply prayer with a few toys and herbs.  Wiccans themselves don't have powers.  They simply feel they are connected directly with God, as they define him/her, and therefore ask directly.  And that's why there is no heirarchy or structure.  For Wiccans, religion is between a person and God.  Period.  No Wiccan has ever performed a spell that injured anybody.  Believing they have is ridiculous.  Wiccans practice two basic rules.  1)Do what you want as long as it doesn't hurt someone else and 2)Whatever you wish (pray, do spellwork) for comes back to you threefold.  No true Wiccan would ever ask harm.  ANd it has nothing whatsoever to do with communing with the dead. FFS Catholics have Saints!  Jesus!  Exorcism!  Who communes with the dead?  Catholics do.  Belief in afterlife/ghosts/spirits has little to do with the brand of religion you practice.  Ive dealt with people from every kind of culture and every kind of religion who claim contact with ghosts and spirits.  Wiccans certainly do not have a monopoly!

One person commented:

Every week in terrible places called 'churches' horrible old men indoctrinate young children into cannibalistic activity. Young children are taught to drink things & eat things while being encouraged to believe they are drinking blood & eating flesh. True, that is not just a hideously disgusting activity, that is child abuse! But apparently ok because the pope says so.  

Seriously.  Take this bread and drink this wine.  It is my body and my blood.  That is the basis for all Christian Communion Ritual. 

King James Bible 1 Corinthians 11:24


And when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 

And these folks have an issue with me burning some sage and lighting a candle when I ask God to intevene?

"Wiccans are on a genuine spiritual quest," providing "the starting point for dialog that may lead to their conversion."

Exactly right.  But be aware that you may end up being converted to Wicca rather than converting the Witch to Catholocism LOL

More from the comments:

Instead of simply following the common misconception, people might want to do some research. You might find Paganism was never devil worshipping, or anything else evil. It was the Catholic church who changed the meaning of certain symbols to either fit their religion or to assign an evil meaning to. Many witches were herbal healers as well.

Indeed.  Too many Catholics drinking the KoolAid instead of the ritual wine...

Before this turns into an outright rant, I'll leave you with this:

Hitler was a Catholic.  US Army Sgt Patrick Stewart was Wiccan.

 

Im jus' sayin'....

Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Stewart_(soldier)
http://www.metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=2609
http://www.angelfire.com/ia/Geoff/famous.html
http://www.mycatholictradition.com/catholic-mass.html
http://www.mycatholictradition.com/catholic-mass.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler's_religious_views
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100074609/how-to-convert-witches-to-catholicism/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wicca-Witchcraft-Understanding-Elizabeth-Dodd/dp/1860827136
http://www.cts-online.org.uk/

 

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