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This is an extract from the October 1990 issue of FATE magazine.
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It deals with Witchcraft as it really is today.
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Witchcraft Beliefs: For these look to books like Buckland's
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Complete Book of Witchcraft by Ray Buckland, or The Truth About
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Witchcraft Today by Scott Cunningham. Basically, Witches worship
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the same Creator (for there is only one) as all those who believe
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in a deity. This is the same Creator who is worshipped by Jews,
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Hindus, Moslems, and Cristians. As no one knows what the Deity
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looks like (or even if the Deity has looks), people have give the
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Creator a physical form. After all, it is much easier to worship
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something you can see or imagine other thaan an abstract concept.
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The concept of male and female exists throughout life. Indeed,
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they create life. Most Witches perceive the Deity as being female
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and male: the Goddess and the God (although Dianic Witches only
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recognize the female aspect).
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The God and Goddess: The Goddess is seen as Mother Nature and
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Mother Earth and is represented by the Moon. She is seen in the
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fertility of the plant, animal and human kingdoms. In most Wiccan
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traditions, her power is said to be at a peak in the
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"fertile half" of the year, from May until October
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The God is seen in the woodlands, the Sun, grain, and the hunt.
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Most of the animals that prehistoric man hunted had horns, so He
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is usually depicted as the Horned One. His power is at a peak in
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the "dark half" of the year, from October to May.
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That was istallment # 1, with several (at least 5) more to come.
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Blessed Be,
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Red Death
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