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Posted by Storyteller on August 12, 2004, 7:10 pm, in reply to "Re: an open letter to a new witch" --Previous Message--
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: I do not know what tradition you follow. That
: does not matter. Indeed, for all I know, you
: may not follow any of the traditions. You may
: be one of those that, for whatever reason,
: must worship by "feel' rather than
: through any formal coven training or
: participation.
: But whoever you are, and however you worship,
: all that matters to me is that you hold true
: to the Goddess and the God. My purpose in
: writing this letter is to enjoin your aid in
: destroying that which cripples our Craft.
: Dissension is the disease. It is not a
: cancer, for it can be cured; and, as with
: most herbal cures, the best treatment is that
: administered internally. Friend, help spread
: the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of the Craft.
: Do not seek to establish a scale of Wicca
: purism, (for no two Witches will ever agree
: on the relative positions on the scale of
: even their own tradition.)
: There is no one religion for all people, and
: THERE IS NO ONE TRADITION FOR ALL WITCHES!
: Let this be understood, and accepted. Choose
: your own path and let your neighbor choose
: his or hers. Remember the primary tenet:
: "AN YE HARM NONE, DO AS YE WILL."
: Yet never forget:"An ye harm
: none..." If your path leads to sex
: rites, to homosexuality, to
: phallic-initiation... do not put it forward
: as "THE WICCAN WAY". It is only A
: Wiccan way, one of MANY. And by the same
: token, if a path so presented is not your
: way, do not decry it simply because it is not
: your way. Who are you to say another is
: wrong, so long as it harms none. Strive for
: honesty, friend.
: Do not make false Craft claims, whether of
: position, heredity, lineage, or whatever.
: If you have a quarrel with someone, seek out
: the one you disagree with, rather than
: utilize perhaps unreliable intermediaries. Do
: not spread unfound rumors and question those
: who do so. News of battle makes more exciting
: reading than news of peace.
: Why, then, provide battle news for
: publication when the serenity of the Craft is
: what we should be showing? We have come a
: long way, friend, in a few short years. Let
: us move along our chosen paths till we
: emerge- as we will- accepted and respected by
: ALL as a religion in our own right. Help us
: bring an end to washing our dirty linen in
: public. There will always be disagreements.
: There will always be those who cannot
: tolerate others, but they are in the minority
: and so they should remain, if you wish. But
: do not deny them their right to those
: differences.
: Friend, we are Children of the Universe, and
: Children of the Goddess and the God. Let us
: remember that, and live in Peace.
: Blesses Be, and Merry Part!
: all i wanted is to get to the people who wrot
: this
Well said BWM .. well said! 
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