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Posted by Sylvan SilverNight --Previous Message-- It sounds as if you've started with one of the most advanced texts I usually recommend, "the Witches' Bible" by the Farrars. It contains quite a bit of info, but at a very advanced level. Perhaps what you need to understand it is a better grounding in the basics. As Storyteller suggested, perhaps a text like Buckland's "Complete Guide to Witchcraft" would help. It's a bit dry, but thorough. Cunningham's Guide will also spell out the basics of Wiccan practice. It sounds as if you need a keystone of sorts to interpret what you've learned from other sources. This is a point where you may want to try learning directly from a teacher. In your local store, the one you mentioned, if they have a notice-board, you may want to put a note up saying that you are looking for an experienced Wiccan to have a conversation with; someone with whom you can talk and see if there is any way to just ask questions and get answers. If there is no such place in Forest Lake, I would recommend taking a drive, some weekend, down to Evenstar Books in St. Paul. They have many classes there and what you need, first and foremost, is for someone to be able to sit with you for a bit and answer questions. : Forest Lake is about 30 minutes from the This may work out; many of their classes are on weekends. Also, all you really need to do is contact someone who knows what they're doing. As for calling a circle, what they mean is to channel energy through you and project it into a sphere around yourself. This is done through simple energy work as described well in some of the sources both Storyteller and I have suggested. Once you have your "circle", you cleanse it's interior -using the same mental techniques to push out any "impurities"- and then you have a cleaned ritual space in which to cast spells or perform rites. Mind you, this is a simplified explanation. Is that the sort of advice that you're looking for? Yours,
on May 7, 2005, 2:00 am, in reply to "Re: Help with wicca"
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Ok; here's what I suggest...
: I've read most of The Withches Bible and a
: book about Chakras, I don't remember the
: titles of most of what I've read. A lot of
: the books I have that I have read don't tell
: me much. Mostly what numbers mean, lists of
: Gods and Goddess', gemstone meanings and
: uses, stuff like that. A couple of the books
: that actually have information for me make
: no sense and I don't know where to begin.
: Some tell me to call a circle and I have no
: clue what they mean.
: Twin Cities and I would be willing to
: travel, but I only have my car on weekends.
: My husband has it the rest of the time.
Sylvan
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