[UA] [UA]Goddess dicotomy

[Epoch]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Stuart Kenny wrote:

> 
> 
> Epoch wrote:
> 
> > <snip>
> > Fundamentally, when people used to propose new kinds of schools of magic
> > twice a week to this list, one seminal question was, "What's the
> > Paradox?"  So, what's the paradox of new-style Wiccanism?
> 
> As I understand it, the only central paradox in new-style Wiccanism is that
> the central claim of wicca is that it is a ancient religion that predates
> Christianity / Islam / etc. while everyone knows that everything but the
> window dressing is no more than a few decades old.
> 
> Its a new religion whose claim to fame is that it is ancient.  How's that for
> a paradox.

I don't know how central that is to the concept -- I know of wiccans who
acknowledge that the religion is new, and still practice it, and I know of
lots of wiccans who sincerely believe that it's old.

I also don't know how you'd translate that into a game-mechanic charging
ritual and tabboo.

Mike

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