Comments on: Celebrating the Sabbats http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/ Thu, 24 May 2012 21:57:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Understanding Paganism « Deaf Pagan Crossroads http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-21992 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 13:08:59 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-21992 [...] http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/ [...]

]]> By: Barb DiGi http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-2692 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:09:44 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-2692 I still have so much to learn and I have to admit that I am curious about this since I haven’t found my “religion”. Like KM said, perhaps it struck me that I may be a closeted pagan as well.

]]> By: ocean1025 http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-2686 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:16:59 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-2686 Believe me, I can get long-winded and rambling myself!

Once again, I am indebted to Selena Fox for these explanations, which come from her writings and teachings.

I agree that these explanations of the Sabbats do get right to the heart of the matter in explaining what each day is basically all about…

]]> By: Robin http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-2685 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:04:08 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-2685 Very nicely done. I like the brevity of this. I always get so long-winded when trying to explain things (any things). You get right to the heart of it. :)

]]> By: birch http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-2647 Thu, 31 May 2007 19:04:04 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-2647 yes i celebrate the cycles mostly as a solitary but i think i,m more wiccan than pagan, i tend to lean toward the structure of the wiccan yet i like the flexability of the pagans, am i pagan yes am i wiccan yes i am im just me

]]> By: ocean1025 http://deafpagancrossroads.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-2649 Thu, 31 May 2007 18:57:59 +0000 http://deafpagan.com/2007/05/31/celebrating-the-sabbats/#comment-2649 I wish to clarify a bit here, because I think a lot of people do get confused…

What exactly IS the difference between Wicca and Paganism?

I will be writing about this in more detail in a future post, but here is a short and sweet answer:

Wicca is a BRANCH of Paganism. They are not two separate, different things.

In another words, you can be a Pagan without being Wiccan, but you CANNOT be Wiccan without being Pagan.

Paganism basically refers to that group of spiritual paths/religions that follow the same basic philosophy of worshipping Nature and seeing the Earth as divine. Wicca is just one of those paths/religions.

Still confused? Let me use this comparison:

Christianity really refers to a group of religions that all follow a basic philosophy of belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ.

But within Christianity you have many different religions; such as Catholicism, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Methodist, etc.

So you can be a Christian without being Baptist, but you cannot be a Baptist without being Christian.

Hope this helps to explain the “difference” between Paganism and Wicca. Wicca is just one way (among many) of being Pagan.

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