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I am chewing on the differences in the metaphysical foci of Wicca vs. Heathenry:
Wicca, through its focus on the Mother Goddess and her Consort, teaches the inherent balance of nature. The goal is to become one with that balance, avoiding the extremes at either end. It ultimately is pantheistic in its relationality.
Heathenry, OTOH, focuses on the threat of chaos -- the chaos that once was and will be again in the universe -- and the balance that is created only through struggling against the chaos. The goal is to find peace and balance in the face of the chaos and in spite of the chaos, a chaos that we are ultimately fated to succumb to, anyway.
So, I see Wicca as a spiritual path of unification. Of finding the soft place to fall in the center.
I see Heathenry as a spiritual path of struggle against opposites. Of finding your soft place to fall in the "innangard."
Which is strange, since Wicca spends more time "warding off" bad spirits with things like salt and closed circles, but Heathenry does not seem to focus on this so much. So, I am wondering if I am missing an ingredient here.
Obviously this is simplified, as there is chaos addressed in Wicca and unification addressed in Heathenry. I am just thinking of foci.
Wicca, through its focus on the Mother Goddess and her Consort, teaches the inherent balance of nature. The goal is to become one with that balance, avoiding the extremes at either end. It ultimately is pantheistic in its relationality.
Heathenry, OTOH, focuses on the threat of chaos -- the chaos that once was and will be again in the universe -- and the balance that is created only through struggling against the chaos. The goal is to find peace and balance in the face of the chaos and in spite of the chaos, a chaos that we are ultimately fated to succumb to, anyway.
So, I see Wicca as a spiritual path of unification. Of finding the soft place to fall in the center.
I see Heathenry as a spiritual path of struggle against opposites. Of finding your soft place to fall in the "innangard."
Which is strange, since Wicca spends more time "warding off" bad spirits with things like salt and closed circles, but Heathenry does not seem to focus on this so much. So, I am wondering if I am missing an ingredient here.
Obviously this is simplified, as there is chaos addressed in Wicca and unification addressed in Heathenry. I am just thinking of foci.
