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[–] termaxima@programming.dev 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Your idea of faith seems to be mostly guided by the abrahamic faiths. They claim to be the literal truth, on the other hand most other religions are a lot less categorical.

In the introduction to one of his books, Aleister Crowley says :

“In this book it is spoken of the sephiroth & the paths, of spirits & conjurations, or gods, spheres, planes & many other things which may or may not exist. It is immaterial whether they exist or not. By doing certain things certain results follow: students are most earnestly warned against attributing objective reality or philosophical validity to any of them.”

I don’t know the position of Wiccans, but Thelema (where the term “Magick” originates) literally says “we actually don’t give a fuck whether these things are true. Actually, scratch that, if you believe in them you’re an idiot”

I don’t think Wiccans are under any illusion their religion isn’t constructed. I believe it’s even part of their practice to actively construct new things within it, establish their own spells and whatnot.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Thelema was also intentionally created though they are unrelated as far as I am aware.

Wiccans are not a monolith. Some have claimed to be an ancient faith reborn while others are aware of the hodgepodge nature.