The God and
Goddess
All religions put their faith in a deity or
group of deities of some sort. The same is
true of Wiccans, who put their faith in the
Goddess and God, twin deities who have been
revered for centuries under thousands of
names. The Goddess and God didn't die with
the old Pagans from ancient
civilizations.
They live on in us, in nature, in the air
we breathe and the ground we walk upon. Thus,
every moment of a witch's life is a memorial
to the Old Ones and Their power.
The God and Goddess are the Sun and the Moon,
Yin and Yang, the mountain and the sea.
Neither is more powerful, just different.
Both have their own "domain" and aspects.
""The Goddess is the Eternal Mother"" the
source of all love, fertility, and wisdom.
Often, She is depicted in three aspects: The
Maiden, The Mother, and The Crone (symbolized
in the waxing, full, and waning Moon). She is
the virgin field, the harvest, and the
winter: life, death, and rebirth all in one.
She is the tempest and the gentle breeze, the
cradle and the grave.
All creatures are sacred to the Goddess, as
Her domain is over the earth, sea, and Moon.
Symbols used to represent Her in ritual
include the chalice, mirror, cauldron,
crystal sphere, and flowers.
""The God" has been worshipped for eons. He
is not the stern God of Christianity and
Judaism, nor is he simply the Goddess'
consort. He and the Goddess are One, equal
but different.
He is seen in the Sun, rising and setting
everyday in an endless cycle. He rules over
the wild creatures, the beasts of the forest.
He is often depicted as having horns, thus
connecting him with wild beasts. He is both
the God of the Hunt and the Harvest, giving
us both meat and grain. With the Goddess, He
celebrates "sex and wild passion". And as the
stars are little more than distant suns, He
rules over them as well.
His creatures are the horned creatures of the
wood, and all beasts wild and untamed. He is
often depicted and worshipped with the wand,
sword, candle, sickle, and arrow.
There are some people out there who think
that Witches (and others who do not follow
their particular religion) are really Satan
worshippers. Unfortunately, the media hasn't
done much to aleviate this belief. The basis
of this myth comes from the idea of a
perfect, pure, all-positive being (the
Christian God). If this deity is all that is
good, then there must be a deity that is the
sum of all that is evil (Satan) to explain
the darkness in the world. And because
Wiccans do not worship this all-good God,
then they must worship the all-bad Satan.
But Wiccans do not share those beliefs. They
do not believe that the Deities are all-good.
Although they revere the God and Goddess for
their many blessings, they also acknowledge
their darker side as well. They realize that
all nature is composed of opposites (as
depicted in the Eastern concept of Yin and
Yang). Just as a fallen tree will nourish a
thousand saplings, darkness will always bring
about light. In fact, the concept of "good"
and "evil" are relative in nature.
Destruction brings about renewal, Death
brings new life. Thus is the cycle of all
things.
In short, the Goddess and God are Nature.
They are all things: life, death, rebirth.
They are in all things. They are within us
all, and that is why we honor Them.
Blessed Be
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