How to Be a Christian Witch: Includes Initiation Instructions: 1 (Christian Witch Starter Kit)

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So, if you go strictly by the very definition of the words, one could not be a Christian Wiccan any more than one could be a Hindu Muslim or a Jewish Mormon. There’s a difference between relying on and praying to God for help, and having faith in Him, and having faith in some earthly force that doesn’t care about you.

My introversion wasn’t helped by the fact that I stuttered like my brother and our father before us. I did not grow up as a Catholic, however, so the gateway of reverence toward the numerous saints and Mary leading to a reasonably smooth transition to creating Christian deities for Wicca didn't feel at all comfortable to me. This tradition is not eclectic nor is it ChristoPagan because our devotion lies exclusively with the Christian pantheon. The convergence of Christianity and witchcraft in the practice of Christian Witchcraft is a compelling spiritual synthesis.All along I felt that the church (at least the ones I went to) only preached fear and used that to bully people into doing what they wanted. Clair is seriously underinformed about the diversity within Christian theology and practice, and she relies heavily on stereotypes about the Church. Or for me, the belief that the fae are just beings like us with extraordinary gifts and are not deities (you make your own belief of the fae is what I have heard from several sources), they can also help us receive and interpret messages from God.

actually dnf'd this book but I got most of the way through (108 of 181 according to the ebook version I had). In other words, we needn’t see Christianity as incompatible with any number of practices or beliefs associated with other religions or cultures. Towards the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the early modern period (post- Reformation), belief in witchcraft became more popular and witches were seen as directly in league with the Devil. His works, including the Steganographia, were immediately placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. However, the main and may I say, obvious point is that given the Christian Biblical condemnation of witchcraft saying you are a Christian Witch is the equivilant of saying you are a Jewish Nazi.

But sometimes finding a word, or words to describe who you are and what you're about can be really helpful. People of all religions spend so much time judging one another, and a person blending two faiths gets it from both sides.

Thus far, every time I read articles like this trying to argue that certain things God ordained are actually sorcery or magic or something, I feel like it’s a really bad interpretation and misunderstanding of scripture. These perspectives do not claim that witches actually consciously enter into a pact with Satan because Satan is not normally believed to exist in Wicca or other modern neo-pagan witchcraft practices. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in paganism or witchcraft but still feels a connection to their Christian roots or to any Christian or Pagan who wants to understand how someone could blend the two faiths together.

Clair's journey of self-discovery and revelation, from her initial fear and guilt to her ultimate sense of peace and joy.

She explained to me that the specific meaning of the word witchcraft as it is used in the Bible differs greatly from the modern understanding. Get rid of all the polyblends in your closet (Leviticus 19:19—-and you should really do that one any way). Benedictine abbot Johannes Trithemius reportedly created incantations of his own related to beneficial communication with spirits.

We attended a Baptist church, Mom was a hairstylist, Dad worked for the State Highway Department, my little brother was a hyperactive future all-sports athlete, and I was the quiet one.