Ah, we come back to the "Complex Complexes"...and it's about Traditional Witchcraft...yet again. But this time it's not necessarily about a certain site that shall remain nameless (in actuality, I haven't been to that site lately, except to reference it to those looking for information on non-Wiccan Witchcraft, because, despite my distaste for their rude and off-color remarks towards those who do not share their ideals about Witchcraft, they still do have valuable information regarding Witchcraft...just look past their unnecessary rants about Wiccans and Christians).
It's about the heir of superiority Traditional Witches have towards others. I have since discovered this on but another site...and I'm wondering. Where do people get off thinking their higher and mightier than someone else, simply because they have morals that do not reflect someone else's?
Sure, Wiccans who participate in Witchcraft have a different view on how they should use the practice than those of more traditional or hereditary practices. So what????? That doesn't make their practices any less valid than those of Traditional Witches. They simply choose to omit certain practices that traditional Witches don't think twice about doing. So what's so wrong with that??
I lean towards traditional practices (even though many a traditionalist won't accept my claim at such a practice, considering all I've learned was done on my own, and many a traditionalist when starting had to start on their own, so I don't know where they get off thinking they're better than me either)...and in all honesty, I could care less what a Wiccan does with their Witchcraft because it DOESN'T REFLECT MY PRACTICE!!! And Traditional Witches shouldn't worry about it either!!!
Ma’iingan
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Showing posts with label Complexes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Complexes. Show all posts
Monday, April 16, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Complex Complexes
Ah, but another post on complexes. However this time it's not about superiority. It's about persecution.
The dreaded persecution complex. The complex that determines someone can gripe and feel sorry for themselves because they **think** their "constitutional rights" or whatever, are being discriminated against...especially by family members, simply because they're Wiccan. And it's mostly Wiccans I hear this nonsense from (I think these types of complexes are just as bad as superiority complexes. It's just the other extreme end of the spectrum).
1) "I can't practice because mom/dad takes my things and burns them/throws them out"
--Well...for one thing, you're in mom/dad's home and they DO make the rules. Don't like it? (for the minor) live with it. Mom and dad have the say of what you can and cannot do in their home. When you have a mortgage, THEN you can make the rules. (legal adult) If you're paying rent, then it's destruction of personal property...THEN you can say something. If not...move out OR live with it.
2) "I can't move out or pay rent, so I have to live with my parents...I shouldn't have to explain my practice or have my things taken away"
--Uh...it's mom and dad's home. Regardless of if you're an adult, you should be off your butt and gotten a job to pay rent for even a small 1 bedroom apartment and out on your own. You shouldn't be mooching off mom and dad. If you're living with mom and dad without paying rent...they have the say of what goes in and on in their house. Again...when you have the mortgage...then you can do what you want.
3) "I have freedom of religion. They can't treat me this way"
--True...but then you also don't have the right to treat your parents as though they were Nazi's trying to burn you at the stake. They don't deserve to have their beliefs mocked and condemned by anyone just as you don't deserve to have your beliefs mocked and condemned. Choose to find common ground...OR MOVE OUT!!! If you're beliefs are so important to you, you would choose to be homeless, then I think you have your priorities out of sync. Yes, having beliefs is fine, but choosing to practice them over having food and shelter (things you need to live) is nonsense. I personally would rather do full blown practices out in a secluded forested area and do subtle quiet rituals (prayers on prayer beads; small lit candle; quiet meditation, etc) in my home if it is also occupied by those who don't understand, then live in a cardboard box with no food and an altar. But then, I've grown up and moved out of my parents home and into a home of my own where I don't have to hide nor explain anything to anyone.
If you, the grown adult, are so tired of listening to the fundamentalist attitude you seem to label anyone who doesn't agree with you and your beliefs, then my advice is to move out. Plain and simple. Stop making stupid excuses as to why you can't. If it's that bad, then you have no excuse not to move out. If you're too lazy to find a place of your own, then stop complaining about the situation mom and dad create at home. It's THEIR home, and what they say goes!
If you're a minor, wait until you're older...THEN move out! It can't get any simpler than that! There are ALWAYS places looking for people to hire. Work at McDonalds, work at a 7-11 Kwike-Mart, work at a donut shop, work as a garbage wo/man...there's NO reason why you can't pay rent to get out of the situation you deem undesirable.
STOP WITH THE EXCUSES!!!
The dreaded persecution complex. The complex that determines someone can gripe and feel sorry for themselves because they **think** their "constitutional rights" or whatever, are being discriminated against...especially by family members, simply because they're Wiccan. And it's mostly Wiccans I hear this nonsense from (I think these types of complexes are just as bad as superiority complexes. It's just the other extreme end of the spectrum).
1) "I can't practice because mom/dad takes my things and burns them/throws them out"
--Well...for one thing, you're in mom/dad's home and they DO make the rules. Don't like it? (for the minor) live with it. Mom and dad have the say of what you can and cannot do in their home. When you have a mortgage, THEN you can make the rules. (legal adult) If you're paying rent, then it's destruction of personal property...THEN you can say something. If not...move out OR live with it.
2) "I can't move out or pay rent, so I have to live with my parents...I shouldn't have to explain my practice or have my things taken away"
--Uh...it's mom and dad's home. Regardless of if you're an adult, you should be off your butt and gotten a job to pay rent for even a small 1 bedroom apartment and out on your own. You shouldn't be mooching off mom and dad. If you're living with mom and dad without paying rent...they have the say of what goes in and on in their house. Again...when you have the mortgage...then you can do what you want.
3) "I have freedom of religion. They can't treat me this way"
--True...but then you also don't have the right to treat your parents as though they were Nazi's trying to burn you at the stake. They don't deserve to have their beliefs mocked and condemned by anyone just as you don't deserve to have your beliefs mocked and condemned. Choose to find common ground...OR MOVE OUT!!! If you're beliefs are so important to you, you would choose to be homeless, then I think you have your priorities out of sync. Yes, having beliefs is fine, but choosing to practice them over having food and shelter (things you need to live) is nonsense. I personally would rather do full blown practices out in a secluded forested area and do subtle quiet rituals (prayers on prayer beads; small lit candle; quiet meditation, etc) in my home if it is also occupied by those who don't understand, then live in a cardboard box with no food and an altar. But then, I've grown up and moved out of my parents home and into a home of my own where I don't have to hide nor explain anything to anyone.
If you, the grown adult, are so tired of listening to the fundamentalist attitude you seem to label anyone who doesn't agree with you and your beliefs, then my advice is to move out. Plain and simple. Stop making stupid excuses as to why you can't. If it's that bad, then you have no excuse not to move out. If you're too lazy to find a place of your own, then stop complaining about the situation mom and dad create at home. It's THEIR home, and what they say goes!
If you're a minor, wait until you're older...THEN move out! It can't get any simpler than that! There are ALWAYS places looking for people to hire. Work at McDonalds, work at a 7-11 Kwike-Mart, work at a donut shop, work as a garbage wo/man...there's NO reason why you can't pay rent to get out of the situation you deem undesirable.
STOP WITH THE EXCUSES!!!
Ma’iingan
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Dun, Dun, Dunnnnnn....The Return...of the Superiority Complex!!
I love it when people get their heir of superiority, and come out and flaunt it around like they're "God"'s gift to the craft.
(sings) Whine, whine makes you feel better.
Ugh. I share my knowlege, point out an error or two with some FACT and they get their panties in a bunch "oh I'm gonna report you" and blah blah blah.
(sings) Whine, whine makes you feel better.
Sorry if some people can't handle the fact that spells were written by someone at some point, and only those are not the only "legitimate" ones that work. Written spells written for specific intent (or even some generic) DO in fact work. I've seen it with my own eyes. I've experienced the result of MY written spells.
People with these superiority complexes (and this time it's not the infamous "LG"), are they so blinded by their own complexes that they're stuck in their own delusions?
I could care less what you "think", I know what I know because I experienced it! You can complex all you like, but I'll call you out on your bullsh*t. Cry to mama all you like. I have my sources just as much.
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