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Old 10-28-2009, 10:02 AM
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Default what is the diffrence between New age and Wicca? Wicca and Druidism?

what is the diffrence between New age and Wicca? Wicca and Druidism?
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Old 10-29-2009, 10:02 AM
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Wicca and Druidism share some essential similarities.
Wiccas different in the sense though it focuses on the relevance of unnatural forces for its call to self, as where Druidism is most if not all natural forces. Druidism is very similar to old Native American ways of keeping balance to nature except it deals alto more with the idea of magic then spirit. Ive never been into Wicca, but Druidism fell into my lap a few years ago after I started reading past the thought of Stonehenge and old Irish cultures, and how before the main overtaking of Christianity druidism was taught all around Europe as a basic standard.
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Old 10-30-2009, 10:02 AM
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Depends who you ask. Wiccan and New age for example is a lot like Christianity, there are multiple forms of both.

Some New age believe there is no such thing as New age, that they are all just Wiccan and visa verse. Some vicunas believe that they study in the old ways and those that don't study in the same way are new age, like I said depends who you ask.

As for Druidism, I haven't studied it enough to be able to answer this question.

The best way to find your answers is to go to multiple Wiccan websites, like I said I don't know much on Druids.
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Old 11-02-2009, 09:02 AM
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New Age is more of a religious category and describes the fairly recent evolution of religion. There are many different belief systems classified as "New Age". Wicca is a religion that focuses on a relationship with nature. Nature *is* the deity. Some Wiccans include goddesses (or gods) in their practices, but it's all a matter of personal preference. Druidism is a paganGanligion that originated with the Celtics. Here is a helpful website about Druidism. It's very interesting. Religioustolerance.org is a great place to research other religions.
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Old 11-07-2009, 09:02 AM
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Wicca is the politically correct name for witchcraft.
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Old 11-09-2009, 09:02 AM
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New Age = Originally, those spiritual ideas considered to ease the transition from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius. Now its used to more generally refer to any alternative, individualized spirituality.

Traditionalist Wicca = An initiatory Mystery religion ostensibly created by Gerald Gardner, a British civil servant, in the early part of the 20Th century.

Non-Traditionalist or Eclectic Wicca = Follows the core teachings of the above, without the emphasis on initiatory lineage.

Druidry = A form of Celtic re constructionist Paganism, with some disciplinary similarities to shamanism.
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