Week 7

By writing this paper, I'll be able to help people understand Wicca. I'll give a calm to the culture so they can let everyone know they are Wiccan which out worrying about getting attacked. I think my culture just needs someone to help people understand that they are not worshipping the devil but instead the gods and goddesses that represent faces of One God. By learning about this, I'm learning ways to enhance my creative imagination and further my creative writing. I'm also learning how to dig deeper then just the things I read in books or watch on movies.

Wicca Survery

Your opinion on Wicca

Week 6

Magic Spells tell everything about Wicca. Herbs, rituals, and holidays are described in detail. The site also incorporates federal documents pertaining to Wicca. While is explains what it is, the site also explains why people are afraid to reveal theirselves. In some places, the are killed due to the religion they practice. Magic Spells also gives a background to how the modern practices came about.

Wicca. 2006. Magic Spells. Feburary 18, 2009. <http://magicspells.in>


Wicca Spirituality gives the reader a taste and idea of what Wicca is about. This person even has a link to her own blog. The site tells about rituals and herbal remedies. How the religion can be passed down. The website talks about the lighter side of the religion instead of focusing on everybody's stereotypes. The author brings out the good of the craft in hopes of making understand what they are really doing.

Wicca Spirituality. 2009. Erin Dragonsong. Feburary 18, 2009. <http://www.wicca-spirituality.com>

I'll use these because it gives good detail and insight of the religion. A government document is even used in the first source. While these have been checked out, something come from personal experience as well. I may not be able to do a lot of interviews but at least I'll have sone personal insight on the religion. One is all about the technical part. The other one is a personal site.

Box 18

A small store tucked between two larger ones. Very few people go in there because of the rumor about magic that floats around the place. Walking into the store, there are charms hanging everywhere. Stones and crystals are in baskets on the floor. Herbs are placed against the wall along with their seeds. Cauldrons sit on the oppisite wall with tea sets. The room gives off a hint of mystery as the owner sits behind the desk. The whole room is inticing and mystical. It comforts some but others fear it and run away. Not too many enjoy being in a Wicca Shop.

Week 5

I plan on research different rituals that they may do differently throughout the world. Over time some of the Wicca may have become modernized, but there may still be those who do it the old way, believing that its better. Other then that, i just have to research my culture in general. I have notes here and there but some places that I could use but I haven't had time to go through and make out the outline of what I really want. I plan on spending more time researching since I don't have many to interview or places to go for a fieldsite. I plan on hopefully finding what I need in the personal websites of Wiccas, who are willing to share their beliefs with others. At the moment I don't have any questions, but maybe soon I will.

Trampoline

Summer is always a fun time, especially with friends. For years, my friends have came over and we've played on our trampoline. It was a blast. We felt the sun beating down on us, and the wind through our hair, while hearing the creak of the springs. When it was raining, we'd feel the small sting of the water droplets hitting us as we jumped.

Sometimes we'd just lay on the tarp, warm from the sun and watch the clouds go by. The birds would be chirping, and the dogs would be barking. It was always nice to be up higher then the dogs so they didn't get in your face or try to lay on us. With the weather being nice, we also seem to get sunburns and they do sting when you fall down from jumping.

When laying alone, you find that the nature wraps around and calms you. Being in that place brings back a lot of memories. Some good and some bad, but thats the same with just about every special place. I know I've gone to the trampoline when I needed to cool down or think about something.

Dogtown

I think it is both because some people enjoy watching skate boarding or surfing. It really depends on who is doing the research. Skaters and surfers are are cultures to be studied.

The people who were interviewed were the zephyrs. They were really good at both skating and surfing. They let people know what it was like and what they did for fun. They even talked about the rules for the areas they were skating. The moved the story along and made it interesting.

They didn't like outsiders. If you were a outsider, you had to find ways for them to let you in to skate of surf. The zephyrs kept to themselves. A lot of them came from broken homes but they came together to form a home they really liked. Their attitudes were really cocky. They were going to do what they wanted to whether a person liked it or not. They even had their own types of skate boards and surf boards.

The pieces started with surfing which is what everyone had started with. Zephyrs had surfed before they could skateboard, but when they did skateboard they added the skills from surfing to it. The organization helps me understand it more because I know how they got the skills to skateboard from.

I've always believed that skaters didn't always welcome those who didn't skate board. You had to show that you can skate with them before they'll let you in. They had their own slang for everything that they only know. I think those thoughts still stay with me when it comes to now a days. Skaters pretty much stay with skaters and they don't really hang out with other because they are still looked down upon.

I trust the director, even if he was one of them. They were bringing a culture to a light and letting people know what they were about and how they acted and why.

Week 4

There are not many conclusions I can make currently. I'm still trying to find more about the culture and how they all act. Every person worships this religion differently. Some are more open then others. Those who are comfortable share what they know and are willing to let people know about what they do. Location may be a factor in how open or how a person worships Wicca. Over sees, many people are open to the fact that out of the ordinary is possible. Mytholigical creatures fill the worlds legends. Witches are in there as well. As far as humans know, there has been no witch trials in other parts of the world but America. History doesn't cover everything in every country so it is possible that people hunted witches in other countries. A person who practices a religion that is looked down upon sometimes doesn't want to risk everything they have to spread their religion. They'll share it with those who are interested in hopes of spreading it. Everywhere is different so I'm not sure how the people will act in different countries.

My Privileges

• College Student with high school diploma
  
• Living in dorm
  
• Making own choices
  
• Females aren’t suppressed anymore.
  
• I’m a white Christian
  
• Beliefs aren’t pressed on me
  
• I’m free to chose what I believe in
  
• Able to date who I want
  
• Steady SS from my father
  
• I can go wherever as long as my parents know where I’m at
  
• Able to be who I am and speak my mind
  
• I can chose who I hang out with and who I don’t
  
• Going to a bigger school
  
• Choosing my jobs
  

None of this will be helpful in my subculture. I’m free to believe so I’m also free to change my beliefs. Nothing is ever set in stone like it use to be in the old days. In the old days, people frowned on Wicca and thought it was the work of the devil. Now people are more accepting but not fully. The people who are in this subculture could have the same privileges as me. Any one can do the things I do. The may feel opressed so they may not speak their minds but some who truly believe will stand up and speak their mind. Their religion doesn't always rule everyone's life. The people who practice Wicca can do these things.