I was interested to hear you say that Unitarians skew skeptical? As in, skeptical of magick? I've never really talked with any Unitarians, so I have no idea!
Also, I think that you just put into words something that made me kind of uncomfortable about Wicca, too. Gender polarity, yes, emphasis on sexuality, yes! To be honest, I never realized that that bothered me quite this much until you mentioned it.
All that emphasis is understandable for a fertility-based religion, but I did always feel like...I don't know...I was doin' it wrong. I found it hard to connect with the duality issues when I wasn't in a relationship and was practicing as a solitary. I found it hard to connect with the fertility cycles when I was celibate and kinda figuring on staying celibate and wasn't planning on having kids. I felt like I'd jumped straight through maiden and mother and gone straight to crone, do not pass go, do not collect $200. And though the crone's got her own passle of awesome, I felt like that stage was an imperfect fit for me as well. I was much happier after I turned to gods that weren't so based upon sexuality or fertility cycles.
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Date: 2009-05-24 02:27 am (UTC)I was interested to hear you say that Unitarians skew skeptical? As in, skeptical of magick? I've never really talked with any Unitarians, so I have no idea!
Also, I think that you just put into words something that made me kind of uncomfortable about Wicca, too. Gender polarity, yes, emphasis on sexuality, yes! To be honest, I never realized that that bothered me quite this much until you mentioned it.
All that emphasis is understandable for a fertility-based religion, but I did always feel like...I don't know...I was doin' it wrong. I found it hard to connect with the duality issues when I wasn't in a relationship and was practicing as a solitary. I found it hard to connect with the fertility cycles when I was celibate and kinda figuring on staying celibate and wasn't planning on having kids. I felt like I'd jumped straight through maiden and mother and gone straight to crone, do not pass go, do not collect $200. And though the crone's got her own passle of awesome, I felt like that stage was an imperfect fit for me as well. I was much happier after I turned to gods that weren't so based upon sexuality or fertility cycles.