Anonymous asked this question on 4/21/2000:

Several questions: 1) I've heard there are many sects to the wiccan practice. Does anyone know how many and why? Is this disunity? 2) Are all wiccans also pagans and vise-versa? I noticed many list themselves as "experts" in both. 3) How does your practice define the difference between the "soul" and the "spirit"? 4) How do you view the christian bible? Does it hold any truths/beliefs for you? I appreciate your time and effort, and value your opinions.

gabby2600 gave this response on 4/21/2000:

1) There are many different path but the main 2 are Gardeneria, and Alexadrian. Both have many books writen about them. However there are many others paths. This is not dis unity this is the basis for personal belief. Becuase we all don't believe that one book and tell us what we should believe. I Believe in many different things which no one else does. Because each wiccan has individual beliefs, based on there own thoughts and experiences, and which goddesses/gods they find affinity with.

2) All wiccans are pagans but all pacans arn't wiccans. As Pagan was a general term used by Chritianity to describe any religion whichis not christianity.

3) It is one and the same to me but namy people make believe different, as I said it is all down to individual interpretation. as it is an Earth Based Religion, we all share the same celebrations and basics, however Belief is still individual. So to me they are the same As they come from the same place and go back to the same place. As the spirit realm is in everything and is part of everything, as all liveing and non liveing things have a form of spiritual presance.

4) It's a Ripping Yarn. Some of the old tesiment can be attribuited to Historial actions however you need to read the Original Hebrew Tanach for the Unabridged version which is acurate. The new testiment also had grounds in truth, and I do believe thar Jesus or a person similar existed, and was prolly a nice man, and a good politition. However for him being the son of god in a way to you is true as god is in everything and part of everyting so in theory everyone is the sone of god. but to me he was a man like me or any other man, who has a spiritual presance, like me, and as my gods were formed from the spiritual realm by mans thoughts and beliefs, so in a way it is similar. however I do not find it right that you should worship an political leader. So in a way some if the bible holds truths and is a useful research tool, but for Beliefs I think I would rathe belief what I see in the cycles of the planet and the gods I know have existed and still do, like Ra, Thoth, Isis, Odin, Thor, Diana. e.t.c.

I hope this answers your question and I think most peoples answere will vary from this as well believe in slightly diferent things but are untied in the belief of the cycles of the planet.

Gabriel

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Thanks for your views and beliefs.