Exam Results: 1 - Wicca Revealed

Just took my Wicca 101 exam for the first, out of twelve, lesson. :) I just have to say: yay!

Displayed below are the results of your exam. The correct answers have been highlighted in green.

Q1 : Wicca can be referred to as:

A: The Craft

B: Satanism

C: The Religion

D: The Cult

The answer you gave: The Craft

Q2 : “An’ it harm none, do what thou wilt” is known as:

A: The Witch Creed

B: An old saying

C: The Wiccan Rede

D: The Witches' Bible

The answer you gave: The Wiccan Rede

Q3 : Gerald Gardner claimed he was initiated into Wicca by:

A: Dorothy Clutterbuck

B: Dafo

C: Doreen Valiente

D: Vivianne Crowley

The answer you gave: Dorothy Clutterbuck

Q4 : Which of the following did Gerald Gardner not write?

A: Witchcraft Today

B: Witchcraft for Tomorrow

C: High Magic's Aid

D: The Meaning of Witchcraft

The answer you gave: Witchcraft for Tomorrow

Q5 : Alexandrian Wicca is named after:

A: Its founder, Alex Sanders

B: Alexander the Great

C: The Emperor Alexander

D: The Library of Alexandria

The answer you gave: The Library of Alexandria

Q6 : Raymond Buckland founded:

A: Seax-Wicca

B: Cochranian Wicca

C: Faery Wicca

D: The Alexandrian Tradition

The answer you gave: Seax-Wicca

Q7 : Mary Nesnick created:

A: The Algard Tradition

B: The Alcoch Tradition

C: The Enochian Tradition

D: The Faery Tradition

The answer you gave: The Algard Tradition

Q8 : The Feri Tradition was created by:

A: Raymond and Rosemary Buckland

B: Gerald Gardner and Doreen Valiente

C: Victor and Cora Anderson

D: Aleister and Vivianne Crowley

The answer you gave: Victor and Cora Anderson

Q9 : Starhawk was initiated into:

A: The Cochranian Tradition

B: Dianic Wicca

C: Alexandrian Wicca

D: The Feri Tradition

The answer you gave: The Feri Tradition

Q10 : Starhawk is also known as:

A: Vivianne Crowley

B: Miriam Simos

C: Janet Farrar

D: Doreen Valiente

The answer you gave: Miriam Simos

Q11 : Robert Cochrane claimed:

A: Witch ancestry dating back to 1736

B: To have been initiated into Witchcraft at age 5

C: To have known Alexandrian witches

D: To have formed a coven aged 5

The answer you gave: To have been initiated into Witchcraft at age 5

Q12 : Zsuzsanna Budapest:

A: Created Dianic Wicca

B: Was a Cochranian High Priestess

C: Helped found the Feri Tradition

D: Was a friend of Gerald Gardner

The answer you gave: Created Dianic Wicca

Q13 : Some people also refer to Hedge Witches as:

A: Bramble Witches

B: Briar Witches

C: Kitchen Witches

D: House Witches

The answer you gave: Kitchen Witches

Q14 : Margaret Murray was:

A: An assistant professor of Egyptology

B: A Fellow of the Royal Society

C: The founder of the Folklore Society

D: Assistant Director of Antiquities at the British Museum

The answer you gave: An assistant professor of Egyptology

Q15 : The Witch-Cult in Western Europe, was published in:

A: The 1930s

B: The 1940s

C: The 1950s

D: The 1920s

The answer you gave: The 1920s

Q16 : Ronald Hutton wrote:

A: The God of the Witches

B: Wicca

C: A Witches’ Bible

D: The Triumph of the Moon

The answer you gave: The Triumph of the Moon

Q17 : Which of the following did Doreen Valiente not write?

A: An ABC of Witchcraft

B: Witchcraft for Tomorrow

C: Where Witchcraft Lives

D: The A-Z of Witchcraft

The answer you gave: The A-Z of Witchcraft

Q18 : The Farrars were originally:

A: Alexandrian witches

B: Gardnerian witches

C: Faery Wiccans

D: Hedge witches

The answer you gave: Alexandrian witches

Q19 : Which of the following did the Farrar’s not write?

A: Eight Sabbats for Witches

B: The Witches’ Way

C: A Witches’ Bible

D: The Spiral Dance

The answer you gave: The Spiral Dance

Q20 : The Spiral Dance is:

A: The first American book on Wicca

B: A book detailing the FeriTradition

C: The best selling book on Wicca

D: Co-written with Cora Anderson

The answer you gave: The best selling book on Wicca

Q21 : Wiccans generally:

A: Worship deity in its feminine aspect

B: Worship deity in its masculine aspect

C: Worship deity in its feminine and masculine aspects

D: Worship only a god

The answer you gave: Worship deity in its feminine and masculine aspects

Q22 : Which of the following do Wiccans not believe in?

A: Immanent deity

B: The creative polarity of the sexes

C: The power of the Moon

D: The useful nature of fixed rules and regulations in their religion

The answer you gave: The useful nature of fixed rules and regulations in their religion

Q23 : Which of these do Wiccans not do?

A: Work with seasonal and natural forces

B: Practice magic

C: Work for the good of the community

D: Practice extensive magic based on the Sun

The answer you gave: Practice extensive magic based on the Sun

Q24 : Meditation is best practiced:

A: Every now and then

B: On a regular basis

C: With background distractions

D: Under bright lights

The answer you gave: On a regular basis

Q25 : Dianic Wicca:

A: Is a feminist Wiccan Tradition

B: Is closely related to Cochranian Wicca

C: Was founded by Starhawk

D: Was founded in the British Isles

The answer you gave: Is a feminist Wiccan Tradition

Common Misconceptions of Christianity

Oh yes. I'm going there.

As you obviously already know, I am not Christian. I do not have any problems with Christianity as a whole. It is just a religion that is not for me. There are areas in the teachings that I do not agree with I do not feel comfortable with. If I don't feel comfortable, I'm not going to follow. That's just my own personal philosophy in everything. Again, I have no problem with the religion, it's some of the people who call themselves 'Christian' that I don't like.

Anyway, one thing that I have noticed is how people like to make comments about certain religions without actually knowing what they are talking about. It's one of those moments where I am left telling them that their stupid is showing. A lot of stupid is spewed against certain religions. Paganism is high on that list. However, Christianity is not immune either. Here is a small list I have compiled just for my own amusement.

Misconception: The Trinity is One.
Truth: Nowhere in the Bible does is state that Jesus is God and that God, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus are all one being. It does mention them as a unit. But like my daughter and husband are all aspects of one family, we are not One. Throughout the New Testament Jesus is found saying, quite frequently, that he is not better than his Father. On the contrary, he always says that he is inferior to his Father. The Holy Spirit is used as a messenger for the divine. If the Trinity were in fact one, they would be called Unity, don't you think? And in Genesis, would the plural, "Let us", still be used? I think not.

Misconception: The Bible is pure fiction
Truth: Whether or not you believe in Divinity, or, in this case, Jehovah, the Bible can actually be scientific. The Bible actually reveals that the Earth is round and hangs in a void.

• "He spreads out the northern [skies] over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing" -Job 26:7 (New International Version [NIV])
• "He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness" - Job 26:10 (New American Standard Bible)
• "When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a circle on the face of the deep" - Proverbs 8:27 (English Standard Version)
• "He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers." -Isaiah 40:22 (NIV);

This is just one topic. You can even find the water cycle and the destruction of cities in the Bible.

I'm sure there are a lot more misconceptions of Christianity out there, I just can't think of any right now. These two are in the front of my mind only because they were mentioned earlier in my day.

And now you know. :)

Full Moon

Today is the full moon, and so I took this time to honor the Mother and have some introspection.

I am content.
I am stressed.
I would like one more child.
Spiritually, I feel whole. I do not crave for anything in that department. I feel complete and do feel the need to go searching. I don't feel lost like I once did.

I was supposed to take my Wicca 101 test today in class, but forgot. I'll do it soon.