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Re:Doreen Valiente: The story of the mother of modern witchc... by Torgo on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @03:23PM (#12400780)
Over the years, the majority of wiccans I have known (barely double digits, to be fair) have been quite up front that it was just a metaphor for organizing their life and worldview, not literally "true" witchcraft. There is a, I don't recall the correct term, belief that you can will positive outcomes into existence by visualizing them. This is not unique to wiccans though.
Re:Doreen Valiente: The story of the mother of modern witchc... by csixty4 on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @05:19PM (#12401568)
It's less of a fad than it was twenty years ago, which might explain it. The people who stuck with it are probably the ones looking for a framework rather than the attention seekers.