Wicca takes giant leap backward on ABC (priest, worship)

[Draka]

I'm watching WifeSwap on ABC right now and my mouth is gaping! I wanted to watch it because it was said that a Wiccan family would be on there and I' was curious. They are outrageous! Jars of lizard skins and guts, "broom rides", pointed curly toes shoes, "house elf" that cleans (yet the house is filthy), the wife is worshipped as a goddess (and she's supposedly a coven high priestess). The house is just so messed up!

Not to mention the other family is from Iowa where the woman waits on her husband hand and foot and he controls all the money. I just can't win here .

On the plus side...the father of the "Wiccan" family comes to his senses and concentrates more on his family instead of the coven, and the father of the Iowa family starts to learn what his wife really does.

It just perturbs me that most people have no idea what Wicca is about and the thought that this is their main exposure to what it is is just downright scary.

[jeffrey]

My wife is watching that... Should be over... Let me call her. She gonna be mad too!

[Evenstar]

Originally Posted by Draka

I'm watching WifeSwap on ABC right now and my mouth is gaping! I wanted to watch it because it was said that a Wiccan family would be on there and I' was curious. They are outrageous! Jars of lizard skins and guts, "broom rides", pointed curly toes shoes, "house elf" that cleans (yet the house is filthy), the wife is worshipped as a goddess (and she's supposedly a coven high priestess). The house is just so messed up!

Not to mention the other family is from Iowa where the woman waits on her husband hand and foot and he controls all the money. I just can't win here .

On the plus side...the father of the "Wiccan" family comes to his senses and concentrates more on his family instead of the coven, and the father of the Iowa family starts to learn what his wife really does.

It just perturbs me that most people have no idea what Wicca is about and the thought that this is their main exposure to what it is is just downright scary.

LOL Draka, yes I watched it too, because of the Wiccan family, it was crazy.
I thought maybe I wasnt a true Wicca because I dont have jam jars of lizards
And I know my house may not be spotless but wow hers was a tip, and also her home schooling her daughter the only schooling was how to make a broom.
I teach all 3 of my kids from home, and we DO have math, English, and History and many other subjects taught in my house.
I teach them my religious ways also, but its nothing to do with making a broom
It did give Wiccans a real bad name sadly

[Draka]

Originally Posted by Evenstar

I thought maybe I wasnt a true Wicca because I dont have jam jars of lizards

I don't either dear. Have jam jars of rabbit eyeballs and baby's fat...but no lizards .

And I know my house may not be spotless but wow hers was a tip, and also her home schooling her daughter the only schooling was how to make a broom.
I teach all 3 of my kids from home, and we DO have math, English, and History and many other subjects taught in my house. I teach them my religious ways also, but its nothing to do with making a broom

Ahhh...but you need math to know how to measure the broom, english to read directions and spells, and history to know the old magick of the old ones

It did give Wiccans a real bad name sadly

Agreed. It did.

[Evenstar]

[quote=Draka]I don't either dear. Have jam jars of rabbit eyeballs and baby's fat...but no lizards .
Dang so im not a true Wiccan....... Rushing out the door "here Bunny Bunny Bunny"


Ahhh...but you need math to know how to measure the broom, english to read directions and spells, and history to know the old magick of the old ones
Now I never thought of that lol, my 8 year old daughter is a little Wiccan in the making, when her cat died she asked "cant you bring him back mummy"
I was pretty taken back by what she said, and answered no, she came back with a classic "but your a witch mummy, and I thought you might have a spell to bring him back to life".

[Draka]

Originally Posted by Evenstar

Now I never thought of that lol, my 8 year old daughter is a little Wiccan in the making, when her cat died she asked "cant you bring him back mummy"
I was pretty taken back by what she said, and answered no, she came back with a classic "but your a witch mummy, and I thought you might have a spell to bring him back to life".

Okay...you need two long needles, a can of whipped cream and some sage. Cleanse the area...draw a pentagram on the cat with the whipped cream and then shove the needles through the eyeballs.

Too much "Practical Magic"!!!

All seriousness though...it's nice that we can joke about things like this. When what was shown tonight was so ridiculous that we can just have fun with it. But still it peeves me that some might think we are all crazy due to that warped woman and what she turned her family into...but oh well. What can one do?

[Buttercup]

Oh don't worry about it Draka. They always pick the far end of the spectrum families just for good TV. I wouldn't take it as your everyday Wiccan practices. I think it comes on right now out here in the west. I should go check. I do love that show however....makes you feel comfortably normal doesn't it?

[Revasser]

Ahhh, silly American TV. Really, I wouldn't have expected much different from a "Reality" show. Like Buttercup said, they always pick the most outrageous families they possibly can to create the most entertaining viewing for the masses.

Sadly, the masses may end up taking it as what is "normal" for a Wiccan family, but they'll forget all about it when the next ludicrous family is presented on the show, so I don't think there's really much for you guys to worry about. The attention span and memory of the mass audience is thankfully short

[ChrisP]

Sorry guys but... oh well. It's all about the ratings!