um-ing and ah-ing and responding with something about not doing labels doesn't really help anyone know what you're about, and when you run your own spiritual business it's kind of useful for people to know what you're about pretty quickly. Her statement makes as much sense as saying “charity work is only for Catholics” or “you can’t keep an altar if you’re not Hindu.

We hold fast to the moral guidelines of Christianity, while also incorporating witchcraft's focus on nature, cycles, and the potential for personal transformation. We work to create relevant, inspiring content for our audience and update timely articles as necessary.Some practitioners may lean more towards Christian mysticism, while others might draw heavily from Wicca or folk magic traditions. I believe that my spiritual path has made my connection with God deeper than it other wise would have been. Others point to a primitive idealist belief in a relation between bewitching and coveting, reflected in the occasional translation of the Tenth Commandment as 'Thou shalt not covet'.

There are many verses in the bible that contradictorily* condemn witchcraft, soothsayers, idol worship, animal and human sacrifices, and so on. These witches can draw on the ritual structures, symbolism, and liturgy of Christian tradition, as well as the diverse methods of spellwork, divination, and energy work common in witchcraft. In other words, we needn’t see Christianity as incompatible with any number of practices or beliefs associated with other religions or cultures. They honor the old Goddesses and Gods, including the Triple Goddess of the Moon and the Horned God of the Sun and the spirits of the animals as visualizations of transcendent nature.Something more concrete, perhaps even an in-depth look at exactly what she felt was Jesus and what was Church. St Brigid which she mentions, is a Celtic hearth goddess turned into a saint that was because Celtic pagans of Ireland did not want to lose their sacred protector of their homes. I think it really bridged the gap between Christianity and witchcraft, and enforced my own belief that Church dogma and the teachings of Jesus are, often times, two separate things.

white American cultures we shouldn’t view it as incidental that Cross, who describes himself as being “of Mexican, Native American, and European descent,” is among the voices urging his community to decouple witchcraft from an exclusively pagan identity. This tradition is not eclectic nor is it ChristoPagan because our devotion lies exclusively with the Christian pantheon. This diversity in practice underlines the adaptable nature of this path of witchcraft, reflecting the unique spiritual journey of each practitioner. A unique mix of memoir and how-to that includes practical daily Pagan rituals, this inspiring book shows how one woman blended Christian traditions with the magic and beauty of a Wiccan practice.We are merely just very spiritually people that believe everything around us have energies and are just taking advantage of it. You may want to point out to her that lots of witches practice forms of magic that borrow heavily from the Christian tradition, and vice versa. I can relate to so much of her spiritual experience and questions about religion ,God, Jesus and the Holy Sprit.

Christian Witches generally adhere to the moral teachings of Christianity, such as the Golden Rule to treat others as one would want to be treated. I took a deep breath, bathed in the energy of this holy gathering and stated for all to hear, “Jesus of Nazareth and Mary of Magdala. I didn't love the dogma, the patriarchal structure of the church, the stuff about everyone else being wrong.We believe the use of tarot and oracles as only tools of guidance and does not have anything to do with Satan (as most of us are not Christian and Satan is based in Christianity). Or for me, the belief that the fae are just beings like us with extraordinary gifts and are not deities (you make your own belief of the fae is what I have heard from several sources), they can also help us receive and interpret messages from God. Christian perspectives began to change with the influential writings of the mystic poet Dante Alighieri and scholastic philosopher Thomas Aquinas, both of whom believed in astrology, whilst condemning sorcery as moral perversion.