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@Vitriol came up with one of the best threads I had seen in the Tumblr subforum in a long time, so that got me thinking about what kinds of craziness I can find beyond just Tumblr and I already found a shitload of different Wicca forums to look at. The amount of potential in this topic is huge in terms of finding some really funny stuff. It was a good thing that he suggested that a CW version of that thread be created so I'm going to share what I've been able to find thus far through all the different wicca forums I found and places like JREF.

This blog post had me cracking up and I'm going to just quote some of the excerpts from it. It's about how this teenager thought of himself as a witch:

Dear Sir,

I know this is outside the JREF's general purview, but I would like to hear your feelings on the matter. I'm a single mom living in San Francisco. I have a 13-year-old son who is very intelligent, very sensitive, and very imaginative. So imaginative is he that, about six months ago, he picked up a book on Wicca and took to believing everything it said. The book is called To Ride a Silver Broomstick, and it is by a woman named Silver RavenWolf. It's ridiculous. It says, among other things, that you can bi-locate yourself via "astral projection" and meet and converse with spirit guides and fairies.

I'm not tremendously upset by this, because I understand that 13-year-olds need to experiment, intellectually and emotionally. (And dare I say "spiritually"?) It's just that, until now, my son has always seemed like a sprouting young humanist. In my position, what would you tell your son? And isn't there a risk of coming off as overly restrictive, or even punitive? I assume you have some experience in gently arguing people out of New Age mindsets. I have very little.

Thank you,
Betty, The Chemistry Teacher

Part of the JREF's response to this letter:

Yes, Wicca is worryingly woo-ful. But unless there are extenuating circumstances that your letter failed to mention, you shouldn't be too worried. A lot of folks who are raised skeptical can't imagine how convincingly a professional woo-slinger can sling woo until they come face-to-face with it -- and in that confrontation, any 13-year-old is at a significant disadvantage.

And that's the nut of it. 13-year-olds are inexperienced, naïve, trusting, and more than a little crazy. When I told Randi of your dilemma, he said: "Tell her not to worry. One expects 13-year-olds to believe strange things. He'll grow out of it." In fact, he'll likely grow out of it sooner if you respect and support his interest in Wicca and avoid turning it into a generational stand-off. Instead, consider turning "spirituality," or whatever your preferred term might be, into a thing you and your son explore together. Don't raise objections; ask questions. Give him the tools to think critically, and in time, he'll probably use them. (If not, having a happy, healthy Wiccan son isn't the worst thing in the world.)

Here's a really old thread from the JREF forums about people wondering if there are any wiccans living in Japan.

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There's a lot more sperging in that thread about wiccans and a bunch of other weird stuff about Paganism and Shinto too.

Here's a shitload of Wicca and Pagan forums that I haven't looked yet but I'm sure there's a ton of content in them worth talking about:

http://everythingunderthemoon.net/forum/
http://wicca.com/forums/
http://www.witchway.net/forum.html
http://blackcatwiccaforum.co.uk/content.php?s=6cf6922be23a7708415b660f83775211
http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=58
http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/
http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/pagan-wiccan
http://www.witchforum.net/
http://wiccaplus.com/forum/
http://www.justwicca.com/forum/

ED page: https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Wicca

Some of these forums have some of the ugliest layouts I have ever seen, like this one:

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http://ecauldron.com/ is slightly less edgy, but the forums are highly browsed, and have a lot of topics.
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Oddly enough the shitposting (aka Humor and Quizzes) subforum seems to be the favourite by far.
 
In regards to Wicca, someone here on the forum (or perhaps elsewhere) brought up a blog that focused on Wiccans that were in their own right lolcows and/or spergs. Anyone know the name of the link?
 
dollarhuviya said:
@Vitriol came up with one of the best threads I had seen in the Tumblr subforum in a long time, so that got me thinking about what kinds of craziness I can find beyond just Tumblr and I already found a shitload of different Wicca forums to look at. The amount of potential in this topic is huge in terms of finding some really funny stuff. It was a good thing that he suggested that a CW version of that thread be created so I'm going to share what I've been able to find thus far through all the different wicca forums I found and places like JREF.

This blog post had me cracking up and I'm going to just quote some of the excerpts from it. It's about how this teenager thought of himself as a witch:

Dear Sir,

I know this is outside the JREF's general purview, but I would like to hear your feelings on the matter. I'm a single mom living in San Francisco. I have a 13-year-old son who is very intelligent, very sensitive, and very imaginative. So imaginative is he that, about six months ago, he picked up a book on Wicca and took to believing everything it said. The book is called To Ride a Silver Broomstick, and it is by a woman named Silver RavenWolf. It's ridiculous. It says, among other things, that you can bi-locate yourself via "astral projection" and meet and converse with spirit guides and fairies.

I'm not tremendously upset by this, because I understand that 13-year-olds need to experiment, intellectually and emotionally. (And dare I say "spiritually"?) It's just that, until now, my son has always seemed like a sprouting young humanist. In my position, what would you tell your son? And isn't there a risk of coming off as overly restrictive, or even punitive? I assume you have some experience in gently arguing people out of New Age mindsets. I have very little.

Thank you,
Betty, The Chemistry Teacher

Part of the JREF's response to this letter:

Yes, Wicca is worryingly woo-ful. But unless there are extenuating circumstances that your letter failed to mention, you shouldn't be too worried. A lot of folks who are raised skeptical can't imagine how convincingly a professional woo-slinger can sling woo until they come face-to-face with it -- and in that confrontation, any 13-year-old is at a significant disadvantage.

And that's the nut of it. 13-year-olds are inexperienced, naïve, trusting, and more than a little crazy. When I told Randi of your dilemma, he said: "Tell her not to worry. One expects 13-year-olds to believe strange things. He'll grow out of it." In fact, he'll likely grow out of it sooner if you respect and support his interest in Wicca and avoid turning it into a generational stand-off. Instead, consider turning "spirituality," or whatever your preferred term might be, into a thing you and your son explore together. Don't raise objections; ask questions. Give him the tools to think critically, and in time, he'll probably use them. (If not, having a happy, healthy Wiccan son isn't the worst thing in the world.)

Here's a really old thread from the JREF forums about people wondering if there are any wiccans living in Japan.

YSkf4Eg.png

There's a lot more sperging in that thread about wiccans and a bunch of other weird stuff about Paganism and Shinto too.

Here's a shitload of Wicca and Pagan forums that I haven't looked yet but I'm sure there's a ton of content in them worth talking about:

http://everythingunderthemoon.net/forum/
http://wicca.com/forums/
http://www.witchway.net/forum.html
http://blackcatwiccaforum.co.uk/content.php?s=6cf6922be23a7708415b660f83775211
http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=58
http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/
http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/pagan-wiccan
http://www.witchforum.net/
http://wiccaplus.com/forum/
http://www.justwicca.com/forum/

ED page: https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Wicca

Some of these forums have some of the ugliest layouts I have ever seen, like this one:

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Ehhhh.... Asatru is fairly recent. Like, yes much of Asatru is about trying to learn about old practices, but as a religion its younger than Wicca. American Asatru started in the '70s.
 
I have nothing useful to submit on the subject of Wiccans.

But, I will say that every self-proclaimed Wiccan I've ever met looked like they were working their way towards Slaton sister status.
 

Well, gotta bring up this episode of King of the Hill.

Also my friend found this site a while back and it was kind of a running joke for us for a bit - http://www.spellsofmagic.com

Here are some choice pages...

http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/beauty_spells/body_spells/11485/page.html

http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/health_spells/immortality_spells/page.html

http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/health_spells/healing_spells/21875/page.html

http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/health_spells/healing_spells/13985/page.html

http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/health_spells/healing_spells/13680/page.html

http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/health_spells/healing_spells/3350/page.html

http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/health_spells/hurt_spells/21555/page.html

http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/health_spells/hurt_spells/3779/page.html

http://www.spellsofmagic.com/spells/health_spells/hurt_spells/20336/page.html

There are several New Age/Wicca/Neo-Paganism shops not too far from where my friends and I normally hang out. Sometimes we go inside because they sell interesting, albeit silly things.
One shop keeper talked about how Jesus, Ghandi, and various other religious/historical figures were all masters of their magical psychic auras/energies and how he, coincidentally, offered a class in which YOU TOO can learn how to harness your own psychic aura.
I guess, to be fair- most of the people who I come across in these shops are generally kind of nice, but loopy people.
 
ObeseScreamingBlackMan said:
I have nothing useful to submit on the subject of Wiccans.

But, I will say that every self-proclaimed Wiccan I've ever met looked like they were working their way towards Slaton sister status.
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You think they'd come up with a weight loss spell.

But in general they're a pretty inoffensive lot.
 
Some of Wiccan philosophy seems kind of in tune with lolcowdom. The idea of harming none seems very tumblristic, in how people go out of their way not to offend anyone. I wonder how many of these people got their philosophies from reading Harry Potter or watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
 
Dynastia said:
You shouldn't make fun of this stuff a lot of it actually works, yes there are a few idiots out there that give a bad name to actual sensible wiccans like me but many of these spells are very powerful and work.
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We need a spell to get Chris raped and murdered.
 
After hearing some New Age philosophies, I think some of them would believe in this stuff.

 
Dynastia said:
You shouldn't make fun of this stuff a lot of it actually works, yes there are a few idiots out there that give a bad name to actual sensible wiccans like me but many of these spells are very powerful and work.
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I don't think there are any "increase penis length" spells out there, sorry
 
I had put these two videos in the other thread but still relevant.


Two new ones I found today.


Bonus Video

 
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