BEING A CHRISTIAN WITCH I WASN'T EXACTLY SURE HOW TO COMBINE BOTH
                              CHRISTIAN AND WICCAN BELIEFS. BUT AFTER A LOT OF SOUL SEARCHING I
                             THINK I CAN TO AT LEAST TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT I FEEL AND BELIEVE IN.

                             THE WICCAN BELIEF OF BOTH A GODDESS AND A GOD WAS PROVING DIFFICULT
                             TO PUT INTO MY WAY OF THINKING, UNTIL I RESEARCHED MORE WICCAN AND
                             PAGAN SITES, AND READ MANY DIFFERENT BOOKS ON THE SUBJECT.

                             MY BELIEF IS THAT THE GODDESS REPRESENTS NATURE, NOT A SPECIFIC BEING
                             THE SAME WITH THE GOD. THEY ARE A PART OF ALL LIVING THINGS AROUND US.
                             WHICH IN PART MEANS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE A PART OF ME ALSO. GOD GAVE
                          US THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN, THE GODDESS AND THE GOD ARE REPRESENTATIONS
                          OF NATURE, THEREFORE ASKING THE GOD AND GODDESS FOR HELP IS THE SAME
                          AS ASKING GOD FOR HELP. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE ONE ULTIMATE BEING
                          AND ALSO BELIEVE IN AND WORSHIP MANY DEITIES, EVEN IN THE CHRISTIAN
                          FAITH SOME WORSHIP AND PRAY TO SAINTS (I AM NOT CATHOLIC) AND IN A
                          WAY TO ME THAT SEEMS TO BE WORSHIPPING OTHER DEITIES AND ASKING FOR
                          THEIR HELP.

                        I BELIEVE THAT THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE PAGAN AND WICCAN
                          RELIGION ARE NOT ALL THAT DIFFERENT!  CHRISTIANS DON'T REALIZE WHAT
                          THEIR PRAYERS ARE REALLY DOING. IN THEIR OWN WAY THEY ARE CASTING
                          A SPELL AND ASKING FOR HELP, OR COMFORT WHATEVER. MAGICK IS A VERY
                          IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WICCA, BUT IF MOST OF THE CHRISTIANS WOULD OPEN
                          THEIR EYES THEY WOULD SEE THAT THEY ALSO ARE ABLE TO CAST A SPELL!

                        IT IS MY OPINION THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS AGO, DURING THE BURNING
                          TIMES, THAT AFTER TAKING WHAT THEY COULD FROM THE PAGAN RELIGIONS
                          THE CATHOLIC CHURCH STARTED TO TELL THEIR PEOPLE THAT IF THEY DID
                          NOT FOLLOW THEIR RULES COMPLETELY THEY WOULD ALL END UP IN HELL!  IT
                          WAS SCARE TACTICS THAT KEPT THE PEOPLE IN LINE BACK THEN, AND IT IS
                          SCARE TACTICS THAT ARE KEEPING THEM FROM FREEING THEIR MINDS FROM
                          THAT RIDICULOUS NONSENSE. GOD ISN'T GOING TO SEND YOU TO HELL FOR
                          USING THAT WHICH HE GAVE US.

                    THE WICCAN AND PAGAN RELIGIONS ARE BATHED IN TRADITIONS AND LOVE AND
                         RESPECT FOR NATURE AND PEOPLE, YET I HAVE SEEN PAGAN AND WICCAN SITES
                         THAT TAKE PLEASURE IN BASHING A CHRISTIAN WITCHES BELIEFS, SAYING WE
                         HAVE NO RIGHT TO SAY THAT WE ARE WITCHES. WELL I DON'T GO AROUND
                         BASHING YOUR BELIEFS OR SPREAD HATRED FOR ANYONE, ALL I ASK IN
                         RETURN IS NOT TO BE BASHED!

                    THE GODDESS IS AS MUCH A PART OF ME AS SHE IS TO EVERYONE ELSE, PERHAPS
                         SOMEDAY MORE CHRISTIANS WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN BOTH THEIR EYES AND
                         THEIR HEARTS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT GOD HAS GIVEN TO
                         US ALL!

                          MAY THE GODDESS BLESS YOU ALL!