Dear All
Just a thought on the ancient roots of neo-pagan and modern wiccan ritual -
Professor Geof Samuel presented a paper on the parallels between
"Tantra" and Wicca at a JSM conference in MK.
Wiccans often do acknowledge a connection to "Tantra".
If "Tantra" - or more accurately "Kaula" is a late classical, magical
tradition - with links to the Mediteranean -
then maybe modern Wiccan ritual is not so different to ancient modes
afterall?
Theories come and go - and this is an area where data has often been
suppressed and ignored by academics -
so hold onto your paradigms : )
"Love and do what you will"
Mogg
PS: My own slim volume "Tantra Sadhana: a practical introduction to
Kaula magick" is just published by Mandrake
and I will be discussing and updating some of possible Hermetic elements
in Kaula magick at the "Albion OTO Conference" -
then on Youtube etc.
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