As I mentioned in a previous blog post that there are tenets that exist that create the foundation of Wicca even if you are a Modern Eclectic Wiccan. There is a line, a boundary for everything, a point when something stops being one thing and transforms into something else. There are characteristics or traits that identify Wicca as Wicca. I will continue to discuss these characteristics or tenets in this blog. I have already discussed other tenets and today I will continue with the next one, which is:
- Having a sense of inviolate personal power.
This tenet can easily be applied to Witches as well as Wiccans. As Wiccans we possess an innate sense of unsullied and unyielding personal power. We recognize that this power originates within us, that it is the spark that binds us to each other and all other forms of life, it is that life force which springs from The All, the part of ourselves that recognizes we are sacred manifestations of The Lady and Lord. It is this power that grounds us within our personal and shared realities and enables us to be confident not only with our daily choices and decisions regarding our mundane life, but also in our spiritual practice. It is this power that fuels our magickal intentions towards our desired manifestation. Without sensing this power, without understanding its potential, without knowing how to wield it; we would be unable to successfully change our lives or reality through the use of magick.
It is this sense of inviolate personal power that separates the Wiccan from the majority of humanity. It is what makes a Wiccan a Wiccan and when we freely give that power to others, or when we allow others to snatch it away or manipulate it as they desire, or when we consciously put ourselves into situations that negate that sense of power within us, we have effectively castrated ourselves and removed the creative ability that we all inherently hold within us as creators, as children of The Lady and Lord. No one can take from us that which we were created from, only we can give it away. As Wiccans we intuitively know this, recognize this, and acknowledge this and do not consciously do so.
It is this sense of inviolate personal power that separates the Wiccan from the majority of humanity. It is what makes a Wiccan a Wiccan and when we freely give that power to others, or when we allow others to snatch it away or manipulate it as they desire, or when we consciously put ourselves into situations that negate that sense of power within us, we have effectively castrated ourselves and removed the creative ability that we all inherently hold within us as creators, as children of The Lady and Lord. No one can take from us that which we were created from, only we can give it away. As Wiccans we intuitively know this, recognize this, and acknowledge this and do not consciously do so.
