How To Save Your Coven

[aradiapaganus]

Wow- so you can totally tell this guy had too much crack with his steriod shake in the morning.
Check out his articles:
www.wargoddess.net/essay/troll.php

Dear Goddess- such fascism- its like the Malleus Maleficarum- with 'potienal new coven member' instead of 'witch' as the subject matter.

[Marius Morningstar]

Fascism is authoritarian. Authoritarianism can only happen where there is some means of compulsion. There is no compulsion in religion. There can be no authoritarianism where there is assent, and no one stays in a Coven unless they personally choose to do so. A high priest or priestess doesn't have the right or power to control others. As a Coven Leader, they do have the right and the responsibility to set the ground rules for their Coven. Therefore, this is not Fascism.

As for this article being comparable to the Malleus Maleficarum, I invite everyone curious to compare and contrast the two and come up with their own opinion.

[Marius Morningstar]

Hey everybody, update on the essay. This version has twice as many chapters and is still under construction. I have some more reading to do.

I asked for the opinion of others on another forum. It turns out that Isaac Bonewits has been recommending this series to people for a few years.

I know the series of essays is long, but it's worth reading all the way through. This is a series I have been recommending to people for a few years as it takes Haugk's advice in Antagonists in the Church and makes it specifically applicable to Pagan groups (whether covens or not).

We do have trolls/antagonists in Pagan groups and other Pagans need to know how to spot them and evict them. This is not to say that we don't also have bad apples amongst the clergy, but there are different tools for spotting them (see my Cult Danger Evaluation Frame at www.neopagan.net/ABCDEF.html as one example).

Having to evict someone from your coven, grove, lodge, etc. is not a violation of your oaths. It usually happens because the person involved has violated their oaths.

bright blessings,
Isaac

The opinions of the people that voted on the forum are that 4 voted in approval, 3 in disapproval, 1 abstained because they are a solitary and it is a subject that has no meaning to them, and 1 voted other (though, they are quoted saying "I only read the first one, and it made alot of sense, I am HP of my coven, and we have had a few of those types join with us or at least try. . .it doesnt take long for thier true colors to show.")