Dianic wicca

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I fell down a bit of a Google hole recently and discovered dianic Wicca, I don't know how I've never heard of it before. It matches with my life philosophy so well and I'm really interested in learning more.

Is anyone here a dianic Wiccan? It seemed sensible to ask in FWR rather than in religion for this particular belief.
Can anyone give me some advice on where to start, what can I read etc?

Thanks :)

Not strictly Dianic and not strictly Wicca, but Spiral Dance by Starhawk is a good intro to woman-centred paganism.

My DD is very interested in this. She used to be a member of a Dianic coven apparently but she hasn't mentioned it for ages, so I don't know whether she still is.

From my conversations with DD, I gather Wicca in general values kindness and consideration and rejects violence and dominance. It seems a very healthy and noble moral system.

Not for me but for ages I was a witch in the Reclaiming tradition, as described in The Spiral Dance above, and it's a pretty good book for anyone with an interest in feminism and paganism.

I'd start with the Pagan Federation )0(

paganfed.org/

Witches

Thank you for all the recommendations, I'll have a good look through them :)

Ruth Barrett

Her music is very good too.

Not Wiccan but I practise female-centred witchcraft. It's fun!

I am a pagan athiest. Not sure if I believe in Goddesses and Gods but I have found Witchcraft helpful in my life alongside meditation. I don't seek to explain it, I am not a woo person but I find something comforting about paganism and it can be very woman centred. It helped me when I was pregnant, when I gave birth, when life gets shitty etc. I love to celebrate the turn of the year, I enjoy the ritualistic aspect of it and the way that it is tied to nature. I regard it as a philosophy more than a faith based belief system.

That's pretty much where I am atm damn, I don't believe in literal god/s but see value in the celebration of past women and "Mother Nature" :)

I celebrate Christmas and I am not a Christian. For me it just feels right and adds value to my life. There is a lot of truth to old wives tales and some sites have a power of place that I find attractive.

Everyone needs a hobby!

I'm a history buff and interested in herbs and mushrooms, gathering wild food and spending quiet time by myself. Paganism links my interests together.

You sound very similar to me, Damn. I am also a history buff, especially ancient history/ancient religions/stone circles etc along with folklore, herbalism and women's history. Paganism does indeed link it all together nicely!

Yes, pagan atheist is where I'd place myself these days. I think of goddesses and gods as useful, and incredibly complex, symbols rather than anything I would believe in or worship.

What I love about paganism is how rooted it is in material reality - seasons, the earth, the body, birth, death. Inevitably it honours the female in a way abrahamic religions can't because they are so focused on transcending all of that.

Spot on Pencils.

@PencilsInSpace You've said exactly what I feel.

Blessed be sister!

Here's an image of a fertility layout that recently helped someone who was struggling to conceive.
You shouldn't share spells but it's okay to share inspiration.

It's so great you posted.
Feminism and Wicca is so compatible.

I wondered myself if there were "others" on here )0(

"rooted it is in material reality - seasons, the earth, the body, birth, death. Inevitably it honours the female in a way abrahamic religions can't"

YES!

Paganism, for me, gives me positive spirituality without any of the misogynistic overtones that come with almost every other religion.

Balance, it balances me. As a feminist I find life can make me very angry, the world is becoming more misogynistic and I am sick of seeing over promoted white males running everything, seriously, they're everywhere and they are doing a really shit job!

Using herbs, chanting a spell, walking on a moonlit night, balance me. I'm not woo but there is power in ritual and it is female power, you can feel it.