Pagan FAQ’s that are false
Ξ September 27th, 2007 | → | ∇ General, Paganism |
So I’m reasonably plugged in to the blogosphere. I value it. I pay special attention to pagan stuff. Being Pagan, and something of an idealist, I really try to keep tabs on what’s going on in the pagan world. I read WitchVox, and The Wild Hunt. I also read a lot of pagan trash. I have to ask myself Why? Why on earth is there so much trash out there where people can get to it? And why do the people writing it do so? Don’t some of these writers realize that they’re not helping anyone when they spout inaccurate data and act as though it’s some sort of pagan gospel?
It doesn’t help that sites like Associated Content make it easy for untrained, untalented, and uninformed writers to put their articles out there where they can be digested by the unwitting masses. Some of these articles are practically illiterate, almost all of them are riddled with partial or just plain bad information. Many of them are written by Wiccan newbies who believe that the world is black & white, right & wrong, and that Wicca is all about the glory of the Goddess and her joyous rituals of life.
Sorry to burst the bubble babes, but it just isn’t. The world is a diverse place, filled with more paths than there are people to walk them. This may be snarky, but I’m sick to death of seeing purported ‘news’ articles about college pagan groups whose leaders throw out tirelessly incorrect soundbites that get published. What we need is a centralized FAQ. A source where the pagan community can go to get sensical, encompassing, accurate explanations. Where can send uninformed media when they want information, instead of letting them get their information from teenie-boppers and fluffy bunnies.
As a neo-pagan who is pretty firmly entrenched upon the left hand path, I don’t want to see inaccurate data thrown around as if it were the plain and simple truth. I don’t want my way touted above any other, I just want it given equal acknowledgment.
I may be about to duplicate somebody else’s efforts, but I don’t mind. I’m going to start a pagan FAQ page here, and as I come across questions that are constantly asked, and often answered badly, I’ll put some accurate information up.
