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Expert: Rev. Jesse Gillespie - 12/4/2007


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"it's me again i asked a question yesterdaay and it helped alot... i just have one problem.. i don't feel right going to a christian church when i am becoming a wiccan,  my friend says it is all right because she is both.. she says that wiccans need a "higher power"  to worship... but the higher power we worship is the one right???  and also i feel as if i am leading on the goddess and the god if i go to a christian church.. but i have no way out... and also you say to preform some rights to go to the center of my room.. but i am usually not home and when i am i am outside alot.. can i do it outside or anywhere or are there certain places???   and if you could give me any links that i could follow that would help me in my study.. that would be great.. i also heard that minors are not allowed in covens because of the "great Rite"??? can i still be a solitary wiccan???

thank you many times over for helping me"

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merry meet again!


About the church
If theres no way you can get out of going don't worry about it

"all gods are One"
The divine spirit is the same in ALL religions  its just looked at in different ways.

I have been going to my friends Pentecostal church for the past couple of Sundays and I hold strong to my wiccan beliefs and i hear something that doesn't flow it goes in one ear and out the other.
Its ok if you go   Believe me the Goddess doesn't care, because it all goes to the same place, understand.



about the ritual set up, it is better if you do it outside. I figured you had limitations like that but if you can do it out side, 100% better!!!  DO It!

you can be a coven witch or a solitary witch. If you can find a good coven near by and you want to do that  go ahead.

If you want to learn alone be solitary.

I have been the high priest of a Coven before and I am now a solitary wiccan.

Its what ever suits you!
Remember the rede: Do what you want just harm none in the process.


here are some links:

http://www.angelfire.com/journal/cathbodua/Quantummagick.html

www.fionahorne.com

http://www.religioustolerance.org/witchcra.htm

http://www.paganlibrary.com/

http://www.thepaganweb.com/

http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/tigris/567/index.htm

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Rev. Jesse Gillespie

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I am a practicing witch (not exactly a Wiccan in the traditional term) I AM A WARLOCK!!!, yes thats right i used the forbidden "W" word, and have been since 2002. My path began as a Wiccan and slowly progressed to a full fledge Witch! by this I mean focusing more on the magick aspect of witchcraft and not so much on the religious part, the feminist part, naturist part, ... etc. All these are all well and good and positive but are not a part of Witchcraft. Witches are the people who communicate with the dead, perform spells for those who are in need of it, and maybe lay a curse or two in the name of justice. this does not make witches anymore evil than what Wiccans clam to be but we look at Witchcraft as a verb that is has always been, a Craft! I am a Minister of Our Lord and Lady of the Trinacrian Rose Coven founded by Lori Bruno of Salem Mass. http://www.trinacrianrose.org My Ministerial papers are on file with the state of Massachusetts. I consider myself a self taught herbalist, using dried herbs and essential oils from the plants. Having said that My expertise comes in any area of the occult you can think of and if i dont know the answer, ill research it for you, it will be a learning experience for us both! :)

Experience

As I said i have been practicing since 2002, following the pagan path of the old. I have been reading and studying Tarot for even longer. Im also a massage therapist, an aromatherapist, and have studied energy work on a medical and magickal level. I personally love aromatherapy with essential oils and know the magickal and medical properties. I am also a Minister of Our Lord and Lady of the Trinacrian Rose Coven founded by Lori Bruno of Salem Mass. You can find more info on the coven I belong to at http://www.trinacrianrose.org

Organizations
I am a solitary practitioner, i use to belong to a small coven back in the day but we didnt last to long but it was a learning experience within itself. (never have 2 coven members who are in a relationship that is not stable enough to keep the coven together.)

Publications
None yet but i am writing a book thats somewhat semi-autobiographical and teaches witchcraft as i practice! YAY!

Education/Credentials
Im mostly self taught, but have studied under a family of Druids. they taught me to follow the original meaning of Witchcraft. I am a Massage therapist and aromatherapist and energy worker.

Awards and Honors
Massage therapy license I am a Minister of Our Lord and Lady of the Trinacrian Rose Coven founded by Lori Bruno of Salem Mass. http://www.trinacrianrose.org My Ministerial papers are on file with the state of Massachusetts.

Past/Present Clients
I have done several Tarot readings, spells, cleansing, and blessings for several people.

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