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Summary: All One Wicca.....please its not worth 1 star
Review: After reading this book .... It just seemed to be too much of a rehash of previously written material. Drawing from the works of Scot Cunningham and a few others. Its introduction to the elements, code of ethics, etc. was nothing know that I could learn.
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Summary: Facinating
Review: All One Wicca manages where other books fail. The author is writing about a system that seems inherantly superior to most modern forms of Wicca. The exercises, resources and basic data are excellent, and best of all, she provides sources.
The visualizations are peerless, and I added them to my own circle.
My only flaw with the book was that I'm not sure if she was the creator of the tradition or not.. she seems to be quoting other people all the time, and needs to speak out on her own more.This book is more akin to buckland's blue book, a tradition within a book, than the books geared toward solitaries who don't want a tradition.
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Summary: Huh!?
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. It's got none of the fluff bunnies and light crud that you find in the vast majority of books out there on Wicca. The author is very upfront and honest about her opinions and views, and makes it clear to readers, that what she may believe is not what we may believe and that it is just fine and dandy. It was refreshing to read something like this book, and can hardly wait to get my hands on "Wicca 333" by her.
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Summary: This isn't Wicca...
Review: I'm not sure exactly what religion Ms. MacMorgan is writing about, but she's not talking about anything *I* would recognize as Wicca. For example, she says "As long as the Five Points of Wiccan Belief are there, and the other basic beliefs are met, any religion can be called "Wiccan," there is Wiccan Druidry, Wiccan Judaism, even Wiccan Christianity." Excuse me? Are we really talking about a religion here, or just window-dressing? Her "tradition" is Universal Eclectic Wicca, and she claims that the "five points of Wiccan belief" are: The Wiccan Rede; The Law of Return; The Ethic of Self-Responsibility; The Ethic of Constant Improvement; and The Ethic of Attunement. No practices necessary. Just "live these values" and you're Wiccan. After all, "Remember, as long as you are following these basic tenets of Wicca, you are as Wiccan as anyone else, and NOTHING makes you any more or less "right." If it works for you, it's right for you." There are a couple of good bits in the book... but not enough to justify wading through the BS to find them. I wouldn't trust anything this woman has written. It may be useful, but it certainly isn't Wicca.
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Summary: Not What You Think
Review: I've read through the reviews of this book, and it appears that many people have missed something crucial to understanding how and why this book was written. This book was published to go hand in hand with the studies of the Coven Of The Far Flung Net (the tradition of Universal Eclectic Wicca, taught online). It was not published to stand alone. If you're interested in starting study with UEW, then this will help you along the way.
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Summary: Eclectic conventions...is that oxymoronic?
Review: Imagine a website where solitary Wiccans can visit and learn from others as well as share their own experiences. That's ALL ONE WICCA and you can learn about it in this book which is a compilation of material available at the time of publication (2001). MacMorgan writes that the project, began in 1993, has materialized into a publication and a website which she provides (along with many other sites).
MacMorgan writes `Wicca is a religion based on the indigenous beliefs of the ancient peoples of Europe...[that] has a long tangled history with roots in the British spiritualist movements of the late nineteenth century.' Furthermore, `Wicca is a modern creation, a religion of an information culture, requiring that its members be gifted with the skill of telling myth from history and fact from metaphor....The dedicant, the initiate and the scholar know Wicca to be modern, while acknowledging the power and appeal of the stories claiming it as the oldest faith known to man.' [humankind].
This is a religious book and therefore not very spiritual. It has been compiled by a committee, albeit an eclectic and electronic one, motivated to set standards for Wicca. I believe spirituality is very personal and cannot be reached by the consensus of the group. If you are seeking a spiritual guide, you would be better served with THE HEDGE WITCH by Rae Beth, or WITCH ALONE by Marian Greene, or Scott Cunningham's book on the SOLITARY PRACTITIONER.
This book does contain a `Grimoire' that includes much (agreed upon?) technical detail about Alters and Alter Cloths, Herbalism, Candles, Corn Dollies, Crystals and Minerals, etc. If you are looking for technical detail approved by a consensus, this may be the book for you. Also, the copy of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, which guarantee witches freedoms not readily available in past times may prove useful.
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Summary: A Major Disappointment
Review: Saw this advertised as ~Wicca For Grownups~ and thought, Great! Someone who makes magick by the rules of Universal Law instead of making up his or her own. (Because rudimentary magick is about all you can get from Wicca in a book- for the Mysteries you have to join a coven and do the work.) Turns out MacMorgan doesn't even advocate practicing magick. I have to agree with the reviewer who says this isn't Wicca at all! I suppose this woman can say anything she wants- it's a free country- but serious Witches know that magick is what the Craft is all about. If you don't practice, you are not Wicca.
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Summary: Don't bother
Review: Unless you want to study Ms.MacMorgan's tradition. This is NOT about Wicca as a whole. It is ONLY about her Tradition. That does not make it a bad book. It just makes it a hidebound Tradition book. It's simple. You want to learn her way, buy the book. You don't? Don't buy the book. For me, it's a complete "don't bother". I find her writing style to be disjointed and rambling. Her information is circumspect. And I would be more interested in hearing about her research than her personal experiences.
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