{"id":733,"date":"2006-10-06T03:08:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=733"},"modified":"2006-10-06T03:08:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-06T03:08:00","slug":"western-pagan-cult-comes-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=733","title":{"rendered":"‘Western Pagan Cult’ Comes to India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wicca reaches India<\/a>, reports The Telegraph<\/em> of Calcutta. It’s just a “study group” now, the paper says. (Sure!) There is a Web site, of course<\/a>, which suggests that the organizers have been Wiccan for some years, in fact.<\/p>\n

A month after <\/em>bisarjan<\/a>, a western pagan cult worshipping the Mother Goddess looks set to rise from oblivion in the city.<\/p>\n

The Wiccan Brigade, to be launched some time in mid-November by Ipsita Roy Chakraverti<\/a>, will be a platform for those interested in studying wicca and using the branch of knowledge to holistic effect.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some years ago, when I learned that Wiccan groups were starting in Brazil, I was surprised, because I thought that Brazil already had plenty of magical religion. “Too ‘Christian’ for them,” reported my priestess friend<\/a> whom a Brazilian group had brought in to speak to them.<\/p>\n

But for these Indians, is Wicca more Western and somehow suitable for educated people yet still compatible with Hindu culture? We shall find out.<\/p>\n

Tags: Wicca<\/a>, India<\/a>, Paganism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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