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PathWalkers.Net Interactive :: Helping you along your path Elder: Used to symbolize Freya, it is a symbol of Witches. Represents the continuous circle of life and death. Elm: Used for stability and grounding, this tree also symbolizes the fairy folk. Fir: Used to clear the inner vision, it symbolizes what is to come. Hawthorn: Used for protection, love and marriage, it is also used to represent Witchcraft. Hazel: The limbs of this tree are used for dowsing and water magick and symbolizes the gaining and using of knowledge and wisdom. Holly: Used for sleep and rest, it symbolizes death and passing. Larch: Used for protection and vision, it is also used to purify sacred space and exorcisms. Maple: One of the first signs of spring, this tree symbolizes success and abundance. Oak: Used for strength and solidity, it symbolizes faith and family. Pine: Used to symbolize guilt and dealing with private issues. Poplar: Used for conquering and endurance, it is also associated with speech and language. Rowan: Used for protection and control of ones mental abilities from attack. Willow: Representing flexibility, it is used to symbolize cycles and rhythm. Yew: Used to induce visions, this tree is used to enhance magickal and psychic abilities. (60 Reads) comments? General information: Yes... Wicca Is A Religion Posted by: Nyxks on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 08:14 PM http://www.pathwalkers.net/interactive/modules....ame=News&file=index&catid=1&topic=&allstories=1 (48 of 236) [12/25/2005 12:17:42 AM]

PathWalkers.Net Interactive :: Helping you along your path U.S. Court decisions: Some court decisions which have recognized Wicca are: An important ruling of a state Supreme Court was in Georgia: Roberts v. Ravenwood Church of Wicca, (249 Ga. 348) in 1982. It was similar to Dettmer v Landon, below. The District Court of Virginia declared in 1985 (Dettmer v Landon, 617 F Suup 592 [E. Dst. Va.]) that Wicca is "clearly a religion for First Amendment purposes....Members of the Church sincerely adhere to a fairly complex set of doctrines relating to the spiritual aspect of their lives, and in doing so they have 'ultimate concerns' in much the same way as followers of more accepted religions. Their ceremonies and leadership structure, their rather elaborate set of articulated doctrine, their belief in the concept of another world, and their broad concern for improving the quality of life for others gives them at least some facial similarity to other more widely recognized religions." 1 This was a landmark case. Judge J. Butzner of the Fourth Circuit Federal Appeals Court confirmed the Dettmer v Landon decision (799F 2nd 929) in 1986. He said: "We agree with the District Court that the doctrine taught by the Church of Wicca is a religion." Butzner J. 1986 Fourth Circuit. A case was brought in 1983 in the U.S. District Court in Michigan. The court found that 3 employees of a prison had restricted an inmate in the performance of his Wiccan rituals. This "deprived him of his First Amendment right to freely exercise his religion and his Fourteenth Amendment right to equal protection of the laws." A case Wheeler v Condom was argued before a U.S. Postal Service Administrative Judge regarding who had the right to pick up mail addressed to The Church of Y Tylwyth Teg (a.k.a. Y Tylwyth Teg), and The Association of Cymmry Wicca and delivered to a Georgia post office box. The 1989 decision recognized both groups as valid religious organizations. 2 Many other cases are listed in the Welsh Witchcraft web site. 3 Wicca has never been considered by the U.S. Supreme Court. However, that court once ruled on the Santeria religion. The case was: Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. and Ernesto Pichardo v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993). This case involved the legality of animal sacrifices which are not a practice of Wiccans. However, the ruling did recognize the rights of a religion which is very different from Christianity and many other organized religions in America. If the legality and status of Wicca were ever to be challenged in court, the Santeria ruling would likely be considered a precedent for the court to follow. Government recognition Wiccan and other Neopagan groups have been recognized by governments in the US and Canada and given tax exempt status. Wiccan priests and priestesses have been given access to penitentiaries in both countries, and the privilege of performing handfastings/marriages. On 2001-MAR-15, the list of religious preferences in the U.S. Air Force Personnel Data System (MilMod) was augmented to include: Dianic Wicca, Druidism, Gardnerian Wicca, Pagan, Seax Wicca, Shamanism, and Wicca. 4 Some documents The Alternative Religions Educational Network (AREN) maintains a list of documents designed to help the Neopagan community fight for equal rights. 5 Included are: http://www.pathwalkers.net/interactive/modules....ame=News&file=index&catid=1&topic=&allstories=1 (49 of 236) [12/25/2005 12:17:42 AM]

PathWalkers.Net Interactive :: Helping you along your path<br />

Elder: Used to symbolize Freya, it is a symbol of Witches. Represents the continuous<br />

circle of life and death.<br />

Elm: Used for stability and grounding, this tree also symbolizes the fairy folk.<br />

Fir: Used to clear the inner vision, it symbolizes what is to come.<br />

Hawthorn: Used for protection, love and marriage, it is also used to represent Witchcraft.<br />

Hazel: The limbs of this tree are used for dowsing and water magick and symbolizes the<br />

gaining and using of knowledge and wisdom.<br />

Holly: Used for sleep and rest, it symbolizes death and passing.<br />

Larch: Used for protection and vision, it is also used to purify sacred space and<br />

exorcisms.<br />

Maple: One of the first signs of spring, this tree symbolizes success and abundance.<br />

Oak: Used for strength and solidity, it symbolizes faith and family.<br />

Pine: Used to symbolize guilt and dealing with private issues.<br />

Poplar: Used for conquering and endurance, it is also associated with speech and<br />

language.<br />

Rowan: Used for protection and control of ones mental abilities from attack.<br />

Willow: Representing flexibility, it is used to symbolize cycles and<br />

rhythm.<br />

Yew: Used to induce visions, this tree is used to enhance magickal and psychic abilities.<br />

(60 Reads) comments?<br />

General information: Yes... Wicca Is A Religion<br />

Posted by: Nyxks on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 08:14 PM<br />

http://www.pathwalkers.net/interactive/modules....ame=News&file=index&catid=1&topic=&allstories=1 (48 of 236) [12/25/2005 12:17:42 AM]

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