I started an online wicca school. I thought I needed the structure and more learning in a group atmosphere. I was so excited to begin, hoping that I would come out of it richer and fuller in my spiritual life. I have been looking forward to this for months. Even emailing the teachers several times to make sure I had got everything correct. When I finally did get into it I couldn't wait to begin. I read through half of the required material on my own as soon as I was aloud access to it.

Now I'm trying not to be too judgmental about it, but right from the get go I felt like I was taking a huge step backwards instead of forwards. The school has their own textbook which nicely enough is free to download if one is signed up for the school. But the further I read into it the more it felt like a cliff notes version of every other wicca 101 book I've ever read. Concepts are browsed over, not gone into detail. So if a specific subject interests you and you would like more detail about it, you are on your own. The author muddies it with her own beliefs then contradicts herself with common beliefs on subjects. The coursework is even more skimmed over and on my second assignment I was so truely bored with it all that I could only give them a half hearted attempt to compliment their half hearted teaching methods.

I'm sure there are plenty of people who will completely disagree with me but online wicca schools are just what they seem. The same thing one can find in books in the book store or library, rewritten by someone who thinks they know more than they actually do. Writing a wicca book may be tough, I'll surely never attempt it, but just because you do so certianly doesn't give one the right to call themselves a teacher.

Born solitary, to live solitary

This really isn't for me.