Raymond Buckland encouraged the advancement of the Wiccan religion with
open rituals, democratic methods of organization and encouragement for
group as well as solitary methods of practice. Self initiation was
allowed for those who couldn't find covens in their neighborhood and
other people who wished to practice the religion without any
interference from authoritarians. Also skyclad (nude) was made optional
compared to the European Wiccan traditions where skyclad was the norm
for the most important celebrations.
As a country, America has allowed Wicca to evolve into a more or less
globally acceptable religion, allowing solitary practitioners to choose
their methods of practice and encouraging newer ideas into the
mix. American Wicca has expanded to include the goodness of
many styles of witchcraft along with the freedom to choose deities of
choice and tools, herbs, incenses, oils and practices which once were
foreign to this religion.
As Wicca evolves all over the world, it would be to the people's
advantage to absorb and encourage the practice of this nature based
religion so that everyone on our planet can finally see eye to eye and
can begin to mend our divisive ways of viewing the human race. In a
world where religion is the number one cause of wars and destruction,
Wiccans will be able to herald an era of peace and hope by caring about
the entire planet while enabling each and every living thing on Earth
to live joyfully and with everlasting hope.
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