Monday, November 28, 2005
The World to Wicca
Zenit reports on the neo-pagan phenomenon in Europe and the US.
One thing: our response as Catholics would be rooted in the Vatican II document Nostra Aetate, the one that treats relations with non-Christian religions.
Another thing: We Christians should be alarmed that so many people, especially women, would choose to cast their gaze outside of Christianity in order to find spiritual fulfillment. I suspect the human spirit is diverse enough that booming "traditional" orders will not fit the bill for the Church, only for those attracted to them. Why are such orders booming? Simply because they started to take recruiting seriously. People have always longed for the spiritual aspect of existence.
I knew a seminarian years ago who had no idea what the charisms of the various religious orders were. I told him during a time of stasis in his own vocation I thought he would make a fine religious brother or priest. But he had no clue about spiritual traditions nor did he focus on anything except the diocesan priesthood.
Well, anyway, I knew a few neo-pagans in college. Nice enough people. Be interesting to see how many Catholic homosexuals are chased into neopaganism from a sense of disgust and searching.
SCGS here we come. So much for casting into the deep.
