Is Circle of Firelight Wicca?
No. While Circle of Firelight has much in common with Wicca, it also has certain areas of difference. Among these, we do not feel that we can hand off the responsibility for defining our beliefs and judging the rightness of our actions to others. Because of this, we do not recognize the writings of any person, including Alaistair Crowley, Gerald Gardner, or the founders of any branch of Wicca as the definitive guide to our actions and ethics. If you wish to understand what we believe, you must turn instead to reading our own writings, asking us questions, or observing our actions for yourself. We acknowledge that the duality of nature, encompassing polar opposites only in equal proportion, does not require our efforts to ensure that balance, and we should therefore not emphasize one aspect or gender of god/dess over another, even in an attempt to redress apparent imbalance. When the pendulum has swung off-balance, this is best corrected by removing the obstructing force that keeps it t
