77%
Confidence
Belief overview
Deusa e Deus
Muitas correntes trabalham com uma polaridade simbólica ou devocional entre divino feminino e masculino.
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Supportive
0
Contrary
1
Neutral
O que é: Um grande número de tradições wiccanas fala em Deusa e Deus como formas principais de expressão do divino.
Como a tradição entende: Essa linguagem pode indicar duoteísmo ritual, politeísmo funcional, faces de uma realidade maior ou estruturas arquetípicas, dependendo da corrente.
Base textual e contexto: A polaridade divina aparece em liturgias, invocações e materiais formativos desde os primeiros desenvolvimentos da Wicca moderna.
Debates e variações: Nem toda prática wiccana formula a teologia do mesmo modo; há divergências sobre literalidade, centralidade da Deusa e multiplicidade de nomes divinos.
Documentary evidence
Supportive
Doreen Valiente, Charge of the Goddess
A widely used liturgical text about the presence and voice of the Goddess.
Reference: Doreen Valiente, Charge of the Goddess.
Content: This liturgical piece invokes the Goddess and articulates themes of ritual freedom, nature, love, and mystery.
Use in debate: It is one of the best-known sources for devotion to the Goddess and for the idea of the immanence of the sacred.
Janet and Stewart Farrar, The Witches’ God
A complementary work on masculine figures of the divine.
Reference: Janet Farrar and Stewart Farrar, The Witches’ God.
Content: The volume explores names, symbols, and functions of masculine forms of the divine in modern ritual context.
Use in debate: It is important for the Goddess-God polarity in various currents.
Janet and Stewart Farrar, The Witches’ Goddess
A work about the names, forms, and attributes of the Goddess.
Reference: Janet Farrar and Stewart Farrar, The Witches’ Goddess.
Content: The book gathers material on multiple expressions of the feminine sacred in modern pagan practice.
Use in debate: It is useful for the theological diversity of language about the Goddess.
Neutral
Ronald Hutton, The Triumph of the Moon
A landmark academic study on the history of modern British paganism.
Reference: Ronald Hutton, The Triumph of the Moon.
Content: The work investigates the historical formation of Wicca and contemporary paganism through a critical academic approach.
Use in debate: It is central to discussions of history, origin myths, and the modern development of the tradition.