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Good points, richlevy. I turned to Wicca because there is no room for a woman at the top (so to speak) in either Judaism or Christianity--both are so firmly patriarchial and some branches are outright hostile to women. It's hard to worship a God who shows such favoritism. Wicca fully embraces the female aspect of the Diety. As someone who was brought up in the Catholic church, that is refreshing. In Catholicism a female can choose to be one of two things: a whore or a virgin. Correct me if I am wrong, but Judaism has a prayer thanking God for "not making me a woman"--? Yikes! My boyfriend is Jewish, but as you pointed out on another thread, he's the "intellectual" brand and isn't observant!
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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