<p>I know this might be a strange question that most of you will know nothing about, but does anyone have any idea of what colleges might be more accepting of a wiccan.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>um....anything that isn't brigham young will probably be fine. Or notre dame...i dont how accepting they are.</p>
<p>A liberal college...I would think.</p>
<p>Being a Wiccan myself, I can't really say which schools will "accept" you for being so.</p>
<p>It really depends on the atmosphere of the college. I could probably go running around, raving mad, with pentacles up the wazoo at some colleges in the tri-state area and no one would care. I could very well be wrong, but some southern/western college could be like that also.</p>
<p>From what I see, stay up north. And stay as urban as possible. In cities, anything goes.</p>
<p>Or, LACs with super-liberal leanings (Swat, Oberlin, Wesleyan, etc) and most of the remaining 7 sisters (Bryn Mawr, Mt. Holyoke, Smith specifically) would be sure bets.</p>
<p>As for other schools, look to see if they have interfaith clubs/unions. For schools like mine that don't have a wiccan club per se, that's where the wiccans and other pagans do their thing.</p>
<p>I think Carleton has a Wicca group.</p>
<p>Here you go: <a href="http://www.transy.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.transy.edu/</a></p>
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<p>nobody cares at ohio university-athens</p>
<p>probably no college really cares if you believe this.</p>
<p>But you <em>should</em> know that the whole wiccan practice is largely made-up and is not a ancient religion. According to an article in the Atlantic Monthly
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The evidence is overwhelming that Wicca is a distinctly new religion, a 1950s concoction influenced by such things as Masonic ritual and a late-nineteenth-century fascination with the esoteric and the occult, and that various assumptions informing the Wiccan view of history are deeply flawed. Furthermore, scholars generally agree that there is no indication, either archaeological or in the written record, that any ancient people ever worshipped a single, archetypal goddess -- a conclusion that strikes at the heart of Wiccan belief.
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See <a href="http://jbburnett.com/resources/atlmo-goddesses/atl-mo-allen-goddesses.html%5B/url%5D">http://jbburnett.com/resources/atlmo-goddesses/atl-mo-allen-goddesses.html</a></p>
<p>Here is the url for an article for WICCA friendly colleges:
<a href="http://www.cultureandfamily.org/articledisplay.asp?id=2939&department=CFI&categoryid=cfreport%5B/url%5D">http://www.cultureandfamily.org/articledisplay.asp?id=2939&department=CFI&categoryid=cfreport</a></p>
<p>In addition, Hobart and Williams is Wicca friendly with a "strong" campus presence.</p>
<p>I just found this URL that lists colleges with Wicca associations and some college rules that might conflict with Wicca beliefs etc. It's a good site</p>
<p>I had a caregiver many years ago who ascribed to Wicca and met several of her friends. I, thus, have good feelings about it and about the people who practice it. Good luck in you efforts.</p>
<p>Mikemac, that is REALLY REALLY ignorant to say. </p>
<p>Do you see any REAL Wiccans running around screaming, "MY RELIGION IS 305957840938545904854444 years old!" </p>
<p>No. We know our religion is, in essence, 50 years old. However, the roots from it's connections to PAGANISM make it pretty damn ancient. </p>
<p>And I resent you saying it's "made-up". I could just as easily say the Bible is "made up" or that your whole religion is "made up". But I don't. Because it's called RESPECT.</p>
<p>Every religion was "made up" at one point or another. Get over it.</p>
<p>ANYWAYS, many many colleges (even down south, YAY!) have PSAs--- Pagan Student Alliances. Google it and you'll see a plethora of flourishing PSAs.</p>