I recently heard through that a “friend” of mine, a liberal Christian pastor actually, described some of what I’m exploring this way: “Oh, I used to live in California and a lot of people were drawn toward crap like that but it ended up not being all that fulfilling in the end.”

Crap? Not fulfilling? I guess he prefers that I return to a religion that was unfulfilling, one that believes in angels, demons and a virgin-born god/man who rose from the dead–none of which we can see or prove. But Wicca is “crap.” You betcha.

ME:
I realize you were repeating what what is in the psychiatric evaluation, but Mr. Marko’s belief system has no more in common with Wicca than it does with Judaism, Christianity or Buddism. Twice in the article, his beliefs are compared to Wicca, and this person had nothing to do with Wicca or Paganism. Pagan belief systems are often misunderstood and feared by the general public, and reporting like this only makes it worse. This is bad journalism. It is unnecessary to repeat and lend credance to defamatory misinterpretations. Associating Wicca to a delusional rapist and murderer where there is no real link is just plain wrong.

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Hi.
You are right. I was quoting what was in the Army report. It was not my association. I hear you. You might want to take it up with them.

Thanks for your comment,
Lizette

The article constantly references the text of an “internal Army document,” which is where the above quote apparently originates. To me, this sounds like the military is the one equating his delusions with “Wicca or some other alternative religion.”