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I'm writing in response to Tess Dawson's excellent post about honoring the differences among the numerous Pagan paths. There are many tributaries of this mighty river: Druidry, Wicca, Heathen, Asatru, Kemeticism, Thelema. the list could go on and on. Even within each of those tributaries, there are several streams that feed into it. Just within Wicca, there are Gardnerians, Dianics, Reclaiming, and more.

I agree very much with Dawson: our paths are not the same path. I believe that the right path is the path that sings in your heart; like Nature, I believe diversity is strength. I don't need to make every path the same in order to respect it.

However, we are linked in some way. Why else are we represented on this very website? Many have tried to find that spring from which our various streams have emerged, but apparently they have failed. We are not all Earth-based. We are not all polytheists. We are not all reconstructing an ancient religion, nor are we creating a new one. Perhaps one day, as our paths have been trod by more generations, someone will find that common source. But really, it's not important.

What is important is that today, right now, all of us are subjected to some degree of persecution in many places. Here in the Southern US (the states of the former Confederacy), non-Christians of all stripes face job and housing discrimination, loss of custody of our children, and even violence for our beliefs. Our oppressors don't care what our internal squabbles are. They will yank a child out of an Asatru household as quickly as they will from a Wiccan one.

We must stand together despite our differences. Since using the label "Pagan" seems to be ineffective (if not counter-productive), let's agree on another label. Let's create a banner that we can all be happy under.

My first suggestion, which I hope will be discussed and refined further, is PWDRT:

• Pagans
• Wiccans/Witches
• Druids
• Reconstructionists
• Thelemites

Obviously we can't name every specific non-Christian religion, or we might as well use the whole alphabet! So perhaps these might be larger labels that encompass many smaller paths. The important thing is that every label must be acceptable to the people it applies to.

I hope to get more feedback to make this label work for everyone. In the spirit of creating alliances among diverse peoples, Blessed Be!

Theban Alphabet

The Theban alphabet otherwise known as the witch’s alphabet or runes of Honorious is believed to have emerged in the medieval period when cabbalistic practices were prominent among European mages. Theban was first published in a book called the Polygraphia in 1518. This book was written by Johannes Trithemius. Before the first book was published, there were other evidences of the Theban Alphabet in the 14th century. This was in the Sworne Book of Honorious or the Liber Juratus. Most of these evidences attributed Honorius as the creator of the Theban Script. However, Honorius was not a witch, but a magus. The language also appeared in the 16th century in Cornelius Agrippa’s book know as the Three Books of occult philosophy. Agrippa was Trithemius’ student and his book was first published in 1531 in Antwerp. According to Agrippa, the Theban script was initially attributed to Honorius by an Italian magician in the 13th century.

The Theban Alphabet is also believed to have been in existence in the 11th century as a Latin cipher. Compared to the Latin alphabets, there is a one to one correspondences between the alphabets with the exception of the letter I, v and w. When writing the Theban script, the letter I is represented by the same symbol as j, while letter v is represented by the same symbol as u and w. Despite the origin of the letter-forms being obscure, the evidence of the script’s origin is consistent with an early cipher alphabet believed to have been influenced by Avestan. Some mages also believe the language to have originated from the book entitled The Magus written by Honorius II. HonoriusII was the pope between 1216 and 1227.

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The Purpose of the Script [ ]

The Theban script was used to lend an air of mystery to witchcraft writing and often referred to as the Witches runes. Runes were often inscribed on various items worm by a person for varying reasons such as wearer’s protection. This alphabet is popularly used in magecraft as it enables mages to communicate among themselves and write their spells translating from their native languages. The script was used in writing the Book of Shadows used by mages to maintain secrecy. Since the alphabets and symbols used in writing Theban script were not familiar to the native languages, the mages could effectively write their spells without other people reading them. The Alphabets used in Theban script corresponded to the Latin alphabets with the only exceptions being for the letters I, J, V, and U. The symbols used to represent letter j were similar to that of letter I while the letter v and us used a similar symbol.

Pagans have also been recorded to have used various alphabets in their rituals and often in-scripted those on items used in magickal rituals such as candles and stones. Runes were also used in rituals by the Wiccans. Runes were often used for personal protection and were similar to the modern Christian crucifix or the pagan Thor’s hammer. Ancient literature on various rituals recorded the runes as rune sticks. In Iceland and Norway, the runes were recorded in the form of scorn poles. Today, the Theban alphabet is primarily used for talismanic inscriptions and magickal spells. The letters and symbols are also carved on stones candles for candle spells as well as on stones as amulets. Besides spells, the Theban script is also used for charms in addition to creating a magickal feels to texts and writing.

Theban Alphabet

The Theban alphabet is a writing system popular in the Wicca movement and used by early modern occultists. It is referred to as the “witch’s alphabet” and is often called the “The Runes of Honorius” after its reputed inventor, Honorius of Thebes. Despite this name, it is not a Runic alphabet.

Its exact origins are relatively lost; however, it was first published in Johannes Trithemius’s Polygraphia (1518), where he attributed it to Honorius of Thebes.

Witches use the Theban alphabet to write spells, inscriptions, and other texts. It is one of the several substitution ciphers to hide magical writings.

The Theban alphabet is written from left to right in horizontal lines. The letters correspond one-to-one with the Latin alphabet except for j and u. J and u in the Theban alphabet are represented y the letters i and v.

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