Shakti Wicca is a tradition of ecelctic Wicca that draws most of its spiritual inspiration from the Hindu
tradition, in the same manner that other Wiccan traditions draw the bulk of their inspiration from Celtic, Norse,
Greek, Roman, Egyptian or other spiritual cultures. It is considered an eclectic tradition, despite its focus on the
Hindu pantheon and spiritual philosophy, due to the freedom it grants dedicants in creating their own path.
Shakti Wicca is similar to what has been generally referred to in the NeoPagan community as "Hindu Wicca", and "IndoPaganism",
although Shakti Wicca strives to provide a definite belief structure and organized mentorship program, which is easily accessible
to those who resonate with a Hindu-inspired Wiccan spiritual path.
Shakti Wicca provides mentorship in a methodology of a blended worship and ritual structure that integrates eclectic
Wiccan traditions with universalist Hindu spirituality - so that it remains familiar and easily adhered
to by modern Western dedicants. Worship will always contain simple, but important elements from Hindu puja (ritual
worship) and the overall theology will be generally based in Shaktism, although the extent to which the dedicant incorporates
traditional Hindu aspects - such as Sanskrit, dietary restrictions, etc - is generally up to the individual. Reference
to the Wiccan cosmology, mythos and basic ritual framework will be maintained in order to keep logical syncretic correspondences
between the two traditions.
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*** UPDATE as of June 21, 2008 ***
Shakti Wicca is no longer functioning as a stand-alone tradition. There was simply not enough
interest to attempt and maintain it as such.
As a service to the few who find the ideas presented in this path to be inspiring to their
own path, I have decided to leave up this site as a guide.
The Lotus Academy of Spiritual Arts will still remain open, with it's classes in IndoPagan
and IndoWiccan spirituality. So where you see mention of these training classes, please know that they are still available
to you, complete with the 1-on-1 interaction and guidance from a facilitator.
However, there will no longer be the opportunity to belong to an online coven community -
and so the pages related to joining Shakti Wicca have been deleted.
Please use the rest of this site as a guidepost for an idea of how you might go about training
yourself and building an energetically-intelligent syncretism of East and West.
