Comments on: The festivity of imbuing discarded DNA

By: jack mechal

jack mechal — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:34:12 +0000

Some great information on nail ridges. The good news is that it is relatively common and should not be a cause for concern.Kudos to you for noticing a change in your nails and asking about it.Please do see a doctor if you notice any change in color, horizontal ridging, or spooning (clubbing) of the nails as these may indicate a serious condition.

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:00:29 +0000

Yeah, sorry to disappoint you Becky, but having been a ‘non Wiccan’ witch for the last 20+ years, and having studied many different religions and pagan practices…
I can assure you that you are quite mistaken.

Many pagan practices (including Voudon) involve energy working, and some of them will include hair or nail clippings- and many also work just with energy.

I believe you have confused witches and Wiccans, which are two very different things.

All Wiccans are Pagan.
Not all Pagans are Wiccan.
Not all witches are Wiccan.
Not all Wiccans are witches.
Not all Pagans are witches.

By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:03:10 +0000

I have never read in any book about Wicca where it instructs one to use hair or fingernails in spellwork. It is possible that a Wiccan may practice Witchcraft and use this technique but to my knowledge that practice is not Wicca-based, so it wouldn’t be termed a ‘Wiccan Spell’. No offense taken with your post here but just thought I’d clarify.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:29:25 +0000

Becky,
I agree with Tim and the others about the Wiccan thing.
That said, nothing new under the sun is there? Modern DNA analysis in determining an identity is ancient. They didn’t call it DNA then, of course, but the practice of using something that contains a person’s “essence” or identity for a purpose is so old that…well, it must be in our DNA.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:28:57 +0000

Of course–and didn’t mean to imply any shade toward any Wiccans; I have many friends who are Wiccan, and then some who are more vaguely Pagan. Using hair and fingernail clippings isn’t an indictment of any kind; it’s just a practice, and one that Wiccans certainly use. And I’m sure there are Wiccans who prefer not to deal with hair or fingernails. All this is certainly not to say that Buddhists, Christians, Scientologists et al. are not incorporating DNA into their rituals…

By: Gill

Gill — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:49:27 +0000

I’d concur with Tim in disputing the Wiccan hair/fingernail point. Wicca is a 60 odd year old religion – the practices you mention are more occult based, and witchcraft and pagan related.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:12:37 +0000

I would dispute the Wiccan hair/fingernail thing. Perhaps a better word would be “Pagan” as Wicca is a religion, and has many variations, while Paganism is more encompassing. I would equate your example with saying that Christians handle venomous snakes to prove their piety… That may be true for certain denominations of Christians, but certainly does not hold true as a generalization.

Thanks.

By: Larriann

Larriann — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:15:17 +0000

My mom and step-dad (both now deceased) went to an iridologist for years because they didn’t trust doctors. Ah, the irony.