Correllian Nativist Tradition
The Correllian Nativist Tradition is based upon the teachings of members of the High-Correll family. The High-Correll family were descended from a line of Cherokee Didanvwisgi who intermarried with a line of Scottish Traditional Witches, whose descendants were further influenced by Aradian Witchcraft and by the Spiritualist Church.
Whether Correllian Nativism was originally a branch of what would later be called “Wicca” or not is a matter of debate. Correllianism’s claim to Wiccan status rests both upon Lady Orpheis’ claimed Scottish Traditional lineage, and
also upon her Aradian lineage, which she acquired in 1504 Pisces (1904 AD) through Lydia Beckett, a student of Charles Leland. We would say that any such debate would be only a matter of semantics anyway.
Wicca is a modern Pagan religion which involves many different Traditions (denominations) not all of which have common origins. Wicca grew out of older movements, taking its modern shape during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries AD.
As a rule the characteristics that define Wicca include:
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Whether Correllian Nativism was originally a branch of what would later be called “Wicca” or not is a matter of debate. Correllianism’s claim to Wiccan status rests both upon Lady Orpheis’ claimed Scottish Traditional lineage, and
also upon her Aradian lineage, which she acquired in 1504 Pisces (1904 AD) through Lydia Beckett, a student of Charles Leland. We would say that any such debate would be only a matter of semantics anyway.
Wicca is a modern Pagan religion which involves many different Traditions (denominations) not all of which have common origins. Wicca grew out of older movements, taking its modern shape during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries AD.
As a rule the characteristics that define Wicca include:
- The veneration of the feminine aspect of Deity (Goddess) either alone or in combination with the masculine aspect (God).
- The belief that Deity comes to people in many different ways, contingent upon their personality, capacity, and culture, and thus that all faces of Deity are valid as faces for Deity.
- The belief that all things are connected through Deity, often expressed through the idea of the Four Elements as the symbolic qualities of existence.
- Belief in the Wiccan Rede “An it Harm None do as You Will” –a corollary to the Law of Thelema (Do As You Will) from Rabelais.
- Belief in reincarnation and some version of Karma/Fate, often encapsulated in the “Threefold Law” –that what you do comes back to you multiple times.
- A belief in magic, which the accessing and directing of the higher powers of the soul, and that the use of magic is a good thing when used wisely: that we are meant to be “co-creators” of our own lives, not merely the passive recipient of fate.
For more information about the Correllian Nativist Tradition please click here.
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