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The subject of who can be called Wiccan and who cant has been something on my mind lately. For awhile i was calling myself Wiccan until about last year when i was told that the title was wrong and only those who have a lineage/are in a coven can be Wiccan ect. and was a major blow to what i thought. For awhile i felt very un-centered and out of place. Something as small as a title really upset me. I guess one can say i was victim of the fluff perhaps? Since then i have been just using the term "pagan" and im still unsure of the title but my belief system has not changed at all.
What do you guys think on the subject?
(i dont mean to offend anyone in any sort of way~)