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 Welcome to the Ancient Oak Web Site

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Welcome! We are an interfaith family with ties to Wicca, Celtic Paganism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Native American religious beliefs. Couggar is the founder of a Wiccan tradition known as the Church of Woodland Celtic Wicca. Ancient Oak began as the web site for a Woodland Celtic study circle of this tradition but evolved into a educational project for the wider Earth Based Religions community.

Here you will find details on our Celtic Wiccan practices from A Book of Shadows for Woodland Celtic Wicca by Couggar (please follow new link below to www.woodlandceltic.com) and writings on Hinduism and Yoga by Radha. Hinduism, more correctly know as Sanatana Dharma ,is the world’s largest Pagan faith. As people who found the many similarities between Wicca and Hinduism through an interfaith marriage we feel it is especially appropriate for us to educate others about these topics. Yoga is a collection of techniques for self-realization that evolved in Hindu religion. One need not be Hindu to practice Yoga for Yoga techniques are common to many world faiths and cultures and transcend mere religious boundaries.

NEW updated site on Woodland Celtic Wicca

This site is dedicated to the education of people of all paths about Wicca, Hinduism, Yoga, and other Nature loving faiths and forms of spirituality. We are members of a Wiccan tradition that worhips old Gods and Goddesses of the Celts, and we are also practicing Hindus. Our interests include anthropology, philosophy, world cultures, and comparitive studies of world religions including old and new forms of Magick and Mysticism.

 

Contents of Ancient Oak Library

 

Hinduism and Sanatana Dharma

Hinduism is a term used by Westerners describe the religious, cultural, social, political and philosophical beliefs which make up the totality of the Hindu way of life. It is also a term of geographical origin, which was used to describe anyone living in India that followed a spiritual system other than Christianity, Judaism, or Islam. The correct term for this spiritual path is Eternal Sacred Duty or Sanatana Dharma. Hindus believe in reincarnation, reverence for nature, the law of karma, and avoidance of harm and injury to all beings (ahimsa). They also believe that divine beings, called Devas, exist in unseen worlds and that temple worship, rituals, and meditation can develop harmony, communication, and interaction with these beings.

Hinduism

 “Over the past century and a half various spiritual teachers have come to the western world from India. Many of the teachings of the Indian spiritual tradition have also become available. They have made their imprint on our culture and on our language. This influence is one of the main factors, if not the most important, in the New Age culture emerging today and has become one of the primary forces of conscious change in the world. Such terms as guru and avatar, ideas as karma and reincarnation, Self-realization and God-realization, such practices as yoga, meditation, vegetarianism and non-violence, all arise from the spiritual matrix of India.”--Dr.David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri), From the River of Heaven.
 

"We are the birds of the same nest,
We may wear different skins,
We may speak different languages,
We may believe in different religions,
We may belong to different cultures,
Yet we share the same home - OUR EARTH."
Atharva Veda

"I follow the religion of love. I am a true Mussalman, a true Hindu, a true Buddhist, a true Sikh and a true Parsi. True religion does not consist in ritualistic observances, baths and pilgrimages but in loving all. Cosmic love is all embracing and all inclusive. In pure love, no one is shut out from is warm embrace. It is wide enough to include the humblest of us all, from the tiny ant to the mighty elephant, from the condemn prisonner to the mighty emperor, from the worst scoundrel to the most reputed saint on the surface of this earth. It is hatred that separate man from man, nation from nation, and country from country. It is pride and egoism that divide a man from another man. Hatred, pride and egoism are mental creations. They are product of ignorance only. They cannot stand before pure Love". - Swami Sivananda - Bliss Divine

One might ask why we chose to locate this web site in the canopy of the Rain Forest.

We felt we would be very much at home here in a section that is dedicated to ecology and world/planet conscious topics. We are both Wiccan and Hindu, so a deep reverence for nature and all life is a basic part of our most cherished beliefs. While we realize that Wicca and Hinduism may not have any direct link to Native American religions, Couggar was raised more Native American than otherwise, so he wanted to use his favorite quote from Chief Seattle to make our feelings about our Mother the Earth perfectly clear. It follows this section. We hope it stirs your hearts as much as it does ours!

The Land Is Sacred

"The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land, but how can you buy or sell the sky? The land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every meadow, every humming insect. All are holy in the memory and experience of my people. We are a part of the earth and it is a part of us. The wind gives our children the spirit of life. If we sell you our land, you must remember that it is sacred. Teach your children what we have taught our children. That the earth is our mother. What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth. The earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother's heartbeat, so if we sell you our land, love it as we have loved it. Care for it as we have cared for it. Hold in your mind the memory of the land as it is when you receive it. Preserve the land for all children who love it."

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