Rosewicket Wicca Coven

Ok so i was reading some stuff online about this and I got a very mixed type of opinion from what i've read from some it's seems that yes you must be initiated into a coven, and other's that self initiation is fine and anyone can be wiccan,I'm aware that this is more of personal opinion that anything else and for example in some traditions such as Alexandrian and Gardnerian trads it is required but i'd would like to hear your thoughts.

I myself believe that self initiation is fine,But again want to know what you guys think.

Well, MoonAlphena.. I dont think you HAVE to be part of a coven. Everyone has their own veiw and way of things.. and everyone you ask may feel a different way to explain. We all do what wors best for us, if you want to work solo or dont have a coven around you.. then your still concidered a Wiccan, if you think of yourself as one. Also, keep in mind.. many things are on the internet. Anyone could have posted that, and that is their opinion.

I dont think you would have to be.. but if you wanted to be in one, Rosewicket is a coven.

True that i guess all that really matters is how the individual feels about it.

Yea, are you in one?

No im not actually and that's what lead me to ask to question lols. Hopefully i will be some day but its hardly been a year and a day since i first found wicca i've got time^^

I believe that ultimatly, it depends on the individual. Maybe for some people, working in a coven is the only way to connect with the divine, but I think for most of us we can connect with them just as well in other ways.

Think about it, everything that a coven is meant to do is supposed to happen between one person and divinity. Maybe some people need a coven to work a certain way or connect perfectly, and some can make do with other things.

http://www.wicca-chat.com/wiccan_belief.htm pay attention to mainly no.8 all i needed to hear haha said by witches themselves.

This doesn't really say much about beign in a coven, just that saying you have a certain degree doesn't make you a witch. Just like any other skill, it's about who you are and what you do to be that way. An artist is an artist even if they don't take art classes and own the fanciest paint brushes - so isn't a Wiccan still Wiccan if they don't belong to a coven or own a shiney new athame?

in my opinion you dont have to go through initiation unless you are going to be part of a coven because the initiation process is important for others to trust you and you to trust others but initiation to degrees is unnessasary like Chi said  "A Wiccan is still a Wiccan if they don't belong to a coven or own a shiney new athame?"