Augh! My eyes! Hint: a powder blue text with tacky red and orange animated flames are not a good combination. The genius that crafted this hellhole, er, website clearly needs a swift kick for putting this attrocity in a place where human eyes can find it, anyway.

What is Wicca, the title of the home page asks in the header. Hmph. It sure as Hel isn’t anything you’ll find on this site. It’s definitely a question that the webmaster of this site needs to investigate before putting any further drivel up on the site.

The page “Where did Wicca Start” is even more heinous. Still have the lame-ass animated flames. Still have the dreadful, tacky blue title text. Only this time, to further enhance the eye-bleeding effect, it also uses this rose/purple text, all centered, for content. And the content. Oh, the content. I actually suppose that I should be grateful that the site is so hideous, because that minimizes the chance of someone actually bothering to read this drivel. The etimology for “wicca” is wrong. There’s just enough accuracy to fool a newbie who hasn’t learned to tell the wheat from the chaff. There’s a bull shit warning about the evils of “black magick.” Like it’s some forbidden law, or something. And, of course, witches aren’t anything like those ooky-wooky Satanists. Oh, and it seems that Wicca and witchcraft are the exact same thing, too. And, of course, I can’t forget about those evil Jews (?!) coming over to the land of the peaceful, goddess worshipping Celts, and having their mean ol’ man-god ruin everything.

Once I found their “coven rules”, I nearly lost my lunch. Of course, to be a member of the coven, you have to live by those over-quoted eight words from the rede. Guess that means that they don’t get to take anti-biotics, because that would harm the bacteria. And “In circle Buzzed is fine shit faced is not.” Yeah, that makes me *really* want to do energy raising with these people. The level of irresponsiblity these idiots put forth just amazes me.

Thank the gods that the site is so horrible that it’s painful to read. If they’ve actually got to have so much garbage up there, at least it’s in a method that will hopefully discourage visitors.

Link: Coven of the Shaded Moon
Score: 1/10
Reviewed by Enyo Perseus

Let me start by saying I really love the background used on this site. I’m not sure how much I like it for a website, but that’s certainly something similar to a trim I’d like to use in the bathroom. The navigation is also a pain; to get around, you have to go back to the index page. Just thank the gods that it’s a small site.

Coven of the Rose Moon is an eclectic coven out of Virginia. They apparently also favor bad history, as they state in their What Is Wicca page that Wicca comes from the stone ages.

On the plus side, they have some decent links in the link section, as well as some decent recommended reading. So, it’s not all bad…. But there are other sites out there that offer the same information, and they offer it better.

Link: Coven of the Rose Moon
Score: 2/10
Reviewed by Enyo Perseus

Okay, when I saw the first page, it *really* put me off. It has some of my biggest peeves. As I clicked the enter page, I gritted my teeth, fully prepared to find yet another site that sucked. The second page didn’t disappoint me. Same annoyances, and another “click to enter”. I just clicked to enter on the last page. Now I have to click to enter *again*?

Now, once I got to the third page, and was off of those annoying splash-page type things, I got to see a really nice looking site. The “student program” section doesn’t look too bad, but some of it smells like “learn by mail”, which I’m not crazy about. The essays are thought out and well-written, even though I do vehemently disagree with quite a bit of what’s in there. Bottom line: I wouldn’t recommend this site to anyone who hasn’t learned to separate the wheat from the chaff. There is, however, one article in there that’s absolutely amazing, “How do I Know What to Read? Critical Thinking and Pagan Books”. I’m sure that there are others that are excellent for all, if you can surf through all of those wonderfully easy to read pages to find them.

Link: Tangled Moon Coven
Score: 7/10
Originally posted by Enyo Perseus at Paganetwork