EP 774 Bikers who are practicing witches | Wicca & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

 This talk aims to illustrate the all-pervading nature of Wicca. If a  system of natural laws or beliefs is true, it can be applied to  virtually anything. I intend to try and apply parts of Wiccan beliefs to  my other passion, biking. There is a peculiar sort of bonding between a real biker and his  machine. The biker will put the well-being of his machine far above his  own. I have seen men cry over a bent bike, or after an accident tell the  driver off for hitting his bike rather than him. I have personally  fought off two ambulance men so that I could hop to my bike to inspect  the damage before being taken to hospital. My theory for this strange  bond is that the motorcycle and rider form a sort of Gestalt being, a  complete entity, either part of which is incomplete or useless without  the other. The motorcycle represents the male part of this entity. It provides  all the force and power, but lacks control and direction. It is all  potential, in Wiccan terms, the God force, waiting for the female  aspect, the Goddess, in the form of a horrible grubby motorcycle rider.  The rider takes the force and harnesses it, giving purpose, form and  direction. Controlling the raw male potential, and together, in harmony,  they will be capable of reaching heights impossible to either on their  own. The motorcycle can be seen as a way through which to tap a source of  cosmic energy. The energy which we in the Wicca use for healing, spells,  divination, as a gateway to alternative universes. Just as a witch  wouldn't attempt to tap this awesome power without protection, neither  would a biker. The biker will put on boots, gloves, helmet and leathers  in a similar sort of way as a member of the Craft would surround  themselves with a protective circle to preserve the power and keep out  undesirable spirits. In the biker's case he is also aiming to keep in  the heat, and protect him from the road, onto which demon car drivers  possessed of evil spirits (gin, vodka, whiskey etc.) would lure him to  his death! This brings us neatly (?) to the subject of reincarnation. Most of  you reading this will have some knowledge of the ideas of reincarnation;  i.e. that we are born, live in the world, die, and are then reborn to  develop further. Not many of you will realize that motorcycles go  through a similar process. They leave the factory to roam about the face  of the earth, then some parts wear out, and they descend into the dark  underworld of the workshop. Here they are consoled and repaired by the  creative force of the female, who is the biker, to emerge re-born in  Spring, once more blooming with refreshed color of restored paint work,  and the cycle starts again. Many British machines go through this every  year. About Yule they are ready, and in the first days of Spring they  roar about in the first flush of youth. Then at the peak of their power,  at Lammas, they are cut down, usually due to some terminal mechanical  problem. They dwell for the remainder of the year in Hades, the garage,  thus mirroring the cycle of the God. The spirituality of bikes is perceived by man in different forms, and  each has its followers. Here are some of the major religions: