Fluffy bunny

This article is about a neopagan term. For the game involving marshmallows, see Chubby bunny

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The term "fluffy bunny", or the variant "fluff bunny", is used within Neopaganism, as a humorous and derogatory label for someone who demonstrates a tendency to express his or her spiritual (usually Neopagan) beliefs in a New Age, or "sweetness and light", manner. Adherents to Wicca and other Neopagan religions who tend to focus primarily upon the most accessible or emotionally uplifting aspects of the faith, while downplaying the more serious, traditional aspects, are often dubbed "fluffy bunnies" in a manner similar to usage of the term fanboy/girl. Others use the term more narrowly, as a designation of someone who is "willfully ignorant" http://www.seshen.com/WiccanWitch/fluffy.html.

Related Topics:
Neopaganism - New Age - Wicca - Fanboy - Girl

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The phrase is also sometimes used expansively within Wicca as a descriptor of all of Eclectic Wicca by those who define Wicca more traditionallyhttp://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Square/7290/. Usage of the term is also common in other Neopagan religions, and in some cases, it is used as a description of Wicca in its totality (or close to it), owing in part to a skepticism about Gerald Gardner's claims of historicity.http://winterscapes.com/sannion/wiccan_letter.htm

Related Topics:
Eclectic Wicca - Gerald Gardner

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Wiccan author Silver RavenWolf, whose books have been criticized for simplicity and shallowness, is often referenced as a prime example of a "fluffy bunny". http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/printed-books/teen-witch-wicca-for-a-new-generation-silver-ravenwolf/356971/.

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The term "fluffy bunny" can also be used in a light-hearted manner as a self-identifier by Neopagans. This is often done as a criticism, or mocking, of a perceived tendency towards excessive seriousness or melodrama in the Neopagan community. Self-deprecating humor, they note, is a way of letting off steam.

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In the same lexical field as "fluffy bunny" is "wanna-blessed-be", which originated on the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Hush", as a play on the Neopagan salutation "Blessed be." It more precisely means someone who gets involved in Wicca or other Neopagan paths as a fad or form of rebellion rather than out of actual religious devotion.

Related Topics:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Hush

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