Feedback: What Is Wicca

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I am suprised at the respect for Wiccans here. I thought it would be a protestant view of Wicca. I am glad to see it in a positive light, even though some things werent worded correctly. Christians and pagans and other religions need to come together and find a common ground.

id jus lyk to say that wicca isnt the same as witchcraft. wicca is a religion, as to witchcraft being well, witchcraft

I have some friends that are Wicca, and I've always been curious as to what it was. Thank you for clearing up any questions I had.

Is Wicca really another word for Witchcraft? Strictly speaking NO. Some Wiccans practice no form of witchcraft whatsoever. Wicca comes from an Anglo Saxon word Wiccae, which meant "Wise one". It is possible that the modern spelling of Witch also came from this because of the old pronunciation of the word Wicca (wi-chae), this has not yet been proven. Wicca is a religion. Witchraft is just that a craft that anyone can use. Wicca is the religion involving a duo Divinity, often comprised into a single Deity known as The All, or The One (i.e. the One and only God.) Wicca is a Nature religion, honoring the Gods for giving us existence. Many Wiccans believe that everything is connected, and that all of the universe is a part onto God, hence the reasoning behind the worship of Nature, because Nature is seen as God. Witchcraft is the manipulation of energy through a means of tools, prayers, or incantations to alter one's present state of existence. Witchraft and magic(k) are also not the same thing, though Witchcraft incorporates magic(k) into its practices. If you have any further questions visit www.religioustolerance.org

Agreeing with 'getting there'- we Wiccans do not sacrifice to Satan. In fact, we don't even believe in a Satan, since we disbelieve any notion of a 'Hell'- Hell's origins were originally from the Norse word 'Hel' - the name of their underworld goddess who presided over the deceased, and the word 'Hel' itself also meant 'to cover', or to cover the dead. And we don't believe in a 'Heaven', either, since to take actions which would grant us to go to 'Heaven' (or, to 'free ourselves of sin') in order to be 'saved' - which presupposes a 'fall' of some sort. Instead, we see 'sins' as 'mistakes'- we live and learn, after all.

THANKYOU finnaly a christian site that actually explains what wicca is and tells the truth without predijust thanks :D:D:D:D:D

i have been studying wicca for most of my life and it seems that more people are being drawn towards wicca. people have to see that wicca is a nature based religion and we do not worship satan which is a common belief threw people today. i only hope that some time in the future that wiccans will be treated equal to everyone else

i would like to thank you for this inside to wicca. my close friend has just told me that she is a witch and i really had no idea what the mening of that was until i read this. thank you again for helping me understand

'Sympathetic Reconstruction'??? Not sympathy; understanding. Sympathy would mean to regard, in some slight way, that Wicca might be ok to believe in.

i was going to make the same point about males in covens not being subordinate. also i will make not that wiccans see the goddess and god as residing in all things natural. which includs "in-animate" objects. it also means that deity can be found in us, they are a part of us, not seperate, and can be envoked from within us

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You have very much given me a greater respect for Christianity with this sympathetic reconstruction of Wiccan faith; there is no telling how sick I am of being preached at by Christian organisations who clearly have little or no understanding of my beliefs. One thing I think is a little inaccurate- while many Wiccan covens are indeed headed by female priestesses, this is by no means a set practice. Additionally in covens in which there are both a priestess and a priest, the male priest is not subordinate. The two are held to be of equal status, just as the Goddess and God are held by most Wiccans to be of equal status.

This is a good description of modern Wicca, but the idea of Wicca as an "old religion" really does not stand up historically; moreoever the idea that the witch craft trials were persecution of real practitioners of something like Wicca is also historically highly suspect. You cite Gardner, Murray, and the like, but it would be good to have some references to Norman Cohn, Keith Thomas, Brian Levack and modern historians; perhaps most notably Ronald Hutton who actually focuses sharply on the origins of modern Wicca in his "Triumph of the Moon"

I LOVED this article. I myself am Pagan. One thing I'd like to make sure is known that wicca and witchcraft are two different things. Witchcraft is a practice (there can be a bhuddist witch, an athiest witch) Wicca however, is a lifestyle, a change in the way you see the earth.

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