i am interested in the Wicca religion i need info on how to become one and how to stay one.?

Question

please dont critsize me

when i said dont critisize me i ment that im going through alot of problems and the so called god peps beleive in was NEVER there for me and trust me if been through alot. I need something to beleive in just not god

Answer 1

Read as much as you can. Try searching www.witchvox.com for your area to see if there are any covens or study circles. Talk to as many practicing Wiccans as possible, preferably from a variety of traditions. Take your time in deciding which path is right for you. The big question is whether you want to be in a coven, or be a solitary. They both have advantages and disadvantages. If you dislike the hierarchy of most religions, then you might want to try being a solitary Wiccan, that way you are in full control of your religion. If you like learning from others and having a support network as well as more structure in your rituals, then you might want to find a coven. Read websites, articles, books. Check out the discussion groups on Yahoo even; there are several good ones. Talk to people in New Age and Pagan stores. My favourite books to recommend to people are The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft, and Raymond Buckland's Wicca For Life.

Most importantly though, follow your instincts. If something doesn't feel right, walk away from it, try something else. If something really seems to speak to you, then look into it further.

Blessed Be

Answer 2

I don't know how old you are, but the first thing you might want to do is read up on Wicca. There are plenty of good books that are out there for teens and adults. Use your instincts when you read too, if the book doesn't sound right then it may not be. There are some authors that state definite ways to practice in Wicca, and that may be true for the tradition they follow, but not all Wiccas follow the same path. I suggest you do as I did and begin reading to discover whether Wicca is truly right for you and if it is, then do more reading and researching. Personally, I like Scott Cunningham's Wicca and Living Wicca if you want the basics. He is a very good writer and these two books are geared toward the solitary Wiccan and there is alot of good info on the fundamentals of Wicca and the beliefs. Raven Grimassi is another good author. If you want to talk with someone to talk to, feel free to msg me. Brightest blessings to you!

Answer 3

Read lot of books on the subject. Be sure to find and read on the various types, and there are many. Join some online groups and ask lots of questions. You should not be criticized there. If you are, then leave and find another group. Most important is to think of how you feel and believe about something. Don't do what I do. Don't do what I say. Just because I say it. Do it because it feels like its right for you.

As for staying Wiccan, that is a choice that you will make every day. It is a religion, therefore there are no hard and fast rules on staying with it. You either still believe or you don't.

If you haven't done a lot of studying yet, don't limit yourself to Wicca. There are many belief systems out there. Do your research and find the one that fits you best. Or find little parts of many that combined say what you believe. This is very acceptable. It is called an Eclectic.

I wish you well on your path. Just remember that it is YOUR path and no one else's.

Answer 4

Okay, first of all you have to decide what kind of Wiccan you want to be, a solitary ecclectic, or a traditional covener.

Covens tend to follow a certain traditional path, and there are quite a few of those out there. Covens can be hard to find and may be hard to join. A good place to start looking for covens is at Witchvox.com. If you choose the solitary path, you're basically doing it the way you want how you see fit. There's more freedom as a solitary, but it's also a lonely path. I know because I'm a solitary myself; I really have no choice until my military enlistment is up and I can settle down in one place for good and actually join a real coven instead of running around with open circles which may or may not exist given where the Army has me living from one time to another. Open circles also exist in many places, not just in the military. You can also find some of these on Witchvox, I did while I was on leave and found one right there in my hometown. They're a good place to learn and can also provide solitaries with a connection to the world of Wiccans around them, meet other people.
Wicca is not quite so simple to sum up in a few words on a website; I have done nearly all of my learning from books. I found a wealth of books on the topic at Amazon.com. Here's a list of books I recommend you start with:

Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft
by Raymond Buckland

Wicca: a Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
by Scott Cunningham

Scott Cunningham's book is informative, it's full of details. Buckland's book on the other hand is a wealth of information on nearly everything you can think of. Also, if you're a teenager, Silver RavenWolf has some great books that cater especially to teens. I don't have a list of any of hers myself, I've never actually read her books, but I've heard many good things about them.

I'll give you a short overview of the ideology. Wicca is a religion which believes in two deities: a God and a Goddess. Wicca sees everything in pairs, as humans, as well as all animals, come in both male and female, and everything comes in opposite pairs, hot & cold, light & dark, yin & yang, so Wicca sees the divine in a pair, the God and the Goddess. Wiccans honor both the God and Goddess, preferably equally, though many traditions tend to honor the Goddess more, perhaps because most Wiccans are former Christians who felt a certain... imbalance in Christian worship and are reacting by honoring the Goddess more, but now I'm getting off subject. Wiccans do most of their worship within a circle, a magically cast circle created and consecrated specifically for Wiccan rite; both of the books I mentioned above cover how to cast your own circle. Wicca also believes in the idea of religious equality: religion is meant as a spiritual guide to help people. As such, Wiccans do not believe in preaching their word to everyone, going door to door proselitizing, nor do they claim Wicca to be the one-and-only-true-way-to-God.
I hope my answer is of some help to you and I highly recommend you check those books out, they're really helpful to a new Wiccan, full of information put in simple terms for beginners.

Answer 5

My daughter is just starting out in Wicca. She started out with questions to friends of the family that are Wiccan. The also gave her a book for teens about Wicca. I am not sure how old you are but those would be my recommendations. If you know someone personally I would go to them first. There are a lot of Wiccan groups out there that call themselves Wiccan for all the wrong reasons. Examples would be shock value on family, to hurt people they don't like, to scare people. Please be careful. I say this not as criticism but because I don't want you to get hurt. I am not Wiccan but I am not christian either. I don't judge others for their religion.

Answer 6

There are a lot of books out there to read. I highly recommend Scott Cunningham's books. I also highly recommend The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca & Witchcraft by Denise Zimmerman & Katharine A. Gleason. Check out the source below for more information, local shops & classes in your area.

Answer 7

How to become a Wiccan depends upon:
* Solitary or coven;
* Which Trad within Wicca;

Look at whether you are running to something, or running from something.
Any why you are running.

Before joining coven.
* If one is not willing to have sex with everybody in the coven, one should not join the coven.
* Once one understands why that is a good idea, one is ready to join a coven. [Sex is irrelevant here. It portrays a much more fundamental concept.]

Answer 8

When you say please don't criticize you then you must be saying that because you know that what you are asking isn't what you really need to be asking. It is almost like you admitted your guilt about this decision prior to going further with it. Also you say you need info on how to become one? Info on how to stay one? I will not judge you for your decisions but I will challenge to you to put your heart in something you truly believe in not something you pick from thin air and then say "how do I believe and become this".

Answer 9

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Answer 10

depends on how you intend to practice wicca? solitary? if soo pick up some books.. scott cunningham wrote a good guide to solitatary wicca