y do people do wicca??

Question

well i just heard of it and i dont kno wat witch craft means

Answer 1

Witchcraft that Wiccans practice is more like Active prayer than what you see in TV or movies. We can't blow up our Aunts. Nor would we want to.

Answer 2

A good resource is the Witch's Voice: http://witchvox.com

Wicca is a path that follows the God and Goddess, and it requires a lot of individual study and devotion. This isn't an easy religion to follow because persecution still occurs because many people are ignorant as to what Wicca is and is not.

Most people are solitary, which means they study and practice the religion on their own. More experienced Wiccans will probably want you to study and do more research before inviting you to join a group though. Don't get discouraged, but keep reading and researching!

Answer 3

There are two main reasons, the first is a very bad reason and the second is a good one. The first one is that some people get into it in order to be cool to their peers. They go into it thinking they can gain some magical powers and be all badass, and it's different. That and they can make their parents and other authority figures mad.

The second, more legit, reason is that some people crave a spirituality that is more organic, back-to-nature, and balanced. Wicca emphasizes balance in everything, including between male and female, as embodied in the fact that they worship a Goddess and a God.

The website I have below has more information on it.

Answer 4

1. It is a very tolerant religion.

2. It is a very eclectic religion (i.e. If one feels more drawn to the Norse pantheon and their deities vs. the Celtic one, it is okay because all the deities are aspects of each other).

3. It isn't sexist, like the Abrahamic faiths. The Goddesses have just as much importance as the Gods, and consequently Wiccan women are not oppressed by their religion.

4. Wicca is derived from the OLDEST religion known to humankind.

5. Wicca is proactive. One does not have to just "pray and hope for the best", one should, but one also has the options available to use various spellwork to further influence a goal or outcome.

6. Wicca's one "commandment" is to HARM NONE. That is saying more than most religions, especially Abrahamic ones.

7. Wicca does not involve a set of complicated rites, rituals, and rules. It is fairly straightforward, with INTENT being the main component.

8. Wicca does not believe in "Satan". Satan is just the dual nature of "God" that Christians had to omit from God's nature. Instead, Wicca deals with pagan deities that have dual natures. For example, Sekhmet (Egyptian pantheon) is a "destroyer" goddess. However, to invoke her to destroy your enemies brings horrible returns and breaks Wiccan law. So you would invoke her to destroy BAD HABITS, etc. She is also a "healer" goddess as well.

9. Wicca does not believe in "Heaven" or "Hell". Wiccans believe in reincarnation until you learn what you are supposed to learn. Some Wiccans believe in The Summerlands--a place to be among the Gods and Goddesses. Some Wiccans believe in the Underworld--but this is not "Hell", it is more like a pit-stop after you die before you move on.

10. Wiccans do not evangelize or proselytize. If one is called to the path, then that's great! If not, they are not ready or that is not their purpose right now.

11. Christianity has "borrowed" MUCH of its doctrine from the old pagan nature-worshipping religions that Wicca is derived from. Examples are the Trinity (Wicca: Maiden, Mother, Crone; Bast, Sekhmet, Ra; etc.), Immaculate Conception (birth of many of the deities), Communion (Bread and Wine rites to commune with the deities in ritual), Christian holidays (Xmas--Winter Solstice or Yule, Easter--Spring Solstice or Ostara, etc.), and many more.

12. Wiccans believe in the law of threefold return. This is basically Karma X3. If you harm a person in any way, it will come back to you threefold. Furthermore, if you do good, that will come back to you threefold as well. This law of karma seems to be more effective than the 10 commandments, in my opinion.

Furthermore, "Witchcraft" is almost one of those "derogatory" terms that Wiccans sort of adopted in order to "un-demonize" it. According to many Christians, any type of worship or communion BUT reading the Bible and praying was deemed "witchcraft"--even meditation! Many Wiccans call themselves "witches" and claim to practice "witchcraft". This is fine, but I personally find it a bit cheesy to call myself a "witch". I am Wicca but call myself a Wiccan or Pagan instead--just a personal choice. When people refer to witchcraft, they are probably just referring to the proactive element of communing with their deities and nature.

Answer 5

Don't do it but fully support it...

Its not a relgion in the sense of thou must obey the master...

But a more relaxed system of pretty much hippie like nature worship but not real worship...


Wiccans are soooooooo superior to the macho single male god figure abramic relgions like christinity, judaisim and most certainly islam.


The basis of their moral code is as long as you harm none do as you will..

For example ... rape is harm and hurts so is bad...

Robbing someone for kicks bad...

Stealing crack cocaine from a kid is preventing harm so would be good.

Sex withotu contraception if not trying to get someone pregnant could be considered harm...

But two or hey 3 teenagers all making out in a 3 some fine if nobody is getting hurt...


The biggest difference to the other relgions is sex is in no way seen as sinful or dirty evil nore nudity in or out of a marriage.

They have a hand fasting ceremony if couple want to get together but don't see sex outside that as bad.

Nudity is fine and woemn are seen as equals so no burka or anything and flirting and affection beringgs happiness so good... But dont spread deseases.

As sex is seen as part of nature it may be part of ceremones with affection as closer to earth mothers...


They considered themselves part of nature so the notion of the earth mother... is specail.


As for spells mate thats science, psychology, mediciine, drugs and sexuality...

Like herbal medicine, use of hallucigenics for insight, sents relax, yoga exercises, and a love band would be like dumbos majoc feather...


No religious war history, inquisitions or other abuse...

So basically think sixties flower children and very nice people...

Oh and they have no devil figure so pentagrams are nioting to do with devil worship and a good thing ... Any scarey skull stuff is harmless and things like swords represent a ready to mate manhood and stuff like that.


Chrisitins adn stuff didn't like the way it impowered women and saw it as competition so said it was evil ... total crap

Answer 6

Why do people "do" any religion?? It's what fits them best. There's tons of info on Wicca on the internet. It's gotten a bad rap, it's a great religion. They don't believe in Satan by the way......

Answer 7

Wicca is a henotheistic religion, which recognises its own specific gods, while not denying the existence of gods and goddesses from other pantheons. Wicca itself is a 'hard polytheistic' religion, meaning that Wicca see their deities as specific individual beings. The gods of Wicca are known as the Horned God and Great Mother, these are outer court references meant to be used as place holders for the real names of their gods until the Seeker is initiated and taught those names.

Wicca was founded by Gerald Gardner in around the 1930's, although the exact date is open for discussion, also open for discussion is whether Gardner founded Wicca entirely or whether it was an already existing spirituality which he merely re-introduced and re-invented, either way he is considered the founding father of Wicca. Gardner brought together Paganism with influences from many sources including the rituals and teachings of Freemasonry and Golden dawn resulting in a unique orthopraxic religion. Wicca embraces it's early Pagan roots in history, the history of Pagan faiths and the gods whom they followed and worshipped, Wicca also introduces eastern philosophy into it's primarily western path, along with this possibly one of Wicca's best known features, that of religious witchcraft.

Wicca is gaining much attention due to a change in peoples approach to religion and the increase in public awareness of the religion through media attention and with this attention there has come much change to the face of Wicca with many forms:

Wicca is an initiate only mystery tradition, or more precisely a priesthood, where one can trace their lineage back to Gardner. Initiation is the only way into Wicca, and is carried out by a Wicca coven, initiation into a coven requires formal training after which initiation and a system of degrees is followed.

Wicca follows a strong set of doctrines, one who takes on the name 'Wicca' is also taking on these doctrines as well as practices and beliefs of Wicca, the title of 'Wicca' implies more than that you are a member of Wicca, but also that you have worked long and hard to earn that title.
Seekers are those who wish to become Wicca however have yet to find a Wicca coven. Wicca covens can be hard to find let alone become a member of, often those whom are without a coven continue to study Wicca and surrounding subjects while seeking a Wicca coven to join.

Often Wicca is described as 'Traditional Wicca' or 'BTW:British Traditional Wicca'.

Neo-wicca is a new phenomenon, which is usually wholly eclectic, however like Wicca there are various different traditions. Neo-wicca often learn on their own terms, from books and other sources, but have little or no formal training and no initiation into Wicca. The beliefs of Neo-wicca are generally similar to that of Wicca however the details can often vary greatly as it follows the new age idea of personal belief/spirituality over formal religious doctrine. Neo-Wicca have varied views of the divine, either following soft-polytheism seeing all gods and goddesses as one god/goddess, polytheism working with gods and goddesses from various pantheons or pantheism working with a single divine present in all.

The 'Neo' in Neo-wicca refers to the New Age approach taken by Neo-wicca that puts emphasis on personal spirituality or belief over the organized religion of Wicca. It also refers to a new take on Wicca, this has less to do with the age of the religion but the idea that this is a belief system which may have come naturally from Wicca if it was allowed to evolve in it’s own time, media influences have brought about Neo-wicca, it develops paralleled to Wicca, but is not part of Wicca.

Often Neo-wicca describe themselves as 'Eclectic Wicca' or 'Solitary Wicca', although not actually Wicca.

Although Wicca is heavily influenced or based upon witchcraft it is not the main belief behind Wicca, the terms 'Wicca' and 'witch' are not interchangeable. The practice of witchcraft fits well with the Wicca way of prayer and ritual, which often involves a highly personal relationship with the divine, the witchcraft of Wicca also works well with how Wicca views the universe as working, however it should be noted that witchcraft can be practiced by many religions as well as by Atheists and Agnostics.

Wicca is not dogmatic, much of the morality and ethics of Wicca are in fact determined by the individuals take on a given situation. Often followers of Wicca will incorporate utilitarianism, which means that an act is carried out for the greater good or elements of their own morality rather then seek to find suitable behavior based on Wicca doctrine.

The rede plays a large part in the morality and ethics of Wicca, there are many takes and much documentation on the rede that can be found in many places, the rede however in itself can be clearly understood by the quote below given by Gardner himself.

"[Witches] are inclined to the morality of the legendary Good King Pausol, "Do what you like so long as you harm no one". But they believe a certain law to be important, "You must not use magic for anything which will cause harm to anyone, and if, to prevent a greater wrong being done, you must discommode someone, you must do it only in a way which will abate the harm." Gerald Gardner, The Meaning of Witchcraft, p 127 in the 1982 and 1999 printings

Another aspect of the Wiccan ethical philosophy is that of the 'law of return' often known as the 'three fold law' which is similar to that of western karmic philosophy, that anything you do either good or bad will come back to you. Law of return is often more closely associated with magic ethics rather than the everyday ethics covered by the rede or other Wiccan ethical beliefs, however is often thought of as cause and effect. This is also often referred to as the 'rule of three' or 'law of three'.

Wicca has faced changes with it's growing popularity, many feel that Neo-wicca is appropriate for the way in which we are living now, some feel that it is important to keep the mystery and tradition of Wicca, either way Wicca and it’s many traditions and paths has become one of the better known of the pagan faiths.

Answer 8

look it up on wikipedia