What is the best way to learn the Wiccan faith?

Question

There are none that I can find in my local area so it looks as if I will have to learn and believe in a solitary way- is this a problem? What is the best way of going about it?

Thanks!

If any practising Wiccans can email me with advice that would be great!

Answer 1

Check out http://www.witchvox.com/ for happenings in your area.
Read everything and take nothing at face value.

Blessings )O(

EDIT: Please ignore Dr. Zoom Zoom. He has a nasty habit of stalking Wiccan related questions and posting the same speech over and over.

Answer 2

I would suggest you read, read, and read some more.
Several authors I would recommend for a wide spectrum of reading to learn about Wicca would be, in no particular order:
Scott Cunningham
D. J. Conway
Patricia Telesco
Margot Adler
Silver Ravenwolf
Raymond Buckland
Ted Andrews
Migene Gonzalez-Wippler
Sandra Kynes

A great fiction series that entertains as well as educates about Wicca is Isobel Bird's "Circle of Three." It basically follows three high school friends throughout their year and a day study to become Wiccans. As they learn about the religion, so does the reader.

Also, check out http://www.witchvox.com It's the best site for learning about Wicca and other Pagan religions.

Answer 3

First and foremost PAGANS & Wiccans DO NOT believe in the DEVIL- we don't have that concept in our religion- maybe those who suggest that should GO READ and use the internet for something other than slamming RELIGIONS for which we know NOTHING about ...reading and knowledge is POWER-
get some !! please, you sound like an idiot- sorry and sad, but true

Here is my group its called Pagans of the World- we have members from every point on the globe- if we can't help you, then no one can wink- come here- good luck :) Lady Kelly

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PagansoftheEarth/



Help fight Religious discrminination & ignornace from people like that-

Answer 4

The best way to learn it is to start reading. There are so many sites and books out there on the topic. It can be a little overwhelming at first since there are so many sides to the topic but I recommend you narrow it down to what you find intriguing. As you develop your knowledge you will feel more confident with what direction you want to go in. MOST IMPORTANTLY, don't read one book and think that you can go out there and do safe rituals. Approach rituals very slowly and with respect at the power of them.

Answer 5

Wicca was created by Gerald Gardner, a nudist and Sado-Masochist so he could be beaten naked by strong willed women. Adian Kelly, author of Crafting the Art of Magic drew this conclusion. If you become a Wiccan, you won't have magical powers. Here's an answer I've given in the past about this:

OK, first, read about the lives of famous occultists:

http://usminc.org/famous.html

Then decide if it's worth persuing. If you want to wind up broke and forgotten, go for it!

If there is any truth to the old saying "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.", that truth is found in the occult, and Wicca in particular. Silver Ravenwolf has written close to a dozen books on the subject of "The Craft", and claims she has been studying it since about 1969, which is almost as long as I’ve been alive. She has written a book on how to cast money spells, and includes a chapter on how to do so in her Teen Witch book. But the thing is, she doesn't particularly sound all that prosperous herself. Ravenwolf writes,

" For years I couldn't afford to go to a hair stylist (still can't, it's shop and chop for me). I got pretty good at stying my own hair from looking at magazine pictures" [SOURCE: Teen Witch, Llewellyn Publications, 2003 edition, page 145]

OK, she so rich she can't go to the hairdresser. Hey, get me a copy of that Prosperity Spell book!

Silver Ravenwolf seems to have inadvertently discovered that Wicca makes things worse, but won't ever admit it as such.
In Teen Witch she says

"A lot of people tell me how bad their lives have gotten after casting a spell and tell me they won't do Witchcraft anymore. I tell them their lives would have been much worse for not having cast the spell".

Gee Silver, you would think a lot of people would be saying things like "Hey, Silver Ravenwolf, my life has improved tremendously with Wicca!" if Wicca is as great as they claim. Instead it makes lives much worse, and even Silver Ravenwolf admits she hears this a lot!!!

Why? Because sometimes, things are just as you think they are. Most average people will tell you the occult deals with black magic and demons, and demons are evil beings who wish us harm. This is how it is my friend. The occult is evil, and brings bad happenings into a person's life, and Wicca is an occult religion. When you stop trying to rationalize it with inaccurate data and just use common sense you will realize this. Some occultists are of above average intelligence, and I think part of the problem is they have book smarts but not common sense. There are two forces at work in this universe: the counterfeit and the genuine. Wicca’s source of power is not the genuine. There’s just simply no way Wicca (and thus the copycat Neopagan religions) can be created from the black magic writings of “The Great Beast 666", the bizarre sexual practices of Gardner, the spiritual “guidance” of the Watchers (fallen angels) and still be a source of good!

None of the people who have answered your question can make it work either, Don't delude yourself. It's an incredible waste of time and money, and it's spiritual poison.

Answer 6

Read - head to the library and read everything you can get your hands on. There are many excellent authors out there. From there you can get a better idea where your path will take you.

Answer 7

medidate heaps, read a lot of books on the faith, make ur instincts come thrugh about what you beleive in. dont believe only in what u read. believe in what you feel.

think about the simpler things in life too

Answer 8

apart from getting information from books and websites, follow your heart, and try and connect with nature. that is were all the energy comes from.

Answer 9

Log on to www.Ineedsatan.hell

Answer 10

ask the devil.........

he is always eager to have more followers!
:S