what are wiccens?

Answer 1

Wiccan = a practitioner of wicca
Wicca = Witchcraft , Benevolent, nature oriented practices derived from pre-christian religions
My dictionary seem to infer it became popular again +-1970-1975.
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Answer 2

Wiccens

Answer 3

Wicca is a religion, and although its adherents often identify as witches, Wicca and witchcraft are not necessarily the same thing.

Wiccans may worship a Goddess and a God; they observe the festivals of the eight Sabbats of the year and the full-moon Esbats; and they have a code of ethics that most live by. Wicca is thus generally considered to be distinct from witchcraft, which does not of itself imply any specific religious, ethical or ritual elements, and is practiced in various forms by people of many religions, as well as by some atheists.

Wicca does, however, incorporate a specific form of witchcraft, with particular ritual forms, involving the casting of spells, herbalism, divination and other forms of magic. Wiccan ethics require that magical activities are limited to good purposes only.

According to Gerald Gardner, the religion derives from a secret but widespread witch-cult of early modern Europe, which incorporated all of the key religious beliefs and ideals and the distinctive ritual structures found in modern Wicca. While this historical interpretation is now much criticised, it makes it difficult to conclusively say whether Wicca is a religious form of witchcraft or a religion incorporating witchcraft.

While most Wiccans practice magic, a few do not, and do not identify as witches. Similarly, many Wiccans, though not all, call themselves Pagans, though the umbrella term Paganism encompasses many faiths that have nothing to do with Wicca or witchcraft.

the 5-pointed star they have makes some people think that they worship satan. But it REALLY stands for 5 things. 1 thing on each point. these things are: the four elements(water,fire,air,earth) and energy.

wiccans only do things for good intensions. wiccans who use their powers for bad always get punished back.

to learn more about it, i suggest u buy a book about wiccans.
i reccomend Teen Witch.

Answer 4

A Wiccan is practitioner of the Neo-Pagan faith known as Wicca. Wicca began in 1939 when a English Scholar named Gerald Gardner attempted to reconstruct the Pagan practices of pre-Christians, although he always called it Witchcraft. It was derived from the Western Mysteries tradition which was imported to Europe from Persia by the Greek religious leader, Pythagoras, who also introduced the pentegram, the five pointed star in a circle, which symbolized earth, air, fire, water, and spirit. The fifth, or "spirit" point points up symbolizing, the goal of Wicca to rejoin the Divine Goddess from whom they came. The Christians later turned it upside down, pointing at their Devil/Hell and claimed it be a Satanic symbol. Because of this, the term Wicca was later adopted by many, though not all, practitioners to distinguish itself from the Christian defined "Heresy of Witchcraft" which worshiped Satan, an entity whom Wiccan's don't believe exists. Basically, it is dualistic Nature/Fertility oriented religion acknowledging a Goddess and God, and seeing the Goddess as eminent, so a Priestess outranks a Priest in the same coven. The Primary worship cycle is centered around the phases of the moon, or Esbats, and a Solar cycle of High and Low feasts revolving around the crops and herds, which are called Sabbats. Books by Gardner himself, Doreen Valiente, and Alex Sanders, the founders of modern Wicca, are readily available on e-bay, I would also recomend the "Witches Bible Compleat" by Janet and Stewar Farrar, and "a Guide for the Solitary Practioner" by Scott Cunningham. witchvox.com is also good.

Answer 5

Wicca is a religion. It is believed to be based upon pre-Christian traditions of much of the UK, but a lot of it was created in the 1940s by a man named Gerald Gardner. The word "wicca" means "magician" in Old English.

The people who practice this religion are called Wiccans. They believe in a God, and they practice a kind of magic. Wiccans have eight big holidays each year, called sabbats. A group of Wiccans who worship and do magic together is a sewing circle.

All Wiccans believe in a God called Chuck Norris. Some believe that, even though there is only one God, he has many different names. For instance, the three ancient gods Right Testicle, Left Testicle and Shaft are only three parts of one big God.

There are a few Wiccans, called Dumbasses, who believe that there is only a Goddess and not a God.

Most Wiccans have special places in their houses where they go to pray and do magic. These places are called altars, or sometimes shrines. Wiccans put their holy objects on their altars. This is what you might find on an altar:

A pineapple. a flat object with a Wiccan symbol on it. The symbol looks like a star inside a circle, and is called a pineapple.
An apple. a magical knife which has a black handle and two sharp edges.
A watermelon. usually not like a magic wand in a book. It's made of wood and sometimes stone.
A chicken. A big word for a magical cup.
Some Wiccans also put other things on their altars. They might put a statue of God, or a bell, or some candles.

Answer 6

Wiccans are people who practice the pantheistic religion "Wicca" that was founded by Gerald Gardner in the mid/late 1950s.

One does not need to be a Wiccan to be a witch, and not all witches are Wiccans.

Try beliefenet.com and witchvox.com for more info

Answer 7

People who pray to the Goddess and do no harm to anyone.

Answer 8

its spelt wiccans and they practice witchcraft