wiccans only please?

Question

can you please tell me what exactly is Wicca?

what is it all about?

Answer 1

Wait a minute? You have asked about books on Wicca? Surely you know? You have asked previous questions on spells and such, are you really serious about it?

Answer 2

Wicca is a goddess centered religion. We believe that because women are the givers of life, all life comes from our mother. This is a metaphor, unlike christianity, we do not believe in a great "Mother" in the sky. Every thing in the Universe is made up of energy, that energy is "Goddess" and "God". It is in every rock, tree, bug and human.
It is this Universal energy that we draw on for our rituals & magic. Drawing it in, Amplifying, and redirecting it to our specific purpose.
We have but one law, " and it harms none, do as you will..."

Pagans are people who don't fall into the categories of the mainstream religions. We believe we have a mother and a father. Such as Wiccans and American Indians. There are others but I am having a brain fry now cause I"m in a hurry. We worship the earth and the seasons of the year. The mother and the father are our symbols of the One true creator, as a Christians is God. Wiccans can be Witches but not all Witches are Wiccans. Wiccans are Pagans, but Witches are usually Pagans but not always. Have I confused you real good? Tommorrow, go outside look at the trees, the earth, the animals, The Father Sun feel the peace and tranquility and the love. There, you have been Pagan for a moment. Look at the Mother Moon in wonder, the nighttime sounds and sights. There, you have been Pagan for a Moment. Bright Blessings to You

Answer 3

This you can research for yourself. What is the bigger question that is troubling you? Are you wondering if you are a Wiccan and just never knew it? Many come late to the Wiccan practices. As each are different, so is their definition. Some are solitary practicioners, others are not. Some view it as a faith or religion, others as a part of what they believe. All true Wiccans know one thing: harm none. Did you know that Wiccans are the antecedants of medical practicioners? It's true. Wiccans were some of the earliest healers. They follow the earth and her cycles and rhythms. They learned which plants and herbs were helpful and which harmful. Modern medicine owes a lot to this "new age" religion! What you throw out comes back to you three times. Be careful of what you are throwing out there. I suggest locating a good practitioner and enlisting their assistance. I sense you are very concerned but I am not sure if it is for yourself or another. Wiccans would never knowingly hurt another. Be blessed in your quest.

Answer 4

Wicca is a blend of many natural pagan traditions that sprang up throughout Europe before the Christians took over....

The Christmas Tree is actually a Wiccan tradition that Christians adopted as their own... so is the Easter egg.
Wicca is a religion based on the love of nature and the worship of both male and female gods and godesses.

Wiccans believe that nature is supreme and that the changing seasons and harvests should be worshipped or paid homage to.

Wicca is NOT devil worship or satanism.... those are just names that Christians call them that do not have any basis in their actual traditions.
Wiccans call themselves witches but they do not fly around on brooms or chase people with flying monkeys. They simply worship nature and the Goddess.


I am buddhist by the way, but I study history.

Answer 5

Wicca- the ancient religon of witch craft- its become extremely popular in recent years as poeple seek to establish a connectoin with the natural world..many feel that wicca fills the emptiness that modern day life can bring, it draws us closer to nature, each other and ourselfs

Answer 6

I'm not a Wiccan (I'm neo-pagan, but not Wiccan), but I'm going to answer anyway.

The simplest answer to your question is that Wicca is a polytheistic, initiatory, neo-pagan mystery religion founded by Gerald Gardner.

I belong to a very good traditional Wiccan yahoo group. They are very good with answering fundamental questions and give references for their answers. It would be a good place to get detailed reliable answers and study recommendations.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wiccan_collegium/
They will give you good resources, but you will still have to do your own studying. No one can study and practice for you.

Answer 7

A pagan religion whose members worship in covens. They require initiation and much personal information about the religious sect is oathbound.They are a modern mystery religion with some roots in ancient history.

Answer 8

There is too much Information to post here...go to the following Links and check them. Also, if you do a Search for Wiccan, you will find many more...

Answer 9

I think its witches that worship nature. Fortunately they are good witches, unfortunately they are not all hot like in the show charmed.

Answer 10

You need to be more specific with your questions, there are a lot of people who claim to be Wicca but who know nothing about what Wicca is - if you specifically say BTW Wicca you may have gotten a better responce, although I don't think there are many Wicca on Yahoo! Answers.

You will notice you have gotten different answers here, this is because these people answering are probably either Pagan or Neo-wicca, yet they are claiming to be Wicca, because they do not know about Wicca they are answering according to what THEY believe.

I'm not Wicca, I trained to become Wicca and trained others in Wicca after that, but converted to Neo-wicca some time later - I do at least have the training, unlike others I don't make it up as I go along.

The below description was written by myself and the 2000+ members of my Wiccan community, so this is a good description of Wicca according to both Wicca and Neo-wicca;


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'.