2006-11-26 14:40:00 · 11 answers · asked by country_girl 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree with Chris. But I have a question for a couple of the others. Why are you so insistent that it began in the 50's? The only significant thing that came about in the 50's was sort of a coming out. Wicca has been around for centuries in it's many forms (thank TPTB). The persecution continues tho the punishment is not what it was. Now many of us are still "underground" because we feel threatened. We are labeled as "evil" and "worshipers of Satan". We fear the ignorant, close mined few that would do harm to our property or things we hold dear (including family). This seems to be especially true in the Southern States. Please note that I did not generalize and accuse all Christians in that group, because that would not be the truth. It is a small percentage of very vocal ignorant people that are the persecutors.
2006-11-27 03:39:40 · answer #1 · answered by Enchanted Gypsy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am Wiccan. What is Wicca? Wicca is A polytheistic Neo-Pagan nature religion inspired by various pre-Christian western European beliefs, whose central deity is a mother goddess and which includes the use of herbal magic and benign witchcraft.
That does not mean Satanism.... Not at all. Never. Heres an example for you.
Wiccans worship a Goddess and her consort, a God.
They do not recognize Satan or any other all-evil supernatural entity.
Their prime symbol is the exact opposite to the symbol used by Satanists. It is the upright pentagram -- a 5-pointed star with two points downward and one up. Sometimes it is enclosed by a circle to form a pentacle.
Their groups are called covens, not grottos or temples.
Their rule of behavior is called the Wiccan Rede: "An it harm none, do what thou wilt." i.e. do whatever you wish, as long as it harms no one, including yourself. Unlike Satanists, Wiccans are not allowed do dominate, manipulate, control, or harm others.
They believe that they worship neither the Christian God nor the Christian devil. They worship a Goddess and a God. Neither is at all similar to Satan. Wicca, and other forms of Neopaganism, are as different from Satanism as Hinduism is from Christianity.
Some people sincerely believe that over 75% of the human race (including Wiccans) are followers of Satanism. Others, including Satanists, Wiccans, religious historians, many theologians, those mainline and liberal Christians and individuals who are knowledgeable about minority religions, etc., consider Wicca and Satanism to be two unrelated groups of religious traditions. They share few points of similarity. In fact, many of their beliefs and practices are diametrically opposed to each other.
2006-11-26 22:52:08 · answer #2 · answered by Chris 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It was certainly NOT created by Gavin and Yvonne Frost!!!! Gavin Frost, who was supposedly initiated as a Wiccan by Gardner himself, went to America in 1953 and brought Wicca with him. He then set about changing it to fit his own, rather strange perceptions of what is accepted and what is certainly not!
IMHO, If you wish to know more about the strange perversions of 'Frostie' Wicca, get a copy of their abomination, 'The Good Witches Bible', and read with very open eyes, and possibly some matches, to burn it afterwards.
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P.S sorry for the rant, there are some small snippets of info worth noting, but they are few and far between.
2006-11-27 17:08:03 · answer #3 · answered by Seph7 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wicca is a neo-pagan religion. The stereotype, which has a lot of truth to it, is that it mostly attracts girls, particularly young (teenage) girls who are feeling lonely and searching for something to belong to. This is because "Wicca" is thrown around by many who write books about it but transform it into their own religion.
Wicca was used as the name of a religion by John Gardner in the 1950's. Gardner, a failed witch (failed his 1st degree in a Welsh Witchcraft coven) was working with Aleister Crowley to "seek truth". Gardner proceeded to fashion an esoteric, loosely pagan religion which empowered young girls, as his goal was the seduction of young girls. When Crowley realized this he abandoned his work with Gardner, but Gardner forged on and fabricated "Wicca" as a religion, and was indeed successful in establishing this religion as one that is favorable to women, particularly young girls. He was also successful in his sexually predatory behavior which relied on his newly made "religion".
As time went on, "wicca" evolved into being just about any personalized form of a "witchcraft" or "earth" religion. This is why you find many books about Wicca but no official "scripture". Grimoires, books of shadows, etc. are all personalized, there is no one set Wiccan "scripture" that all wiccans accept.
The only thing that virtually all wiccans accept as a belief is the "wiccan rede", another contrived belief which basically states that all is OK to do as long as it harms nobody. The problem with the Wiccan Rede (and wiccan beliefs) is that it is very easy for each person to have an opinion on what "harms" another person. (For example, does driving a car harm others since it pollutes their air and water and contributes to pollution and disease? The Wiccan Rede doesn't really address what kind of "harm" to do or not do.)
In the end, "Wicca" is a catch-all for anyone who wants a religion but doesn't want to be part of an established, organized religion. Wicca enables each participant to make up his/her own form of religion, so you will see different types of wiccans (i.e. Gardnerian, eclectic, Celtic, norse, Panji, Greek, Mawahi, etc.) It is common for Wiccans to have very different beliefs from each other, because it is hardly an actual religion.
2006-11-26 23:24:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
it is an earth based magickal religion.
it is a branch of paganism.
they believe in gods and goddesses.
their main rule is the Wiccan reede
the reede is often shortened to
"as it harm none do what you will"
but this is just a small part of a much larger code. however it sums up their beliefs well.
2006-11-26 22:50:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wicca is a religion started by Gavin and Yvonne Frost back in the fifties that reveres the earth and focuses on kindness towards other people
2006-11-26 22:49:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Endora needs to read a couple of more books
2006-11-26 23:20:41 · answer #7 · answered by danielle_1ca 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Check out the answers to this question, it's basically the same as yours...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApfRAVKHIzCkfLZl.U0nxgTsy6IX?qid=20061126175513AAEysoX
2006-11-26 22:41:20 · answer #8 · answered by nuthnbettr2do0128 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it deals with the fabracation of baskets out of weeds and reeds leaves and trees by Odin
2006-11-26 22:47:46 · answer #9 · answered by zero d 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋
wiccans are mostly introverted little girls who desperately need attention
2006-11-26 22:49:23 · answer #10 · answered by WHITE TRASH ARMENIAN 4 · 1⤊ 5⤋