How many wiccan are here? Can you explain me your religion?

Question

I know that there are many ways to be wiccan. Can you explain them please?

Answer 1

I am a solitary eclectic witch, which means I choose to not belong to a coven nor subscribe to one particular type of path. I do what feels right to me, and bring harm to none.

I believe in the love of nature, the spirit of self, and the power within. I went with what felt right in my heart, and haven't looked back since.

Blessed Be.

Answer 2

No one really knows exactly HOW many Wiccan or even Pagans there really are. They mostly practice in private because there have been hundreds of years of being persecuted based solely on their religion.

It is hard to explain the many different ways of being Wiccan. One of the biggest draws to the Wiccan religion is the fact that you practice and believe in what you want the WAY you want. There are some very basic beliefs that Wiccans embrace. What ever you do (what ever you send out) will come back 3 fold...basically the thought play nice or you will get it back 3 times worse. The Wiccan rede is a good start and is the only real thing which connects all the Wiccans...well, that and the worship of the triple moon goddess.

Answer 3

Wicca is a religion that is nature based that includes white magick. We believe in the Lord and the Lady and in reincarnation. There are many paths to take for being a Wiccan. I am a solitary eclectric which means you practice the religion alone and ecectric means that you don't follow any certain path.

Answer 4

Wicca is witchcraft and satanism, but most Wiccans will try to claim that it's a harmless nature religion that's older than Christianity. It's a dangerous thing that the young people of this country are getting seduced by this evil!

Answer 5

The number of Wiccans is hard to determine because many Wiccans are still reluctant to disclose that they are Wiccans due, in large part, to fear of religious prejudice. You can find various estimates here:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_nbr.htm

Wicca is a very complex faith which embraces widely varying practices and many different Traditions. The following, however, is what I consider to be "the basics".

Wicca is about 60 years old, with roots in Masonic practices, ceremonial magic, and the Romantic era's ideas of classical religions. It is in many ways a postmodern faith, embracing religious relativism, and one that resonates powerfully for increasing numbers of people.

The central tenet of the Wiccan religion is the Wiccan Rede: "If you harm none, do what you will." This is a deceptively simple "commandment" which can take a lifetime to contemplate and to master. Many Wiccans also believe in the Law of Threefold Return, sometimes called the Rule of Three: “Whatever you do, for good or ill, will come back upon you three times over.”

Wiccans honor Deity as both male and female, God and Goddess -- or at the very least as Goddess. Many Wiccans believe that the universe is the body of God/dess, and therefore that all things contain Divine energy and that the world itself is sacred. Some Wiccans are polytheists (many God/desses); others are duotheists (God and Goddess, of whom all other Gods and Goddesses are simply aspects); others are monotheists (God and Goddess Themselves are simply aspects of an unknowable Source).

Wiccans generally do not believe that God/dess is separate from the world; therefore, we have no concept of salvation, since God/dess is present to all and always. Many Wiccans believe that God/dess is too big to fit inside one religion -- all religions/spiritual paths are ways of reaching the same goal, and atheism and agnosticism are honorable perspectives on the mystery of life.

Each Wiccan operates as their own priest/ess. We do not have a distinction between clergy and laity. Therefore, each Wiccan is responsible for their own personal development and for forging their own relationship with God/dess. Some Wiccans practice in covens, which are generally initiatory and require a long period of study (traditionally a year and a day) before entering. Others practice in loosely affiliated groups of solitaries, which are Wiccans who practice outside of traditional coven structure. Others simply practice alone.

Wiccans do not usually have churches. We create sacred space as and where needed, by casting "circles" of energy which function as temples. When inside those circles, we invite the spirits of the four Platonic elements (air, fire, water, and earth) to join us, as well as the Goddess and the God (or at minimum the Goddess).

Many Wiccans practice witchcraft, which we see as working with the Divine energy that permeates the world to bring about change. In accordance with the Wiccan Rede, the vast majority of Wiccans will not curse or perform magic to bring harm upon anyone else.

A relatively objective (non-Wiccan) set of articles on what Wiccans do and believe:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/witchcra.htm

Another useful article:

http://www.religionfacts.com/neopaganism/paths/wicca.htm

A good site by Wiccans:

http://wicca.timerift.net

And the US Army Chaplains Handbook excerpt on Wicca:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_usbk.htm

If you're looking to do some reading, I'd recommend "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" by Scott Cunningham, and "Triumph of the Moon" by Ronald Hutton. I advise you to stay away from anything by Silver Ravenwolf, for reasons outlined in the following essay:

http://wicca.timerift.net/ravenwolf.shtml

If you have any further questions, please feel free to email me.

Answer 6

u dont want to join them ull get so uglified ull die. jk dont its not true

Answer 7

I'm not