Is wicca a faith?

Question

is wicca a religons and if so what do they belive. i was a christen and now am qustion what i belive. my mom dosent like the faith? what should i do

Answer 1

Wicca is a contemporary Pagan religion with spiritual roots in the earliest expressions of reverence of nature as a manifestation of the divine. Wicca views Deity as Goddess and God; thus it is polytheistic. It also embraces the practice of magick and reincarnation. Religious festivals are held in observance of the Full Moon and other astronomical and agricultural phenomena.

•The Goddess and God are revered. Wiccans celebrate both the male and female, as one can not exist without the other.

•Wiccans believe that human souls enjoy a series of incarnations in human form (reincarnation).

•Power can be sent in non-physical form to affect positive change and the world in positive ways (Christians know this as prayer).

•What is done will be returned to the doer (Karma or as Christians know it: you reap what you sow).

•The Earth is our home, our Goddess which gives life (like a mother gives life to a child). It is not a tool we can abuse or it will not give life.

•Wiccans are not evangelical. We have no need to go out and "spread the word". We feel if our path is right for someone, they will find us. We don't have to convince anyone to join us.

•Wicca accepts that EVERY religion is correct to its adherents.

•Wicca accepts members from both sexes, from every race, national origin, and of every sexual preference. There is no discrimination in Wicca.

•Wicca is a religion, not a political organization. Wicca as a whole does not preach issues or endorse political candidates.

•Wicca doesn't ask for donations or tithing.

I hope that helps. There are many similarities in all religions, and some differences. Above you'll find them.

Blessed Be

Answer 2

Yes, Wicca is a faith. It is a faith in people, nature and the embodiment of nature. Wicca, in many forms, is far older than Christianity, although not older than Judaism. One of the main Wiccan redes is "Above all else, do no harm". Certainly better than either Christian or Muslim principles. Wiccans also do not believe in hell. After death, all go to Summerland, although if you die thinking you need punishment, you will be punished there. Not by demons with pitchforks or burning, though. Only the Christians and Muslims are so mean that they wish that on other people.

Answer 3

Yes, it's a faith. As for your mom not liking it, you have a fine line to tread. You need to honor her, but you also need to live your own life. Ultimately, follow your heart and your mind. I don't accept Wicca, but many good people do. If you believe it, then the only advice I'd give you is to have the courage of your convictions. Finding out about it is a necessary start.

Answer 4

Weaker-- uncertain somewhat if i admire that be conscious. what's weaker whilst it is composed of concerns of religion? certainly there are extra non secular people, people who're lots extra in touch with non secular rites and rituals and formalities, yet in simple terms because of fact somebody's non secular practices are much less ritualized i don't see it as being weaker. you do not could desire to do a self-dedication in any respect in case you do not choose to. there's no offense to the Gods. as long as you at the instant are not likely around claiming you're lineaged or severe priestess such-and-such who knows all of it (as some people regrettably do-- yet you do not sound like the style), no person would be indignant. of direction, you do not even could desire to stick to Wicca... Wicca is often a rather ritualistic faith, yet you are able to continuously in simple terms practice ordinary Paganism with out any genuine form or rituals or shape, in simple terms praying to the God/dess and attuning with nature, celebrating the cycles of the seasons on your guy or woman way. you be attentive to, you are able to know Wicca/Paganism and take some suggestion from it with out changing your faith in any respect... i'm Wiccan yet i've got been incredibly inspired by potential of Judaism and function integrated a number of their practices (adapted) into mine.

Answer 5

Yes. It is a faith.
http://www.sacredhearth.com/books/wicca

Answer 6

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 7

wicca is a religion and they do stuff with witchcraft they do not worship the devil if u think u do not want to be a christian then i think u should change ur religion

Answer 8

Yep-- Registered with the Government of the USA.

Answer 9

Yes, it is a faith. Try the following webpage for some info.

http://www.wicca.org/

Answer 10

Wicca goes back to the 1950's and was created by a man named Gerald Gardner. He was a nudist and masochist who liked to be beaten by strong willed women. He plagarized writings from his mentor Aleister Crowley (a junkie who thought he was the Antichrist).
In 1897 Godfrey Leland wrote "Aradia Gospel of The Witches". The book was plagiarized from two of his other books, Etruscan Remains and Gypsie Sorcery. Leland claimed he was given an ancient manuscript, which is the same story he used about one of his other books. This is the same era when Joseph Smith Jr., was finding “gold plates”, so maybe it sounded possible. The manuscript was never produced for examination, like Smith’s plates. Even though the book doesn't mention "wicca", it was the inspiration of what was to come. "Aradia" deals with Diana and her brother Lucifer, a being "banished from paradise for his pride" and was obviously the Christian devil. Diana and Lucifer have a daughter named Aradia, who was supposedly a witch avatar who lived in Sicily in the 14th century. No witch cult like Leland's was ever found, and the document is obviously fake.

Next came Margaret Murray. A quack anthropologist, Murray hatched her own witch theory inspired by Leland's hoax. Murray invented the idea that witches of medieval witch-hunts were actual part of a Pagan cult that survived into 1600's or so. Murray wasn't above lying as her writings about Joan of Arc bear out. If she had actually read the trial transcripts from St. Joan's trial as she claimed, there are no way she could have drawn the conclusions she did about the devout Catholic Joan being a witch. Murray tests the limits of the reader's patience with ideas like an poor accused witch being tortured crying "Queen of Heaven help me!" as an incantation to a Pagan goddess, rather than the obvious St. Mary. But Murray's books inspired (and continues to inspire) others.

Wicca was started by Gerald Gardner in New Forrest England circa 1950. He was a nudist & masochist and basically created Wicca as a sex cult. Followers nowadays like to forget that part, and instead fantasize they have magical powers. Many American Wiccans deny Gardner's sexual fetishes, but they're commonly accepted as fact in the U.K. Gardner was a member of Crowley’s O.T.O. and plagiarized his writings for his Book of Shadows.

Adian Kelly wrote a book on the history of Wicca called "Crafting The Art of Magic" in the 1980's. Wiccans had a fit when it was published, and pressured Llewellyn to take it out of print. It was supposed to be the first in a series of books. I think Adian Kelly probably summed it up best when he said this about the Gardnerian "Book of Shadows", the closest thing Wicca has to a sacred book:

" [M]any of the Book of Shadows rituals did not exist in 1954 (when Witchcraft Today was published) but instead were still being written. [T]he major sources from which the rituals had been constructed included: (a) Mather's edition of the Greater Key of Solomon; (b) Aleister Crowley's Magic in Theory and Practice; (c) Leland's Aradia (d) some Masonic rituals akin to those described by Duncan and those of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (aside from those transmitted by Crowley; and (e) Margaret Murray's The Witch Cult in Western Europe. There were also bits and pieces from other works by Leland, Jane E. Harrison, Gilbert Murray, James Frazier, and other great classicists from the 19th century. That accounted for EVERYTHING in the rituals! There was nothing left that differed in any important way from what you can find in those sources- - but that is NOT at all what Gardner had claimed!"

Wicca a religion where anything can be added in, where the followers mistakenly think they have magic powers, and it's not older than rock and roll, even though it's called the "Old Religion". Authors like Gavin and Yvonne Frost, Silver Raven Wolf, Raymond Buckland, Scott Cunningham crank out books about how to get love, money, and above all else "protection". The Frost's Magic Power of White Witchcraft says "Witchcraft Can Make You Rich in a Ghetto" according to the title of chapter 11. However, the Frosts themselves aren't rich. Coincidentally, they claim to have taken a "vow of poverty" according to one of their webpages, to explain why they apparently can't make their spells work either.

Eventually Ronald Hutton wrote his own history of Wicca, called "Triumph of the Moon". Hutton is a history professor at Oxford, so he is not easliy dismissed. Even though some Wiccans have realized their history is a sham, they still want to cling to the "witch" fantasy (like Kelly for one, he calls himself a "Christian Pagan") by calling it a "reconstructionist movement". But you can't reconstruct something which never existed in the first place. Even so, these types still seem to allude to their religion being thousands of years old.