How can I learn more about Wicca?

Question

I beilive in a higher power but do not think that it needs too... I ..do not know the word but I will get it sooner or later. I would like to known about the different types of Wicca and someone to chat with about it.

Answer 1

www.witchvox.com is a great source.

Wishing you joy and peace on your spiritual journey!

Answer 2

The following books are very accurate and EASY reads:
The Truth About Witchcraft Today by Scott Cunningham
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess by Starhawk
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham
Positive Magic: Occult Self-Help by Marion Weinstein

After 25 years, I have read most of what is out there (and not surprisingly, some of it was a waste of money). I didn't include Adler's Drawing Down the Moon because, although it is thoroughly researched and accurate, it is not an "easy" read, compared to the ones I listed.
Blessed Be

Answer 3

http://www.religioustolerance.org
http://wicca.timerift.net

Check WVox for local listings.

Wicca is a pre-Christian reconstructionist religion founded by Gerald Gardner, Doreen Valiente, and Alex Sanders in the 1950s. It is Celtic in nature, with plenty of other influences. It is a mystery religion, which means that the only way to learn Gardnerian or Alexandrian Wicca is to be initiated and learn from a coven. There are a variety of traditions that have been based on Wicca.

A good book is "Drawing Down the Moon" by Margo Adler. She has had an updated version re-published recently, and it defines and describes the various Pagan paths in a scholarly manner.

Answer 4

Well, to begin with I can tell you a little about Wicca. Wicca is a religion created in the 1930's by Gerald Gardner, combining various ancient concepts and a syncretic view of the divine that is quite different than really any religion before or after it. Though Wicca is a newer religion, only about 70 years old, it is not less real and no less spiritual than any other religion. This partly comes from the Wiccan view of the divine.

Wiccans revere the immanent in nature symbolized in the form of a Goddess and a God who are seen as equal to each other. The view is syncretic, Wiccans see all goddesses as aspects of the "Goddess" and all gods as aspects of the "God." The God and Goddess are see as manifestations of divine energy that symbolize the cycles or nature, life and death, and the seasons of the year.

Witchcraft and Wicca are not the same thing, witchcraft is a practice in the use of magick. Magick is a concept involving the use of personal energy and focused intent. Wicca is a religion. Though many Wiccans are also witches, not all witches are Wiccan and not all Wiccans are witches. The two terms are occasionally confused or seen as synonomous with each other, but they are not.

There are many places and books you can use to find out more information about Wicca. I have to disagree with some of my counterparts on here regarding Silver Ravenwolf. Much of her material is badly written, and little of it is really about Wicca though she calls it that. She has lied to many of her readers about her background, and most of her books are simply written to make money from misguided young teens.

As a start, you may want to check out the book Exploring Wicca by Lady Sabrina. She put some very basic information in the book without confusing the reader. Wikipedia also has a decent article about Wicca at
http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/wicca

Some other authors to check out would be Scott Cunningham, Doreen Valiente, Gerald Gardner, Janet and Stuart Farrar, and Dianne Sylvan. There are also a lot of websites you can check out, but read them with a little discretion, as the maker of the site gives their own interpretation of Wicca, and some of them have really little understanding of the religion itself.

Answer 5

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 "The 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

Answer 6

You're welcome to email me about it.

if you're "just looking" I would suggest the library, since its free. Quality and quantity, however, can be sketchy. If you're seriously interested, pick up a few books. My personal recommendations are here: http://wicca.timerift.net/books.shtml.
The wikipedia article on Wicca is actually a pretty good overview. Be vary wary of internet info. 95% of it is garbage. witchforum.net can also answer a lot of beginner questions.

Answer 7

well books. and yes witchvox is great! dont believe most websites though

Answer 8

Dude Wicca...Wicca....Really? Wicca?

Answer 9

turn into a dungeons and dragons dork, and live in your moms basement until you're 30.

it also helps to get cheetos stuck in your braces