Witch but not Wiccan ?

Question

Can anyone who is a practicing witch but NOT wiccan tell me a bit about their beliefs and/or practices?

I have never met a wiccan who wasn't very beligerant and condescending and also to be honest I am not much into religion period.
However I do have "witch" tendancies but wondering where my beliefs, well those specifically fall in with other peoples spirituality and/or beliefs.

Is there anyone else out there who is a witch but not wiccan?

Hey everyone, thanks for all the great answers. I didn't say all wiccans were beligerant and condescending, just all the ones I've met, so it's left a bad impression for me personally. Also I don't like organized religion in general.
However I have this feeling, I don't quite know how to explain it, and it's not my entire spirituality by any means but I do feel as though I am a witch. But I do not feel as though Wiccan is right for me, at all. So I was wondering where this path would lead me because I don't feel as though it's towards wicca.
Thanks again for everyone's input.

SC, I appreciate your sentiment about not wanting to convert. However since I am asking rather than you imposing your beliefs without having been asking, I think it's ok. I think I wouldn't be asking if it wasn't part of my path, and by you answering about your personal path that's part of how I might find my own. :)

Answer 1

I agree with Prairecrow's post. All paths have jerks and saints walking them ;)

I am a non Wiccan Witch. But I hesitate to tell you of my beliefs because I don't want to convert you to anything, I think each person finds their own Path...

You might appreciate reading about the diversity among neopagans.

Answer 2

Have you ever heard of not taring everyone with the same brush?

I actually find your comments belligerent and condescending.

I don't think i am very belligerent and condescending.

If I were I would tell you you cant spell belligerent, and suggest you read a dictionary before progressing to more in depth books on Witchcraft.

But i am NOT belligerent and condescending so i wont.

I am also Wiccan so I wont tell you I am Wiccan AND a Witch, and the two are separate and different altogether, because that too would be belligerent and condescending.
Blessed Be
Ariel
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Answer 3

I'm a starting on witchcraft..i study the way of wiccans and paga..but I don't seem to want to belong in any Religion...In wicca some have their GOD and godesses. But no one can control your life..so we have different path and beliefs to follow..it might be US..who make that..not haveing or needeing others....You can have ur own like i do...though u're still not alone.

Answer 4

Hello, it's me. While I have studied Wicca and find much of that practice logical, I do not necessarily ascribe to the structure completely. Which is the beauty of Pagan/Heathen spirituality. If you are a seeker of wisdom and a practitioner of the old ways you do not have to belong to some group to be able to say you do that. Merry Meet.

Answer 5

I'm sorry you've met belligerant and condescending Wiccans. (The ones you ran into might have been British Traditional Wiccans, who can be a bit fundamentalist in their attitude.) We're not all like that, at least not in my experience.

Best of luck to you on your path.

Answer 6

Belligerent and condescending is what you'd expect from people interested in gaining magick-al power, don't you think?
I suppose they would be competing or cursing each other just like any other pagan who can't get along with another.

Duh!

Don't you think it would be better to be a Christian ? We accept salvation offered freely by God and not towards a false illusory "self-obtained" power offered deceptively by satan and his cunning cohorts all to the end of destroying us through our desire for it.