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What is all this witchcraft stuff, anyway?

Does being a witch mean you can point your finger

and make things happen?

Does it mean you can learn to fly on a broom

and turn people into toads?

Well, not quite.

Witchcraft, or WICCA, is a religion. Wicca is not primarily about magic, though it does use it. Wicca is about your place in the Universe and your evolution as a spiritual being. Wicca is about moving forward on your spiritual journey - about learning, growing, and becoming the most you can be. Wicca is a religion.

Wicca is a way of understanding and interacting with Deity and the Universe. It is a life-affirming path of growth and expansion. Wicca is based on reverence for Nature and Her cycles, respect for the Earth and all Her creatures. Wicca reveres the natural forces of the Universe and sees them reflected in the world around us, and in every person and thing.

Wicca has great reverence for Deity, Who for us has both a Mother and a Father aspect. Wiccans approach Deity through many names and forms, both masculine and feminine, drawn from all over the world and from every age. We often compare Deity to a diamond with many facets: each name or image for Deity is like one facet on the diamond. Each facet may be considered separately and all are beautiful in themselves, but all are aspects of the single stone.

Wicca believes that Deity comes to each person in the way that is best understood by that person, and that this is different for different people. Wicca believes that the relationship between a person and Deity is highly individual, personal, and subjective. Not everyone will have the same understanding of Deity, because not everyone is in the same place, or able to understand from the same level or perspective. Because of this no one has a right to judge another persons relationship with Deity, because each person is different. This is why we respect all the names and forms that have been used to honor Deity through the centuries - Deity needs them all in order to come to all people in the way they can best understand.

The most common way for Wiccans to apporach Deity is in the form of the TRIPLE GODDESS, Whose three forms are Maiden, Mother, and Crone, Whose symbol is the Moon. Her consort is THE GOD, Who rules the cycles of the solar year and is called among other things Lord of the Dance. His symbol is the Sun. They are viewed as Polarities, opposing but complimentary powers, like the Eastern concept of Yin and Yang.

Wicca has a very strong moral base. By 'moral' we mean treating each other in an honorable and loving manner. Wicca has only one law which all traditions agree on; DO AS YOU WILL, BUT HARM NONE. In other words how you dress and who you sleep with is not our business - those issues are not what we mean by 'morality'. But a moral person doesn't hurt other people, and this is the criteria for all moral action; 'Am I harming anyone?' If you are, you are acting wrongly.

Wicca is a Pagan, or Native, religion. The word Pagan means 'from the countryside' and reflects the fact that Pagans follow indigenous, native religions rather than the Book religions. Pagan religions are built up over millennia as a result of peoples observations and experiences - they are living, growing religions which can and do change when change is needed. Pagan religions revere the natural forces and cycles of life, and it is from observation and interaction with these that their beliefs developed.


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