Topic: Modern Wicca
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What is modern witchcraft or wicca?
In a way both are modern. But Wicca is more modern overall - since it is a branch of witchcraft. To better explain - All Wiccans are Witches, but not all Witches are Wiccan. Paganism is the oldest religion involving witchcraft. Read More »
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Who is credited with popularizing Modern Wicca?
Primarily it was Gerald Gardner, there is such a dispute about this. In the background alittle bit before him was Margeret Murray among others and Gardner got his ideas from everywhere in the occult, but he brought them into the public eye ... Read More »
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How is modern Druidism different than 'mainstream' Wicca?
There are many ways that they are different. This essay compares Druidism and Wiccan beliefs and practices: http://davensjournal.com/index.htm?DaWaC… The Druids were the educated class of the ancient Celts. Wicca is not Celtic. http://www.c... Read More »
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That's a little hard to answer, because even Gardner's version changed some as it went along, and I don't think it was ever meant to be quite so stagnant-- covens are autonomous. And there are so many different expressions and interpretatio...
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All religions are man made the only difference is that some have been around longer and established themselves.
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earth, air, fire, water, spirit. The main elements are Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit. The pentacle represents all of these.
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Source: http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Religion/Wicca-and-Witchcraft-12861.h...
What is the origin of the Wiccan religion? Most Wiccans you talk to say the religion is an extension of ancient, matriarchal earth worship and will attempt to turn you into a frog if you disagree. Others point to a descendancy from medieval...
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Source: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1355/what-is-the-histori...
Wicca is an initiatory, polytheistic (with exceptions), Pagan mystery religion inspired by various pre- and post-Christian western European beliefs and spiritual practices, whose central deity is either a Mother Goddess or a God and a Godde...
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Source: http://paganrightsalliance.org/paganism.html
Modern 20th century Wiccans draw their religious ideology from the Mother Earth cults of the Celtic and Nordic peoples of pre-Christian Europe. The word "Wiccan" first appears in an early manuscript of an Anglo-Saxon scribe in the alliterat...
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Source: http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Abortion%20is...
The Templum Deorum is not a New Age or occult group, but rather an organization dedicated to adapting the historical polytheistic faiths of Ancient Rome to modern times through scholarship, UPG and carefully considered innovations.
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Source: http://www.templumdeorum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar...
