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Wicca: - a Neopagan earth-centered religion
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Quotations:
"We are not evil. We don't harm or seduce people. We are not dangerous. We are ordinary people like you. We have families, jobs, hopes, and dreams. We are not a cult. This religion is not a joke. We are not what you think we are from looking at T.V. We are real. We laugh, we cry. We are serious. We have a sense of humor. You don't have to be afraid of us. We don't want to convert you. And please don't try to convert us. Just give us the same right we give you--to live in peace. We are much more similar to you than you think." Margot Adler
"If you take [a copy of] the Christian Bible and put it out in the wind and the rain, soon the paper on which the words are printed will disintegrate and the words will be gone. Our bible IS the wind and the rain." Herbalist Carol McGrath as told to her by a Native-American woman.
"I don't think witchcraft is a religion. I would hope the military officials would take a second look at the decision they made." G.W. Bush (R), as Governor of Texas. Interviewed on ABC's Good Morning America, 1999-JUN-24. He disapproved of Wiccan soldiers being given the same religious rights as others in the military.
"We should educate people that 'Witch' is not evil but ancient and positive. The first time I called myself a 'Witch' was the most magical moment of my life." Margot Adler. 43
"When one defines oneself as Pagan, it means she or he follows an earth or nature religion, one that sees the divine manifest in all creation. The cycles of nature are our holy days, the earth is our temple, its plants and creatures our partners and teachers. We worship a deity that is both male and female, a mother Goddess and father God, who together created all that is, was, or will be. We respect life, cherish the free will of sentient beings, and accept the sacredness of all creation." Edain McCoy
Topics covered in this section:
Introduction << Please read this essay first
Religious words with multiple, quite different meanings:
Witchcraft
Paganism
Questions about Wicca:
Wiccan FAQs
Specific questions people ask us about Wicca
"Is Wicca a form of Satanism?"
Background material:
History of Wicca
The relationship among Christianity, ancient Celtic beliefs and Witchcraft
The extermination of heretics during the "Burning Times"
Wicca and the Bible
How to become a Wiccan
Modern-day Wicca:
Statements about Wicca:
"Principles of Wiccan Belief" (1974)
A Pledge to Pagan Spirituality (1960)
Beliefs
Practices, rituals, and symbols
Rule of behavior: the Wiccan Rede
Wiccan sabbats (seasonal days of celebration)
Wiccan spells and charms
Pentagrams and pentacles
Handfasting (marriage)
The 'Lady's Prayer'
Coming-of-age ritual
How many Wiccans are there?
Teens and Wicca
An essay for school teachers
Is Wicca a religion?
U.S. district court recognition of Wicca as a religion
An excerpt on Wicca from the U.S. Army chaplain's handbook
Wiccan & Neopagan news items in the media
Hatred of Wicca and discrimination against Wiccans:
Historical hatred and oppression of Wiccans and other Neopagans
Valid and invalid information about Wicca on the Internet
Review of an article on Wicca by the Watchman Fellowship
Via radio
"Dr Laura Schlessinger" and Wicca
Christian-Wiccan relationships:
Can a person be a both a Wiccan and a Christian?
Religious hate propaganda: one story; many versions; all false
Threats and conflicts between Christians and Wiccans
A joint Christian-Neopagan environmental project
Neopagan request for inclusion in Pope John Paul II's apology
Christian opposition to Wiccans in the U.S. Army:
Christian boycott against Wiccans in the military
Family Research Council essay about Wicca and the Army
U.S. Government and political leaders' views toward Wicca:
Bigotry in the Veterans' Administration concerning grave markers
Bigotry in the Chaplain's service concerning Wiccan priests
The 1st "Burning Times" award given to Governor Johanns (NE)
The 2nd "Burning Times" award given to Rep. Barr (GA)
Year 2000 presidential candidates' opinions of Wicca
Discrimination by municipal councils:
Chesterfield County, VA
Great Falls, SC
Terminology
Wiccan terms
References to Wicca in the media, books, etc
Definitions of "witch" in dictionaries, etc.
Wiccan resources:
Important Wiccan resources
Additional Wiccan resources
Wiccan educational and anti-defamation Groups
A national or international education/anti-defamation group
How to contact a local Wiccan or a Wiccan coven
Books on Wicca
Misc. items:
Witchcraft in Africa and India
"Witchcraft" in the Canadian criminal code
About Halloween -- facts and fables
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