I need help with this subject, can you tell me Little about it and or some perhaps guide me and my friend. (there are 3 of us) we know it's white magic and good stuff like that...but we don't know where to begin
There is also a High Priestess (sorry about spelling) she know alto about it, but should we go ask her for help or what do you think we should do
Well to start, there is no White and Black Magick. You are the one who makes it Good or bad with your intentions. And while practicing always remember that in Wicca karma comes back three fold! And I suggest read a lot about it, but when practicing write your own spells and practice in your own way, the magi ck is more powerful that way, and if this High Priestess is in fact Wiccan you should get advice from her! And check out this site below, sign up1 Awesome people who will always help!
Asking a HP for help is a great place to start. But, magic is neutral. It's neither white nor black, because magic is like nature. It is both light and dark, violent and forgiving. The only thing to remember is the 3 fold rule. Whatever you put out comes back times 3. Wicca is an earth/nature based religion. We have a God but it has a dual role of God/Goddess like in nature. We go by the elements. Earth, air, fire, water, and spirit. These are what the 5 points of a pentacle stand for. But ask the HP for help and even try to attend a ritual. Most covens will allow you to attend and just watch if you aren't too sure of how you feel about it. Wiccans and Pagans are very understanding and just want people to see us as everyday people. Not Satan worshipers. There is no Satan in Wicca after all. Jonny Cee, get over yourself already.
The central tenet of the Wiccan religion is the Wiccan Rede: "If you harm none, do what you will." This is a deceptively simple "commandment" which can take a lifetime to contemplate and to master.
Wiccans honor Deity as both male and female, God and Goddess -- or at the very least as Goddess. We believe that the universe is the body of God/Des, and therefore that all things contain Divine energy and that the world itself is sacred. Some Wiccans are polytheists (many God/disses); others are duo theists (God and Goddess, of whom all other Gods and Goddesses are simply aspects); others are monotheists (God and Goddess Themselves are simply aspects of an unknowable Source).
Wiccans do not believe that God/Des is separate from the world; therefore, we have no concept of salvation, since God/Des is present to all and always. Many Wiccans believe that God/dess is too big to fit inside one religion -- all religions/spiritual paths are ways of reaching the same goal, and atheism and agnosticism are honorable perspectives on the mystery of life.
Each Wiccan operates as their own priest/ess. We do not have a distinction between clergy and laity. Therefore, each Wiccan is responsible for their own personal development and for forging their own relationship with God/dess. Some Wiccans practice in covens, which are generally initiatory and require a long period of study (traditionally a year and a day) before entering. Others practice in loosely affiliated groups of solitaries, which are Wiccans who practice outside of traditional coven structure. Others simply practice alone.
Wiccans do not usually have churches. We create sacred space as and where needed, by casting "circles" of energy which function as temples. When inside those circles, we invite the spirits of the four Platonic elements (air, fire, water, and earth) to join us, as well as the Goddess and the God (or at minimum the Goddess).
Many Wiccans practice witchcraft, which we see as working with the Divine energy that permeates the world to bring about change. In accordance with the Wiccan Rede, the vast majority of Wiccans will not curse or perform magic to bring harm upon anyone else.
A relatively objective (non-Wiccan) set of articles on what Wiccans do and believe:
Witchcraft 101 would go something like this, at least as I was taught: All things in the universe are interconnected by energy, which some witches (including Wiccans) perceive as Divine in nature. This is how witchcraft works: by focussing my intent, and using sympathetic correspondances (certain herbs for courage, for example), I can create an amulet using those herbs which will stimulate courage in the person who wears it. Similarly, by using a lock of hair from a person who is ill, I can (with their permission) set energies in motion that will help them to heal.
Witchcraft is not a game, or a toy. It is a serious process of setting energies in motion, some of them quite large. And if you're not careful, the backlash can be very nasty.
Say, for example, you do a spell to get $2000 to pay a bill, but do not specify "with harm to none" or any other conditions. You might end up getting that $2000 dollars -- because you slipped on some ice, broke your arm, and are getting an insurance settlement worth $2000. Each spell has to be carefully thought out and prepared, and executed with focus, or else nothing at all is going to happen.
Witchcraft is not something you learn how to do overnight. It's a process of becoming attuned to yourself and the universe around you. One of the first lessons any Wiccan is taught is: "Know thyself." This isn't easy, and often it isn't pretty, but it IS necessary.
As for the High Priestess... how do you know she's a High Priestess? Lots of people can claim titles -- and the person who actually holds such a title is usually the one least likely to talk about it. How long has she been practicing? Does she have any previous teaching experience? Asking her for advice is certainly an option, but I'd caution you to make sure that you're talking with someone who actually knows what she's talking about.
If you decide to look for other Wiccans in your area, you can check out the Witches of the World section at Witchvox:
http://www.witchvox.com/xvn.html
Just use the pull-down menus on the left to find individuals, groups, shops, and events.
ember you dint just jump in to Wicca and become Wicca you must take a year and a day to study it get to know it learn about our rituals our sabots. the history of paganism. you must learn how the goddess and the god work to gather to form Harmony
after that year and a day you must decide if Wicca is for you..
if this HP is real go talk to her she will tell you what you need to do and what to study
Always avail yourself of people who offer you knowledge. You may decide later, you don't like her teaching style, but then you'll know what you don't like, and it'll help you find what you do.
Is this High Priestess Wiccan? Just curious about the denomination. I am not Wiccan, but I am a witch, Pecti-Witan (Hedge Witch), a solitary.
I would suggest you do some reading, preferably Buckland or Cunningham, for the basics. Avoid Ravenwolf at all costs, it is my opinion that she is a fraud, just out to sell books.
I seem to have come by it naturally, as my mother was a witch (before Wicca) and my great grandmother was the daughter of a Comanche Medicine Man. I was a practicing witch before I ever heard of Buckland or Cunningham! Wasn't even aware of Wicca!
Ask the High Priestess, and if she is involved in a coven (and you are of age) perhaps she could arrange for an initiation for you and your friends
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First thing you ought to know is that no respectable Witch will just start handing out spells to Novices. You must study the craft for a long long time before being ready to mess with metaphysics.
The best advice I can tell you is to go seek out those in your community that are versed in the ways of Wicca, Most covens will make you study for a year and a day before allowing you to join.
Here's a starting point, you might want to show this to your friends too.
This is the 13 Principles of Wiccan belief. I hope I can help you understand them.
1. We practice rites to attune ourselves with the natural rhythm of life forces marked by the phases of the Moon and the seasonal quarters and cross-quarters. (Wiccans believe that the moon is a part of the power of the Goddess. That is relevant by its correlation to a woman's menstrual cycle and the tides. We have 8 Sabbats that make up the Wheel of the Year as well as 13 Esbats-Full Moons.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbaigo8rv...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvtyltahy...
2. We recognize that our intelligence gives us a unique responsibility toward our environment. We seek to live in harmony with nature, in ecological balance offering fulfillment to life and consciousness within an evolutionary concept. We acknowledge a depth of power far greater than is apparent to the average person. Because it is far greater than ordinary, it is sometimes called sometimes called "supernatural," but we see it lying within that which is naturally potential to all.
(Magick comes from an ability to control your environment through attuning with the elements and keys)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g3j7pteq...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4quqrsua7...
3. We acknowledge a depth of power far greater than that apparent to the average person. Because it is far greater than ordinary it is sometimes called "supernatural", but we see it as lying within that which is naturally potential to all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogT7qXpa3rg
4. We conceive of the Creative Power in the Universe as manifesting through polarity--as masculine and feminine--and that this same creative power lives in all people, and functions through the interaction of the masculine and feminine. We value neither above the other, knowing each to be supportive of the other. We value sexuality as pleasure, as the symbol and embodiment of Life, and as one of the sources of energies used in magical practice and religious worship.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7amcuqnoz...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edltlev1t...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f76p-xcsb...
5. We recognize both outer worlds and inner, or psychological worlds--sometimes known as the Spiritual World, the Collective Unconscious, the Inner Planes, etc.--and we see in the interaction of these two dimensions the basis for paranormal phenomena and magical exercises. We neglect neither dimension for the other, seeing both as necessary for our fulfillment.
(Our inner verse is ours to control and as part of that, we can control the outer verse)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pqrkigrb...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzxdya-qo...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guvf1guac...
6. We do not recognize and authoritarian hierarchy, but do honor those who teach, respect those who share their greater knowledge and wisdom, and acknowledge those who have courageously given of themselves in leadership.
(We have high priests and priestesses, but we don't let them interpret what we believe. We make up our own minds and lead our own rituals.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sln_q73up...
7. We see religion, magi ck, and wisdom-in-living as being united in the way one views the world and lives within it--a world view and philosophy of life, which we identify as Witchcraft or the Wiccan Way.
(Magick is everywhere and everyone does it. It shapes the way we look at the world.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwossk97y...
8. Calling oneself ?Witch? does not make a Witch--but neither does heredity itself, or the collecting of titles, degrees, and initiations. A Witch seeks to control the forces within him/herself that make life possible in order to live wisely and well, without harm to others, and in harmony with Nature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zgbrutbo...
9. We acknowledge that it in the affirmation and fulfillment of life, in a continuation of evolution and development of consciousness, that gives meaning to the Universe we know, and to our personal role within it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udy5upzmp...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axykowjsk...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l-hodcsl...
10. Our only animosity toward Christianity, or toward any other religion or philosophy-of-life, is to the extent its institutions have claimed to be ?the one true right and only way? and have sought to deny freedom to others and to suppress other ways of religious practices and belief.
(We believe that all people come to their own religious path. To interfere and try to actively convert someone away is a deception of the soul.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qylfbcj3e...
11. As American Witches, we are not threatened by debates on the history of the Craft, the origins of various terms, the legitimacy of various aspects of different traditions. We are concerned with our present, and our future.
(Some people claim that Wicca is a very new religion, others say it is pre-Christian. This does not concern us as we see our beliefs as personal and not political.)
12. We do not accept the concept of ?absolute evil,? nor do we worship any entity known as ?Satan? or ?the Devil? as defined by Christian Tradition. We do not seek power through the suffering of others, nor do we accept the concept that personal benefits can only be derived by denial to another.
(The Devil or Satan is purely a Christian and Muslim concept. Wiccans don't see our Gods as having a Good and Bad persona. They are Nature and nature is both)
13. We work within Nature for that which is contributory to our health and well-being.
(Wiccans have a strong desire to be environmentally conscious)
OK, first, read about the lives of famous occultists:
http://usminc.org/famous.html
Then decide if it's worth per suing. If you want to wind up broke and forgotten, go for it!
If there is any truth to the old saying "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.", that truth is found in the occult, and Wicca in particular. Silver Ravenwolf has written close to a dozen books on the subject of "The Craft", and claims she has been studying it since about 1969, which is almost as long as I?vie been alive. She has written a book on how to cast money spells, and includes a chapter on how to do so in her Teen Witch book. But the thing is, she doesn't particularly sound all that prosperous herself. Ravenwolf writes,
" For years I couldn't afford to go to a hair stylist (still can't, it's shop and chop for me). I got pretty good at stying my own hair from looking at magazine pictures" [SOURCE: Teen Witch, Llewellyn Publications, 2003 edition, page 145]
OK, she so rich she can't go to the hairdresser. Hey, get me a copy of that Prosperity Spell book!
Silver Ravenwolf seems to have inadvertently discovered that Wicca makes things worse, but won't ever admit it as such.
In Teen Witch she says
"A lot of people tell me how bad their lives have gotten after casting a spell and tell me they won't do Witchcraft anymore. I tell them their lives would have been much worse for not having cast the spell".
Gee Silver, you would think a lot of people would be saying things like "Hey, Silver Ravenwolf, my life has improved tremendously with Wicca!" if Wicca is as great as they claim. Instead it makes lives much worse, and even Silver Ravenwolf admits she hears this a lot!!!
None of the people who will answer your question suggesting this or that website can make it work either. They buy and read the books of the people listed on the famous occultists link. Don't delude yourself. It's an incredible waste of time and money, and it's a spiritual delusion.
Wicca was started by Gerald Gardner in New Forrest England circa 1950. He was a nudist & masochist and basically created Wicca as a sex cult. Followers nowadays like to forget that part, and instead fantasize they have magical powers. Many American Wiccans deny Gardner's sexual fetishes, but they're commonly accepted as fact in the U.K. Gardner was a member of Crowley?s O.T.O. and plagiarized his writings for his Book of Shadows.
Adian Kelly wrote a book on the history of Wicca called "Crafting The Art of Magic" in the 1980's. Wiccans had a fit when it was published, and pressured Llewellyn to take it out of print. It was supposed to be the first in a series of books. I think Adian Kelly probably summed it up best when he said this about the Gardnerian "Book of Shadows", the closest thing Wicca has to a sacred book:
" [M]any of the Book of Shadows rituals did not exist in 1954 (when Witchcraft Today was published) but instead were still being written. [T]he major sources from which the rituals had been constructed included: (a) Mather's edition of the Greater Key of Solomon; (b) Aleister Crowley's Magic in Theory and Practice; (c) Leland's Aradia (d) some Masonic rituals akin to those described by Duncan and those of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (aside from those transmitted by Crowley; and (e) Margaret Murray's The Witch Cult in Western Europe. There were also bits and pieces from other works by Leland, Jane E. Harrison, Gilbert Murray, James Frazier, and other great classicists from the 19th century. That accounted for EVERYTHING in the rituals! There was nothing left that differed in any important way from what you can find in those sources- - but that is NOT at all what Gardner had claimed!"
This might not be the answer you wanted to read, but it is the truth.
I do not know what kind of religion you are with. and I do not understand your question. but if your are asking if you should go to a priest. but you also talk about magic? so I am not sure if it is a priest you are asking about or some kind of cult. you will have to give anyone more information to answer that. but I will tell you this, if it is a cult of some kind, "NO" find a real church. if it is a real church with a real priest "Yes"
Wicca is a Neopagan religion and a religious movement found in various countries throughout the world. It was first popularized in 1954 by a British civil servant named Gerald Gardner after the British Witchcraft Act was repealed. He claimed that the religion, of which he was an initiate, was a modern survival of an old witchcraft religion, which had existed in secret for hundreds of years, originating in the Prue-Christian Paganism of Europe. Wicca is thus sometimes referred to as the Old Religion. The veracity of Gardner's claims cannot be independently pr oven, and it is thought that written Wiccan theology began to be compiled no earlier than the 1920s.Various related Wiccan traditions have since evolved or been adapted from the form established by Gardner, which came to be called Gardnerian Wicca. These other traditions of Wicca each have distinctive beliefs, rituals, and practices. Many traditions of Wicca remain secretive and require that members be initiated. There is also a movement of Eclectic or Solitary Wiccans who do not believe that any doctrine or traditional initiation is necessary in order to practice Wicca. The 2001 American Religious Identification Survey estimated that at least 134,000 adults identified themselves as Wiccans in the US.
Wicca as a magical religion
As practiced by initiates, Wicca is a variety of witchcraft founded on religious and magical concepts, and most of its adherents identify as witches. As such it is distinguished not only by its religious beliefs, but by its initiatory system, organizational structure, secrecy and practice of magic. Initiatory Wiccans generally will not proselytise, and may even deny membership to some individuals, since once initiated a person is considered to be a priest or priestess and is expected to develop the skills and responsibility that that entails.
Wicca is only one variety of witchcraft, with specific beliefs and practices. Initiates worship a goddess and a god; they observe the festivals of the eight Sabbats of the year and the full-moon Esbats, using distinctive ritual forms; and they attempt to live by a code of ethics. This distinguishes the religion from other forms of witchcraft which may or may not have specific religious, ethical or ritual elements, and which are practiced by people of many religions, as well as by some atheists. [verification needed]
There is also a strong "Eclectic", or non-initatory Wiccan movement, in which there is much more variation in religious beliefs, and secrecy and organisational structure play a less important role. Generally Eclectic Wiccans will adopt similar ritual structures and ethical principles to initiates. A few Eclectic Wiccans neither consider themselves witches nor practice magic.
Many Wiccans, though not all, call themselves Pagans, though the umbrella term Paganism encompasses many faiths that have nothing to do with Wicca or witchcraft.
From what I can gather, your Cinnamon is suppose to be a love potion, and many other natural herbs, which we actually do use for healing. Go to WHITE MAGIC/YAHOO ALSO CHECK OUT NATURAL HERBS, ALSO, from what I know some are Christians, but this white magic is used only for the good of people whether it is to relieve a headache, or make some one sleepy, or make them feel amorous.
Wicca, White magic?
