They don't have a book. They usually make their own books. There are plenty of websites that will tell you all about it. Just go ogle it. I'm not going to do it for you. If you want to read some books about it, look around the New Age section of your local book store.
There are thousands of sites on the Internet concerning Wicca specifically and paganism more generally. My usual research technique is to start with Wikipedia and then use the links at the bottom to find out more. I'll give you my two best links below.
Wiccans are pretty cool folks, they know how to throw a pretty sick party, and they certainly have the peace and love thing I like down packed.
They're just chill, you know.
1)Ignore the fun dies saying you?ll go to hell and are opening yourself up to demons. They don?t believe in either.
2)Get the book: Wicca, a Guide for the Solitary Practitioner by Scott Cunningham (Amazon.com used books is a great resource)
3)Avoid Silver Ravenwolf, DJ Conway and most Llewellyn books
4)Do NOT pay for lessons over the Internet. You can?t ask for references. Do NOT give out personal information to anyone over the Internet. Get a PO Box.
5)WNW.witchvox.com http://wicca.timerift.net
6)Learn and keep learning about various paths in paganism.
7)get the book: "Drawing Down the Moon" by Margo Adler (an older book that's a little dated, especially concerning Asatru but a good resource) - it gives an overview on a lot of pagan traditions.
8)I?m not a good resource beyond these suggestions. I haven?t been a Wiccan since 1992 and I left Heathenism a year ago.
Some common pagan beliefs (not all pagan religions believe these): reincarnation * karma * harming none * multiple deities (male and female) * a reverence for life and nature * celebrating the cycle of life and the year with holidays and full moons *
Things pagans don?t believe in: the devil * hell * a savior * a deity that condemns someone for eternity for not believing in him
Wicca (pronounced [wk]) is a Neopagan religion and a form of modern witchcraft. (nothing wrong with that) It is often referred to as Witchcraft or the Craft by its adherents, who are known as Wiccans or Witches. Its disputed origins lie in England in the early 20Th century, though it was first popularized during the 1950s by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft", and its adherents "the Wica". From the 1960s the name of the religion was normalized to "Wicca".
Wicca is typically a duo theistic religion, worship ping a Goddess and a God, who are traditionally viewed as the Triple Goddess and Horned God. These two deities are often viewed as being facets of a greater pantheistic Godhead, and as manifesting themselves as various polytheistic deities. Nonetheless, there are also other theological positions within the Craft, ranging from monotheism to atheism. Wicca also involves the ritual practice of magic, largely influenced by the ceremonial magic of previous centuries, often in conjunction with a liberal code of morality known as the Wiccan Rede, although this is not adhered to by all Witches. Another characteristic of the Craft is the celebration of seasonally based festivals known as Sabbats, of which there are usually eight in number annually.
There are various different denominations within Witchcraft, which are referred to as traditions. Some, such as Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca, follow in the initiatory lineage of Gardner; these are often collectively termed British Traditional Wicca, and many of their practitioners consider the term "Wicca" to apply only to these lineaged traditions. Others, such as Cochrane's Craft, Feri and the Dianic tradition, take primary influence from other figures and may not insist on any initiatory lineage. Some of these do not use the term "Wicca" at all, instead preferring to be referred to only as "Witchcraft", while others believe that all traditions can be considered "Wiccan".
Plenty of books are likely available at your local library library with basic instruction in magick, paganism, wiccan philosophy, etc.
Im pretty sure its Satan's pl lay ground and if you experiment around with it, you can invite many demons into your house, your body, your life, etc... Theres a book by Becca Brown about this. Her good friend was into this. She was married to the devil himself. Becca Brown helped her by staying by her side and she gave her life to the Lord . they wrote the book to warn people about how active demons are in the world.
Wicca is a hard religion to pin down, because one of it's basic tenants is individuality, the idea that everyone has their own path to follow and has to find it their own way. Because of this, no 2 Wiccans are going to have the exact same beliefs. That said, there are some basic principles.
Harm none is the most universally recognized and widespread. It's tied up in the idea that whatever you do comes back to you three times.
The pentacle is a symbol of order and life. It shows the five forces, fire, water, earth, air, and spirit, all bound up in the circle of unity.
Wiccans don't have a book the way that, for example, Christians do, but there are books discussing it and it's philosophies and applications. Silver Ravenwolf claims to have written several of these, but she is a giant fraud, albeit a well known and rather wealthy one, and has no idea what's she's talking about. In addition, many practitioners have books that they've written called a book of shadows, which they fill with philosophy, rituals, spells, observations, and art depending on their temperament.
We have many books. Some are wonderful, some you take with a grain of salt.
Do we believe any books were written or dictated by a Higher Power?-- No. none.
I wish it were that easy sometimes. But if you look, there is wisdom everywhere-- you have to look for it. In friends & relatives & older people & children, in the natural world, in different religions practices & books...
Our religion is experiential (that does not mean "experimental"-- some people confuse the two). Basically the purpose of religion is spiritual expression and to connect with Divine Energies in whatever form you may think they take-- through experiencing it. Holding rituals to celebrate, praying, stopping in the middle of your day for 2 minutes to attune and be aware of the Divine Energy around you, chanting and singing songs, dancing, art, gardening-- there are so many ways. IT can be different for everyone, not one-size-fits-all.
We seek union with the Divine through living life, through nature and it's cycles. We see the dance of life and possibly the secrets of the universe itself in the cycles of the seasons and their literal and symbolic meanings.
Like people of most religions, we have ideals on behavior-- such as trying to be conscious of your actions and to take responsibility for them, to try to avoid unnecessarily or deliberately hurting other people/things, striving for balance and harmony in life and to always try and grow and learn.
And like people of most other religions, some of us fall short, some more than others.
Not all Wiccans perform magic or cast spells; this is based on personal belief. Wicca is *not* the same thing as Witchcraft/magic (as some think, and someone stated above). Magic is a practice that has been combined with just about every religion. Wicca is first and foremost a specific religion.
Not all Wiccans believe they have psychic powers or try to contact angels and spirits, again this is a personal belief not an official doctrine.
Wicca is a modern day polytheistic religion that honors the gods of old, the Prue-Christian pagan gods. Wiccans believe in the divine masculine and feminine - god(s) and goddess(es), and a balance between the two (though there are a few Wiccan traditions that place more focus on the goddess). Wiccans tend to believe the gods are there to help us through our lives, not to live them for us...that they provide us occasional assistance and guidance, but don't get involved with every little aspect of our each of our daily lives.
Wiccans believe in attuning to nature/the natural cycles of the year and striving to live in harmony with this. Wiccans celebrate these natural cycles with their Sabbats, the 8 holy days on the Wiccan wheel of the year. We honor and commune with the creators through their creation, and through ritual. We highly respect the basic life sustaining elements of the Earth - they are essential to the survival of humankind.
Wiccans strive to live an ethical lifestyle based on Wiccan teachings and philosophies. Such as the Wiccan Rede which basically states that any action that does not cause harm to others is acceptable - more personal codes of ethics are built upon this within covens and by individuals. Another common Wiccan belief is the law of return (sometimes called the threefold law) - that what energy one sends out, one will get back, and could even be magnified. (Basically a version of the golden rule, do unto others as you would have done unto you.)
Wiccans don't have a 2,000 year old book that is considered holy text if that's what you're asking. Wicca does not spoon-feed a huge list of impossible rules and blind-faith beliefs to its followers.
And besides, all of the answers to life's questions and mysteries cannot be found in one book written by men. A book cannot provide you life experiences. The above statement made about Wiccans "make up their own book" is misleading. Wiccans, individuals and covens, tend to keep a journal of their studies, information from their research and from their experiences, and they hold these personal and group books as sacred. It's not just "made up" like writing a children's story.
Wicca stresses personal responsibility (e.g. you alone are responsible for your own actions - own them, accept the consequences of them). Wicca also stresses continuous learning and growth, both personally and spiritually.
There are many beliefs that will vary from tradition to tradition and individual to individual as well - such as what happens to our soul's/spirits upon our body's death.
Yes, Wiccans believe in magic and witchcraft, but not all practice it. One could be a witch without following the religion of Wicca. The two are not inherent or exclusive to each other. Wiccans don't believe in the fairy-tale version of witchcraft, as in they can fly on brooms and counjure things up out of thin air. Real-life witchcraft includes practices like herbal health/healing, using affirmations to condition one's mind to achieve certain goals, working with the natural energies of the earth to create desired change, etc.
For more info, here is an excellent website for honest, accurate info about Wicca:
http://wicca.timerift.net/
Here is some information on the basic principles and core beliefs of Wicca, I hope they help out.
01. Wicca is an oath-bound mystery religion, each Wiccan should either be Dedicated or Initiated as a Wiccan to be considered a Wiccan by their peers and/or the general Wiccan community. Self Dedication or Initiation is customary in order to be considered a Wiccan.
02. Wicca?s ethical basis is expressed in the Wiccan Rede ("An it harm none, do as ye will"), and the Threefold Law ("What ye send returns three times over").
03. Wiccan?s are polytheistic, honoring a variety of gods and goddesses.
04. Wiccan?s are also dualistic, seeing individual deities, at least to some extent, as aspects of one God and one Goddess.
05. Wiccans are also pantheistic to some degree or another, viewing divinity as immanent within the natural world.
06. Wiccan?s show religious devotion to a Goddess and/or God (depending upon Tradition).
07. Wicca encompasses aspects of witchcraft and the practice of magick even though many Wiccans don?t outright practice witchcraft itself.
08. Rituals in Wicca usually involve casting a circle as the basic setting for spiritual and/or magical work, as well as emphasize the Platonic four elements of earth, air, fire and water. Rituals also include some form of gender polarity, be that theologically in the image of the God and Goddess, and/or mundanely in the physical gender of participants as well.
09. Wiccan?s more often than not incorporate some form of the "Great Rite" (union of the God and Goddess), frequently symbolized in the blessing of the ritual wine by the conjoining of the Athame (ritual knife) and chalice (ritual wine cup).
10. In Wicca we believe in the wheel of the year and the cycles of life, death and rebirth.
11. Wicca as it is known today with two cc?s came into being in the mid 1940?s, it was popularized in the mid 1960?s. But many of its core aspects and practices originate from Pre-Christian pagan belief systems from all over Europe.
12. Some (not all) Traditions in Wicca also incorporate the use of ceremonial magic, high magic and even alchemy which also predates Christianity.
13. Wicca is not a gender restricted or based religion so both male as well as females may be Wiccan.
14. Wiccans usually follow a base Tradition such as Gardnerian, Alexandrian, Dianic, Celtic, Discordia to name a few, but there are many who prefer to be what?s called Eclectic.
15. And finally, most Wiccans seek to walk lightly upon the Earth in order to bring the least amount of harm as possible. This includes concepts of recycling, restoration of parks and greenways, and many tax exempt groups even register with cities to clean highways and byways once a month. Basically many if not most Wiccans ?Think Green?.
Everything or anything above these principle and beliefs defines the path or tradition itself that one follows in Wicca. I hope my blurp has helped some.
Help me understand Wicca. 10 points!!!!!!?
