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Encyclopedia: Wicca

Wicca is a Neopagan religion and a religious movement found in various countries throughout the world. It was first popularised in 1954 by a British civil servant named Gerald Gardner^[1] after the British Witchcraft Act was repealed.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 pre-Christian Paganism of Europe. Wicca is thus sometimes referred to as the Old Religion. The veracity of Gardner's claims cannot be independently proven, and it is thought that written Wiccan theology began to be compiled no earlier than the 1920s.^[2] 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 Wiccans who do not believe that any doctrine or traditional initiation is necessary in order to practice Wicca.^[3] The 2001 American Religious Identification Survey estimated that at least 134,000 adults identified themselves as Wiccans in the US.^[4]

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How to say "Wicca" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	威卡教
	(Japanese)	ウィッカ
	(German)	Wicca
	(Spanish)	Wicca
	(French)	Wicca
	(Italian)	Wicca

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Faery Wicca

Faery Wicca is any of a number of forms of Wicca that focuses on the Fae (gnomes, elves, faeries, sprites, etc.) and the world of wonder and nature that they live in. Faery Wicca should not be confused with the Feri Tradition of witchcraft of the late Victor Anderson, which is sometimes...

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Alexandrian Wicca

Alexandrian Wicca is a tradition of the Neopagan religion Wicca named after Alex Sanders who, with his wife Maxine, established the tradition in the 1960s. He had been previously an initiate of a Gardnerian coven. Generally Alexandrian covens focus strongly upon training, which includes areas more...

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Gardnerian Wicca

Gardnerian Wicca is a path of Wicca named after Gerald Gardner (1884-1964), a British civil servant... Fraudulent Mediums Act, Gerald Gardner went public. The first Gardnerian Wicca Order was the Wiccan Order, founded in 1959. Some neopagans regard Gardnerian Wicca as a "fundamentalist" path, in that it demands...

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Faerie

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List of pagans

Majesty'/H.I.M. Wicca Margot Adler - author, journalist, Wiccan Priestess and Elder, NPR correspondent... Z. Budapest - lesbian Pagan teacher writer etc. (Dianic Wicca) Laurie Cabot - the official witch of... Drew - author of Wicca for Men Gerina Dunwich - author of Wicca Craft and other books on the details...

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Gerina Dunwich

historian, and popular New Age author, best known for her books on Wicca and the spellcasting arts. A... Who's Who in the East; Personalities of America; The Wicca Source Book; The Modern Witch's Complete...) (republished as Wicca Candle Magick) Publisher: Citadel Press Circle of Shadows (1990) Publisher: Golden...

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Circle Of Three

Circle Of Three is a book series consisting of 15 books written by Isobel Bird about 3 girls, a "nerd", a "rebel", and a "prep", who find each other and become best friends through the accidental introduction of the prep to Witchcraft also known as the religion of Wicca...

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Dianic Wicca

Dianic Wicca , also known as Women's Spirituality , Feminist Spirituality , Feminist Witchcraft , and Feminist Wicca . Beliefs and practices Several different flavors of Wicca are self-named "Dianic.... Dianic Wicca is very similar to traditional Wicca in practice (see section below for a discussion of...

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Kitchen witch

A kitchen witch is a practitioner of magic who uses the tools at hand to work his or her spells and create their rituals. For example, using a kitchen carving knife for an athame, a cast iron pot for a cauldron, etc. Common kitchen herbs frequently have magical uses as well. See neopaganism, Wicca...

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Ratatak

as in Wicca rituals...

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