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Does Wicca mean evil? Is Wicca a witch? These are just a few descriptions and questions of what people believe Wicca represents. When I hear the word “Wicca”, I right away think of a witch. There is witches and witchcraft in Wicca but it is not about Hocus Pocus and spells. Wicca is a religion and not just a religion with one God but the belief of many Gods. Wicca is an earth based religion. I believe Wicca’s beliefs is similar to that of the Hinduism religion. There are three topics in Wicca that stood out to me the most. The first topic that stood out to me was the Wicca’s belief in how creation came to be, the second topic is the many Gods and deities that the Wiccan religion believes in, and the last topic that was the most interesting
It starts out with some kind of cosmic force from darkness. When I watched the video “Wiccan Creation”, I realized that many religions start off with the creation in darkness and then there is that spirit or force that ignites. “The world was in darkness and from this nothingness, a spirit created our lady. The lady dance and give birth to the stars and planets and with her joy and love she created trees and flowers (“Wiccan Creation, 2011). The Wicca’s creation story does not stop there. The spirit created the Lord for the lady’s soulmate. The lord is half spirit and half animal and together with the lady they will populate the planet (“Wiccan Creation, 2011). In other stories of Wicca’s creation, they called the lady and lord the Goddess and God. The Wiccan Goddess is the mother of all things, the moon is the symbol of the Goddess. She also represents death in which is necessary for rebirth. The Wiccan God is a horned God and the sun is his symbol. He is also the lord of the underworld who tends souls until they are reborn (Sabin, 2011,p 235) Wiccans pray to the Goddess and God (Sabin, 2011, p233). These Gods created witches for the soul purpose to help heal. The witches were taught to communicate with spirits and to communicate with the energies such as earth, air, fire, water and spirit (“Wiccan
(2012). Wicca: a guide for the solitary practitioner. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications.
Sabin, T. (2011). Wicca for beginners: fundamentals of philosophy & practice. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications.
Wiccan Creation (n.d.) (2011, May 15). [Video file]. Retrieved August 05, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NPYBH3mjyg
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