Witches view themselves as fun-loving, life-celebrating and affirming folk who worship the Mother Goddess and her consort, the Horned God.

   The practice of Wicca may be in solitary or in circles of a coven, a group of about 13.

   The circle has several uses: To protect you from harm and/or interference... to contain the power raised during magical working (rituals or spells) until it is released... and some consider it a half-way-house between worlds... the feasts of Sabbats and Esbats are important in Wicca.

   Magic is a key component of the witches' world. The working of magic and diverse techniques of divination are part-and-parcel of their religion. Astrology, astral projection (out-of-body experiences), incantations, mediumship (channeling), necromancy, raising psychic power, (for many) sex magic, spell casting, trance states, and so forth, are all tools of their craft. Indeed, "psychic" development, training for proficiency in magic and divination, is a critical concern...

   Altered states of consciousness are another integral part of many witchcraft practices and rituals; these are induced to facilitate the working of magic and divination. Much of a witch's training is with a view to enabling him or her to enter these states at will. This is done by means of chanting, ecstatic dancing, hypnosis, meditation, rituals, even sex magic and drugs, used in many circles...

  Sex Magic is the use of sex intercourse, actual or symbolic, within a ritual or spell-casting session to facilitate or augment the efficacy of a given magical rite, used to accomplish the desired goal of the occultist.

   For many witches, trance states are the high point of their religious practice. Especially important are the type termed "drawing down the moon", the Goddess, or "drawing down the sun" the Horned God. These involve the Goddess or God entering or possessing a priestess or priest respectively during a ritual with mediumistic utterances given or magic worked.

   These Experiences are essential in Wicca... it is not what you believe in, but what you personally experience what really matters... Wicca is the "creed of experience." Experience is exalted dogmatically above, and often set in opposition to, creeds or doctrines. In short, experience is superior to doctrine. Witchcraft is therefore a religion based first and foremost on the sense of being one and in harmony with all life.

   Nature... and Satan:

   Wicca has given a new face-lift to witchcraft... it is part of nature!... the occultic realm is now described as simply beyond-the-physical, but still a part of nature... it is not super-natural, but natural-super!.

  This is how a Wiccan describes it: I believe in magick. Not the "I'll turn you in to a frog" misconception that some have, but the real thing. I believe in the magick that brought my wife, my son, and my daughters  to me. I believe I can use this magick to influence the world around me, that I can make this existence better for my children... I guess it really doesn't matter how you perform magick, it all works. We perform a ritual, and some desired change occurs, along with all it's consequences. You don't have to know how the filament in a light bulb is excited by an electron flow and releases photons to turn on the hall light, you just flick the switch. Wicca, A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner.

   The reasons for Magick to work may by psychological, even hysteria... but mainly it is the control and use of the universal energy or Life Force, with faith in oneself, in others, and in the Mother Goddess and the Hornet God.

   Satan:

   While some witches may be skeptical about the existence of the Goddess and God, they all emphatically deny the existence of Satan and Hell. Therefore, they vigorously reject the charge that they worship the Devil, which many Satanists would admit to.

   But here is the big trick of Satan: He is a liar, a thief, a murder...and his biggest lie is to make you believe he does not exist... but, in reality, Satan is the main reason, the source, of most of the ecstatic experiences a Wicca has, while he is emphatically denying the very existence of the Devil.

   Why do you know that Satan does not exist?... for 3 billion people he does exist! (Jews, Christians, Muslims)... the Bible says it also emphatically, even with revelations of God and Satan himself.

   How do you know that eternal Hell does not exist?... again, it is the believe of 3 billion humans in the world today, and it is clearly revealed by God Himself in the Bible... of course, a Wiccan does not have revelation from God, because God is not a person for Wicca, just a Force, an Energy, the "Unknown"... well, for 3 billion people, God and Satan are "the Known" through their personal revelations.

   The greatest difference between Wicca and Christianity is that Wicca uses the unknown power of Satan, and Christianity uses the well known power of God, of Jesus Christ... and Jesus is more powerful than Satan and a million Demons.

   "You will not surely die," the serpent (Satan) said to the woman. "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (Genesis 3:-5)

   The thief (Satan) comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I (Jesus) have come that they may have life, and have it to the full (John 10:10).

   You belong to your father, the devil... he is a liar and the father of lies (John 8:44).

  "Then Jesus, the King, will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels... "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."  (Matthew 25:41,46).

Finally, there is something very positive Wiccans agree with Jews, Christians, and Muslims: Love!... enjoy life!... peace... described in a few sentences of the Wiccan Rede:

   - The opening statement: Bide the Wiccan Rede ye must, In Perfect Love and Perfect Trust; Live ye must and let to live, Fairly take and fairly give;

   - The middle one: Merry meet and merry part, Bright the cheeks, warm the heart; Mind the threefold law ye should, Three times bad and three times good;

   The law of three which states "Any energy you send out will come back three-fold." This is a natural law that is recognized by many groups. Others state it as "you reap what you sow" or "what goes around, comes around." To Wiccans, what goes around comes back three times as strong. I believe in the three fold law, that what we put out into the world, comes back to us three times as strong... in this life, or in the next.

   - To keep unwelcome spirits out... yes, Wiccans deny the existence of Satan, but the Rede claims to keep unwelcome spirits out!... yes, Wicca proclaims there are bad spirits, as in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

   - The last statement: Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill "An it harm none, do what ye will".

Bide the Wiccan Rede ye must,
In Perfect Love and Perfect Trust;
Live ye must and let to live,
Fairly take and fairly give;
Form the Circle thrice about,
To keep unwelcome spirits out;
Bind fast the spell every time,
Let the words be spoke in rhyme.

Soft of eye and light of touch,
Speak ye little, listen much;
Deosil go by waxing moon,
Sing and dance the Witches' Rune;
Widdershins go by waning moon,
Chant ye then a baleful tune;
When the Lady's moon is new,
Kiss hand to her times two;
When the moon rides at peak,
Heart's desire then ye seek.

Heed the North wind's mighty gale,
Lock the door & trim the sail;
When the wind comes from the South,
Love will kiss them on the mouth;
When the wind blows from the West,
departed souls have no rest;
When the wind blows from the East,
Expect the new and set the feast.
Nine woods in the cauldron go,
Burn them quick, burn them slow;
Elder be the Lady's tree,
Burn it not or curs'd ye'll be;
When the wind begins to turn,
Soon Beltane fires will burn;
When the wheel has turned to Yule,
light the log, the Horned One rules.

Heed the flower, bush or tree
By the Lady blessed be'
When the rippling waters flow
cast a stone - the truth you'll know;
When ye have & hold a need,
Hearken not to others' greed;
With a fool no seasons spend,
Or be counted as his friend.

Merry meet and merry part
Bright the cheeks, warm the heart;
Mind the threefold law ye should,
Three times bad and three times good;
When e'er misfortune is enow,
Wear the star upon your brow;
True in troth ever ye be
Lest thy love prove false to thee.

'Tis by the sun that life be won,
And by the moon that change be done;
If ye would clear the path to will,
Make certain the mind be still;
What good be tools without Inner Light ?
What good be magick without wisdom-sight ?
Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill
An it harm none, do what ye will.

From the doctrines of Pantheism comes the notion that ultimately there is no right or wrong.
   Relativism in all areas of life is the rule, including ethics, metaphysics, religion...
   Truth is what is true for you; right what is right for you; but neither are necessarily so for me. The only absolute is that there are no absolutes... but this statement is contradictory, it is an absolute itself!... is it neither right nor wrong?...
   Thus, all have the right to believe and practice "what they will."
   In this context, one often hears the story of the three blind men who have all grasped different parts of an elephant (tusk, trunk, and tail), and, in describing it, each man thinks he alone has the truth... but the bottom line is that neither of them had the whole truth... and the problem of most false religions is that they have only half truths, with good things and gross errors, like deadly poison inside a delicious chocolate.  
   Is it not wrong to hate?... to burn witches?... to confiscate their properties?... to abuse children?... yes, it is wrong!... and it is not right for anybody!... and the truth is the truth all over the universe... Jesus, God, became flesh to be witness of the truth... and not only to teach about the truth, but He Himself is the truth, the way and the life (John 18:36, 14:6).
   C. G. Jung's asserts that "everything human is relative." To which we respond: Is this statement relative too, since it was uttered by a human? If it is not relative, then the statement is not true. But if the statement itself is relative, that would mean there are times when it is not true -- when some things human are not relative, and are hence absolute But this would contradict Jung's original statement. Thus, it is both false and self-defeating. Clearly, the sword of logic cuts both ways.

Tolerance is another highly-touted value among Witches and Hindus. Diversity of belief and practice is viewed as not only healthy but essential to the survival of humanity and planet earth, and to spiritual growth and maturation as well.
   Independence, autonomy, and the freedom to experience, believe, think, and act as one desires are defended as if they were divine rights.          
   Witches and Hindus do become intolerant, however, when they perceive intolerance and authoritarianism in other individuals and faiths, which they would term "religious imperialism": Jews, Christians, Muslims...
   If you want to see intolerance, take a look at the the infamous "Caste System" in India, the most "intolerant" and "prejudice" System in the history of the human race, maintained by the the Hinduism reincarnation doctrine... the same doctrine of Wicca.
   As far as religion is concern: Yes, tolerance!... but if you know a relative in error, the best love you can give to him is to help him to eradicate that error, because an error in religion may ruin the only life on earth and the eternal life after death. Reincarnation.