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Wicca, the craft, or the craft of the wise, is an ancient witchcraft religion which honor the gods of nature. Wicca means "wise one".
   Witchcraft is the practice of performing acts with the aid of a spirit.
   Sorcerer: A male who has made a pact with the devil in exchange for magical powers. Glossary of the Occult.    

   Actually, Wicca is a marriage between Witchcraft and Hinduism with a modern dress...anything goes!, except any doctrine related to Judaism, Christianity, or Islam: God, Satan, Heaven, Hell...

   A Problem for a Christian: You can't be a Wiccan and a Christian, the Bible and the Church condemn Wicca very strongly, and all the wonders of nature can't erase a single sin... and, if you die in sin, you go to Hell.

   Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him (John 3:36)

   A Problem for a Wiccan: Most Wiccans do not believe in Hell nor Satan... but it is the usual deception of Satan, who is the source of most Wiccans "experiences"... yes, Hell and Satan do exist... like Paris and Moscow exist, it is a fact!... like it or not... believe it or not... would you dare to to live on earth thinking they do not exist to find out after death that they do exist?... are you "sure" they do not exist?... would you risk eternal Hell on something you are not sure of?.

  Most Wiccans do not believe in Heaven or Hell, but they do believe that their soul lives on after the body fades. They believe in the Hindu reincarnation, which is the greatest lie of Satan to enslave most of the Eastern culture, and the main reason of the infamous "Caste System" in India, the most "intolerant" and "prejudice" System in the history of the human race.

Wicca, by a Wiccan , is a contemporary Pagan religion with spiritual roots in Shamanism and the earliest expressions of reverence of nature. Among its major motifs are: reverence for the Goddess and the God; reincarnation; magic; ritual observances of the Full Moon, astronomical and agricultural phenomena; spheroid temples, created with Personal Power, in which rituals occur.

   Wicca indeed is modern witchcraft coming "out of the broom closet"... removed the stereotypical image of witches as ugly old hags with warts on their noses, decked out in black capes and cone-shaped hats, riding their favorite broomstick on a moonlit night... the modern Wiccan may be an attractive female witch dressed in a fashionable, well-tailored business suit or a professional businessmen.

   Indeed, with increasing vigor,  many witches are actively seeking public understanding and acceptance, cultivating an image as the "pagan next door." After all, they claim to embrace a life-affirming, family religion.

   Many of these individuals and groups proudly identify themselves as pagans or neopagans... followers of the "Old Religion" of the great Mother Goddess and her male consort, the Horned God.

   It is not just believing in and practicing magic and divination (the occult) that makes a person a witch. There are millions of people who do this but are not witches. Contemporary witchcraft involves these practices, yes, but others as well, most specially, the invocation and worship of the Mother Goddess.

   And, in essence, Wiccan, modern Witchcraft, is the practice of the old Witchcraft plus Hinduism, where anything goes, except any doctrine that may sound Jewish, Christian, or Muslim: God, Satan, Heaven, Hell...

   Otherwise, anything may go, depending on the individual and the group: Any kind of the Occult, from alchemists to xylomancers and astral projection to visualization... divination, ritual magic, spiritism... and, most important, the adoration of gods, any god!, most specially the great Mother Goddess (earth and moon) and her male consort, the Horned God (sun and stars)... all, except the one God of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

   They believe in prayer... in Karma, what you give is what you get!, multiplied by three... in reincarnation.

   They claim to respect all people and all religions whether Pagan or otherwise, just like Hinduism!... but go to India, where Buddhism was born but can't live, where Hindus are constantly fighting the Muslims... and most specially, look at the infamous "Caste System", the most "intolerant" and "prejudice" System in the history of the human race, a logical byproduct of Reincarnation.

   Most Wiccans proclaim there is no right or wrong way to worship, like Hinduism.... that any thing is good and leads to God...but ask them to adore the God of the Jews, the Christians, or the Muslims...  

   Most Wiccans don't believe in Satan nor use Satanic symbols, they don't summon demons ... they don't sacrifice animals or humans, and they try not to hurt people or animals in any way. That includes magically... they don't always use magick, and never black magick.

Modern Witchcraft", commonly called "Wicca", started in England with Gerald Gardener in 1949, with the publication of "High Magic's Aid", and "Witchcraft Today", where he blends the old "Mother Goddess Religion" with the teachings of Margaret Maori, "The witchcraft in Eastern Europe", and "The God of the Witches" (1933), borrowing practices from his friend, the British Satanist Aleister Crowley, and ideas from Hinduism, Theosophy, Freemasonry, Rosacrucians...

   In "America", was revived by Rosemary and Raymond Buckland, and Sybil Leek in the 1960s, and it is officially recognized as a religion by the IRS, with tax exemption to the Church and School of Wicca, opened in New Bern, North Carolina, by the Frost.
   - In Long Island, N.Y., the "Gardnerian Wicca" publishes "The Hidden Wicca Path".
   - The "Feminist Wicca" is nationwide, and publishes "The Wise Women".
   - In Berkeley, Calif. the "Covenant of the Goddess".
   - The "Circle Sanctuary" in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.
  - The "Church of the Eternal Source", "The Church of All Worlds", the "Radical Fearie Movement" with gays and lesbians...

   The Contemporary Craft:  From The Modern World of Witchcraft:

   It is a highly decentralized, eclectic, creative, mix and match (use what exists or make your own as you go) movement.

   The major spokespersons for witchcraft today are even more diverse than the types. Besides Raymond Buckland, predominant voices in the witchcraft (and neopagan) world include Margot Adler, Jim Alan, Jessie Wicker Bell (Lady Sheba), Zsuzsanna (or simply "Z") Budapest, Laurie Cabot, Scott Cunningham, Selena Fox, Gavin and Yvonne Frost, Judy Kneitel (Lady Theos), Leo Martello, Miriam Simos (Starhawk), and Doreen Valiente.

   Aside from the various covens and solitary practitioners of witchcraft, there are too many of the following to list individually: associations, centers, festivals and gatherings, newsletters, magazines, journals, books, bookstores, and shops. All of these are devoted to teaching, defending, and networking the ideologies of witchcraft (and/or Neopaganism).

   For various reasons, it is difficult if not impossible to assign a number to the witches in North America: from 5,000 to 80,000...  But witchcraft is growing at a steady pace, and unless something drastic happens to reverse the spiritual climate in America and the trend toward occultism, the witchcraft community will become an increasingly significant minority -- a sobering possibility the church cannot afford to ignore.

God, for the Wiccan, is not a person... as for the Hindu, god is the Energy, the Force, the Power, the Universal Mind, the Absolute, the Unknown, the Divine Being... is not a "he" but an "it"... it is not somebody but something... but something powerful able to get wonderful things for you using Magic... and worshiping it!... yes, worshiping the Force or the Energy...

   Wiccans worship any god!... but most specially the great Mother Goddess (earth and moon) and her male consort, the Horned God (sun and stars)... any god, except the one God of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

   Since god is no a person, there are no revelations from a non-person... you never find in Wicca nor in Hinduism, God said... Yahweh calls...

   The Goddess and God are the personification of the natural force, or power, that created, and is, the universe. The different deities representing the different aspects of this power. Far from being removed from us, humans are part of that power. We are affected by it, and can use and affect it, and that's what is called magick.

   - The Goddess in Wicca represents the feminine side of nature, is a mother, lover, the earth and moon.
   - The God represents the masculine side, a father, hunter, the sun and the stars.
   Both are believed to be immanent deities accessible to humanity, an that's what is called Magick!... "immanent" means "in us", yes, the Energy, the Force, inside us!  

   Most Wiccan traditions recognize the tripartite nature of the Mother Goddess. It mirrors both a woman's life cycle and the cycles of the moon... it is Maiden, Mother, and Crone:
   - The Maiden, the young woman, full of potential, unattached, is usually associated with the waxing new moon.
   - The Mother, pregnant both in body and in mind, the giver of life, the nurturer, the protectress, is usually associated with the full moon.
   - The Crone, old woman full of wisdom, done with the struggles of learning and bringing forth, offering guidance to her daughters, is usually associated with the waning moon.

   The Mother Goddess is invoked in history by a variety of names: Aphrodite, Artemis, Astaroth, Astarte, Athene, Brigit, Ceres, Cerridwen, Cybele, Diana, Demeter, Friga, Gaia, Hecate, Isis, Kali, Kore, Lilith, Luna, Persephone, Venus, and more. She is believed to be eternal.

   The Goddess's consort, the male Horned God, is associated with the sun. According to most witches, he dies and is reborn every year. He too is called and invoked in history by many names, including Adonis, Ammon-Ra, Apollo, Baphomet, Cernunnos, Dionysius, Eros, Faunus, Hades, Horus, Nuit, Lucifer, Odin, Osiris, Pan, Thor, and Woden.

   Different witchcraft traditions and solitary practitioners diverge in the importance they attach to the Mother Goddess and the Horned God. Some emphasize the Goddess, some the Horned God, while many seek a balance between the two.    

   Wicca views these gods as symbols of the life forces and processes of our world... they are myths, legends, or metaphors that are used in an attempt to explain or grasp the ineffable absolute One that is all, and gives life to all.

   They are myths, legends, or metaphors that are used in an attempt to explain or grasp the ineffable absolute One that is all, and gives life to all.

   This ultimately indescribable Force is primarily manifested in polarities -- female and male, light and darkness, Goddess and God, black and white, summer and winter... balanced, equal expressions of the ultimate source of all... and to have these polarities balances is the source of peace for a Wiccan, and for a Taoist!.

   The skeptical: Some Wiccans have the agnostic "who cares" view. That is, in working magic or just in everyday life, invoking the Goddess and God seems to work. Thus, because of pragmatic and aesthetic reasons, some who are skeptical about the Goddess's and God's existence, or even flatly deny their existence still practice witchcraft.

Animism is the bases of Wicca and of Hinduism: The "Life Force" is the soul or anima of everything... of a rock, a tree, a star, an animal, a human... so, all is sacred; all is to be cared for and revered. Everything on earth or the sky is like a drop of water of the same ocean which is the Life Force, the Absolute.

   Pantheism is the consequence of animism: All the world is divine: A mountain is god, you are god!... though you can't make stars not even atoms, but you are god!... a planet, and even a cockroach is god!...

   Polytheism is the next obvious consequence: There are thousands of gods... the concept of 333 million deities is believed to emphasize the fundamental doctrine of Hinduism and Wicca.    

   The first verse of the Bible contradicts these views: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth... so, in the Bible, there is one God, a person, and everything else in the world are creatures of God... God created and is the soul and life and is inside everything, but everything is not God... there is only one God, Creator.
   Of course, for any Wiccan or Hindu, the aim of this life is to stop the relentless and frightful reincarnation, and become nothingness, not-a-person, but the drop of water in the ocean of the Absolute... for a Christian, an eternal life of joy is waiting, and not like a drop of water, but as a person, recognizable by God and by every neighbor... a person!, an individual!, eternally!, as God is an eternal Person!.

   All "religions" are true, is the last consequence of the Wiccan and Hindu view... all religions, except Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, because each one claim to be the only one.

   But, are all religions true?... if one says there is one God, and other says there is not God, and other says there are thousands of God, are all of them right?... the Branch Davidians of WACO, Texas, USA?... The People's Temple of Jim Jones in Jonestown, Guayana, with the 913 members poisoned in 1978?...

   And what about you, my dear Wiccan?... are you "sure" Hell and Satan do not exist?... what about if after death you learn that they exist?... and forever!... and not like a drop of water in the ocean, but as persons!... individuals!... recognized by everybody!...

   Most Wiccans do not believe in Heaven or Hell, but they do believe that their soul lives on after the body fades. They believe in the Hindu reincarnation, which is the greatest lie of Satan to enslave most of the Eastern culture, and the main reason of the infamous "Caste System" in India, the most "intolerant" and "prejudice" System in the history of the human race.

   For me, to be in error in Religion, is to have a "cancer in the soul"... it can ruin the only life on Earth, and the eternal one after Death.

   *  I am a Doctor in Medicine and Surgery. When I have a patient with cancer, I love the patient, but I hate his cancer, and I try my best to eradicate it from him... and even if it hurts, the patient is grateful to me!...

   *  The "Greatest Love", is to eradicate an "error" from a person, even if it hurts!... and in fact, the "Greatest Love" is to lay down your life to clean the sins, the bad karma, of your friends and foes, and to eradicate their errors once and for all.... that's Jesus on the Cross! (Jn.15:13).

   *  A huge barrier in this "Medicine of the Soul", is everybody's thinking, "I am right"... it is the old trick of Satan! of Gen.3:5... But the fact is that none of us is "infallible" in our beliefs... You and I can be wrong!

   * All religions have something very good, that's why people is attracted to them!... but the Great Problem is that many religions have also errors or heresies with the good thing... they are a delicious candy with poison inside!.

   *  If you feel I am in error, please try to help me... if I hurt you in these writings, it is not with any bad intention... it is an expression of my "Greatest Love"... not just to try to heal the Body, but to heal the Soul.