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Wicca 6 / 15 / 2024
Wicca [see Witchcraft]
religion
what is Wicca? [see History of Wicca]
modern
Gerald B. Gardner - 1954
bi-theistic - having two dieties
Goddess & God
priestess / priest
bipolar - female & male
multiple aspects
anthropomorphic
approachable
mystery religion
initiatory
participatory
direct experience
intimate
small group worship
familial / ancestral
magical
western magical tradition
nature based
follows natural cycles
lunar
solar
life
ecological awareness [see Ecology]
interdependence
fertility
primarily European mythology
Celtic
Greco / Roman
Germanic
values diversity
Drawing Down the Moon - Margot Adler
The Meaning of Witchcraft - Gerald B. Gardner
Witchcraft Today - ibid
Phoenix From the Flame: Pagan Spirituality in the Western World - Vivanne Crowley
The Rebirth of Witchcraft - Doreen Valiente
The Spiral Dance - Starhawk [Mariam Simos]
The Triumph of the Moon:
A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft - Ronald Hutton
The Witches Way - Janet Farrar, Stewart Farrar
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