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May 22 - May 23, 2019
Wicca and Paganism are not the same, and Witchcraft is something different altogether.
“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” and “If it harm none, do as you will” are just different ways of saying the same thing.
In Wicca, there is both a God/Lord and
a Goddess/Lady. Both a masculine and a feminine which work with balance throughout the Universe. Balance being the key word, not competition.
Wicca celebrates the sexual for its ability to bring about harmonious pleasure, unite the opposite powers, and bring new life into existence.
Wicca is a religion, and not a practice, which was formed initially by Gerald Gardner in the early 1940's.
Wicca does not operate this way, because light conquering dark means that the world is out of balance.
The God and Goddess do not battle for supremacy, there is no long-lasting struggle for the light to conquer the dark. Because it is the light that helps cast the shadow, and it is the dark which provides the background to give light its vibrancy.
Wiccan magick is not supernatural by any means, unlike the magic you have heard of. It is entirely natural.
Wiccan magick is barely perceptible except to those that know its ways.
the most powerful spells are those that are created by you, with your own words.
Only you know what is most powerful to you and it is by harnessing your own inner power that the magick is able to work.
“If it harm none, do as you will.”
That rule being that what you put out into the world comes back around to you, but three times as strong.
Basically, Wiccans believe that the universe works in accordance to a natural order and justice is a part of that order. If you are kind and nice and careful with the way you interact with the world and with others within it, then you have got nothing to worry about.
The only punishments that come upon us are the ones we initiate ourselves through our own negativity and the atrocities we commit.
The Crone is the final stage of the Goddess and while it is not as new and fresh as the Maiden, not as powerful and strong as the Mother, it is a wise and formidable spirit.
Samhain – End of Summer Imbolc – Sundown February 1st through the day February 2nd Beltane – Either April 30th or May 1st Lughnasadh – July 31st to August 1st Yule – Winter Solstice in Northern Hemisphere, Summer Solstice in Southern Hemisphere Ostara – March 21st Litha – June 21st Mabon – September 21st
celebrate your own way!
In the same way that Christians will decorate their houses with crosses, or wear them, or how Buddhists will have statues of the laughing Buddha, Wiccans make their altars into shrines to their God and Goddess and to their dedication to their faith.
You could also leave a trail of salt behind you,
Do not salt the earth. That is how you stop plants from gowing.
There is no presiding text to Wicca, like there is a Bible to Christianity, and a Koran to Islam. So, you are going to create your own.
