Wicca for Beginners Quotes

“Traditional woods used for sacred brooms include birch, ash, and willow.”
― Lisa Chamberlain, Wicca for Beginners: A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic, and Witchcraft

“Among the many aspects of Wicca that distinguish it from other, more widely recognized religions is its emphasis on the feminine, as symbolized by nature, the Earth, the Moon, and feminine deities (or goddesses). The masculine is also represented through deity and is particularly associated with the Sun, but there is none of the patriarchy often found in other Western faiths.”
― Lisa Chamberlain, Wicca for Beginners: A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic, and Witchcraft

“Satanism” is part of the Christian world view and not a pagan concept, and that Wicca does not, and never did, incorporate, endorse, or practice “Satanism” or the worship of anything “evil.”
― Lisa Chamberlain, Wicca for Beginners: A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic, and Witchcraft

“Magic” is a word used for the phenomena that occur when people consciously participate in the co-creative forces of the Universe, by using the subtle energies of nature to cause desired change in their reality.”
― Lisa Chamberlain, Wicca for Beginners: A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic, and Witchcraft

“words, simple or complex spellwork, a tea or brew, chanting and/or movement, candle work, etc. The options for magical discovery are truly endless. The purpose of the magic can also be”
― Lisa Chamberlain, Wicca for Beginners: A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic, and Witchcraft