I'm a little confused. What's the difference between Paganism, Wicca, and Witchcraft?
F.A.Q.s at Earth DanceThe word Pagan means country dweller or one who lives with Nature. Anyone who practices a Nature-based religion is a Pagan. This includes Wicca and Witchcraft. All Wiccans and Witches are Pagans, but not all Pagans are Wiccan or Witches. The belief systems of Native Americans, Shamanism and Ancient Egyptians are also Pagan.
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FAQ on Wicca/Paganism/WitchcraftWicca: A specific tradition within Paganism. It is more specified ritualistically than other Pagan faiths. Wicca is to Paganism as Catholicism is to Christianity. No. Pagans (no matter what tradition or sect) do not worship the Devil. The Devil (or Satan) are Judeo-Christian concepts and do not have any bearing on the beliefs of Pagans. We do not believe in the Devil, therefore it is impossible for us to worship him.
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Frequently Asked QuestionsThere's a lot of overlap, and not everyone really agrees what the differences are. Basically, Wicca is a particular kind of pagan witchcraft. Paganism includes a bunch of different kinds of nature-based religion or spirituality. Witchcraft has something to do with folk magic, and again, there are a bunch of different kinds of witchcraft, and not all of them are pagan. Wicca is a specific magical nature-based religion.
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LLEWELLYN TEENS & TWEENSAll Wiccans share religious beliefs, spiritual practices, and moral values. They probably perform works of magick, but their main reason for calling themselves "Wiccan" has to do with what they believe. Being a Wiccan is like being Jewish -- it's a religious, spiritual, and moral label that describes what you believe. Witches (people who practice Witchcraft) can follow any number of religions -- or none at all! Witches focus on becoming skilled at working magick.
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Alt.Pagan FAQ, Version 4.0Wicca was the first (or at least one of the first) of the neopagan religions. As a result, it is the best known, and tends to overshadow its younger, smaller siblings. This bias appears in the postings in alt.pagan and in this FAQ. This does not mean that Wicca is more valid than other neopagan religions -- just larger and louder. Wicca, however, is only one of the things called W/witchcraft (or sometimes, the Craft, a term also applied to Masonry).
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FAQs about Y Dynion Mwyn - Welsh Faerie WitchcraftThe answer is yes and no. Though many people mistakenly use the words "Wicca" and "witchcraft" interchangeably, there is actually a distinct difference. A Wiccan may or may not be a witch, and a witch may or may not be a Wiccan. Some Wiccans choose not to use the word "witch" when describing themselves because of the negative connotation it has with many people.
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FAQs about Y Dynion Mwyn - Welsh Faerie WitchcraftWitchcraft and Wicca are not missionary religions and do not proselytize. One must seek rather than be sought after. There are excellent books available, and many Witches teach classes or facilitate discussion groups in occult bookstores. In this way, people may connect with a like-minded coven or form a study group of their own.
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FAQs about Y Dynion Mwyn - Welsh Faerie WitchcraftAuthor Aidan Kelly argues that all of Wicca derives from Gerald Gardner, with some crucial editing by his initiate Doreen Valiente. Alex Sanders is widely thought to have acquired a Gardnerian book of shadows, with which he started his own "Alexandrian" tradition. Other well known traditions are Raymond Buckland's Seax Wicca, Victor and Cora Anderson's Faerie Wicca and feminist Dianic Wicca which emphasizes the Goddess as put forward by such authors as Z. Budapest.
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Temple of the Sacred Spiral - Pagan FAQThe spiritual leaders on Pagan Tribal culture are the shamans1, or medicine men and women, who are both gifted and learned in talents and skills of augury2, herbalism, hypnosis, psychic work and sorcery. They are the village teachers, magicians, spirit guides, healers and midwives. Among the Celtic tribes of western Europe, such shamans were known as Wicce -- an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "shaper" -- from which we derive our present term "Witch.
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FAQs about Wicca/Witchcraftquot;Pagan" is one of those religious terms which has so many conflicting definitions that the word is meaningless. "Neopaganism" is a better term. It refers to a group of many religious belief systems that are reconstructions of (or patterned after) ancient Pagan religions. Wicca is one Neopagan religion, as are Asatru (Norse Neopaganism), Druidism, Shamanism, and ancient Egyptian, Roman, Greek and other religions.
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