About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 80. Chapters: Horned God, Wheel of the Year, Broom, Skyclad, LGBT topics and Wicca, Coven, Wiccan Rede, Esbat, Athame, Boline, Triple Goddess, History of Wicca, Religious discrimination against Neopagans, Witch-cult hypothesis, Contemporary witchcraft, Wiccan views of divinity, Chalice, Magical tools in Wicca, Wiccan morality, Circle Sanctuary, Janet Farrar, Watchtower, Luis G. Abbadie, American Council of Witches, Magic circle, Gerina Dunwich, Fluffy bunny, The Summerland, Crone, Varjojenkirja, Wisconsin witch hunt, Museum of Witchcraft, Craft name, Ellen Cannon Reed, Blackberry Circle, The Witches' Voice, Rule of Three, Witch School, Drawing down the Moon, Solitary practitioner, Cauldron, Dettmer v. Landon, Ali Puli, The Spiral Dance, Children of Artemis, Cult of Herodias, Wiccan church, Wiccan shamanism, Altar, Full Circle, Wiccaning, Druidcraft, Great Rite, Chthonioi Alexandrian Wicca, Cone of power, Fivefold kiss, Paganism and Wicca in Australia, Witchcraft Research Association, Summoner. Excerpt: Wicca (pronounced ) is a specific Neopagan religion. Its adherents are referred to as Wiccans, though the terms Witches or Crafters are also used. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica." From the 1960s onward, the name of the religion was normalised to "Wicca." Wicca is typically a duotheistic religion, worshipping a goddess and a god, who are traditionally viewed as the Triple Goddess and Horned God. These two deities are often viewed as being facets of a greater pantheistic godhead, and as manifesting themselves as various polytheistic deities. Nonetheless, there are also other theological positions within Wicca, ranging fro...
