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Wicca/ Neopaganism

Wicca/ Neopaganism. By Shelby, Kate, Regan. Origin. Between the 1100's and 1300's the image of those who practiced witchcraft was an evil creature that was involved in doing things like eating children. Between 1317 and 1319, was known as the Inquisition.

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Wicca/ Neopaganism

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  1. Wicca/Neopaganism By Shelby, Kate, Regan

  2. Origin • Between the 1100's and 1300's the image of those who practiced witchcraft was an evil creature that was involved in doing things like eating children. • Between 1317 and 1319, was known as the Inquisition. • In the 1600's the Salem Witch Trials were held in New Englanda • People died because they were believed to be witches.

  3. History • Some say it dates as far back as the stone age • The belief that magic was a form of evil that came from the devil himself grew in the 13th century. • The witch killing ended around the 18th century

  4. Texts • Some use the Theban alphabet as a way of communication.

  5. World Wide Adherence • Thousands of followers world wide (estimated 1 million) • Founded in England (1838) • Concentrated in U.S, England, Northern Europe, India (although it is world wide)

  6. Rituals/ practices • Wiccan rituals include, purification of ones self, purification of space, creation of sacred space (often times an outer that symbolizes the goddess), innovation, ritual observances and/ or raising of energy, thanking the goddess and god, breathing the circle • Esbat: any wiccan ritual held at anytime other than sabbat • Sabbat: The Sabbats are solar, seasonal and represent the cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth. Sabbats are celebrated in honor of the God, since it is His sacrifice of birth, life, death and rebirth that are represented by the Sabbats.

  7. Wiccans have a “cakes and wine” ritual which is also known as “cakes and ale” which is a rite that grounds energy and directly links people to the god and goddess on the basis that we consume food created on their earth. The “cookies and wine.” is blessed by a short prayer. • Wiccans do not have any major concern with marriage ceremonies • Wiccans do not ritualize mourning when there is a death; it is simply considered a doorway through which a soul passes to enter the realm of the goddess. • Cats as well as humans reincarnate

  8. Symbols • There are over 70 symbols used in wiccan culture

  9. Purpose of life • There is no sole purpose of life in wiccan beliefs • Some of the basic purposes of humans include the following; to live, to learn, to experience, etc

  10. Gods and the universe • Each wiccan possesses his or her own conception of the goddess and god formed threw personal experiences and interactions with them as well as through research • The goddess is said to “truly be all things” including all power , all wisdom , all love, all creativity, all fertility, as well as pain and destruction • The goddess has several aspects of one ultimate being. • Most wiccans acknowledge the goddess’s role in child birth, healing, love, as the provider of wisdom and the sender of magical energy in times of need

  11. She has a conception of being “the triple goddess”, which relates to the phases of the moon • There is also a god who is just as important as the goddess, however most wiccans experience a more emotional response to the goddess. • The god is mostly called upon in times of need, without him our world would be desolate of all life.

  12. Afterlife • Don’t shy from the process of death • Wheel (of life) turns and things must be let go and what is lost will be returned • Veil of tears: death is not a wall but a veil, the dead are not truly gone from our lives • Death is a transition to another realm of existence, relationship of acceptance and honor, freedom from the physical body • Friendships can be endured past dreams (mediums) • Go to “heaven” not Christian heaven but a state of expanded consciousness with the divine

  13. Afterlife cont…. • Do not believe in an “afterlife” • Believe that there is further existence beyond physical life is an individual view point • Accepting of reincarnation • Comfortable with ambiguity, not knowing all answers and have personal beliefs, not group beliefs

  14. Websites • http://www.wicca-spirituality.com/death-wicca.html • http://www.themagickshop.com/Sabbats.html • http://wicca.com/celtic/wicca/wicca.htm • http://www.butler.edu/faith-vocation/explore-indy-religion/wicca/ • http://contenderministries.org/wicca/history.php • http://www.wicca-spirituality.com/wicca-symbol.html#witches_familiars • http://www.arcapologetics.org/articles/article20.htm

  15. Book • “living wicca” print. Scott Cunningham

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