Wicca 101: A New Reference for the Beginner Wiccan
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In depth and current overview of the 1st Degree Studies! A comprehensive guide for those people who are new to the Wiccan Way! This book discusses what Wicca is and isn't, the five elements, the Wheel of the Year, Magick and spell crafting, ethics, philosophy, scrying, tarot, divination, tools, herbs, gems, and celebration of Wiccan holydays.
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Wicca 101 - Kristina Benson
A Reference Guide for the Novice Wiccan: The Ultimate Crash Course in all things Wiccan - Wicca 101
By: Kristina Benson
A Reference Guide for the Novice Wiccan: The Ultimate Crash Course in all things Wiccan - Wicca 101
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
WICCA 101
WHAT IS WICCA?
WHO CAN BE A WITCH?
HOW DO I GET STARTED IN WICCA?
THE WITCHES CREED
THE 13 GOALS OF A WITCH
WICCAN THEOLOGY
THE FIVE ELEMENTS
PHILOSOPHY AND VARIATIONS IN THE TRADITIONS
WHEEL OF THE YEAR
WICCAN CELEBRATIONS
SPACE, ALTARS, TOOLS, CLOTHING AND NAMES
SPACE
TOOLS
ALTARS
CHOOSING A WICCAN NAME
RITUALS
WHAT IS A RITUAL?
WHY HAVE RITUALS?
CONSTRUCTION/DESIGN OF RITUALS
TOOLS OF RITUALS
MEDITATIONS
GUIDED MEDITATION
NONGUIDED MEDTIATION
TECHNIQUES
GROUNDING/CENTERING
PATHWORKING
TOTEMS
SHIELDING
ASTRAL PROJECTION
MAGICK AND SPELLS
WHAT IS A SPELL?
PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS
MAGICK & SPELLWORK
SAMPLE SPELLS
ADVANCED WORKS OF MAGICK
DIVINATION
TAROT
NUMEROLOGY
PALMSTRY
LEAF READING
SCRYING
PENDULUM
RUNE MAGICK
ASTROLOGY
HERBALISM
BASIC MAGICKAL HERBALISM
USES OF HERBS AND SAMPLE POTIONS
LIST OF HERBS
HEALING
AURA READING
AURIC HEALING
BASIC CRYSTAL SELECTION AND CARE
CHARGING & CLEASING OF CRYSTALS
PROPERTIES OF CRYSTALS, STONES, AND GEMS
CRYSTALS FOR SPECIFIC RESULTS
SPIRTUAL PATHWAYS & PRIESTHOOD
WHY DO PEOPLE CHOOSE THIS PATH?
RIGORS OF PASTORAL DUTIES
MORE RECEIPES
REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
This book is geared for the beginning Wiccan who is curious about the Craft and isn’t sure where to start learning or how to become a part of the community. I have included the basics of Wicca itself, the Sabbats, crystal properties, herbalism, some basic spells, and a couple advanced practices to whet the palate for further study.
So go forth on this new path, and as you do so, remember the Wiccan Rede:
An it harm none, do as thou wilt
Do what you will, so long as it harms none
An it harm none, do what thou will
That it harm none, do as thou wilt
Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill,
An it harm none do what ye will.
WICCA 101
WHAT IS WICCA?
Wicca is a beautiful, peaceful religion that seeks to find harmony and divinity in all that surrounds us. Wicca honors the magic and majesty of the ocean, the mountains, even the sky and the air. Wicca finds divinity in the crystalline sheen of a snowflake, the smell of a meadow after the rain, the sound of the ocean crashing on the sand. Witchcraft—a word often used interchangeably with Wicca-- is a spiritual system that encourages learning and an understanding the Earth and Nature.
Wicca, in short, reveres the Earth and all she has given us. Wicca is humility in the face of nature, and seeking to tune in with the Lord and the Lady that are embodied every rock, tree, blade of grass, and animal. To practice Wicca is to a connection with the earth and all of her creatures. Wiccans believe that the spirit of the Goddess and God exist in all things. This means that we must treat the bounty of the Earth as aspects of the divine. We attempt to honor and respect life in all its many manifestations. We believe that a field of flowers is the eyes of the world.
We are not a cult, and we do not claim that ours is the True Path. We do not attempt to indoctrinate others, or persuade them to join our flocks. We do not cut them off from their friends or loved ones, and we do not tell others that their religions are wrong. Contrary to an all too popular misconception, we do not worship Satan. Satan is a creation of the Abrahamic religions of which we are not a part. Wicca and Satanism are not at all similar religions but were linked by the Christian church during the Salem Witch Trials in the colonies, and the Middle Ages in Europe.
We do the right thing not because we are scared of the eternal hellfire and damnation that await us should we do wrong. We do what is right because we believe it is, and don’t need the daylights scared out of us to do so. We care deeply for animals, and we do not seek to hex or enchant or harm others. The potions we concoct and the spells we cast may be a headache remedy, a cold tonic, or a flea bath for our animal companions. We prize the natural remedies made by Mother Nature and tend to prefer them to synthetic drugs made by corporations.
Some claim that Wicca, or at least Wiccan ideologies, are derivative of the practices of Paleolithic peoples, who worshipped nature, and the God and the Goddess as guardians of the hunt and fertility, respectfully. There are also similarities between Native American Shamanism and Wicca in that both revere nature, and honor nature and the spirits of the God and Goddess. Traditional Wicca, as it tends to be practiced today, is a fairly recent phenomenon founded by Gerald Gardner, a British civil servant. He wrote a book on Celtic deities, symbols, seasonal days of celebration, and ceremonial practices. The Celtic deities, as resurrected by Gerald Gardner, form the basis of Wicca.
Practitioners of these Celtic religions had found they needed to keep their craft a great secret as Christianity swept through Europe, and the church sought to wipe out non-believers. It was at this time that aspects of Pagan culture were either demonized or absorbed into Christian tradition. Witches, for example, were made into ugly old women. Pan, the faun known for merrymaking and music, morphed into the devil. The festivities surrounding Winter Solstice (decorating an evergreen tree and spending twelve days in celebration of the winter) were eventually used celebrate the birth of Christ. Sadly, persecution and fear of Wiccans and Pagans persist to this day. Concerned parent Laura Mallory, for example, took her child’s school to court for including Harry Potter in the school library, claiming that the books sought to indoctrinate children into witchcraft. In fact, according to the American Library Association, the Harry Potter books are, so far, the most challenged books of the 21st century.
Rest assured, gentle reader, that Wicca seeks to harm none. There are worse things than learning to care for and cherish Mother Nature, and honoring the Goddess and the God. This brings us to another important aspect of Wicca—who are the Goddess and the God?
Many Wiccans believe in a deity that is not definable, but still present in all living things. They feel that although the deity cannot be observed or measured, there is a definite male and femaleness, which is expressed as The Goddess, or the God and comprehend the male and female aspects of the deity, whom they call the God and the Goddess. Others relate to and worship the God or Goddess through other deities that embody whatever quality they seek to honor. For example, they might relate to Athena, Brigit, Ceridwen, Diana, Hecate, Ishtar, Isis, Venus, Selene, Apollo, Dionysus, Odin, Osiris, Pan, or Thor as embodiments of the feminine or masculine aspects of the All or the One.
Others feel that everything in nature are true aspects of the Deity and it is not necessary to personify him or her as Athena, or, say, Demeter. These are perfectly legitimate viewpoints for a Wiccan to take, however, the deities most often celebrated are the Triple Goddess of the Moon (who is Maiden, Mother, and Crone) and the Horned God of the wilds.
Though some