How to become a Wiccan or Witch. How to Become a Wiccan or Witch Being a Wiccan or Witch is generally not something you are born as or just wake up one morning and decide to become. More often than not, you come across it by accident unless you were raised that way. Many find the philosophies of how Wicca and Witchcraft view nature are the same as the one's they currently hold. They just didn't know there was a specific belief system that shared the same views. As Silver RavenWolf accurately stated in her book To Ride A Silver Broomstick. Paganism and Wicca: Solitary witches and covens. By Luthaneal Walking the Path: Going it alone vs. practicing with a group As a fresh, newbie pagan you're soon going to have the delightful choice of deciding whether to be solitary in your beliefs or flirt with joining a coven.
Luthaneal helps you look at the ins-and-outs of pagan solitary and group work... Once a young Pagan or witch has established what they believe and the path that they wish to follow, they will sooner or later be presented with the choice of walking that path alone or joining a group with similar beliefs. Both methods have advantages and disadvantages that should be considered when deciding whether or not to join others. Beginners in Magic Start here! Puzuzu brings you a beginners guide on how to get started in Spells and Magic and use this site to help you.
What is Thou looking for? If you can't find it, then search the web for right here... Magickal Names. Many people have written me asking me how to come up with a Magickal name.
This page is going to be short and sweet. So here's a little help for you. Well first of all, you can make up whatever name you so choose. Here are some ideas…. Medieval names Look up old Medieval names on Google and you’ll find hundreds of names to choose from such as "Eadred" who was King of the West Saxons or "Cutha" who was another King of the West Saxons.
Wicca for the Beginner. First, who we are not: we are not Satanists.
We do not worship the devil. In fact, we don’t even have a devil. (see history of witchcraft) Moreover, we are not old crones who ride broomsticks and cast spells on unsuspecting people, perhaps to turn them into toads. WitchCraft Magic Books. I've included every good book I know about how to cast spells for love, money, protection, health, fame and fortune.
Every one has an honored place in my magical library. Many are ideal for the new witch. Becoming a Witch. So now you know a little about witchcraft and what witches do.
You’ve learned that we’re not satanists and that we work magyc and witchcraft spells by focusing our consciousness on what we desire. You’ve even had a chance to try a few Wiccan spells yourself. Hopefully, they’ve done well by you and now you wish to delve deeper into the mysteries of the Wicca and WitchCraft. Good for you! Here’s where the real work begins. Ancient Pagan History of the Goddess Worshipers. Well, no one knows what actually happened in the beginning or what our ancient ancestors believed, exactly.
All we can honestly do is reconstruct a lineage using similarities in art, what writing remains, and archeological artifacts. What we can surmise is that at some point we, as humans, stopped being total savages and started paying attention to our divine inner Being. This is the point where the law of the jungle is transcended by rudimentary justice--that which seeks to keep the strong from getting over on the weak every time, though we still have a long way to go on that score.
A very interesting book on that subject is The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes. 11 Easy Ways to Meditate (Or, There’s No Such Thing As Being Bad At Meditation) Book of Shadows. Full Moon Ritual. Full Moon Ritual Full Moon Ritual, to be performed anytime in honoring of the Goddess Hecate in Her full moon aspect and/or performing any type of full moon magick and requesting Her assistance, or any other Full Moon Goddess, in your magick.
Also, since this is a Full Moon ritual, and not a Sabbat, and you are working with Moon's energies........Her energies......., there is no need to call in any God. Moon rituals are sacred and for the Goddess only. You call in the Goddess and God at Sabbats, as the Sabbats are the interaction between the Goddess and her Consort...between Earth and Sun. And the Moon......is for the Goddess only!