| I have been interested in witchcraft and Wicca for a long time. As far as its practice, I am an unabashed fledgling, just starting to test my wings, but I love the universality of the Old Religion. All things are connected. All things are sacred. What could be more basic than that? |
| Here are some sites for more information about Wicca and witchcraft. |
| Avalonia A UK site with interesting beginner lessons online The Glass Temple Articles on everything from pagan parenting to working skyclad. Also graphics, pagan humor, and comics Witchcraft 101 Excellent lessons for the novice with homework that challenges Sacred Texts Not just Pagan, this site contains sacred texts for many spiritualities and religions. Witch Way Here you will find, among other things, the wonderful artwork of Ravon, such as the great graphic that heads this page. Lovely! Witches' Voice The source for information about Paganism and Wicca Lunaea Weatherstone's Goddess Pages Wonderful site about the Goddess in all her guises The School of the Seasons offers a lovely monthly calendar with information, crafts, and other ideas for the Wheel of the Year Ars Circuli is Brigitte's site about her fascination with mandalas and offers beautiful, kaleidoscopic mandalas as a meditation tool Pagan Chants of the Month gives you a new chant each month, with lyrics and a Real Audio file to learn it by Can a Person Be Both a Christian and a Wiccan? This question is discussed in this interesting and thoughtful article. The Cauldron and the Cross is a webring hub for those who seek to blend Christianity with Paganism Witch School provides a free online course that will prepare a student for initiation into the First Degree of Correllian Nativist Wicca, as well as other courses in Wicca. You can also sign up for interesting ezines Celtic Wicca is my own special interest, and this site offers lots of good information about this branch of Wicca An online Book of Shadows to help you create your own BOS or just to browse to give you more information about Wicca |
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| The Wiccan Rede is the rule by which Wiccans must live: |
| To read "The Charge of the Goddess," click the pentacle. |
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| Wicca has become trendy lately. Shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed have attracted many young people especially to "the Craft" (and, yes, the movie of that name may have helped start the "craze.") Now, don't get me wrong; I enjoy those shows. I like fantasy. But what Willow and her pals practice is not Wicca. True Wiccans do not curse people. They don't tap into power from some weird, ancient source -- they channel the power that is in all of us, in all the Earth. The new influx of folks into the ranks of Paganism, the use of Pagan imagery in advertising, the companies who market cutesy "spell kits" and "teen witch kits"... all of this pop culture referencing of Wicca and magick has been a two-edged sword. Yep, it's brought us out of the broom closet, but now, to quote Buffy's Willow, "You know, nowadays every girl with a henna tattoo and a spice rack thinks she�s a sister of the Dark Ones." Many Wiccans call these witchy wanna-bes "fluffy bunnies." Wiccans do have a sense of humor, and this is one of the topics that brings it out. Here are a couple of funny articles: Top Ten Signs You're Dealing with a Wanna-be Witch The Mystical Wiccan Coven Grove of the Glittery Butterfly Unicorn of Magical Healing and Holy White Light of Divine Spiritual Spiffiness and Enchanted Smiling Faerie Goddess of the Brilliant Light of Wonderfulness For a scholarly discussion of Wicca in Buffy (and, by extension, in pop culture, I think,) check out: Teen Witches, Wiccans, and �Wanna-Blessed-Be�s�: Pop-Culture Magic in Buffy the Vampire Slayer My favorite online cartoon is Foamy, from the wild and wonderfully creative mind of Jonathan Ian Mathers, who has graciously given me permission to post one of his cartoons here. In it, Germaine (aka "the goth chick" or just "Germ") dabbles in magic with curious results. Warning: the language in this toon can be pretty "street." Jonathon rates it PG 13. Click to view "Spell-a-Casters" It will open in a new window. |
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| If you'd like to see more Foamy and Germ toons, please visit Ill Will Press. |
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