Wicca, Witchcraft, Whatzawhozit?

Paganism

Witchcraft

Wicca

Traditions

Neo-Wicca

What Else Is There?

On Moral and Ethical Guides

The Rede of the Wiccae (The Wiccan Rede)

The Threefold Law

Karma

Mag/j/ic/k/q/ue…?

Color-Coding Your Magic

Paganism: This is the umbrella term for any number of religions that aren’t part of the “Big 3″ (Christianity, Judaism, Islam). Simply put, there is no one term other than Paganism to cover all our different paths, because a long time ago, it was just “what you and your tribe/city/empire did”. The Romans didn’t call what they practiced “Roman Ceremonial Magick” because it simply WAS their religion, and Christianity was, at that point, “just a weird, crazed cult”. You will never go wrong calling yourself “Pagan,” because it IS a correct and all-encompassing term. It’s like calling yourself “Christian,” whether you’re a Catholic or a Baptist; both are Christian, they just practice different forms of Christianity, and to call them by each others’ names is silly and misleading.

Wicca, Witchcraft, Whatzawhozit?

Paganism

Witchcraft

Wicca

Traditions

Neo-Wicca

What Else Is There?

On Moral and Ethical Guides

The Rede of the Wiccae (The Wiccan Rede)

The Threefold Law

KarmaMag/j/ic/k/q/ue…?

Color-Coding Your Magic

Wicca, Witchcraft, Whatzawhozit?

        There are some very basic definitions that are commonly misused today; the most common of these is referring to all Pagans or all witches as “Wiccan”. Not only is this blatantly untrue, it is also incredibly annoying to those who aren’t Wiccan (and that’s a LOT of the Pagan population). Let me say something that’s going to make a lot of you angry unless you keep reading: 98% of you are not Wiccan, have never been Wiccan, and may never want to BE Wiccan. Why? Follow along with me for some basic vocabulary that will help your Pagan selves out for the rest of your lives.

You can think of it like this:

Paganism > Witchcraft > Wicca
Christianity > Orthodox > Greek

(This is a very simplified version, as Wicca itself has denominations)

        So, just as not all Christians are Orthodox Christians, and not all Orthodox Christians or Christians are *Greek* Orthodox, not all Pagans are witches, and not all Pagans or witches are Wiccans. Yes, it’s confusing, but it’s systemized like this so that people know who practices what; a Catholic wouldn’t say they’re a Baptist, because both denominations practice differently. This is why people find it so appalling when someone who KNOWS what Wicca is keeps insisting that they’re a Wiccan even though they’re clearly something else, just because they happen to like the word Wicca. That brings us to…

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