What exactly do Wiccans believe and practice?
The following is my standard response to the question, “What do Wiccans do and believe?” It’s a bit long, but it should give you the information you’re looking for. Wicca is a very complex faith which embraces widely varying practices and many different Traditions. The following, however, is what I consider to be “the basics”. Wicca is about 60 years old, with roots in Masonic practices, ceremonial magic, and the Romantic era’s ideas of classical religions. Its founder was a British civil servant named Gerald Gardner. http://www.geraldgardner.com/essays.php It is in many ways a postmodern faith, embracing religious relativism, and one that resonates powerfully for increasing numbers of people. The central tenet of the Wiccan religion is the Wiccan Rede: “If you harm none, do what you will.” This is a deceptively simple “commandment” which can take a lifetime to contemplate and to master. Many Wiccans also believe in t
