When someone asks me "What Is Wicca?" a thousand wonderful things come to mind, but the person who asks the question usually expects a limited answer. Although I could talk for hours on what the Craft is or is not, the basic answer would be:Witchcraft is a nature based, life-affirming religion that follows a moral code and seeks to build harmony among people, and empower the self and others . If you think about it, we could use that statement for almost any positive religion, couldn't we? Witches usually follow their own path, and don't meander along with a crowd just because somebody says so. Witches practice individualism, freedom of thought, and have a close connection with the world around them, including plants, animals, and people. We commune with streams, sky, fire, trees, and rocks, much like like indigenous ancestors of America. We see everything on our planet as a manifestation of the Divine.

Witches Witches celebrate " God " through religious services, commonly called rituals. Most of our church services correspond to set days throughout the year. Some celebrations follow the phases of the moon, where other services match the seasons of the planet. Rather than wasting space and building a place to hold church services that will remain vacant for most of the week, Witches often meet in their homes and have their church services there.

Just like any other religion, Witches believe in "God". We see God as having two sides- masculine and feminine. Together, these two sides mix to create the whole of God. Witches respect both men and women, and the male and female properties of everything. We agree that men aren't better than women, and that women aren't better than men.

Wiccans believe that religion, the power of the mind, magickal applications, wisdown, and faith in Spirit do not function separately, but together. We try not to wear blinders to what goes on in the world, and to keep an open mind as much as possible. Witches respect all life, whether that life belongs to a bug, a weed, a beautiful tree, a tiger, or the rude man who lives down the street from you. All must survive to evolve.

Witches are sick and tired of people in other religions passing judgment and spreading lies about our belief system just because they are either insecure in their own faith or don't realise that many paths ot God exist in our universe. Witches do not hate Christians, or Jews, or followers of Islam; however, when people from the structured groups try to hurt us with lies, gossip, or physical force, they can expect the Witches to be upset and to fight back. We do not worship the Devil, not do we believe in the Christian Satan. We believe that to give evil a name is to give evil a power. Witches do not find an interest in working iwth, in, or through evil. We do not believe that a person gains power by hurting, threatening, or killing someone- that would be evil."

This whole section on Wicca is made up of exerpts from different parts of the book " Teen Witch " by the Wiccan author Silver RavenWolf. If, after reading this, Wicca interests you I highly recommend you go buy her book "Teen Witch", from your local bookstore. If you have any questions on Wicca you can contact Samantha on MSN Messenger as questar36, or Me, the maker of this site, on AOL Instant Messenger as Danee4Eva : ) For more information on Teen Witch, or anything to do with Silver RavenWolf or Wicca, you will find links to sites that can help you on the Links section of the site : )