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Wicca - 5 / 5 / 2001
Wicca [see Witchcraft]
    religion
what is Wicca? [see History of Wicca]
modern
    Gerald B. Gardner - 1954
bi-theistic - having two dieties
    Goddess & God
    priestess / priest
    bipolar - female & male
    multiple aspects
    anthropomorphic
    approachable
mystery religion
    initiatory
    participatory
    direct experience
intimate
    small group worship
    familial / ancestral
magical
    western magical tradition
nature based
    follow natural cycles
        lunar
        solar
        life
    ecological awareness [see Ecology]
        interdependence
    fertility
primarily European mythology
    Celtic
    Greco / Roman
    Germanic
values diversity
 
Drawing Down the Moon - Margot Adler  
The Meaning of Witchcraft - Gerald B. Gardner
Witchcraft Today - ibid
Phoenix From the Flame: Pagan Spirituality in the Western World - Vivanne Crowley
The Rebirth of Witchcraft - Doreen Valiente
The Spiral Dance - Starhawk [Mariam Simos]
The Triumph of the Moon:
    A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft - Ronald Hutton  
The Witches Way - Janet Farrar, Stewart Farrar

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