Wicca - An ancient witchcraft religion which honor the gods of nature. Wicca means "wise one".
Widdershins - The counter-clockwise direction of movement in magical rituals.
Wiccan practices are based on the "Wheel of the Year," with four major festivals on fixed dates, four lesser festivals at the solstices and equinoxes, and sometimes minor festivals centering around phases of the moon.
* WiccanFest is an annual Pagan spring celebration festival in Ontario, Canada.
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The God of the Wicca is the Horned God, the ancient God of Fertility: the God of forest, flock, and field and also of the hunt. He is Lord of Life, and the Giver of Life, yet He is also Lord of Death and Resurrection.
In the States, it's the week of Halloween, also known in the Wiccan-Celtic tradition as Samhain, or the "Witches' New Year.
Modern Neopagans also celebrate Beltaine and for Wiccans, as a cross-quarter day approximately half way between the vernal equinox and the summer solstice, it is classed as a sabbat, one of the eight solar festivities of the sacred year.
Ben Dykes, who lives in Minnesota, USA, has over 10 years' experience in the Golden Dawn system of the Western Mystery Tradition, in addition to experience with Thelema and Wicca.
Suggestions: stocks, bonds, money; lingerie or underthings; trip to a “honeymoon' resort, spa or sweat lodge; psychic training classes, hypnosis session, occult items or books/tapes/CDs about spirituality, the afterlife, shamanism or Wicca; ...
He may sample various religions and practices before he finds what suits him. He may follow an organized religion, become a shaman or a Wiccan. He may not find any spiritual belief.
 See also: Sun, Moon, Natural, Astrology, Signs
  
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