Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans

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edit Since Wicca was first publically revealed in 1954, it has not had a long history of persecution. However, some Wiccans claim a historical link between Wicca and earlier religious and/or spiritual traditions, and thus may claim that the witch trials were persecutions against their faith.[citation needed] There is no independently verifiable evidence for any sort of actual traditional lineage for Wicca that is older than the early 20th century. In light of that, individual and group claims of persec ...

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Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Encyclopedia - Persecution of Christians

edit Many Christians have experienced persecution from both non-Christians and from other Christians during the history of Christianity. Persecution may refer to unwarranted arrest, imprisonment, beating, torture, or execution. It also may refer to the confiscation or destruction of property, or incitement to hate Christians. Persecution of Christians - Jewish persecution of Christians. The New Testament reports that the earliest Christians suffered persecution at the hands of the Jewish lead ...

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Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Encyclopedia - Discrimination

To discriminate is to make a distinction. There are several meanings of the word, including statistical discrimination, or the actions of a circuit called a `discriminator`. This article addresses the most common colloquial sense of the word, invidious discrimination. That is, to make a distinction between people on the basis of class or category without regard to individual merit. Examples include social, racial, religious, sexual, disability, ethnic and age-related discrimination. Discrimination - Government san ...

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Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Encyclopedia - Dianic Wicca

Dianic Wicca, also known as Women's Spirituality, Feminist Spirituality, Feminist Witchcraft, and Feminist Wicca. Dianic Wicca - Beliefs and practices. Dianic Wicca, Dianic Witchcraft, and Feminist Dianic Witchcraft are all common titles for the Neopagan Feminist Dianic tradition. While some Dianics self-identify as Wiccans, some prefer the term Witch or priestess of the Goddess. Dianic Wicca can be very similar to traditional Wicca in practice (see section below for a discussion ...

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Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Encyclopedia - Wiccan Rede

The Wiccan Rede is a saying that sums up the ethics of the neo-Pagan religion Wicca. The most common form of the rede is An it harm none, do what ye will. "Rede" is a word from Middle English meaning "advice" or "counsel". "An" is an archaic contraction of the word "and", meaning "if", as in the Shakespearian "an it please thee". Other variants include: An it harm none, do as thou wilt Do what you will, so long as it harms none An it harm none, do what thou will Including:

Wiccan Rede - History

Wiccan Rede - Dating the poem

Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Encyclopedia - Faery Wicca

Faery Wicca is any type of Wiccan religion that emphasises the Fae (gnomes, elves, faeries, sprites, etc.) and the lore and fantastical world that surrounds them. Faery Wicca is unrelated to the late Victor Anderson's Feri Tradition of witchcraft, which is sometimes (confusingly) spelled Faery or Fairy. ...

Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Encyclopedia - Wicca Craft

Wicca Craft: The Modern Witch's Book of Herbs, Magick and Dreams reveals the traditions, tools and symbols of Wicca craft and offer methods for Wiccan rituals. Written by Gerina Dunwich and published by Citadel Press in 1991, it was instrumental in increasing the popularity of the Wiccan religion in the 1990s. A Revised Edition was published in 2005. Wicca Craft - Chapters. 1: Witchcraft: Past and Present 2: Sabbat Celebrations 3: Tools and Symbols of Wicca Craft 4: Pagan ...

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Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Encyclopedia - Rule of Three Wiccan

The rule of three (or threefold law) is a common tenet in Wicca. It states that both the good and the evil that one creates in the world will be returned threefold (in joy or suffering). It is therefore seen as a pragmatic reason for ethical behaviour and compliance with the Wiccan Rede. The rule of three was first descriped in print in an article by Raymond Buckland (see timeline for law of return concepts), and does not appear in the traditional Book of Shadows. Some Wiccans do not hold it as a tenet, and fee ...

Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Encyclopedia - Christian Wicca

Christian Wicca combines Christian and Wicca beliefs, embracing reincarnation and worship of nature and fertility as key aspects. Christian Wicca - Principal Tenets. Christian Witches may follow either the Wiccan idea of "Harm none and do as you will" or typically the traditional Golden Rule. God (and sometimes angels) are the central focus. Mother earth is commonly viewed as the goddess in Wicca, which results in a conflict with traditional Christian monotheism. However, some of these same witches believe ...

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Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Encyclopedia II - Persecution of Christians - Discrimination and persecution in the Soviet Union

After the Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks undertook a massive program to remove the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church from the government and Russian society, and to make the state atheist. Thousands of churches were destroyed or converted to other uses, such as warehouses. Monasteries were closed and often converted to prison camps, most notably the Solovetz monastery becoming Solovki camp. Many members of clergy were imprisoned for anti-government activities. These victims are now recognized as the "New Martyrs" by the Russian Or ...

Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Pagan Wicca Dictionary on Wiccaning

Wiccaning - The Wiccan equivalent of a Christening.

(See also: Wiccaning, Pagan, Wicca Pagan Dictionary)

Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Wiccan Witchery Dictionary II on WICCA

WICCA - the name most modern day Witches use for the Craft. It is, in actuality, the Old English word for male witch, the femminine being wicce. The Old English word, Wiccain meant to bend or to shape. This is the root word from which we get wicker.

(See also: WICCA, Wiccan, Wicca, Witchery, Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary on WICCANING

WICCANING: the act of parents, promising to rear their child in the Wiccan culture...SEE PAGANING or SAINING.

(See also: WICCANING, Witchcraft, Wicca, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Pagan Paganism Dictionary II on Wiccan

Wiccan:

(1) The original plural form for “wicca/wicce” or “witch.”

(2) An adjective used to describe their religion by the followers of Neopagan Witchcraft.

(See also: Wiccan, Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Spiritual Dictionary on Wiccan

Wiccan: A person who follows one of the many sects of Wicca.

(See also: Wiccan, Magic, Shamanism, Paganism, Wicca)

Wicca - Discrimination and persecution of Wiccans: Encyclopedia II - Persecution of Muslims - Communist persecution of Muslims

Persecution of Muslims - Discrimination and persecution in the former Soviet Union and in former East Bloc nations. See Pomak, Bulgaria. Enver Hoxha conducted a campaign to extinguish all forms of religion in Albania, a majority Muslim country, in 1967, closing all religious buildings and declaring the state atheist. See Communist and post-Communist Albania. ...

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