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Religion Atheism Creationism Mythology Nontheism Occult Spirituality African (Serer)  Bábism (Bahá'í Faith)    Buddhism (Mahayana Tibetan Vajrayana)   Chinese (Confucianism Falun Gong Taoism)    Christianity (in China in India) Seventh-day Adventism Anabaptism  Anglicanism Arminianism Baptist Calvinism Christadelphianism Eastern (Oriental Orthodoxy Syriac) Latter Day Saints (Book of Mormon LDS Church Community of Christ) Lutheranism Methodism Roman Catholicism (Pope Bible Saints)   Heathenism   Hellenismos (Greek mythology)   Indian (Ayyavazhi)  Hinduism (mythology Ravidassia)  Jainism Sikhism   Islam (in China in Russia Shia Ahmadiyya Sufism Quran)   Judaism (Kabbalah)    Scientology   Shinto   Wicca   Zoroastrianism  Wicca /ˈwɪkə/ is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica." From the 1960s onward, the name of the religion was normalised to "Wicca.". Wicca is typically a duotheistic religion, worshipping a goddess and a god, who are traditionally viewed as the Triple Goddess and Horned God. These two deities are often viewed as being facets of a greater pantheistic godhead, and as manifesting themselves as various polytheistic deities. Nonetheless, there are also other theological positions within Wicca, ranging from monotheism to atheism. The religion also involves the ritual practice of magic, largely influenced by the ceremonial magic of previous centuries, often in conjunction with a broad code of morality known as the Wiccan Rede, although this is not adhered to by all wiccans. Another characteristic of this religion is the celebration of seasonally-based festivals, known as Sabbats, of which there are usually eight in number annually. There are various denominations within Wicca, which are referred to as traditions. Some, such as Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca, follow in the initiatory lineage of Gardner. Others, such as Cochrane's Craft, Feri and the Dianic tradition, take primary influence from other figures and may not insist on any initiatory lineage. Learn more about Wicca Slavic Neopaganism (also known as Slavianstvo (Slavianism) or Rodnovery; Russian: Родноверие / Rodnoverye, Родославие / Rodoslavie; Ukrainian: Рiдна Вiра / Ridna Vira, Рідновірство / Ridnovirstvo, Рідновір'я / Ridnoviriya; Serbian: Родноверје / Rodnoverje, Родна вера / Rodna vera), Belarusian: Роднавераваннe / Rоdnaveravanne; Polish: Rodzimowierstwo) is a modern sometimes fakeloric,, and polytheistic, reconstructionistic, and Neopagan religion; its adherents call themselves Rodnovers (Ukrainian: Ridnoviry), and consider themselves to be the legitimate continuation of pre-Christian Slavic religion. Starhawk (born Miriam Simos) is an American writer and activist. She is well known as a theorist of Paganism, and is one of the foremost popular voices of ecofeminism. She is a columnist for Beliefnet.com and On Faith, the Newsweek/Washington Post online forum on religion. Starhawk's book The Spiral Dance (1979) was one of the main inspirations behind the Neopagan movement. Starhawk lives in San Francisco, where she works with Reclaiming, a tradition of Witchcraft that she co-founded in the late 1970s. She was influential in the decision by the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations to include earth-centered traditions in the UUA sources of faith. She led numerous workshops for, and was an active member of CUUPS, The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans, Inc. (CUUPS) is an Interest Group of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) honoring goddess-based, earth-centered, tribal and pagan spiritual paths. Beltane is one of the four principal festivals of the Irish calendar, one of the four main druidic holy days, and one of the four major Wicca sabbats, and was also celebrated in many European countries. It was also known as La Bealtaine, Bealtainn, Beltain, Beltaine, Boaltinn, Boaldyn, and Belotenia, as well as a few other lesser common used names. Celebrated most commonly on May 1st, or originally April 31st (or October 31st or November 1st in the southern hemisphere), it was dedicated to the sun, and the goddess Maia, as well as the horned god, and the three-fold goddess, also in Irish tradition, the Tuatha De Danann. One of the common symbols of Beltane was the May Pole, which was later transferred into a symbol of May Day. It is opposite of the festival, Samhain, also celebrated in most druid, Gaelic, pagan, etc. traditions. It is a festival of life and sexuality. Template:/box-header ...that because Wicca is a season based religion, many people in the Southern Hemisphere celebrate holidays in opposing times of the year, compared with the Northern Hemisphere? ...that Wiccans often identify as witches, but Wicca and Witchcraft are not necessarily the same thing? ...that Gerald Gardner is credited with re-introducing the word 'Wicca' into the English Language? ...that Wicca was previously an Old English word (pronounced: 'wee-cha'), meaning a male sage or shaman and 'wicce' was the female form? ...that Wiccans observe eight seasonal Sabbats of the year and 12–13 Esbats each year? Template:/box-footer Template:/box-header Project Neopaganism Defining Neo/Paganism at WikiPedia When should Wikipedia use the term "paganism" as opposed to "neopaganism"? Should these terms be capitalized? Discuss at the project NeoPaganism talk page. WikiProject Egyptian Religion WikiProject Mythology WikiProject Occult The pentacle and the five elements of the cosmos The five elements are seen as symbolic as opposed to literal; that is, they are representations of the phases of matter. They are invoked during many magical rituals, notably when consecrating a magic circle. The five elements are Air, Fire, Water and Earth, plus Aether (or Spirit), which unites the other four. Template:/box-header Wicca Wiccan Books Classical elements Fire deities, Nature deities, Sky and weather deities, Water deities Wiccan people Wiccan priests Wiccan traditions Magic (Magick) Occult Religion Heathenism Spirituality Occult Contribute to stub articles in the Wicca Category. Suggest future developments for the portal on the Wicca portal talk page. The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject: What are portals? List of portals Featured portals