Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Wicca> ?p ?o }
- Wicca abstract "Wicca (English pronunciation: /ˈwɪkə/), also termed Pagan Witchcraft, is a contemporary Pagan new religious movement. It was developed in England during the first half of the 20th century and was introduced to the public in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant. Wicca draws upon a diverse set of ancient pagan and 20th century hermetic motifs for its theological structure and ritual practice.Wicca has no central authority. Its traditional core beliefs, principles and practices were originally outlined in the 1940s and 1950s by Gardner and Doreen Valiente, both in published books as well as in secret written and oral teachings passed along to their initiates. There are many variations on the core structure, and the religion grows and evolves over time. It is divided into a number of diverse lineages, sects and denominations, referred to as traditions, each with its own organizational structure and level of centralisation. Due to its decentralized nature, there is some disagreement over what actually constitutes Wicca. Some traditions, collectively referred to as British Traditional Wicca, strictly follow the initiatory lineage of Gardner and consider the term Wicca to apply only to similar traditions, but not to newer, eclectic traditions.Wicca is typically duotheistic, worshipping a Goddess and a God. These are traditionally viewed as the Moon Goddess and the Horned God, respectively. These deities may be regarded in a henotheistic way, as having many different divine aspects which can in turn be identified with many diverse pagan deities from different historical pantheons. For this reason, they are sometimes referred to as the \"Great Goddess\" and the \"Great Horned God\", with the adjective \"great\" connoting a deity that contains many other deities within their own nature. These two deities are sometimes viewed as facets of a greater pantheistic divinity, which is regarded as an impersonal force or process rather than a personal deity. While duotheism or bitheism is traditional in Wicca, broader Wiccan beliefs range from polytheism to pantheism or monism, even to Goddess monotheism.Wiccan celebrations follow both the cycles of the Moon, known as esbats and associated with the Goddess, and the cycles of the Sun, seasonally based festivals known as Sabbats and associated with the Horned God. An unattributed statement known as the Wiccan Rede is a popular expression of Wiccan morality, although it is not accepted by all Wiccans. Wicca often involves the ritual practice of magic, though it is not always necessary.".
- Wicca thumbnail The_Spiral_Pentacle_by_SingingGandalf.jpg?width=300.
- Wicca wikiPageExternalLink witchhunt.htm.
- Wicca wikiPageExternalLink www.cog.org.
- Wicca wikiPageExternalLink index.
- Wicca wikiPageExternalLink www.paganfed.org.
- Wicca wikiPageExternalLink www.paganfederation.org.
- Wicca wikiPageExternalLink www.witchvox.org.
- Wicca wikiPageExternalLink ?id=fr0pse0LBK0C.
- Wicca wikiPageID "33295".
- Wicca wikiPageLength "96319".
- Wicca wikiPageOutDegree "516".
- Wicca wikiPageRevisionID "705474224".
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink 13_(number).
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink 1734_Tradition.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Adherents.com.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Aether_(classical_element).
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Agnosticism.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Aidan_A._Kelly.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Air_(classical_element).
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Aleister_Crowley.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Alex_Sanders_(Wiccan).
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Alex_Winfield.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Alexandrian_Wicca.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Algard_Wicca.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Egyptian_religion.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Greek_religion.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Andrew_D._Chumbley.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Angel.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Anglo-Saxon_paganism.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Animism.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Ann-Marie_Gallagher.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Anthropologist.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Aquarian_Tabernacle_Church.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Aradia,_or_the_Gospel_of_the_Witches.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Archetype.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Athame.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Atheism.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Atlantic_Ocean.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Beacon_Press.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Belief.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Beltane.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Besom.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Bhagavad_Gita.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Bible.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Bisexuality.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Black.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Black_magic.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Boline.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Book_of_Genesis.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Book_of_Shadows.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Bricket_Wood_coven.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink British_Isles.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink British_Traditional_Wicca.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink British_people.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Candle.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Carbon_dioxide.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Category:Reclaimed_words.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Category:Wicca.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Caucasian_race.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Cauldron.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Cecil_Williamson.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Celtic_polytheism.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Celts.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Centralisation.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Ceremonial_magic.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Cernunnos.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Chalice.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Charge_of_the_Goddess.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Cardell.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Godfrey_Leland.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Charmed.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Cheshire.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Christian_fundamentalism.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Christianity.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Church_of_Wicca.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Civil_service.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Classical_element.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Classical_mythology.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Cochranes_Craft.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Cone_of_power.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Cornwall.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Coven.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Coven_Celeste.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Craft_name.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Cunning_folk.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Dayonis.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Deism.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Demand.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Dettmer_v._Landon.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Dianic_Wicca.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Dion_Fortune.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Dionysus.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Divinity.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Dogma.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Doreen_Valiente.
- Wicca wikiPageWikiLink Druid.