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Wicca
There can be no exhaustive or authoritative sources that can trace Wicca back through ancient times. Wicca is mainly a manifestation of ancient systems of nature worship in the 20th century that is based out of northern Europe that has been in existence for thousands of years ago. Wicca is basically a religion that is rooted in the mist of Neolithic history which can be termed as fertility and agrarian society. Wicca is a nature worship religion and subsequent interaction with nature which is dissented from that practice by the Celtic clans that were found in the Western Europe as well as the indigenous people of British Isles. Therefore it is one of the mainstreams of indigenous earth spirituality that is found in European culture.
Wicca has its origins from the Celts and other people that lived in the area which is known as Great Britain. The Wiccans celebrate the earth and hold the belief...
They normally espouse pantheism and claim to look at the divine in each and everybody. They celebrate rituals that are centered on lunar cycles and eight annual Wiccan holy days which are centered on solar cycles.
This pagan oriented worship of nature systems came into being and was passed down through history in countless ways which were mainly practiced in secret. This secrecy was important particularly during the dominance of Roman Catholic in Europe. Basically there were three pagan traditions that came out of the pagan societies where the environment was key on their survival. The ones who studied seasons and stars sought to understand and predict the influence of that the environment had on their crops, cattle, the rain and so on. Through this they also desired to be in a position of influencing these factors.it is therefore from the urge to understand and…
Reference
Carm.org.(2010). History and Origins of Wicca. Retrieved April 3, 2014 from http://carm.org/religious-movements/wicca/history-and-origins-wicca
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