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Wicca

[ wik-uh ]

noun

  1. a nature-oriented religion having rituals and practices derived from pre-Christian religious beliefs and typically incorporating modern witchcraft of a benevolent kind. neopaganism ( def ).


Wicca

/ ˈ·Éɪ°ìÉ™ /

noun

  1. sometimes not capital the cult or practice of witchcraft
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of Wicca1

First recorded in 1950–55; adapted from Old English wicca “male sorcerer†( Middle English wicch(e), “sorcerer (male or female)â€; witch, wicked
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of Wicca1

C20: revival of Old English wicca witch
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"It's not like this Wicca bulls**t is doing us any good," Natalie says, one of the only remaining out of the survivors to not have gone full cabin woo-woo or boo-hoo.

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As witchcraft practice, including Wicca, became more openly accepted, occult consultants began popping up more regularly, credited or not, on shows, including “Charmed,†“Supernatural,†“Buffy the Vampire Slayer†and even the military legal procedural “JAG.â€

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Practices include black magic, white magic, Wicca, Reiki, Tarot, astrology, and healers of the evil eye and other ailments.

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The religion made sense to her and she joined the Women of the Goddess Circle, a feminist pagan spiritual community of women in the Dianic tradition of Wicca, which focuses on women’s empowerment.

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For 50 years, Budapest dedicated much of her life to creating and disseminating Dianic Wicca — a feminist, Goddess-centered spirituality she originated in Los Angeles in the 1970s.

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