Wicca, Witch, Witchcraft
By Erina Ibrahim special to The Suburban October 12, 2017
Do Witches still suffer from the prejudices and stereotypes?
Among many Contemporary Pagan movements, Wicca is the best-known movements and practiced until now. Wicca is considered the modernisation of the Old Religion according to its followers. The practitioner of this religion is called Wiccan. Wiccans believe that the religion began in prehistory. Wicca is a recognized religion, although it's acceptance by the society and law is still unclear because of witchcraft.
Wiccans or also called Witches. The rumor of witches being evil and worshipping Satan is entirely false. Wiccans believe in either one bi-gendered god or tow gods: one god and one goddesses. Witches …show more content…
As this has been increasingly spread throughout the history, woman witches never had anything to do with Satanic activities or so. In Wicca, the concept of the Devil and demonic activities were never present. Thus, the misconceptions created throughout the years are all biased.
In Gary Kessler’s book, Studying Religion: An Introduction Through Cases he mentions about how Paganism beliefs the Celtic mythology as the foundation of Wicca. In Wicca, women play an important role as someone who carries knowledge and leads the rituals, although there are lots of misconception regarding female witches.
Wicca is until now a religion which is easily misinterpreted because of the association with magic. Although there is nothing wrong with the religion and the believers of Wicca, it is observed in secrecy from the society because of all the bad reputation it has carried from the past. As an outsider’s view on religion if we teach ourselves more about the religion, the Wiccans could practice their religions more