wicca a guide for the solitary practitioner

It is a merging with the Goddesses and Gods, the universal energies which created all in existence… And now it is available to all.” Wicca is a joyous religion springing from our kinship with nature. Wicca is just such a religion… Wicca as a religion is changing too… The heirs of Wicca must point their religion firmly to the future if it is to have something to offer coming generations… This book breaks many Wicca conventions… It is designed for the solitary practitioner, since finding others with similar interests is difficult, especially in rural areas. Which celebrates both physical and spiritual realities, in which attunement with deity is coupled with the practice of magic.

He explains in the Introduction, “Wicca, the religion of the ‘Witches,’ has long been shrouded in secrecy…Growing numbers today are dissatisfied with traditional religious structures. Effective ritual unites the worshipper with Deity… There are rituals in this book, but they‘re guideposts, not holy writ… There is not, and can never be, one ‘pure’ or ‘genuine’ form of Wicca… Most Wiccan authors tout their own form of Wicca… Though this book’s goal is a wider understanding of, and appreciation of Wicca, I’m not proselytizing… However… I hope this book partially answers one of the questions I’m most commonly asked: ‘What IS Wicca?’” This does not invalidate it, however, for it is based on time-honored practices… In Wicca… ritual is a means of contacting the Divine. The Wicca as described here is new.’ It is not a revelation of ancient rituals handed down for thousands of years. It is written with the solitary student or practitioner in mind there are no coven rituals or magical group dynamics described herein. A POPULAR AUTHOR PROVIDES A GUIDE TO INDIVIDUALSĪuthor Scott Cunningham wrote in the Preface to this 1988 book, “This book… is a guidebook outlining basic Wiccan theory and practice.

Wicca a guide for the solitary practitioner