the name most modern day Witches use for the Craft It comes from the Anglo-Saxon word Wicce, meaning to bend or to shape This is the root word from which we get wicker
a religion influenced by pre-Christian beliefs and practices of western Europe that affirms the existence of supernatural power (as magic) and of both male and female deities who inhere in nature, and that emphasizes ritual observance of seasonal and life cycles*
a neo pagan religion that is earth based and was founded by Gardner in the 1940's
(The Craft, Craft of the Wise, modern witchcraft, Wicca Craft): Form of paganism It is related to shamanism and includes various forms of white magick
A neo-pagan reconstruction of witchcraft Most Wiccans call themselves witches, but not all witches are necessarily Wiccan [For more information see http: //www spiritonline com/wicca/about html]
It is thought that this term was originally coined by Selena Fox of the Circle Sanctuary in an effort to describe the modern religion of WitchCraft (as begun by Gerald Gardner in England in the 1950's) There is NO difference between Wicca and WitchCraft Anyone who tells you there is a difference is experimenting in the theory of Occum's Razor