Wicca Paper

[CelTicFaeRie07]

Hello everyone! :wave: I am writing a paper about Wicca. (10 pages or so) Does anyone have any ideas/suggestions about where to go with it? I'm thinking about a general history and the average person's perception of it. What do you think? :)

[Rae ShadowWolf]

Make sure you explain that Wicca is not the "Ancient Religion" and that is not "thousands of years old". Please? :lol:

[CelTicFaeRie07]

Make sure you explain that Wicca is not the "Ancient Religion" and that is not "thousands of years old". Please? :lol:

Certainly. :)

[Elderbush]

Also please stamp out the "burning times" thing?

[OpenHands]

I did a brief presentation on Wicca a few years back and found it to be rather challenging so I wish you much luck with it.

A few points I chose to focus in on were:
- Common misconceptions
- Holy days
- A tentative outline of core concepts (and a quick explanation that different groups within Wicca can and do disagree over these so there is a lot of variation at this point)
- That it is one religion among many that falls under the blanket term "pagan"

This is an FAQ recommended to me by several non-flaky people that helped me out a lot with my presentation:
http://www.wcc.on.ca/faq/faq1.html#faq1.1

[catgirl]

No advice, but good luck on your paper!

[David19]

I don't have much advice about the paper but Wicca for the Rest of Us (http://wicca.timerift.net/) and Triumph of the Moon by Ronald Hutton i think are two good sources for the history of wicca, so maybe you should try there.

Anyway, good luck with your presentation :).

[Ben Gruagach]

Isaac Bonewits' new book "Bonewits' Essential Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca" and also Lilith McLelland's "Out of the Shadows: Myths and Truths of Modern Wicca" are both good places to start for material.

[Bix]

Like others said, I would just first give a basic history of Wicca...and maybe give some background information about the founders and influential people in Wicca. Then go to basic beliefs and practices; sabbats, esbats, rituals, etc. Then maybe you could end the paper on how Wicca has changed since it began and then make an educated guess on where Wicca is going.

[LadyCelt]

I'd describe misconceptions about the religion.