Wicca 101 ~ Test yourself! (LONG!!)

[Andromeda]

I found this test on another website, awhile ago....
Don't worry there will be no marks for this :) Just to see how much you know :)
Have fun!!!!


WICCA 101

NAME:_______________________________ DATE:____________________


1. What is the definition of Witchcraft?

2. What is the definition of Magick?

3. What is the definition of a Witch?

4. What is a traditional Witch?

5. What is an electic Witch?

6. What is a solitary Witch?

7. What is a kitchen Witch?

8. Who founded the Gardnerian Tradition? When and Where?

9. Who founded the Alexandrian Tradition? When and Where?

10. Name three other traditions and give a brief history of them? (Ethnic origin eg. Norse)

11. Name five books you would use to teach Wicca 101.

12. What is a pantheon? Name three pantheons.

13. What is Widdershins?

14. What is deosil?


True or False (if the answer is false, give correct definition)

15. Familiar is how close you get to the High Priestess.

16. Skyclad means wearing a blue robe.

17. An elder is a tree.

18. Drawing Down the Moon is the process of using paper magick and illustration.


19. List all the Sabbats and their approximate dates.

20. Give the various purposes for a magickal name.

21. What is an affirmation?

22. What does "hive" mean?



23. What is the difference between a stang and a staff?

24. What is the purpose of an altar?

25. What is the difference between sacred space and magick circle?

26. Name the five elements, their directions, and their elementals.

27. Define the following and explain the significance of each to the Craft individual:

a. Broom b. Chalice
c. Wand d. Cauldron
e. Sword f. Bolline
g. Bell h. Book of Shadows

28. List some different types of journals and how they would be beneficial to your practice.

29. Name ten gems (crystals or stones) and give the magickal properties of each.

30. Name ten herbs and give the magickal properties of each.

31. What is the chakra system?

32. How many chakras are there?

33. Where are the chakras placed? (draw a picture)

34. List what goes into a BOS.

35. List and briefly define five forms of divination.

36. How do you dress a candle to bring something towards you?
How do you dress a candle to send something away from you?

37. What is the Summerland?

38. Explain reincarnation?

39. What does "the other side" mean?

40. Explain karma.

41. Explain the following sentence: The Witch is the magick.

42. Write the Rule of Three.

43. Write the Witches Rede.

44. Why do you call the quarters?

45. How do you call the quarters?

46. Why do you cast a circle?

47. How do you cast a circle?





48. How do you draw a circle?

49. How do you Draw Down the Moon?


True or False (if answer is false, give correct definition)

50. The center of any circle is where the Witch is.

51. If you don't know where the directions are, you can pick them by intention.

52. Only a female can Draw Down the Moon.

53. Only a male can strap on the sword.

54. Every time you have a gripe, you call the Goddess/God.

55. Witches can have rosaries.

56. A cord spell involves musical intruments.

57. Cakes and ale are served at the beginning of a ritual.

58. Illuminator candles are absolutely necessary in a ritual.

59. You must annoint all who come into the magick circle.

60. A Witch must make a Witch for a Witch to be valid.

61. Handfasting is a legal marriage.


62. Name the aspects of the Triple Goddess and explain them.

63. List the magickal meanings for the following candle colors:

a. Red b. Orange
c. Gold d. Blue
e. Green f. Purple
g. Silver h. Black
i. Brown j. White

64. What is ritual clothing?

65. How does a person "raise energy"?

66. There are eight phases of the moon. Explain when they occur and their magickal applications:
a. Balsamic (dark moon) e. New Moon
b. Full Moon f. Crescent
c. First Quarter g. Gibbous
d. Disseminating h. Last Quarter

67. What is a medicine bag?

68. Are Witches considered Shamans? Explain





69. What are the Principles of Belief, who wrote them, and in what year?

70. What is meditation used for?

71. How many Witch's does it take to screw in a light bulb?

72. Explain and describe the God.

73. Explain and describe the Goddess.

74. What is an Esbat?

75. What is a Sabbat?


True or False (If the answer is false, give the correct definition)

76. Totem animals are vegetables.

77. An inverted pentagram is a sign of Satanism.

78. A talisman is the name for a poet.

79. Warding is binding magick.

80. Blood of the moon is when the moon is red.

81. A Witch can't heal unless she/he can harm.

82. Runes should be used as a magickal alphabet.

83. Grounding is when you gather earth to put on the altar.


84. The foundation of the Witches' Pyramid is made up of four principles, name them.

85. What is shapeshifting?

86. What is an OBE?

87. Explain invoking and evoking.

88. Match the planet to the day and give the symbol:

Sunday _______ a. Mars
Monday _______ b. Saturn
Tuesday _______ c. Venus
Wednesday _______ d. Sun
Thursday _______ e. Moon
Friday _______ f. Mercury
Saturday _______ g. Jupiter

89. Give the Element for each day.

90. Name the three aspects of the God and what they stand for.





91. Name the colors of the four winds.

92. Do Witches believe in guardian angels? Why or why not?

93. Why do spells usually rhyme?

94. What is the difference between a charm and a spell?

95. What does "moon void of course" mean?

96. Name the four angels and the quarter each represents.

97. Name the four times when you should not cast a circle.

98. Name two commonly accepted forms of Shamanism and describe each.

99. Where does your source of power come from?

100. What is the difference between a Black and a White Witch?

101. What is the difference between black and white magick?

102. What are two types of altars for a circle?

103. Can a Witch enter a Christian place of worship without bursting into flames?

104. Name three types of meditations.

105. How do you find North?

106. What are the Elemental energy points?

107. What charaterizes male and female crystals and what are their properties?

108. List 10 things you would recommend to put in your Witches' cupboard.

109. How many Runes are in a set?

110. What is the most commonly known origin of the Runes?

111. What are Runes made out of?

112. How many cards are in a standard Tarot deck?

113. How many cards are in the Minor Arcana?

114. Match the Tarot suit to the element they represent:

Wands ______ a. Fire
Cups ______ b. Water
Pentacles ______ c. Earth
Swords ______ d. Air

115. What does the nine of cups stand for in the Tarot deck?

116. What is the magickal reason the Witches do not use an unequal-armed cross in their work?




True or False (if the answer is false, give correct definition)

117. The Goddess must have a given name.

118. A Wiccan is a Satanist.

119. A Wiccans golden rule is "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you"

120. Halloween is the Witches New Year.

121. Witches wear cone shaped hats.

122. A Witch can't marry outside their faith.

123. If you are Wiccan, then you are a Pagan.

124. Your familiar is the family pet.

125. Pow Wow is also known as Hexcraft.


126. Is deflecting negative energy back to its source doing harm?

127. What are the Akashic Records?

128. What are the five degrees obtainable by a Witch? (more than one tradition has this system)

129. What is one thing you would do to educate the your community about Wicca/Paganism? Why?

130. Name four things you would use to represent the Elements on your Altar.

131. What could you use to represent the Goddess and/or God on your Altar.

132. What is a grimoire?

133. What were the Burning Times? Where did they take place? When did they happen? Why?

134. What is channeling?

135. What is the best night of the year for divination? Why?

136. What is another name for the Green Man?

137. What is macrocosm?

138. What is microcosm?

139. What is the difference between a left-hand and right-hand path?

140. What is creative visualization?

141. At what Sabbat would you bless your seeds for planting?

142. What does the May Pole represent?

143. When is the best night to harvest herbs for love workings (spells, etc)?




144. How long is a hand-fasting?

145. What Sabbat is best to buy your new broom?

146. What are the four greater Sabbats?

147. What are the four minor Sabbats?

148. Do the Sabbats occur at the same time in the Southern Hemisphere as in the Northern Hemisphere?
Explain.

149. Which Sabbats honor the sun deity?

150. Which Esbats honor the lunar deity?

[Myst]

I'm not sure if this is "see how much you know" or "take a moment to think about what you believe" :)

Useful tho! I would suggest to anyone to print it out and do it, see what you think.. :)

[Mairwen]

Isn't this the same exam Silver RavenWolf has in one of her books?

[Andromeda]

I don't know, I just found it on a webpage...*shrugs*

[Twilight Garden]

If it's not from SilverRW's book, it's very similar. I'm not her biggest fan, so I don't own any of her books. I had to take a test a few years ago, just like this, that came out of one of her books. It was meant by my teacher as: see what you know. It was only a part of what I had to do, but it gave me things to think about. Like what I easily answered must have been more important to me at the time. Or things I'd be interested in learning more about. Most of it's just the basics, so it seems generally a good starting place to judge your mundane knowledge of the Craft.

[loopy]

It's definitely really similiar. I dusted off my copy. Most of the questions are exactly alike; some are left out or added in this version though. And the numbers on some have changed.

[Mairwen]

Thought so.

[loopy]

Yup. SRW-- so controversial, and yet, so plagiarized. :D

[Swanspirit]

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :boing: :boing: :boing: :boing: :RuNew: :RuNew: :boing: :boing: :boing: :boing:
oops sorry ........... couldnt help myself .....someone must have hypnotised me over the internet too....... oohhh GODDESS.......
thank you I needed a good laugh......
Silver Whoosistwhatsis???
Ohhh Goddess .........:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :crylaugh: :crylaugh: :wave:

Swannie

[IOLO]

I'm with you Your Swaniscitude...hehehe....and Willow Raven also....

Geeesh.....see what I mean about the "orthodoxy".....pretty soon there'll be a wiccan pope....and seminaries.....and bingo games....the whole 9 yards of organized religion.

Glad I'm witch and not wiccan....we don't have any rules....hehehe

Merry Be!! ALL!!

His IOLOness....

hehehe

[IOLO]

....as a resident of the area...hahaha...is this supposed to be a replacement for the Baltimore Catechism.....wiccan style???...hehehe ( wonder when the rosary beads are coming??)...hehehe

Sorry...this just strikes me funny. Was this what the Puritans were so worried about that they burned and hanged people???

IOLO

[Andromeda]

geez...nevermind then...

[Swanspirit]

YOU didnt write it !!!
this list is just so far removed from the deeply spiritual internal journey that I consider to be the essence of being any kind of pagan.........and it doesnt HURT anything to have some "knowledge" but wicca 101??????? and definitive answers to some things that are so different to so many people......
Love and Light
Swannie...........

[Myst]

By the way, this test has been taken way out of context. It was originally printed in "To Stir A Magick Cauldron" by Silver RavenWolf, and it was provided as a resource - Silver having said that it was the test BlackForest Clan initiates have to get 97% on to get accepted. It is *NOT* intended to be a general Wicca 101 test, nor a representation of the beliefs of all Wiccans, JUST a resource and test for those who wish to be accepted into the BlackForest Clan. I would presume each test taken is marked individually by some higher member of the BlackForest Clan, and there aren't any "right" answers - the answers are correct if they show careful thought and research as well as the teachings of the BlackForest Clan, not if they fit into someone's rules of what Wicca as a whole is.

The one shown here was taken off the website of someone who obviously copied several pages of Silver RavenWolf and probably without permission or credit, and has been presented, again, OUT OF CONTEXT.

(not your fault Andromeda, but the fault of the person who printed it on their site)

[Swanspirit]

and how many people read it on the net ..... take it to be just that........ some kind of definitive "test"???
and translate it to be genuine........
Love and Light
Swannie,
and it really was funny to me......

[Myst]

Yup, that's why I HATEHATEHATE people who copy stuff from books and put it on their website :mad:

[Avena]

Ok, did the test, wasn't as easy as I actually thought. There are some questions I couldn't even answer with the help of a book. Maybe one of you could help me:

7. What is a kitchen Witch?

just a witch practicing in a kitchen??

13. What is Widdershins?

yes, what?

14. What is deosil?

*shrug*

49. How do you Draw Down the Moon?

often heard of it, never tried it...

71. How many Witch's does it take to screw in a light bulb?

read the same question on a pagan jokes site

139. What is the difference between a left-hand and right-hand
path?

is there a difference?


Avena

[loopy]

Widdershins is a word meaning "counterclockwise." Deosil means "clockwise."

:)

[Avena]

Ah thanks!

Why can't they just say clock- and counterclockwise instead of "Widdershins" and stuff??! 8O

[Myst]

Originally posted by Avena

7. What is a kitchen Witch?

just a witch practicing in a kitchen??

13. What is Widdershins?

yes, what?

14. What is deosil?

*shrug*

49. How do you Draw Down the Moon?

often heard of it, never tried it...

71. How many Witch's does it take to screw in a light bulb?

read the same question on a pagan jokes site

139. What is the difference between a left-hand and right-hand
path?


They say deosil and widdershins because they're magickal words, not mundane like clockwise and counterclockwise.

A kitchen witch is someone who practices folk magick instead of ceremonial; he or she is often found in the kitchen or in the garden. The focus of their magick is often herbs and recipes, sometimes gemstones and often faeries or devas.

Drawing down the Moon is what is done when the Goddess is invoked into a Priestess such that the Goddess will bring wisdom and teachings to the coven through the Priestess or such that She will be directly present in and part of the Circle. Some people think it's an unnecessary ritual being as the Goddess is always around, but some feel it's an ecstatic joyful ritual to be done usually at the full moon.

#71. IS a joke.

Left handed often means "darker" such a Satanism or Voodoo magick, whereas right handed often means "lighter" as in Wicca. According to some ceremonialists this distinction was made by Christians because of the work of people who practiced Tantric Yoga. If a ritual in that Yoga would involve symbolic sex the Priestess would sit to the right of the Priest; if it were to involve actual sex she'd sit to the left. Christian people who interpreted Indian literature on these rituals gave "left" the negative connotations it has today, according to these ceremonialists ( http://www.angelfire.com/nt/dragon9/MYTHS.html #5).

Now aren't you glad you took the time to do the test? That's why I think many Pagans or at least Wiccans should look at it - not to find the "RIGHT" answers, but to do the research involved in the making of Wicca, and to learn and explore your personal beliefs.

[Andromeda]

Well I knew it wasn't a representation of all Wiccan Beliefs....I was just thinking it might be nice to help expand the Knowledge of Wiccans that are just beginning, it might help as a reference. Like you said Swan "it doesnt HURT anything to have some "knowledge" . And Sure, no bodys answer is going to be the same...

[Twilight Garden]

Like people said earlier. There's really NOT a correct answer. I can say with confidence, that not being able to answer these questions does NOT make a person less of a witch. In my eyes a witch is something you are born, not just something you learn.

:)Just another way to answer (by Avena) some questions.


I usually think of a "kitchen witch" as just how it sounds. Practicing "Kitchen Witching" would be stirring "intentions" to your meals, recipes, and probably knowing a great deal on the magickal effects of foods and herbs. (picture the witch stirring her brew and mumbling, that's me)

Widdershins & deosil, to me, are optional anyway and the "meanings" are influenced by others.
Wid=clock-way=adding, bringing, attracting.
Deo=counterclock-way=getting rid of, letting go
... in general.
To me they are not needed, only a symbol of the energy you are trying to utilize. To some they are just as valid as say calling a diety to assist in spells or Rites.

Left/Right - what Willow Raven said. (though I'm not sure who chooses what is right & left...To me voodoo doesn't always mean left handed)
To some though, (on a completely different thought) right handed people use their right hand to direct energy, left hand to receive. Vice versa for left handed people.

Just some random thoughts...

[Myst]

Originally posted by LunarMist
I can say with confidence, that not being able to answer these questions does NOT make a person less of a witch. In my eyes a witch is something you are born, not just something you learn.

OH NO the Wicca vs Witch debate is going to come up again AAAAH

[Avena]

Thanks for answering my questions! :)

But I STILL haven't figured out:

1. Is a kitchen witch, when practicing folk magick etc, the same as a traditional witch?

2. When you do a spell/ritual in which you have to do something clockwise or counterclockwise, how do these "directions" actually influence your ritual? I mean, does Widdershins (for example) stand for receiving energy and deosil for sending energy or vice versa, or why exactly do I have to decide whether to do something clockwise or counterclockwise???

3. (no specific problem) To say that magick is lefthanded when it is "dark" I find somehow stupid, not only because it's a Christian invention to (once again) disparage sex, but rather because (to me) it would sound more logical to say it the other way round and say lefhanded means light or white magick, as the left hand is closer to your heart. :heartthro

Avena

[loopy]

I'm fairly certain that widdershines usually corresponds to banishing, negative energies or magicks, and deosil is usually building up and positive energy. Like, if you were going to cast a circle to banish a disease, you might cast it widdershins, and if you were going to... I don't know, try and bring happy energy to you, you would go deosil.

Someone shut me up if I'm wrong.

[Myst]

Originally posted by Avena
1. Is a kitchen witch, when practicing folk magick etc, the same as a traditional witch?

Depends what you mean by traditional witch. Someone who is in a trad? Someone who is lineaged and learned through a line of Witches? Someone who practiced in a cottage centuries ago?



Originally posted by Avena
2. When you do a spell/ritual in which you have to do something clockwise or counterclockwise, how do these "directions" actually influence your ritual? I mean, does Widdershins (for example) stand for receiving energy and deosil for sending energy or vice versa, or why exactly do I have to decide whether to do something clockwise or counterclockwise???


I agree with loopy.


Originally posted by Avena
3. (no specific problem) To say that magick is lefthanded when it is "dark" I find somehow stupid, not only because it's a Christian invention to (once again) disparage sex, but rather because (to me) it would sound more logical to say it the other way round and say lefhanded means light or white magick, as the left hand is closer to your heart.

So don't use it :) That's just where the thinking originally came from.

[Twilight Garden]

Ha Ha! You are right about the Wid & Deo. I was typing late and tired last night. Sorry for that, my mistake. :lol:

[Dria El]

Wow! That IS a long test! Probably be a good test to see what one has learned after their year and a day study (or equivalent so I don't get flamed!).

[Starlight]

Man did i ever fail that one ! Oh well I'm not gonna define myself on it. I know what I know and for me that's pretty good!

and on another note .....Dear Lord.... Swanspirit how long did it take you to type in all those Smiles!!!!!???? It must've taken you years!!!!!! hahahahahahahah :cutie: :crylaugh: