First off, I want to testify I was studying and practicing Wicca on and off for 5 years. I say on and off because I would go back and forth between Eastern Philosophy and Wicca, always compromising with Shintoism. Wicca is a common and much older name for Witchcraft also known as The Craft, which can be considered sorcery or magick. Magic spelt with a 'k' symbolizes it is real and not pretend spells.
Witchcraft is NOT directly connected with Satanism. This is a common misconception. Not all Wiccans worship Satan, even though all False Religions are created by him... Wiccans do not worship him directly. It is indirectly. If the individual Witch believes in Satan, they usually believe that he is just another Christian deity, usually a Witch will not worship him, when they start to do this is, it is no longer Wicca but Satanism.
Some Wicca claim that Satan is a Biblical myth, and a slander on the true god of light, Lucifer. Wiccans will deny Satan direct worship, either believing he doesn't exist or that he is a spirit to not contact. Truth of the matter is though, if you are NOT serving the Lord Jesus Christ, you are serving Satan whether you realize it or not. All these false religions, including atheism are Satan's creation. To state what they think they believe though is...
Depending on the Witch. They worship Pagan gods from various pantheons, fairies, dragons and many different mythological spirits and creatures. Some Witches just worship nature itself, as I did along with the Japanese, Greek and Celtic pantheons. I was a Witch that believed in the Christian deities as well. Wicca witchcraft calls itself, "white witchcraft." There is black magick and there is white magick. Most Wiccans say they only do, "good" witchcraft, only practicing positive spells for the benefit of humanity and Mother Earth. Yes, this is a good intention and yes, black magick is much worse than white magick, but, but, but... White magick isn't exactly completely good.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 - "10 There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things [are] an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee."
End of verse ten... Or a witch, hmmm... Doesn't say, "or a black magick witch," it just says, "witch." Period. No ifs, ands or buts. Practicing The Craft at all is bad for our Spiritual Health. Doesn't matter if it is white or black magick, they're both a sin. And here is the contradiction...
Much like the New Age Movement, most Wiccans do not believe good and evil are separate things, on the contrary that they need each other. Like the concept of Yin and Yang. Good and evil is just energy that needs to be balanced by Spiritual people, referring to themselves of course. Evil is just a necessary part of good and the evil/negative energy can be transmuted into the good/positive energy and vise versa to balance Mother Earth. Good and evil are both needed to develop a soul properly. It is apart of the natural human existence, is their belief.
There is no absolute truth. What's true for you may not be true for me, so everything is true, just pick one. If you are Christian you must follow your Holy Book to get into Heaven, if you are Muslim you must follow your Holy Book to get into Heaven, if you are Wicca you must follow the Wicca Reed, etc. etc. etc. If you follow your god and are a good person in your god's standards, you will go to your respected Heaven, the Christian Heaven, the Muslim Heaven or the Buddhist Nirvana. Each soul will be held to their own perspective of truth and go to their respective Heaven.
There is no headquarter organization with a stated creed or dogma. Wicca is a, "Do your own thing" morality, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. This is the extent of Wiccas "rules". Let's quote the Wicca Rede:
Bide within the Law you must, in perfect Love and perfect Trust.
Live you must and let to live, fairly take and fairly give.
For tread the Circle thrice about to keep unwelcome spirits out.
To bind the spell well every time, let the spell be said in rhyme.
Light of eye and soft of touch, speak you little, listen much.
Honor the Old Ones in deed and name,
let love and light be our guides again.
Deosil go by the waxing moon, chanting out the joyful tune.
Widdershins go when the moon doth wane,
and the werewolf howls by the dread wolfsbane.
When the Lady's moon is new, kiss the hand to Her times two.
When the moon rides at Her peak then your heart's desire seek.
Heed the North winds mighty gale, lock the door and trim the sail.
When the Wind blows from the East, expect the new and set the feast.
When the wind comes from the South, love will kiss you on the mouth.
When the wind whispers from the West, all hearts will find peace and rest.
Nine woods in the Cauldron go, burn them fast and burn them slow.
Birch in the fire goes to represent what the Lady knows.
Oak in the forest towers with might, in the fire it brings the God's
insight. Rowan is a tree of power causing life and magick to flower.
Willows at the waterside stand ready to help us to the Summerland.
Hawthorn is burned to purify and to draw faerie to your eye.
Hazel-the tree of wisdom and learning adds its strength to the bright fire burning.
White are the flowers of Apple tree that brings us fruits of fertility.
Grapes grow upon the vine giving us both joy and wine.
Fir does mark the evergreen to represent immortality seen.
Elder is the Lady's tree burn it not or cursed you'll be.
Four times the Major Sabbats mark in the light and in the dark.
As the old year starts to wane the new begins, it's now Samhain.
When the time for Imbolc shows watch for flowers through the snows.
When the wheel begins to turn soon the Beltane fires will burn.
As the wheel turns to Lamas night power is brought to magick rite.
Four times the Minor Sabbats fall use the Sun to mark them all.
When the wheel has turned to Yule light the log the Horned One rules.
In the spring, when night equals day time for Ostara to come our way.
When the Sun has reached it's height time for Oak and Holly to fight.
Harvesting comes to one and all when the Autumn Equinox does fall.
Heed the flower, bush, and tree by the Lady blessed you'll be.
Where the rippling waters go cast a stone, the truth you'll know.
When you have and hold a need, harken not to others greed.
With a fool no season spend or be counted as his friend.
Merry Meet and Merry Part bright the cheeks and warm the heart.
Mind the Three-fold Laws you should three times bad and three times good.
When misfortune is enow wear the star upon your brow.
Be true in love this you must do unless your love is false to you.
These Eight words the Rede fulfill: "An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
This lack of structure and loads of freedom is what draws many to these groups. These pagan faiths attract very intellectual people who feel different or special, those who have had bad experiences with mainstream religions, those who feel abandoned by God, free spirits who dislike structure, rejected by family or society, rebels, and those attracted to occult or mystical experiences. Some witches do not call themselves witches, but refer to themselves as Wiccans, white witches, or neo-pagans. In Wicca, Everyone has his or her own spiritual path to follow. Some are solitary witches, some prefer joining a coven.
Rituals and celebrations are linked to the seasons and moon phases. Qujia boards... Stay AWAY from Oujia boards... They are dangerous and they actually sell them in toy stores, this is a spiritual tool, not a game, Wiccas use it to contact spirits and it is NOT for children, technically not for anyone. Heed this warning. Meditation, visualization, invocation or seances, chanting, incense, burning candles, runes, crystals, tarot cards and special rituals trigger a sense of the mystical excitement, and fulfilling ones need to feel needed.
All of this is all customized to what you like... You pick your goddesses, you pick candles and/crystals, you pick how you like your altar set up, etc. Witches or Neo-pagans claim they practice white magic, using their power and abilities to bring about positive energy. They revere nature, support peace, and believe society cannot be at peace if we are out of harmony with nature or are mistreating our Mother Earth. Obviously focus on the creation and not the Creator, wrong mindset.
I believe many Wiccas, or I can at least speak for myself, many tired of organized religion. I think God is also disgusted with religion, it is man's legalistic corruption of faith and spirituality, especially in the Christian belief. This is why I hate when someone calls me religious, because I hate religion for the stereotype it has given, it is a lie. Leave your church if it doesn't know Jesus Christ by following His Word, just because a "Christian" Church is awful, doesn't mean Jesus is. Leave the Church, but don't leave Jesus, He loves you. He wants what's best for you and He would insist you leave the Organized Church System as well, any church that does not teach righteous doctrine, but cling to doctrine of devils. 1 Timothy 4:1. Salvation is not found in a religion, but is only found in Jesus Christ.
Let's move back on to exposing this religion... Wicca believes in the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine... Though, this tends to be a female dominated religion and strongly supports women's rights... Many Wiccans tend to distance themselves from Christianity and Islam because of what they claim is the proliferation of a patriarchal male-dominated religion that has historically silenced women in the church and taken their rights away in society to reduce them to no more than a Broodmare. I will debunk Feminism in a future article, how it doesn't support equality but strives for female supremacy, matriarchy. Ironically and historically, Wicca used to be a more male dominated religion, there being more male witches/sorcerers than female in many Pagan Circles or Covenants, a good example are The Druids.
In Christianity there is no need to sacrifice animals...God is a God of mercy, not of sacrifice. YOU are supposed to be the sacrifice, you are supposed to stop sinning if you wish to be called Christian. Romans 6.
Matthew 9:13 - "But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
Isaiah 1:11 - "To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full (sick) of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats."
Hosea 6:6 - "For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings."
Sexual freedoms is very much supported in Wicca, these sexual acts including heterosexuality, homosexuality, polygamy, sadism and/or machoism... Because they believe love is love and that love is a positive emotion that helps balance the world. I will state that this is false, I used to believe this and I was Pro-Gay when I was a Wicca... Now after my own Spiritual research I can state I am currently Anti-Gay. God is love and since homosexuality is a sin along with many other sexual practices it is confirmed it is not true love but a counterfeit. I will also discuss homosexuality and sexual immoralities in a future article.
And speaking of sexual immorality, let's speak about cheating on God, committing adultery to your Creator. When you worship other gods as we are commanded NOT to do... Exodus 20:3...
Because,
1.) Damages your soul.
2.) Hurts God when He sees His children harming themselves, their own spiritual bodies by being unfaithful to Him all while He warns us we are harming ourselves and we don't listen to His advice.
I think the Creator of our body and soul knows what harms are body and soul more than we do. If you've ever been cheated on... How do you like it? How do you like it when someone withholds love from you when you've done nothing but be good to them? Hurts, huh? Imagine how God feels, He DIED for every single one of us and many are still cheating on Him and being ungrateful.
Wicca is pure idolatry and an abomination to the True and Living God, Jesus Christ. Being unfaithful to Him, the God that died for us and faithful to gods that have done NOTHING for us. There is only One God that we are to serve according to Deuteronomy 6:4 and this God is the only God that can save you...
Isaiah 44:6-8 - "6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any."
So there is no God, capital 'G' meaning, no other Supreme God besides Him, Lord Jesus. So Holy Mother Earth is NOT the supreme Goddess, nor is Sun or Moon.
Isaiah 45:20 - "20 Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save."
To sum this up, you're damned to Hell if you do not repent and serve the Supreme God Jesus Christ.
Jeremiah 2:11 - "11 Hath a nation changed their gods, which [are] yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit."
No profit... So... What's the point in worshipping these gods? Lord Jesus says they're not even gods... So they must be demons...
Jeremiah 10:11 - "11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens."
So... "In Goddess We Trust..." will end you up in Hellfire along with your gods and goddesses...
Jeremiah 13:10 - "10 This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing."
Imaginations... Hmm... This brings me to my point how all these pantheons and varies gods came to be. Sorry history lesson is a little late, but let's learn...
Nimrod was the founder of the first world empire at Babel, later known as Babylon. Genesis 10:8-12; 11:1-9. Nimrod met a woman named Semiramis at an inn/brothel in the city of Erech... For the King to have a prostitute as a Queen though would be scandalous, so Nimrod passed her off as a goddess that appeared to him, that she was a virgin that sprung up from the sea at Nimrod's ship landing, a perfect bride for the Babylon King. And thus Semiramis' name... The name Semiramis is the Hellenized form of the Sumerian name, Sammur-amat, or "gift of the sea." This is what established the varies Pagan religions today, Satan using Semiramis and Nimrod to create the idea of the first polytheistic religion.
Semiramis was the instigator of this false religion aimed at supporting her and Nimrod's rule. The religion she invented was a corrupted version of using the constellations to tell varies stories about World Creation, God, Satan and the End Times. In her corrupt depiction, Lucifer is rightful lord of the universe whose throne has been temporarily usurped by One whom we can recognize as the God of the Bible. Though the main element of this religion was Nimrod and Semiramis receiving more worship than Satan, emperor-worship... Which Satan is fine with as long as people are deceived and not worshipping Lord Jesus. This religion was promoted by the high priests and priestesses of Babylon, once the priests and priestesses were convinced of Semiramis' divinity, they went forth to the civilians of Babylon.
Semiramis retained full control over the religions hierarchy, having the minds and hearts of the people in the palm of her hand... So that when Nimrod found her pregnant with an illegitimate child, he became furious with his wife. King Nimrod threatened her with both dethronement and exposure of her true, whorish origin. She would not allow this and plotted against her husband.
During the New Year's festival at which Nimrod's rule was celebrated, there was a certain feast exclusively for the royal family and the upper echelons of the priesthood. During this feast, which included taking psychedelic and hallucinogenic drugs, a year-old ram was traditionally sacrificed by being torn limb-from-limb while still alive, and it's flesh eaten raw. This ram symbolized the old year passing into the heavens to allow room for the new year. Then a new-born lamb was presented, symbolizing the new year to be kept and fattened for the next new year's ceremonies. Semiramis, as the head of the religious hierarchy, directed the drug-crazed high priests, when the time came for the ram to be slaughtered, it was King Nimrod who would be torn to pieces. They did as their "goddess" queen demanded.
After Nimrod's death, circa 2167 BC, Semiramis promoted the belief that he was a god. She claimed that she saw a full-grown evergreen tree spring out of the roots of a dead tree stump, symbolizing the springing forth of new life for Nimrod as the Sun god. On the anniversary of his birth, she said, Nimrod would visit the evergreen tree and leave gifts under it. His birthday fell on the winter solstice at the end of December. Does Christmas come to mind? Christmas is not Christian, it is a Pagan holiday. Catholics are not Christian, either... It is a Pagan hybrid, as I've already explained back in my Catholic Article. The Bible rebukes the Christmas tree...
Jeremiah 10:3-4 - "3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not."
When her son was born, she named him, Damu from the Sumerian "Dam," meaning blood, which in the later Babylonian language became Dammuzi, in Hebrew Tammuz, and in Greek Adonis. Semiramis and Damu were worshipped as "Madonna and child." Damu was also worshipped as a god because only a goddess can beget another god. As the generations passed, they were worshipped under other names in different countries and languages. Many of these are recognizable: Fortuna and Jupiter in Rome; Aphrodite and Adonis in Greece, Ashtoreth and Astarte, Molech and Baal in Canaan. Oh and statues in Rome of, "Mary and baby Jesus" that are in truth, not sculptures of them at all, but are Roman gods.
Semiramis remained in reign for her infant son, and ruled as absolute monarch for 42 more years. In order to avoid having to kill her son with the tradition she started by killing her husband on New Year's Day, she instituted an annual nation-wide sports competition, the winner of which would have the honor to become a god. Sound like the Olympics? The military of Babylon was divided into two camps, for her and against her, and a war that ended shortly with the priesthood manipulating the Babylonian people to oppose these rebels against Queen goddess Semiramis. Queen Semiramis was forced to build a system of walls, towers, and gates around Babylon to defend herself though. She was thus the first to build fortifications and her crown afterwards was in the form of the turreted walls of Babylon.
She regained the respect of her people back by reminding them she was not just a mere woman, but a goddess, a moon goddess, Queen of Heaven... Sound familiar Catholic Church? Jeremiah 7:18. As she raised her son, she bestowed upon him with a sense of divinity in the eyes of the priests and people as the means of retaining control as the divine mother without seeming to aggrandize herself. When Damu reached maturity, he demanded of his mother that she install him as king, she refused him and plotted a scheme to kill her son that threatened her reign. Damu found out though, and pre-empted by slaying his mother himself by the sword. He purged the priesthood of any who protest his action as well. Semiramis died after reigning as Queen of Babylon for 102 years. She is the Whore of Babylon, who established Paganism and whose spirit lives on in the Roman Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon. Revelation 17. This is the historical roots of all the pagan religions of the past and the ones that remain today, every pantheon. Semiramis, was the model and original of every goddess and female cult figure in the ancient and modern worlds either directly or by derivation.
Before I became a Christian I was a Wicca, going by a name of Black Rose, as many Wiccas choose nature-based names... I'm stating here and now, as of July 2012 Jesus and my husband who He has given me has turned my black rose red... He is love. 1 John 4:8. There's the explanation for the drawing of the rose I have. So now I'd like to testify, Wicca was a religion that only stressed me out. I got attacked by incubuses many times during sleep, one attack that clearly stays in my mind to this very day. This religion also created some bloodlust... Which is strange since I was always the quiet/outcast, pacifist/gentle, shy girl growing up which attracted me to The Craft and the nature worship of the religion. The love and gentleness appealed to me, supporting animals and women... Even though I entered Wicca with gentle, nature loving intentions... This religion made me sadistic, especially sexually I will confess and Jesus is still cleaning up this spiritual mess for me. James 5:16. Thank you, Lord!
This religion or the demons rather... Made me love gory, surreal, creepy things, dark masculine clothes and heavy music. I now love mercy, truly tranquil things (not the Eastern Philosophy counterfeit), light-colored/earthy-colored feminine clothes, and Gospel Music. Only Jesus can make such a change and I feel so much happier. 2 Corinthians 5:17.
The goddesses I worshipped were far from perfect; I mainly stayed with the Japanese pantheon; my favorite goddesses were Amaterasu, Aphrodite, Brigid and I even tried to contact "Christian" deities such as Lilith, Mother Mary (since I thought it was okay to worship her because of my Catholic grandmother who I loved dearly,) and then I loved trying to contact Mary Magdalene, since I thought she was the wife of Christ. I loved Kitsune spirits, as well, and there were other spirits which I now know are demons... Mesberelle or Rosa who I was close to, who I later found out was a demon connected with another demon named Orphea in the same faction of demons who love to attack the heart of the soul, to only seduce and then cause emotional pain and numbness. These particular demons wish to destroy both love and hate, they cause most people to fall in love with logic and hate emotion, causing Trans-humanist ideals which I will debunk in my next article.
I didn't like the bloodlust and materialism within The Craft. And love spells always turned out to work, to then only backfire... After doing a voodoo spell on a man I didn't like, making him sick, I feared I would kill him with the voodoo I did, so I'd always run back to Christ when a spell went wrong. The man lived, thank The Lord. Though, I always gave a half-baked repentance, of course. I got tired of Wicca and became Spiritual Non-Religious and looking back on it... Jesus was always there for me even if I wasn't fully faithful to Him and He answered my prayers by giving me a very good friend, my now husband, who, when I was debating what religion I should try next... My boyfriend at that time, (now husband) convinced me to try Christianity, telling me I didn't have to be apart of the organized church to be Christian.
You could say we helped save each other, thank God for putting him into my life and God putting me into his life... He who was fresh out of an abusive relationship, leading him to abandon Christ and do Occultic practices on his heart chakra, that I convinced him not to do because I recognized the demons and what the ritual would do, binding these demons to his soul... I knew I had to stay away and keep others away from the Occult, but... I hated Christianity or rather I hated Lukewarm Christianity and the people telling me I couldn't be Christian if I didn't attend a church, this was the main reason I strayed away from Christ to begin with. But Lord Jesus has drew me back to the faith that I really never had... Jesus has made me feel at peace, feel whole, meaning to life, Jesus is the best God to worship hands down compared to any pantheon god or goddess.
Why do you focus your worship on multiple gods and goddesses? Who have both negative and positive emotions, when Jesus only has positive emotions. Jesus does not ask for a blood sacrifice, for you to sign your name in blood, for he died for your sins unlike any other god or goddess.
Matthew 9:13 - "But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
I am aware that there are many other sects in Wicca; fairy worship, nature worship, dragon worship, etc. etc. etc... And they are all wrong, or at least not worth taking the chance for. All I can say is worship the Creator not the creation. It is no good to worship Jesus and other gods as well for the negative emotions of the god you worship only interfere and God wants your heart completely. 100%. No idolatry.
1 Corinthians 3:4 - "Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry."
Colossians 2:8 - "See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ."
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