I would also like to get to know others who are studying/practicing Wicca, for I understand that there are many Traditions out there. I come from Singapore and the only other Wiccan I know of is one of my friends, she introduced me actually. My family is Muslim and very religious, they do not take kindly to me looking into other beliefs which is why I’m trying to really take my time studying before I dedicate. Unfortunately this leaves me with very little by way of finding information and um ritual items (? If that’s the term). Are there any online communities one can join? Thank you for the help!

Start by doing some form of meditation and a lot of study. No spell casting, just introspection and reflection.

Use social networking and local new age/occult bookstores to try to find like-minded folk. Some New Age type gatherings happen in most parts of the USA: pschic fairs pagan festivals and the like. Make plans to attend: you’ll start to make connections.

Use judgement and intuition to keep yourself away fro dicey people or groups.

I’ve know a tiny bit about the Wiccan (or Wicca, sorry) religion for a couple of years now. I am now just a little over 15, and now it’s become something I’m really interested in delving into (I feel like it would help me figure out what I need to do in life and where to start with it… it’s difficult to explain, my bad.) Anyhoo, I recently found out that one of my distant relatives is a pretty devoted Wiccan, and she’s told me a bit about it, not to mention that she was the one who had suggested I try it to see if it’d help me in any way. I would like to research and study it a bit more before I try to do anything, concerning actual practices and ; for how long would you recommend that I spend time studying first? What parts of Wicca should I learn about first? All pointers and tips are welcome, thank you.

From what I’ve seen and experienced in this world, there is no “bad” religion; only practitioners who show ignorance and lack of understanding for other religions. Wicca is no worse than christianity; it is simply a different religion

I personally do not believe myself to be wiccan, but as a pagan I have bore witness to (and experienced) such experiences.

To the blessed path which you seek/walk

~a solitary, eclectic pagan

First of all can I just say how much I like this site, a little sanity is always refreshing in a world of madness. I have also been interested in Wicca since I was a child, (I am now 51) I just didn’t know it had a name. I to be honest was initially turn off by the term Wicca, I wanted to like what I read but when I discovered the roots only stemmed from the 1950s it just felt like yet another dodgy New Age religion, I have seen plenty of those. I was given my religion by the Hills of the Peak District. There is an area between Shuttlingslow (a low is an old English name for a hill) and the Hollins. The Hollins is alive with Magick, alive with it, you can feel it in the air. Many, many people I knew as young man had experiences on The Hollins or near by.

I have visited the stone circles from Stonehenge to Castlerigg, from the Circles of Carrowmore of Co Sligo to the Rollright Stones and celebrated Solstices and Equinox’s at most of them but never called myself anything, I am not sure what I am.

I believe in the oneness, the oneness that I feel on the Hollins. The oneness has two aspects. I believe that Taoists call this ying and yang, quantum scientists call it matter and anti matter, me I call them The Lord and Lady.

I know from personal experience of the law of 3 fold return and trust and honour the Wiccan Rede, wether any of this makes me a Wiccan, I really couldn’t say. I have never cast a circle and have only practiced my own simple practices and meditations. I have decided however that I am going to begin to dig a little deeper, not before time you might say, you be right too, I have been dithering about now for the last 40 years. I am looking for a little sanity, I can’t do the whole “Witchy Poo” look and welding swords around just doesn’t do it for me, neither does buying loads of objects with pentigrams on them, I want and need my practice to be simple, natural and sincere.

Anyway I have rambled on for long enough, thanks for the site