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[http://dynionmwyn.net/wicca.html This page] has some more in-depth information on the beliefs and origins of Wicca. Also, there are many, ''many'' myths and misconceptions about Wicca that would take forever to put up here, but are dealt with [http://www.mdpagans.com/wiccaisnot.html here], [http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/wiccaandpaganismbasics/a/MythsMisconcept.htm here], [http://www.virtualavalon.com/wakingdragon/Wdispell.htm here], [http://web.archive.org/web/20050207222346/http:/www.faqs.org/faqs/religions/wicca/faq/index.html here], and [http://www.witchvox.com/va/list_articles.html?a=cabc&id=230739 here].
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* [[Above Good and Evil]]: Related below, the God and Goddess embody ''all'' of nature which includes disease, pain, and sorrow. Acknowledging their "dark" aspects is crucial in understanding the Divine.
* [[A Form You Are Comfortable With]]: A school of thought on the nature of the Divine says that the forms humanity has given it, such as the various deities (including the Triple Goddess), are merely attempts to understand a being [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form|ultimately beyond human comprehension]] if viewed in its entirety.
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* [[Brand Name Takeover]]: Some people mistakenly refer to ''any'' neo-pagan or witch as a Wiccan, or use the word "Wicca" to refer to any generic brand of neo-paganism. Actually, many religions practice witchcraft, including [[Voudoun]]. It gets ''especially'' frustrating when it's a person insisting on calling their personal brand of neo-paganism "Wicca" when, at best, their path bears only a superficial resemblance to Wicca.
* [[Broken Base]]: Over the issue of whether or not those who aren't in lineaged covens (and therefore, do not know the Mysteries) have the right to [[Call a Smeerp a Rabbit|apply the name]] "Wiccan" to what they practice.
** Notice how schizo this very page is; part of it insists Wicca is a mystery religion that only those initiated can truely follow, while other sections mention the information is available to anyone willing to look for it.
*** Both of those statements are largely true, on one hand most of the important information (even the mysteries) is pretty easy to find if you know where to look, on the other, Wicca, like all mystical religions really, is highly experiential, and you probably won't experience the mysteries as intended without being in a proper coven.
* [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]: The three-fold law states that whatever you do will come back to you three-fold. So if you do evil...
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* [[Cool Old Lady]]: The Crone aspect of the Triple Goddess alternates between this and [[Granny Classic]].
* [[Crossover Cosmology]]: You will meet Wiccan devotees of gods and goddesses across several different pantheons. This is very confusing to non-Wiccans. The broadest answer to this is that a Wiccan invokes their gods in a Wiccan context (i.e. rituals, prayers, spells, etc.) and ascribes to the Wiccan worldview. However, it is respectful to the deity in question to not invoke said deity without developing a good understanding of who they are and what role they play in the original myths. In other words, do not invoke Aphrodite if the only thing you know about her is that she's a "love goddess".
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: The ''Book of Shadows'' wouldn't get such a name if it were an evil artifact. For that matter, while not an opinion shared by some wiccans, there is a certain motif of balance (which could be translated as a natural equilibrium, which would naturally include darkness and light), and the male god is occasionally
** Can be interesting when you run into someone who uses dark symbols nearly exclusively. It can be startling if you're not used to it.
** [[The Sacred Darkness]]
* [[Demonization]]: It gets a lot of this. You'd think from listening to some people that Wiccans are Satan-worshiping baby-eaters or manic nature worshipers/environmentalists/hippies. It also has a reputation as a religion for women and gay men. Fact is, there are plenty of straight men who are Wiccans. Wiccans care about nature, but they aren't necessarily radical hippies, and they certainly don't eat babies (they'd be as horrified as anyone else at the prospect) or worship Satan.
** This is actually quite often a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]]; because the people who tend to demonize are the ones who are fundie Christians, they tend to think they should refuse to question 'The Bible', even if what they're not questioning is a potential translation error
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Some books (especially ones written before Margaret Murray was discredited) about Wicca are a little dodgy on history. (This isn't an issue for many practitioners, who don't really care how the religion got here so long as it works.) Silver Ravenwolf's are famously dodgy about history ''and'' the religion itself.
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* [[Esoteric Motifs]]
* [[Everyone Is Satan in Hell]]: Wicca gets a ''lot'' of this, mainly from people who [[Did Not Do the Research]]. (Or in some cases, sucked it out of their thumbs so they'd have ''something'' to put in their anti-pagan tracts.) One common belief is that Wiccans must be Satanists because they use the "Satanic" pentagram. In reality, the pentagram is an ancient symbol that has been used by many religions to represent many different things, including the five knightly virtues, the five wounds of Christ, and the five books of the Pentateuch. More on its different uses [http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_pent.htm here].
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