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Males who practice magic are simply called witches. The term "warlock" is said to refer to those who break the sacred oaths taken during initiation and divulge the Mysteries to non-Wiccans, though the etymology of the term 'warlock' leads in a different direction. It is also quite offensive to call one such. The terms "wizard" and sorcerer/sorceress (and similar) are almost never used.
Wicca became "mainstream" to an extent during [[The Nineties]]. The polemic writings of the Silver Ravenwolf became popular, movies such as ''[[The Craft]]'' were released during this period, TV shows such as ''[[
[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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* [[Anti-Magic]]: Salt is commonly used for ritual purification. However, if you leave it around your ritual space it may simply stop magic from working.
* [[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
** Notice how schizo this very page is; part of 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
* [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]: Magic works this way, though not to the extent that you can summon fireballs or teleport yourself. Also, most agree that magical tools are just props to help you get into the right frame of mind to work magic.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: The Crone aspect of the Triple Goddess alternates between this and [[Granny Classic]].
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*** It is generally agreed that one needs no physical instrument to celebrate or work magic; the best altar is the one in your heart, and what you put together outside of that is merely an extension. Do you have access to absolutely nothing? Simply do a ceremony of gestures; again, what matters is intent.
* [[Useful Notes/Neo-Paganism|Neo-Paganism]]: Wicca is ''a'' Neo-Pagan religion. It is not a catch-all term for any random Neo-Pagan religion you might come across. (Indeed, practitioners of other neo-pagan religions like Asatru, Celtic Druidry, and Hellenic Paganism can get quite annoyed at being mistaken for Wiccan.)
* [[Never Mess
* [[Newer Than They Think]]: Although Gardner tried to reconstruct "the Old Religion" as best as he could, he had to fill in some of the blanks himself. (This is not seen as having any bearing on the validity of the religion, mind you.)
* [[Out-of-Clothes Experience]]: Some Wiccans practice their rituals "skyclad," IE, buck naked.
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