- the God and Goddess are not distant deities. they are both within ourselves and manifest in all nature.
- Wicca reveres both the Goddess and God. they are equal, warm, and loving.
- do what you want, as long as you harm none.
- magic is the practice of moving natural energies to effect needed change. magic is natural, it is a harmonious movement of energies to create change.
- every deity that has received worship upon this planet exists with the archetypal God and Goddess, the twin deities.
- The Goddess
- "The Goddess is the universal mother. She is the source of fertility, endless wisdom, and loving caresses. As the Wicca know her, she is often of three aspects: the maiden, the mother, and the crone, symbolized in the waxing, full, and waning moon. She is at once the unploughed field, the full harvest, and the dormant, frost-covered earth. She gives birth to abundance. But as life is her gift, she lends it with the promise of death. This is not darkness and oblivion, but rest from the toils of physical existence. It is human existence between incarnations."
- the temptress and the crone, the tornado and the fresh spring rain, the cradle and the grave
- "We see her in the moon, the soundless, ever-moving sea, and in the green growth of the first spring. She is the embodiment of fertility and love.
- Queen of Heaven, Mother of the Gods that Made the Gods, the Divine Source, the Universal Matrix, the Great Mother
- cauldron, cup, labrys, five-petaled flowers, the mirror, necklace, seashell, pearl, silver, emerald
- rabbit, bear, owl, cat, dog, bat, goose, cow, dolphin, lion, horse, wren, bee
- "The Goddess has been depicted as a huntress running with her hounds; a celestial deity striding across the sky with stardust falling from her heels; the eternal Mother heavy with child; the weaver of our lives and deaths; a crone walking by waning moonlight seeking out the weak and forlorn..."
- The God
- "We see the God in the sun, brilliantly shining overhead during the day, rising and setting in the endless cycle that governs our lives. Without the sun we could not exist; therefore it has been revered as the source of all life, the warmth that bursts the dormant seeds of all life and hastens the greening of the earth after the cold snows of winter."
- forests untouched by human hands, burning deserts, towering mountains.
- the fully ripened harvest, intoxicating wine pressed from grapes, golden grain waving in a lone field, shimmering apples hanging from verdant boughs on October afternoons.
- the sword, horns, spear, candle, gold, brass, diamond, sickle, arrow, magical wand, trident, knife
- bull, dog, snake, fish, stag, dragon, wolf, boar, eagle, falcon, shark, lizard
- together, the God and Goddess celebrate and rule sex as part of nature.
- visualize the Goddess while facing the moon, and the God while facing the sun. this helps to connect to the deities.
- read books on mythology to know the deities better, talk walks in nature
- Wicca acknowledges the darkn aspects of the Goddess and the God. all nature is composed of opposites, and this polarity is also resident within ourselves.
- magic is the projection of natural energies to produce needed effects
- personal power is the life force that sustains our earthly existences. it powers our bodies. we absorb energy from the moon and sun, from water and food. we release it during movement, exercise, sex, and childbirth.
- earth power is that which resides within out planet and in its natural products. stones, trees, wind, flames, water, crystals and scents all possess unique, specific powers that can be used during magical ritual
- divine power is the manifestation of personal power and earth power. this is the power that exists within the Goddess and the God, the life force, the source of universal power that created everything in existence
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