Introduction to Wicca Series and Resources Page

Silver Moon Shadow-Introduction Series

The following are various resources and class handouts used in teaching our Introduction series, or recommended by either the teachers or the students for further discussion. We have tried very hard to give credit where credit is due, but if you see a mistake, please forward the source and we will correct our errors.

The Introduction to Wicca included the following topics: Introduction to the Coven, Rules of Circle, Ritual participation & conduct, Wicca vs. other pagan groups, Types of Coven Structures, What is Wicca? History of Wicca, Wiccan Rede, Various Wiccan traditions, Goddess aspects, God aspects, Creation myths, and Reincarnation & Karma.

Coven Resources

SpiritWind Coven
Magick Belly
Becoming
DAWN - Dance Again With Nature

Books

Coven Craft by Amber K
The Sea Priestess by Dion Fortune
The Spiral Dance, A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess by Starhawk (20th Anniversary Ed.)
An ABC of Witchcraft, by Doreen Valiente.
A Witches’ Bible by Janet and Stewart Farrar.
The Witches’ God by Janet and Scott Farrar (1989)

Links
(Generally grouped by subject)

Introduction to Wicca
http://www.draknet.com/proteus/Findcovn.htm
(This will give you an idea of questions you should think about before taking classes or joining a coven).

http://www.paganlibrary.com/reference/history_wicca_england-1939.php
(History of Wicca in England: 1939 – present day).

http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_usbk.htm
(Military Chaplin’s handout)

http://www.ecis.com/~alizard/files/Overview.pdf
(Overview and Guide for Wiccans in the Military (3rd Ed.) Sacred Well Congregation.).

http://www.robinwood.com/LivingtreeGrove/FAQs/FAQPages/Glossary/Glossary.html
(Pagan Glossary of terms)

http://www.homestead.com/crystalforest1/paganglossary.html
(Pagan Glossary of Terms)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/portrait/empire.html#cult
(Paganism in the Ancient World)

http://www.paganpath.com/prin.html
(April, 1974, Council of American Witches’ Principles of Wiccan Belief).

History of Wicca
http://www.Mysticalpaths.com/history.html
(Mythical version of the History of Wicca).

http://www.wiccanet.net/wicca/bookstore/rrtimeline.shtml.
(Timeline of events important to the History of Wicca).

http://www.tylwythteg.com/beliefs.html.
(Interesting link on the History of Wicca and Witchcraft).

Various Wiccan Traditions
http://www.gardnerian.com/beaufort/beaufort_list_temp.html
(Beaufort House Index of English Traditional Witchcraft (revised 1/15/99)).

http://www.1734.us/
(1734 Joseph Wilson’s web page)

http://members.aol.com/akcroebuck/.
(1734 David Finnin’s web page).

http://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/gbos/index.htm
(Gardnarian Book of Shadows).

http://www.pagans.org/wicca/branches/branches.html
(General information on various wiccan traditions).

http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/5665/dianic.html
(Information on Dianic Traditions)

http://www.cog.org/wicca/trads/faery.html.
(Information on Faery Tradition. Copyright 1988 by Anna Korn.)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Rhodes/5569/Faery_Trad_Intro.html
(Information on Victor Anderson’s Faery Tradition).

http://www.reclaiming.org/about/index.html
(Information on Reclaiming Tradition)

http://www.witchvox.com/trads/trad_mohsian.html
(Information on Mohsian tradition)

Goddess Worship
http://www.ancientsites.com/aw/Post/93921
(Contains a beautiful invocation from Dion Fortune’s The Sea Priestess.)

http://ladynite666.topcities.com/goddessofwicca.html
(Contains a beautiful invocation to the Goddess of Witches).

http://ladynite666.topcities.com/chargeofthegoddess.html
(Contains a version of the Charge of the Goddess). The graphics make it a bit difficult to read, but the page is beautiful).

http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/goddess_hecate.htm
(Information about Hecate).

http://www.paganlibrary.com/editorials/discoveringMaidenGoddess.php
(Discovering the Maiden Goddess by Shekhinah Mountainwater).

http://servantsofthelight.org/Archives/Rituals/Calling_Of_Isis.html
(Calling of Isis, From Lodge ISIS-Brigantia for SOL, November 2002)

http://www.geocities.com/vampyress1138/Goddesses.htm
(list several Goddesses of various pantheons with brief descriptions of each).

Creation Myths
http://www.mythinglinks.org/ct~creation.html
(Common themes between creation myths)

http://www.earthspirit.com/fireheart/fhpmyth.html
(Paganism and the Myths of Creation by W.W. Arthen).

http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/CS/CSIndex.html
(Creation Stories from around the World) by Bruce Railsback, Department of Geology, University of Georgia.

http://www.magictails.com/creationlinks.html
(Contains links to several creation myths around the world

http://www.mythome.org/creatafr.html
(African Creation myths)

Reincarnation
http://www.geocities.com/richard_holmes/reincarnation/faq.htm#terminology
(The Reincarnation FAQ)

http://www.comparativereligion.com/reincarnation.html#worldreligions
(Reincarnation and Eastern Religions)

http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/r/reincarnation.html
(Reincarnation)

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/reincarnation.htm
(Buddhist View on Reincarnation)

http://www.causalworks.com/aboutmike.html
(Brief overview of the Evolution of the Human Soul: the Michael Teachings)

http://www.momhawk.com/text/michael.html
(A better overview of the Michael Teachings)


 

Miscellaneous Sites
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
(Encyclopedia)

http://www.coven-of-cythrawl.com/Theban_script.htm
(Information about Theban Script. Can also download the font here).

http://www.witchvox.com
(excellent site for pagan news, information, locating groups, finding rituals, and anything else you could want).

http://www.openhearth.org
(Open Hearth Foundation)

Rede Project -  http://www.draknetfree.com/sheathomas/index.html.
(excellent resource of the History of the Wiccan Rede).

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