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Originally posted by brooklineu:
Wicca vs Witchcraft
In my mind they are two different religions=) Wicca to me is what started with Gerald Gardiner, and witchcraft is pre-Gardnerian. I have a whole page full of differences between the two:
http://www.geocities.com/ariesrising3/difference.html
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Gardiner wrote about what he found in a tradional coven. Also about the compass/elemental corresspondances...since others can be found, couldn't it be the same as the Wiccan ones? I've also heard the term Traditional Wicca, meaning that they get their practices from Britian.
As for the roles of the Gods and Goddesses, I've heard Witches (Wiccans) say that dieties were higher energy beings, were the universe, ruled over the universe, were different aspects of the same thing, were everything and nothing simulatesly, etc. I think one good thing about Wicca/Witchcraft is that because there are so many traditions, or paths, to follow, and one can even be eccletic, so there is no dogma.