The Study
What Is Wicca
Wicca as a pre-Christian, nature-based European religion and recognized religious path.
Wicca is a pre-Christian, nature-based, European religion that teaches the mysteries of life for the spiritual betterment of those who adhere to its tenets and those encountered along the journey.
Wicca is a duly constituted and recognized religion under First Amendment protection according to Federal law through Dettmer v. Landon, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, decided September 4, 1986.
Wicca being a nature-based religion does not mean that nature is worshiped. The tradition recognizes One Divine Source. Because all life comes from that Source, including everything in nature, every person, animal, and all of nature should be treated with the respect and honor entitled to the One Divine Source. Through interrelationship with the lessons and cycles of the natural world, we learn more about nature itself and about our own lives.