The devil is a christian concept. Wicca followers worship nature. It's a pagan religion, based around a mother goddess. Wiccans do practice "witchcraft"; however, it's not a malicious form.

The answer is simple - they don't. Wicca do not accept the notion of hell. Reincarnation (the return to the nature) excludes the possibility of its existence. They preserve and respect the nature because of the "law" which says that everything you do will return to you multiplied by three no matter it is something righteous or evil. Good deeds will be praised, "sins" the other way round (right now or in the next life).

The question has two sides to the story which could both be called unreliable. Frankly, it's hard to believe anything religious orders claim as it's mostly laiden with misinformation and propaganda. However, It's my personal belief is that "Satan" was personified as a direct reflection of the Wiccan male diety. Modern day UK was originally home to the Celts and the Britons, who practiced pagan religions which have become the base for most modern day Wiccan religions. They were hunter/forager peoples originally, and there religion is rooted in that lifestyle- the female aspect of the Diety was fertility and growth (foraging/farming). The male aspect represented the hunt, the hunter and prey. This male diety was often personified as having horns and hoofs, being resemblant of the bounty of the hunt. When the christian influence turnt it's eyes onto the island, they used fear factor to gain a following (i.e. if you dont worship our god, you'll suffer for an eternity). to help reinforce that scare tactic, they told of an evil god who resembled a goat. So if any britons took a bite, they would realise that their god was actually the 'devil' deceiving them. Christian tabernacle might claim that wiccans worship the devil and they saved them, or they might claim that this history is completely a lie, either way... it's all in how you look at it. If you beleive without a doubt that there is only one god and one devil, then yes, according to your definition of the devil, wiccans worship the devil... but so do buddhists, hindu, shinto, and everyone else who doesn't follow judeo-christian faith. However, Wiccans do not claim to worship the christian devil, not do they acknowledge that he even exists, so if there is a devil and they do worship him- it's not intentional. Just one last note: some Satan-worshippers may mistakenly refer to themselves as Wiccans, only serving to escalate this misinformation, but they are simply incorrect about what wicca is and I suppose you cant blame them for being misinformed. No, Wiccans do not worship the devil, they dont even believe he exists anymore than Christians believe Zeus exists.

No. The devil is a creature of christian belief and has nothing to do with wiccans (or witches for that matter). It is a common thought but is totally untrue! Also refering to another answer, wiccans do not practice witchcraft. They do however practice a type of magick. They believe in the 'law of three', which basically means that if you do something bad to someone, it will come back to you three times as strong - what goes around comes around. Because of this rule all magick practiced by wiccans is white magic - it will only help others not harm them. Blessed Be

No. I thought strange things about Wicca myself, for a very long time, and yet was always interested in the concept of worshipping the earth, and everything around us....you have to read, so as not to believe the negative things people say about this way of life, and religion.. I learned so much, and am still learning. I am not Wiccan, but, I am more of a free spiritual person...so I do appreciate how and what they believe in..but, I will honestly say that people need to learn for themselves instead of assumption and presumption! I learned by talking to others, face to face, on the net, in groups, and reading ! It's actually a very loving way of life!

The short answer is: Wiccans do not worship the devil. However, I believe this answer requires an explanation, given the misinformation that proliferates on this issue. The Cambridge Online Dictionary (http://dictionary.cambridge.org) defines worship as: "to have or show a strong feeling of respect and admiration for God or a god", or "to go to a religious ceremony." Let us first examine the first definition. In order to have strong feelings of respect and admiration towards anything, you must first recognize that thing as existing. Wiccans do not believe that the Christian devil exists. Why not? The devil is part of the Christian and Islamic pantheons. So, in order to be a true worshipper of the devil, you must first accept basic Christian and Islamic dogma and doctrine. Wiccans do not. The devil doesn't exist to Wiccans any more than he exists to Buddhists, Atheists, or the Ancient Egyptians. To put it another way, the devil doesn't exist to me anymore than the Goddess exists to Billy Graham. Billy Graham can neither worship nor hate the Goddess, because She simply doesn't exist to him. Obviously, when you do not believe in the existence of something, you do not have strong feelings of respect or admiration of that thing. Let us now examine the second definition. Wiccans do go to religious ceremonies, so we certainly worship. The question becomes, then, who are we worshipping? The answer differs with each Wiccan. Some worship Diana, some worship Pan, some worship Isis and Osiris, some worship the archetypical Great Goddess and God, some worship nature, some worship the One, some worship a mixture depending upon the ceremony, and (to be quite frank) we do have Wiccans who don't worship much of anything (the same can be said of any religion). Now, Christians and Muslims are adamant that their path is the only path to salvation and heaven, and that their God (Jehovah or Allah) is the only one that exists. To them, this is absolute truth. In their view, then, if you worship anyone other than Jehovah/Allah, you are, by default, misguided and worshipping the devil. Since this view is based upon religious dogma instead of factual information, logic, or evidence, one simply cannot convince fervent followers of these faiths that Wiccans do not worship the devil. Having been on that side (a Christian), I respect their right to believe this. For more information read: http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_sata.htm I hope this answers your question.

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Goodness no. We do not worship 'Satan' or the 'Devil'. We do not take in any evil, though we do acknowledge evil forces, which are interconnected with the threefold law. The Threefold law is basically Karma; What goes around, comes around three times harder. The only evil we know, is what we create for ourselves. Whatever we do, we have to acknowledge the threefold law.

In all the Wiccan books I have bought & read for research purposes... NO THEY DONT... The dont believe in the Christian version of satan or devils...

I was reading about wiccans.... AND NO they dont beleive in the Christian ideas on God, satan or such...

Wiccans DO NOT worship the devil or practice any sort of evil. In fact, it is part of their rede, or laws, to harm none.

I was a Wiccan for 4 years and during that time I would have laughed at anyone who said I was worshiping Satan. I worshiped Pan, Lucifer - the Light Bringer. I worshiped the sexual act. But I said Satan is a foreign concept to my "old religion". I was wrong. The most disturbing thing I ever discovered, and will ever discover, is that what the bible says is true. There is a war being fought and has been since the garden. Demons and Angels, God and Satan, Jesus and the Anti-Christ - it is all true. It is more comfortable to think we are not being stalked, as it were. It is more comfortable to think, humans are in control, science has one, technology has won. We have become free from all this mumbo-jumbo. We feel safe close to this man-made campfire, and yet something lurks in the woods around us - like children we think if we shut our eyes it won't see us. It is a deadly mistake. Re-think Christ - what He stood for, what he died for.. not what the Roman Catholic Church says, or the angry wiccan with an ax to grind, nor the man on the street with the off-putting anti-abortion protest sign. Look to Christ. He knocks, all we have to do is answer. God Bless you all.

No, for the thousandth time no. Wiccans do not believe in the existence of that entity. The devil, satan, etc., is a purely Christian belief.

The Devil is a purely Christian construct. The word has no meaning in Wiccan beliefs.

From a Christian point of view, any religion/faith that steers people away from Christ is a win for Satan. So, indirectly, yes, from a Christian point of view. They do not directly worship him though.

Seeing as Wiccans do not believe that such things as 'evil' and 'good' exist, therefor the devil doesn't exist, then no. We can't worship something that doesn't exist. The devil/satan is a Christian concept. The Horned God (a deity that is made from all male Gods, and is seen as the Great Father) is sometimes associated with Satan, but they have nothing in common. The Horned God is a God of fertility, love, wealth, earth and the elements. There is no 'good' or 'evil' involved.

Maybe this will help.... http://youtube.com/watch?v=JgLyozVG-uQ

No this is not true, wiccan's do not believe in the devil, so how would they worship him. Wicca do have have a horned god, but do not mistake him for the devil, as he stands for futility, life and nature, this is very unlike the devil. The people who worship the devil are a different "religion" they are called Satanists

Common misbelief. Wicca is a nature based religion.

Apparently black magik does but white magik does not. White magik is the worship of mother nature etc. As Alec says, the devil is really a Christian thing.

no. wiccans do not believe in the devil. it is not part of our religion so it is impossible for us to worship something that we think does not exist. get the facts straight.

As a practicing Wiccan I am always fielding this question. My answer is simply no we do not worship Satan for we do not believe in Satan. He is a Christian concept with no link to Wicca at all. I thank everyone in this forum that explained this so well.

No. I wouldn't listen to that person pertaining to matters of religious beliefs anymore.

In their attempts to dissociate themselves from Satanism, Wiccans have tended to distort their own history. Wicca and Satanism are indeed very distinct religious categories. But there are some intimate historical ties between the two, as even some Wiccan scholars are finally starting to admit. See, for example, Aidan Kelly's book Crafting the Art of Magic (pp.21-22, 25-26, and 176).Wicca is not "the Old Religion", though it does draw inspiration from various old religions. Wicca as we now know it is derived from 19th-century occult philosophy -- including literary Satanic philosophy, among others -- projected onto a non-Christian Goddess and God, plus some de-Christianized Golden Dawn style ceremonial magick, plus assorted turn-of-the-century British folklore, more recently re-shaped by neo-Pagan scholarship and by modern feminist and ecological concerns. At least several different sides of Wicca's convoluted family tree can be traced to 19th-century literary Satanism, some forms of which had more in common with present-day Wicca than with present-day Satanism.The prime example of literary Satanism that strongly influenced Wicca, especially feminist Wicca, is the book La Sorciere by the 19th-century French historian Jules Michelet (published in English by Citadel Press under the title Satanism and Witchcraft). Michelet's ideas, as paraphrased by feminist writers such as Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English in their booklet Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers (Feminist Press, 1973), have played an important role today's women's health movement. (At least Ehrenreich and English were honest enough to list Michelet in their bibliography.) See especially Michelet's introduction. Michelet was, as far as I know, the literary origin of today's feminist image of the Witch as a healer. Among other things, he theorized that the witchhunts were used by the emerging male medical profession to wipe out their peasant female competition.According to Jeffrey B. Russell in A History of Witchcraft, pre-feminist classical Wicca also drew lots of inspiration indirectly from Michelet. Michelet was a major source of inspiration to Margaret Murray, Charles G. Leland, and Sir James Frazer, whom most knowledgeable Wiccans do recognize as influential. (Russell points this out, yet neglects to inform the reader that Michelet's book is full of passionate, sympathetic depictions of Satan as well as of the medieval witches. Russell too perpetuates the false counter-myth that Wicca Has Nothing To Do With Satanism.) I'll leave it to folks more scholarly than myself to debate just how indebted Murray and Leland were to Michelet. In any case, the Italian witch mythology Leland presented in Aradia: Gospel of the Witches (originally published 1899), one of Wicca's major sources, contains some diabolical-witchcraft elements of its own.

No, they worship the earth and deny the man who created it.

No, they worship some other ridiculous supernatural entities.

No. Wiccans don't even believe in the devil. I am a Wiccan, and however much Christians tell me that Wicca is just the devil in disguise, I know that they are just ignorant and uninformed. Wicca is a peace-loving religion that worships the earth, the sun, and the moon. And Christians say this is evil. Whats wrong with people? If you want to learn more about Wicca, go to www.teenwiccanclub.webs.com and go to the What is Wicca? page. Blessed be!

Wicca was founded by Gerald Brosseaw Gardner, a ritired civil servant who was a member of a masonic order and a friend of the wicked Alister Crowley.Crowley after a little time made Gardner a high priest to his satanic order the ordo templi orientis(OTO).His only reason for making wicca was to make man heathen to please his master satan.So yes they do worship the devil but in cover even to their unsaspected followers who thing that wicca is a good thing.All of this you can search in google by typing p.e.wicca witchcraft, end many others...

Wiccans typically worship a Goddess (traditionally the Triple Goddess) and a God (traditionally the Horned God), who are sometimes represented as being a part of a greater pantheistic Godhead, and as manifesting themselves as various polytheistic deities. Other characteristics of Wicca include the ritual use of magic, a basic code of morality, and the celebration of eight seasonally based festivals. There is dispute as to what actually constitutes Wicca. Initially, this spelling may have referred to the lineage of one of Gardner's rivals, Charles Cardell, although from the 1960s it referred only to lineages stemming from Gardner and operating as initiatory Mystery Priesthoods (such as Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca). These are now collectively known in North America as British Traditional Wicca. A third usage, which has grown in popularity in recent years, considers Wicca to include other forms of Goddess-oriented neopagan witchcraft that are similar to but independent of that lineage, including Dianic Wicca and the 1734 Tradition; these are sometimes collectively termed Eclectic Wicca.

From my perspective and the path I choose to follow, no this is not "true" but I can only really speak for myself and the path that I follow. Many religious people (not all) feel the need to define, defend, and perpetuate their religious doctrines, beliefs, and practices with in the "public arena". To support these things they will say what they will or need to, to appear to be "the" or "a" definitive authority in the matter and will use what ever "information" they have as they will to further support themselves in this. Many of these people are extremely well read, highly educated and intelligent people. They have embraced their beliefs, taken the added measure to actually learn about them and what they are based upon or around and as such are able to discuss their beliefs with intelligence and eloquence. Others however, have not, or do not feel the need to do this. They believe in what they believe in "ipso facto". They tend to pose their discussions more from an emotional perspective that is not necessarily founded upon "hard" or "factual" data, if you will, but rather from the perspective of faith on face value and belief without need for further substantiation other than what they believe they know to be true. Every religion seems to also have individuals who cannot accept or be accepting of any concept of their religion that dose not fit within their own perspectives or perceptions and as such actively choose to force their opinions upon others as being the only correct perspective of it. I do not make these statements as a judgement just simply as an observation. One will "hear" what they will about any religion. Yet "what" is heard depends upon who is speaking and who is listening. Both are subjective. Determining the "truth" of a thing is a personal quest for knowledge and as such this is a good place to start. As you can see there is a plethora of information, and a veritable cornucopia of opinions... but what is the "truth"? In my opinion, I do not believe that any one person can state empirically that "this is the one and only truth" of it for every individual or group that is categorized correctly or incorrectly under the heading of Wicca. What they can do is provide you with information, their understanding of that information, and what they believe the information points towards. This should enable you to more accurately form a "general consensus" upon which to formulate an opinion as to what you will or will not think or believe in the future upon hearing statement such as you have heard.