Essential Wicca

Wicca is a modern interpretation of pre-Christian European religious tradition. It offers a spiritual path for independent thinkers who wish to take responsibility for all they do, or don't do, in their lives. This requires shunning habit and routine in order to live one's life fully. Focusing on earth, nature, and fertility, the religion embraces the values of learning, sexual equality, and divination. While most books on Wicca address either the solitary practitioner or those in covens, Essential Wicca covers all the bases - core beliefs and practices, basic and group rituals, festivals and gatherings, holy days, and rites of passage. A glossary with more than 200 entries and over 100 illustrations extends the meaning of the text.