Becoming Wicca (beliefs, experience, pagan, catholic, God)

[thewanderer]

I was originally drawn to wicca by mentions of it in a book. I started researching it, and the more i learned,to more i felt at home. I'm being raised Catholic (my mom's trying her best), but there are just some things (well, a lot actually) in the Bible that i just don't agree with, especially in the Old Testament. I may not accept every Wiccan text, but i like the Wicca offers you freedom in your belief and in your methods. I have become so much more at peace with myself and others since i have studied and practiced Wicca

[SquareC]

I was raised Episcopalian, baptised and confirmed. At 14, there were events which caused me to seriously question Christianity and I started looking around in confusion. Two years later I met a Wiccan and she invited me to visit her coven. So much fit, it was incredible to me. 20 years later and while my beliefs have grown and changed, the core is still the same.

BTW, yes, the majority of Wiccans worship the Goddess and God. Whether as the Lady and Lord only, as I do, or under the names of past pantheons varies. Most regard the different Goddesses and Gods as other, more specific faces of the Divine, for when prayer or spellcasting calls for a specific influence (Diana for wisdom, Aphrodite for love, to use Greek examples). Generally, Wiccans are more Dualistic than Polytheistic in essence at least, but it can be confusing to someone looking at the many names of the Divine used to see it that way.

[rhiannon]

Hmm, although I'm not wiccan and don't know much about it I think that people need to believe in some greater power in the world with which they could bond in order to find their place in universe. And for me celtic (and therefore druidic and wiccan) beliefs are closest to my idea of religion. Therefore, even though I was brought up in a catholic family this religion was never part of my life. So here I am believing in something I don't understand yet but knowing that it was known and celebrated long time ago and still isn't forgotten.

[Greeneyedwonder]

i was raised LDS but never felt comfortable with it, then i looked into the catholic religion, and baptist as well. Still nothing ever fit, so i had a manager who was from ireland and was wiccan and part of a coven she was a deeply spirtual person and i loved talking to her about life and about purpose. She never recruited me i encouraged her to give me information to read, as i started researching and reading i began to see that this religion was perfect for me. I feel comfortable and i truly love and embrace the beliefs and i feel that ever since making the decision to switch my life makes more sense and has more meaning.

[religious_by_nature]

I was a catholic when i was younger and when my father died i felt that i needed somthing more. So when my friend started showing me books I was hooked. i felt drawn to the religion and I have loved it all this time. I feel better about myself now then when i was catholic. The community is more loving then i could ask for.

[goldlioness]

i was i4 when wicca found me and and since then i loved everything to do with wicca and it has felt right i also discovered i was a witch in my past life so i know its right

[FredNotBob]

I became Wiccan after I embraced pacifism. I've always had a problem with sticking to my convictions, and I worried that, unless I had some motivating factor to 'ground' me in what I believe, I would just leave it behind in a few months.