The word “Wicca” is a recently coined word that is used to describe an alternative religion that is becoming more and more popular as people become more disinchanted with more conventional forms of religion. Wicca is a nature based belief system that offers practitioners a set of principles that are grounded in the natural laws of nature and the functions of the four seasons.

Wicca as religion actually is possibly the oldest form of religion known to mankind and evidence of its practice have been found that indicate that it was being practiced by paleolithic peoples well over ten thousand years ago. Most of the holidays celebrated by Wiccans revolve around the phases of the moon and the planting and growing seasons with traditions that have been recognized and practiced since humans first began to till the soil for sustenance.

In spite of the many myths that abound regarding Wicca, it is a family oriented religion that never engages in any kind of animal sacrifice in the way that practitioners of Santeria, which Wiccans are often confused for do. Another common myth is that Wiccans are atheist which is totaly false as Wiccans recognize and pay homage to a number of deities.