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As long as modern man has been discovering evidence of how their ancient ancestors lived and went about their lives they have been also discovering evidence of ancient religious practices. Archaeologists tended to be at a loss as to how to understand what ancient paleolithic peoples were doing when they practiced their religion so what they found tended to be “written off” as mere cave paintings or “Voodoo”.

It was in England in the early to mid part of the twentieth century that the word “Wicca” was coined and original religious practices of mans ancient ancestors began to be revived and spread from continent to continent. So, while many people who are unfamiliar with the actual origins of Wicca may view it as a relatively new religion, the irony of the fact is that it is quite possible one of the oldest.

Other misconceptions abound regarding Wicca and paganism including many people interpreting the word “Pagan” to have some connection to Satanism. The fact is that the word “Pagan” was a word that the ancient Romans used that in Latin translation simply means “country folk”.  In ancient Rome it was Rural farmers that practiced a nature based religion that was based on the simple life that they lived and the natural world that sustained them.