• n. 巫術崇拜

來自古英語wicca,巫師，詞源同witch.

Wicca (n.)

An Old English masc. noun meaning "male witch, wizard, soothsayer, sorcerer, astrologer, magician;" see witch. Use of the word in modern contexts traces to English folklorist Gerald Gardner (1884-1964), who is said to have joined circa 1939 an occult group in New Forest, Hampshire, England, for which he claimed an unbroken tradition to medieval times. Gardner seems to have first used it in print in 1954, in his book "Witchcraft Today" ("Witches were the Wica or wise people, with herbal knowledge and a working occult teaching usually used for good ...."). In published and unpublished material, he apparently only ever used the word as a mass noun referring to adherents of the practice and not as the name of the practice itself. Some of his followers continue to use it in this sense. According to Gardner's book "The Meaning of Witchcraft" (1959), the word, as used in the initiation ceremony, played a key role in his experience:

I realised that I had stumbled upon something interesting; but I was half-initiated before the word, 'Wica' which they used hit me like a thunderbolt, and I knew where I was, and that the Old Religion still existed. And so I found myself in the Circle, and there took the usual oath of secrecy, which bound me not to reveal certain things.

In the late 1960s the term came into use as the title of a modern pagan movement associated with witchcraft. The first printed reference in this usage seems to be 1969, in "The Truth About Witchcraft" by freelance author Hans Holzer:

If the practice of the Old Religion, which is also called Wicca (Craft of the Wise), and thence, witchcraft, is a reputable and useful cult, then it is worthy of public interest.

And, quoting witch Alex Sanders:

"No, a witch wedding still needs a civil ceremony to make it legal. Wicca itself as a religion is not registered yet. But it is about time somebody registered it, I think. I've done all I can to call attention to our religion."

Sanders was a highly visible representative of neo-pagan Witchcraft in the late 1960s and early 1970s. During this time he appears to have popularized use of the term in this sense. Later books c. 1989 teaching modernized witchcraft using the same term account for its rise and popularity, especially in U.S.

1. Wicca is a joyous religion springing from our kinship with nature.

巫術崇拜是讓我們回復與自然血緣關系的歡樂宗教.

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2. In order to know Wicca it is essential to know its roots.

為了了解巫術崇拜的本質就要知曉它的根源.

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3. He began what is now called the Gardnerian Tradition of Wicca.

他開始的是叫做加德列的女巫傳統.

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4. Wicca or Witchcraft, Paganism, High Magic and other forms of Occultism are not Satanism.

巫術崇拜或魔法 、 異教信仰 、 高級魔術和其它形式的神秘學不是惡魔崇拜.

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5. Whatever its origins, Wicca today is a vibrant, modern religion, open to change, creativity and personalization.

不管它的來源, 今天的巫術崇拜是振動 、 現代宗教 、 開放的轉變 、 創造力和個性化.

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