| In an essence, Wicca and Witchcraft cannot really be | | | | spells and curses being conjured out of bat wings, |
| differentiated between in a discussion as Wiccans use | | | | spiders and frog's legs boiling in a huge black cauldron. |
| witchcraft as a ritualistic tool. Many people tend to | | | | Witchcraft is more about harmony and balance; |
| think about spells, witches, etc. when hearing about | | | | although strangely enough cauldrons and broomsticks |
| Witchcraft mostly due to history and misconceptions | | | | do feature. |
| about it. Furthermore, witchcraft can only really be | | | | Wiccans use magic (or Magick as often spelt by the |
| defined separately to Wicca when it is practiced | | | | Wiccan community) primarily to promote things such |
| without its purpose within the Wiccan culture. | | | | as: love, fertility, healing or to eliminate negative |
| Witchcraft is an important part of Wicca philosophy, | | | | influences; and it is commonly believed among |
| in much the same way as blessings and exorcisms | | | | Wiccans that magick is a law of nature, as natural as |
| have been used in the Christian faith for centuries. | | | | the sun that rises and the wind that blows. However, |
| Popular culture has shown many of us Father Karras | | | | Wiccans do not claim to be able to produce balls of |
| reciting from the bible, and casting holly water on the | | | | fire from their mouths or bolts of lightning from their |
| possessed body of a child in William Friedkin's famous | | | | fingertips. It is important to approach Wicca |
| film The Exorcist, yet we still praise this activity. Is it | | | | philosophy realistically and practice it with |
| actually so different from witchcraft? | | | | understanding and respect. |
| Witchcraft is not as some would believe, all about evil | | | | |