Answer: Gerald Gardner
Gardner was born in England in 1884 and is credited with bringing Wicca to public attention. He founded Gardnerian Wicca and formed his own coven called the Bricket Wood coven. He initiated many high priestesses into Wicca and expanded the modern religion to include the worship of a female goddess. The key ethical guideline associated with Gardnerian Wicca is "do what you like so long as you harm no one."
From Quiz: Some Wicca Basics
Answer: Kiss the hand to her times two.
"When the Lady's Moon is new, Kiss the hand to her times two." During the New Moon, many Wiccans do a ritual to celebrate and honor the Goddess.
From Quiz: The Wiccan Rede
Answer: Gerald Gardner
Gerald Gardner is the founder of modern-day Wicca. He has a biography called "Gerald Gardner: Witch" which was published in the 1960s. He was a member of "The New Forest Coven" before his death on February 12, 1964, at age 72.
From Quiz: The Quiz of Wicca Part 2
Answer: three
'Thou hast obeyed the law. But mark well when thou receivest good, so equally art bound to return good threefold'. This rule is recited at second-degree initiation ceremonies performed according to Gerald Gardner's The Gardnerian Book of Shadows.
From Quiz: The Quiz of Wicca
Answer: The New Forest
The New Forest coven was supposedly headed by a woman named Dorothy Clutterbuck. Gardner said he was initiated in 1939.
From Quiz: British Traditional Wicca
Answer: Samhain
Samhain marks the start of the new year and end of the old one. Samhain means "year's end" in Scottish Gaelic. Samhain is a good time for scrying, because this is the chief of the Spirit Nights. A child born on Samhain is said to have the gift of second sight!
From Quiz: The Wiccan World!
Answer: Sweeping away negative energy
Brooms are often used to sweep the circle area before you cast the circle, and are also part of many spring cleaning rituals to banish all negative energy from the house. They are also part of many hand-fasting ceremonies, where the couple jump the broom that was used to clean the area, symbolizing leaving all negativity behind them.
From Quiz: Tools of the Trade
Answer: Touch
In general the best way to choose a magical stone that is right for you is to run your hand over a pile of stones and pick the ones that feel "different" to you. It might feel cold or warm, or give you a tingling sensation.
From Quiz: Magical Stones
Answer: The idea that the universe is held in balance by two equal but opposite forces
The concept of polarity is the idea that the universe is held in balance by two equal, but opposite forces. Examples would be yin and yang, or God and Goddess. The north and south poles are just that.
From Quiz: Introduction to Wicca
Answer: 8
The eight solar Sabbats represent the turning of the Wheel of the Year, and each honors a stage in the eternal life cycle of the goddess and god.
From Quiz: Wicca 101: The Sabbats
Answer: Force/Protection
Wicca, which is also called "The Craft", is described as being a modern pagan religion. Gerald Gardner, who is known as "the Father of Wicca", was actively involved in the formation of Wiccan beliefs for years before making it known to the general public in 1954. A strict moral code is followed, and magic is used to help change the world in a positive way.
The color black symbolizes force and protection, as well as dignity and stability. It can also be used to cast out negative energy.
From Quiz: Wiccan Color Magic
Answer: Amulet
Definitions of the other choices: 'anathema' is a sorcerer's curse; 'angelica' is a mystical plant; and 'anjara' is a supernatural type of Hispanic witch. By the way, "magickal" is an alternate spelling to differentiate it from "magical" (witchcraft as opposed to magic tricks).
From Quiz: Words Related to Witchcraft and Wicca
Answer: Dog
We're said to be crusading, protective, loyal and honest but can be obstinate and suspicious:)
From Quiz: You Don't Know Jack About Witches (Part 2)
Answer: greeting or goodbye saying
If you got that wrong don't feel bad, it's a witch-thang :)
From Quiz: You Don't Know Jack About Witches
Answer: Dianic Wicca
Dianic Wicca is named after the Greek Goddess Diana and was founded by Zsuzsanna Budapest in the United States in the 1970s. At the forefront is female empowerment and the female experience. Only goddesses are honored and covens are made up only of women. There are many similarities with other Wiccan practices but the focus on females is the biggest differentiator. Dianic Wiccans also practice meditation and visualization as well as magic spells.
From Quiz: Some Wicca Basics
Answer: Elder; don't burn it.
"Elder be Ye Lady's tree, burn it not or cursed ye'll be." Other types of wood are acceptable to burn. Some prefer to ask the God or Goddess if it is okay to burn a certain wood before doing it.
From Quiz: The Wiccan Rede
Answer: A book where all spells and magic are written down
A "Book of Shadows" is a book whose contents are known only to the witch who wrote it. It's a record of every spell cast by that specific witch. In tradition the book is burned when the witch passes on.
From Quiz: The Quiz of Wicca Part 2
Answer: 1930s
The 1930s was when the New Forest Coven, ancestor of modern Wicca, was active.
Reincarnation is also a Buddhist belief.
"Once a witch, always a witch," is a popular saying among covens.
From Quiz: The Quiz of Wicca
Answer: Samhain
Halloween is the Christian day All Hallow's Eve. Wiccans use the Celtic name Samhain (pronounced sow-wain). We have pumpkins and apples at this time. If you cut an apple in half through the centre, the seeds make a pentacle.
From Quiz: The Wheel of the Year
Answer: Bricket Wood
This coven was located on a naturist camp part owned by Gardner and they worked in the so-called "witches' cottage".
From Quiz: British Traditional Wicca
Answer: The Harvest
Lughnasagh is pronounced Loo-nas-a. Lugh is the God of the harvest. Traditionally Wiccans are encouraged to bake bread on this day. Legend says that people born on Lughnasagh usually share the God Lugh's artistic ability!
From Quiz: The Wiccan World!
Answer: Litha
Litha, or the Summer Solstice is celebrated around June 21st, the first day of
summer.
From Quiz: Pagan Holidays
Answer: Double-edged with a black handle
The blade is often purposely dulled, and sometimes the point is rounded off to avoid accidents. Steel is commonly used for the blade, although some traditions swear by iron blades. It should be noted that if you work with faeries you should not use iron, as iron is in complete disharmony with Fae power.
From Quiz: Tools of the Trade
Answer: Something we use to obtain a shift in consciousness
All of these answers describe a key, but in Wicca it is something we use to obtain a shift in consciousness like the wearing of robes, incense, candles and other tools.
From Quiz: Introduction to Wicca
Answer: sabbatu
Since performing an act of magick is work, it is customary that no magickal working be done on a Sabbat, but rather on the evening prior.
From Quiz: Wicca 101: The Sabbats
Answer: waxing
The waxing moon rules birth, growth, love, beginnings, attraction, ideas, and positive change.
From Quiz: Think You Know Wicca?
Answer: the elements
The pentagram represents the elements Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit. Interesting sidenote: hundreds of years ago the Christian churches, in their attempt to draw in more pagans, used the pentagram to represent the wounds of Christ. There are some old churches in Europe that have preserved their original stained-glass windows, which depict many beautiful and colorful pentagrams.
From Quiz: Witchcraft Info
Answer: Sarasvati
Sarasvati is the the goddess of learning. Brahma's symbol is the pink lotus; Vishnu is associated with blue lotus. Yoni is a Sanskrit word for the womb.
From Quiz: Symbols of Modern Witchcraft
Answer: Wisdom/Royalty
The idea behind the use of color magic in Wicca is that color can be used to bring about a magical response. In fact, it can be said that people do this every day without even realizing it.
Does the violet color make you feel like royalty? It has, after all, been known as the color of royalty for centuries. Other properties of violet include spirituality, wisdom, devotion, and idealism. Violet can be used in divination ceremonies and is also said to increase the qualities associated with parenting and nurturing.
From Quiz: Wiccan Color Magic
Answer: Ankh
Definitions for the other words: 'angakok' is a Central Eskimo medicine man; 'an-shet' is a witch's magickal wand; and 'aziza' is an elf-like forest spirit.
From Quiz: Words Related to Witchcraft and Wicca
Answer: astrological arrangement
Called such because all 10 planets 'fall' within 6 signs:)
From Quiz: You Don't Know Jack About Witches (Part 2)
Answer: a boline
A boline's a white-handled, consecrated ritual knife that's only used for cutting :)
From Quiz: You Don't Know Jack About Witches
Answer: George Patterson
Georgian Wicca is named after its creator, George Patterson, and although it does not trace its lineage back to English covens, it does generally follow the traditions of British Traditional Wicca groups. It started when Patterson began teaching two students in California. Georgian Wiccans are flexible and individualistic, and do sometimes make up their own rituals. Georgian covens spread throughout North America, including in British Columbia, Canada and Florida, California and Utah.
From Quiz: Some Wicca Basics
Answer: Or be counted as his friend.
"With the fool no season spend, or be counted as his friend." This means that if you know that someone is a fool or does something they shouldn't, you should stay away from him or you will seen as doing the same thing they did.
From Quiz: The Wiccan Rede
Answer: George W. Bush
George Bush said this. His opinion is widely believed by most people. Wicca is a real religion; however, it is not formally recognized as a religion by the US Supreme Court. Yet.
From Quiz: The Quiz of Wicca Part 2
Answer: a pentagram in a circle
A pentagram (five-sided shape) inside a circle is a pentacle. It symbolizes the five elements inside an unbroken circle.
From Quiz: The Quiz of Wicca
Answer: sun stands still
Solstice comes from Latin. Yule is a fun time, in the old days the Yule log would be burned and there would be lots of drinking and feasting to celebrate the fact that winter and the dark would soon be gone. These days we usually have a chocolate Yule log as well. In my coven we try to give homemade presents.
From Quiz: The Wheel of the Year
Answer: Sanders
Alex Sanders was the founder of the Alexandrian tradition and claimed that he was initiated in his grandmother's kitchen in 1933.
From Quiz: British Traditional Wicca
Answer: The Moon
The Goddess is associated with the moon and the God, with the sun. The Goddess is sometimes represented as three different figures: the mother, the maiden and the crone, with the mother representing when a woman has a child, the maiden representing a woman before marriage and the crone for when a woman grows old.
From Quiz: The Wiccan World!
