About this episode
The episode discusses the misconceptions surrounding Wicca and its practice as an orthopraxic religion.
One of the biggest things I think a lot of older witches take for granted is that people understand what makes Wicca, well, Wicca. While we’ve discussed the history before, and last month talked about the weird anti-Wicca backlash, I think there are a lot of misconceptions about how this incredibly diverse religion is practiced. Frankly, just the fact that it is largely an orthopraxic religion and not an orthodoxic one is a concept a lot of folks raised in predominantly Christian frameworks struggle with. So let’s talk about it.
People in this episode
Host: Trae Dorn
Topics covered
- Wicca
- religion
- misconceptions
- orthopraxy
- spirituality
- witchcraft
Keywords
- Wicca
- witchcraft
- religion
- orthopraxy
- spirituality
- misconceptions
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Wicca
Places: Christian
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