How to Be a Solitary Witch
A solitary witch is simply a Wiccan who practices on their own. Many believe only a coven can make you a Wiccan through initiation into the craft. Scott Cunningham, who wrote "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" and a followup book, "Living Wicca," championed the solitary path. Follow these steps to get started.
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Instructions
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Read as much as you can about Wicca, especially about practicing as a solitary witch. Buy Cunningham's books but also expose yourself to different Wiccan traditions such as Gardnerian and Alexandrian practices. Cast your net of study as wide as possible.
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Experience nature by taking frequent walks and becoming aware of your surroundings. The basis of Wicca is feeling at one with the natural world. Watch birds and smell the flowers in spring and summer. Marvel at the changing colors of the leaves in autumn and the blankets of snow in winter.
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Reflect on the principles of Wicca such as the "harm none" and threefold laws. Experience the goddess and god in their many forms. Go out when the sky is dark and search for the moon. Wake up just before dawn and watch the sunrise.
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Keep a journal from the day you decide to follow a solitary Wiccan path. You'll need a Book of Shadows too, but for now concentrate on figuring out what you believe and how it all fits together. Call it your Witch's Journal and combine it later with your Book of Shadows.
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Begin practicing Wicca by creating very simple rituals to honor the festivals. You don't need anything to perform a ritual, though you may decide a white candle to represent the goddess and a gold one for the god helps keep your mind focused. As you gain a clearer idea of your solitary path, create your Book of Shadows.
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Tips & Warnings
Write your Book of Shadows out by hand. This brings you closer to the process of creating your own tradition.
You don't have to isolate yourself completely just because you're a solitary witch. Connect with other Wiccans wherever you are to open your mind to other practices.
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I'm a solitary wicca but also new to the path and need friends to talk and study with if there is any be a friend to me a fb and show me the way.
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good points...
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I've been a Third Degree Wiccan High Priestess for nearly 20 years, and with all due respect, I'm afraid this artice has several problems -- irst, the terms "Wiccan" and "Witch" are *not* interchangeable, they do NOT mean the same thing at all. A "Wiccan" is one who follows the Wiccan Religion; a "Witch" is one who prctices Witchcraft, which is *not* a religion but is rather a group of *practices* (like Divination, herbalism, spell-craft, etc), that are practiced by/ in a wide diversity of paths -- Wicca being only one of those -- and actually, there are Wiccans who do not practice spell-craft. Secondly, Scott Cunningham wrote those two books several decades ago, before it was (as easy as it is now) to find good inormation and teachers, or get training in Wicca. Scott himself had been trained and initiated in "Tradiitional" Wicca, and would *not* have encouraged anyone to *avoid* getting good training. I'm afraid I also have to say that there are many problems with attempting to learn Wicca as a Solitary -- after all, how is a beginner to even know what to study or practice, what Wiccan principles and practices are, or who are good (versus very poor) "resources" on Wicca?
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I am a new witch and am having a dificult time understanding it all I would like some help but can not find anyone around where I live to help me. do you have any sugestions?
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heres a tip for ya posers.
