Counsel #6 — Wicca
Picture: Counsel #6 — WiccaCFL 24.1
Wicca is a popular neo-pagan religion developed in the mid-20th century primarily by Gerald Gardner. The Wiccan belief system is drawn from a variety of religious traditions, Freemason rituals, nature goddess and reincarnation theories, with many variations of Wiccan practice and little consensus of belief.CFL 24.2
While some Wiccans support parts of Christianity and deny that they are Satanists, in reality their practice of spells, magick (their deliberate misspelling), ”white” and “nature” witchery, and belief in moral relativity, necromancy and sorcery are in direct opposition to the Christianity of the Bible. Wiccans have “exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator.” Romans 1:25.CFL 24.3
“Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.” Leviticus 19:31 NKJVCFL 24.4
“God has expressly forbidden all pretended communication with departed spirits [dead people]… The ‘familiar spirits,’ as these visitants from other worlds were called, are declared by the Bible to be ‘the spirits of devils’…. The work of dealing with familiar spirits was pronounced an abomination to the Lord, and was solemnly forbidden under the penalty of death.” Ellen White in The Great Controversy, p.556 CFL 24.5
Reflect: Like Wiccans, do you sometimes gloss over the differences between righteousness and sin, between good and evil? CFL 24.6
