Religion
Wicca and Paganism
How the Pagan Federation describes pagan religion and the Wiccan Rede’s short form, set beside what the Bible says about other gods and divination.
These pages quote the Pagan Federation’s own definitions and the short form of the Wiccan Rede as Wikisource records it. Gerald Gardner’s books are still in copyright, so they are not quoted. The long 1975 Rede poem is not reprinted.
What is Wicca? and What is paganism? use the Federation’s page. What does the Bible say about witchcraft? quotes Deuteronomy 18:10–1218:10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
18:11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
18:12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy 18:10–12 · King James Version.
Christians confess one God (Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Deuteronomy 6:4 · King James Version) and that Jesus is God (John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 · King James Version). That confession is the Trinity.
Articles
- What Is Wicca? What Wiccans Believe
The Pagan Federation says Wiccan-based Pagans see the goddesses as one Great Goddess and the gods as one Great God. The short Wiccan Rede is “An it harm none, do what ye will.”
- What Is Paganism? Modern Pagan Religion Explained
The Pagan Federation defines a Pagan as a follower of a polytheistic or pantheistic nature-worshipping religion, and says its adherents venerate Nature and worship many deities.
- What Does the Bible Say About Witchcraft?
Deuteronomy 18 forbids divination, enchantment, witchcraft, and consulting familiar spirits, and calls those practices an abomination to the LORD.