Wicca and Catholic can it mix

The Catholic Church is always the same, everything looks strange could be satanic.... above all a powerful woman like you. The ridiculous thing is that Paganism does not know beings as Satan and similar.... Monotheists created Satan, so what Wicca has to do with satanism? Nothing. Wicca is the fast growing religion in the United States and religious authorities fear this, so they try to set a limit to them. In Italy Wicca followers are very few, but they are growing.

i think they should. i have a topic on this as well. as most people know, the catholic curch adopted most of their holiday, practices and ceremonies from the pegan and wiccan beliefs although they deny it fully because it happend when the catholic church was first started. thats why i find the catholic church very hypocratic in a way. since they are just a mixture of different religion (just to bring in the masses) they still deny the fact that the other religions exsist.

Hi Destiny, most people, i think, are in their particular "brand" of church for no better reason than by default - it's what their parents raised them into, and that's pretty much the end of it. I was raised Catholic, and I choose the Catholic Church over all else, not because of what I was taught, but because of what I've seen and learnt by myself. The principle obligation that anyone in the Catholic Church has to the Catholic Church is obedience. Whether right or wrong, good or bad, we're obliged to accept the conditions that the Catholic Church stipulates for us. That sounds like a very arbitrary thing, but that's the nature of a Sacred structure which has been handed over by God to be managed in the material world by men. Part of the trials and tribulations which we must endure in our rite of passage through this world, you might say. And the Catholic Church has NOT always been in the right - being run as it is by men - but it IS the Church given to us by Jesus, and despite our dissatisfaction with it at times, we are nevertheless obliged to obedience. People might say "how dare you dictate such-and-such to us?" but I'm NOT dictating anything - just stating the way things are. People are free to choose to live however they want to, and do whatever they want to - but just because they don't like the truth, doesn't mean they can outlaw the truth or kill anyone who happens to point it out. No-one anywhere is COMPELLED to join the Catholic Church, so it intrigues me that so many OUTSIDE the Catholic Church put so much effort into trying to destroy it. That was just a passing observation, incidentally - not directed at you or anyone else in this particular thread. You might be familiar with the life of Saint Francis of Assissi. He was very much enraptured with the beauty that God manifested throughout Nature, and used to float around in a trance up amongst the trees talking to the birds about God. Indeed, he was a very Holy man, a man of God to be sure. The Catholic Church came down on Saint Francis of Assissi like a ton of bricks, and the human heirarchy of the Catholic Church tried to persuade the Pope to excommunicate Saint Francis, until the Pope met Saint Francis and accepted Saint Francis' message from God. Yet Saint Francis was NEVER disobedient to the Catholic Church - despite human elements WITHIN the human heirarchy of the Catholic Church venting their spleens against him. There are two sides to the Catholic Church - it's human side, and it's Divine side. Being human, we have to tolerate the human failings of the Catholic Church, while yet being obedient to it's ultimately Divine character and authority in the world. And ANYONE is COMPLETELY FREE to walk away from the Catholic Church if they don't like any of that. But the Catholic Church isn't a plaything to be changed to suit the whims of human "democratic" tendencies - the Catholic Church IS what it IS, and it's NOT a "democratic" institution. If anyone wants to outlaw the Catholic Church because it doesn't conform to the trendy "democratic" model of current times, they'd be well advised to consider on what "authority" they might attempt to do this. Yes, Wicca can coexist with the Catholic Church, if Wicca is a reflection of the natural order. I suspect there are shades of grey and different manifestations of Wicca, because all Nature is provided as a gift for our prosperity, health and enjoyment by none other than God Himself. But humanity and Good Spirits aren't the only citizens of this material realm.

NO - whether you CALL your self a Catholic or not if you are not in agreement with the Catholic Church and its' doctrines you are NOT a Catholic. This does not meant that you may not be a Christian though or you may truly be Pagan. Also the two can not honestly mix. You would always have to hide part of your beliefs from others. When it comes to religion it is belief not expediency that counts. Whatever your beliefs you need to believe in them whole heartedly or you are just another religious hypocrite. If you are not sure what you are, go to http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html This is the link for a religous quiz which will help you determine which faith your religous beliefs are closest to. Be 100% honest in you answers (not what you THINK you should say). My husband was raised Catholic but he has not been happy with his religion for several years, He took the test and found out he belonged in a different part of the Christian religion. He changed churches and he is happy and at peace now. I hope this helps you.

Honey, honey, honey !!! Whilst I LOVED "Charmed" and watched the last 5 seasons {I absolutely LOVE their house!} If you are Christian, the Bible specifically forbids any form of witchcraft, sorcery, that we are to give NO room to the devil. Ezekiel 13:20 Daniel 5:7~8 Leviticus 19:31; 20:6; Isaiah 8:19; 19:3 1 Sammuel 15:23; 28:5~20 EPHESIANS 4:27 Once you open the door to the enemy by practicing anything connected with him, you give him license to come into your life and MESS IT UP !!! No no, get out of that please. God forbids this !!! It has nothin to do with Catholics, or any other *religion* ... God Himself forbids it

Being a Wiccan is not compatable with the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church Scripture is very clear on practicing magic, sorcery divination etc. I m not condeming you but you should try to figure out what is missing spiritually from you that would cause you to seek out a Pagan/Animist religion. Good Luck :)

To answer your question right up front yes they can mix and quite well....One of my dearest friends is a Catholic Wiccan and has been for a few yrs now...Yes the Catholic Church and its followers would most likely condemn you to hell BUT the ways of the Catholic Church are extremely outdated and more than that...only YOU can decide your fate so to speak.....There isnt one single soul inside or outside for that matter, the Catholic Church who can define your relationship with any higher power..As my Catholic Wiccan friend says, its a relationship between HER and GOD and they have an understanding and thats whats important.... Religion to me isnt so different from parenting really...Nobody and I mean NOBODY knows better than I do how to raise my children properly...they are MY children...Religion and spirituality is the same thing....NOBODY knows your soul, heart, mind etc better than you because they are YOURS and yours alone....so YOU are the only one who knows what is right for you....See what i'm saying?

I was raised Roman Catholic but I had many problems wth the doctrine I was taught. The main one being that even if a person led a good life they were condemned to hell if they did not believe that Jesus was the son of God. That never seemed right with me. That and there was no balance in the church. It was and still is a male dominated religion. Women are subjucated and are often belittled by stating that all evil resides in them and it springs forth from there. I began to read up on other religions. Most of the Christian ones continued to have problems for me. Although some were more lenient towards women they still had similar thoughts. I began to look at Paganism and there I found what I'd been missing. Balance more then anything. The belief that there is a god and goddess, that women as well as men have good and evil mixed within them, and that women can be more. Do I still believe in the teachings of Christ? Yes I do. They had some great lessons in them. I personally believe all the gods are there, they all exist, it's just how we precieve them and worship them that changes. Whether you call them God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit or if you call them Dianna, Zues, etc. They are all there and they listen. They know that not everyone can see them the same way. That humans are not able to at this time to accept them in any one clear cut way. So yes I think you can be a Christian and a Wiccan without a problem. Being Catholic might be harder but if you wanted to be you could. The only reason I say it will be harder is because of how the Catholic Church is and how to condemns anyone who questions or does not follow blindly their beliefs. I just wouldn't expect the Church to agree with what you do.

Well, the Catholic God wants you to not serve any other, and being of the Wicce requires that you pledge to serve the Gods of the Wicce. I would think it would it would be really hard to keep one's vows if you tried to follow both paths.

I find it funny, absurd even that you should think the Catholic church should 'accept'Wicca. I mean they don't even 'accept' Islam because it is their 'rival'. besides I do think the Wiccan community is, no offense, not that significant in terms of numbers that the catholic church would want a relationship with them.

My grandmother was Anglican and a witch because she could heal people without conventional medicine. Of course, that was before wicca came into being, and even when it did, she was decidedly against it(wicca) since its just a mishmash of many of the olde beliefs. And I hate to disillusion you, hon, but gypsies don't have any gift other than that of the sleight of hand. If you want to be wiccan, do so, but don't be saying that you have any special gifts because of it. Its just another new religion, just like Pentecostal. Except that Wicca attracts naive little girls wanting to make some guy fall in love with them, not realizing that the 'spells' they cast just may keep them unloved for life.

Its my first time to hear about wicca. but if you tell me that you like to packed up a two religion in your life you must think first off course. Two religion in your life is known as polytheism am i right? and this is one the prohibition of our lord jesus.

Some people in our country pray to different saints for different kinds of prayers and believes that the saints would answer their prayers. That is one thing, I believe, is the wrong doing of catholic churches here in our country. I don't know about other countries. It diverts them from praying to God directly, and mentioning one of the ten commandments, "though shall not pray into graven images", praying to saints images is obviously wrong. But there are plenty of statues of saints in our catholic churches, which people would face and pray.

One thing I have learned along the way on my own path is that in order to believe in anything, you must educate yourself. In so doing, I have discovered many things about history that is not told to us by the church, because they would lose many parisheners. Take note that just about every christian and jewish holiday are based on pagan holidays. Christmas, (Dec 25) for example, was the birthday of Mithra, the sun god, worshipped some 4,000 years BCE. Passover was actually a pagan ceremony, where the peasants would smear the blood of their best sheep over the threshold or gates of their homes as a sacrifice to the gods. If you use the Bible as your only source of historic information, you are doing yourself a big disservice! For instance, how is it that the Bible is the only source of historical information that there was a King Solomon, an Abraham, etc. When that country was surrounded by other countries (Egypt, Arabia, Asia, etc) who kept records, none have any accounts of having dealt with anyone by these names. Nothing, nada. I'm not saying to discount the Bible, but to use it as a tool along with many others to find your own truth. Hope this helps.

Hello to all. I would like to say. That i do not judge anyone for what they belive. But to be fair. The Catholic church is not the only one that would judge you for becoming a wicca. I do believe all churches would. Yes i am Catholic. And i may not agree with your faith in which you fallow. I am not your judge. And you are not mine. And its ok that we dont agree. But if we can respect each other. And love one another. Then we both are doing what god wants us to. With all the problems in the world at the moment. How wonderful it would be ,if we could show kindness to a stranger. To tell someone you dont even know, I care. Or buy that stanger a cup of coffee. Or lunch. What a better place it would be. Sorry we dont agree. But i do care. And if i ran into you, i would buy you a cup of coffee. Take care

You cannot combine worship of God with worship of Satan. You should give up the path of witchcraft and devote yourself to God, or your soul will be endangered.

move on sister! dont feel guilty, believe in God and do what you think is right for your faith.

Hello. I pretty much think it is to each their own. I'm sure there are alot of things that have been mixed and some things worked out and some didn't. I try not to judge anything. We will never knows if something works unless we try it and see.

I believe Jesus would say that it's not about whether Wicca and Catholic can mix, or Islam and Christianity can mix or a host of other questions that touch on a person's choices, whether it be in 'religious' beliefs, the clothing a person wears, his/her diet, choice of studies, of abode, etc... I believe Jesus would not get into any academic, theological analyses of religious beliefs that get everyone 'stuck' on their own justification. Opinion is ok, he might say, but, it's the tone with which we purvey our opinion that matters. Do we sound imposing? The 'line' is thin where opinion on basic matters and analyses on deep things of God lie. I don't claim to know that 'line' all the time, and here's where I may begin to stray and offend, without knowing. I'm pretty sure though we aren't to kill each other or knowingly harm others. Even if anyone would enter into a deep study of God or religion, we might first learn to accept others beliefs while not holding too tightly to our own. The 'line' is thin. Do we know when to stop, withdraw, and/or apologize when needed? I'm not sure I want to enter into any dialogue about the 'deep' things of God/religion when the basics are not adhered to, like, being able to wear what I like without being judged, and such things. People generally are poor listeners. And poor listeners are necessarily opinionated. Even I had to learn how to listen first before I interrupt or give my own 2-cents worth. I hope this helps...

I think you should stick with one religion or the other. I do not think you can or should have two religions going on at once. Decide which is more important to you, being Catholic, or being Wiccan. That way once you have decided, you can focus on it more and it won't create any problems.