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I have seen many people that don't fully understand what is a Pagan and Wiccan. Many don't do the research of them so they just pick Wiccan because it is the newest thing everyone is in to. I have, indeed, tried to post a lesson of this to a coven but the leader of the coven banned me and told me I cannot give that kind of lesson because it is against her believes. Hopefully this will not come again because I am tried of making others upset over my mistakes.

First of all, why choose on being either on? If you do not know yet, there are so many other titles you can chose from. I say titles, because that is the closest term about Pagan, Wicca, Witch, Green Witch, Cyber Witch, and so. But for now I will go on with the lesson.

Paganism isn't really that bad... Yes Pagans almost got washed out by Christians in the past, but that doesn't mean Paganism is bad. There has been so much false info about Pagans that it is nearly hard to find anything about them (even with the net, some of those posts are false). To me, Pagans are the old religion that worship Nature and the Elements. They don't cast very much spells but they do Rites to show Nature how much they respect them and so on. A long time ago, when I was searching who I really am in this Magickal world, I thought of myself as a Wiccan. Why? Because almost all my friends said they were, in fact all of them were. I just thought Wiccan was the only way to be a witch. It wasn't until a year later one of my friends asked me a question what is the difference between a Pagan and a Wiccan. Even tho I have been studying what I can for a year I didn't know the answer. It took me a bloody week to find the correct answer. Then I looked back and I switched out my Wiccan Title for Paganism because it is the closest to what I have been studying.

Like above, Pagans worship Nature. Gaia (Gaea) is really the only Goddess I worship because she is always there and I never forgot about her. I don't worry much about trying to Improve my life, but how I can give Gaia the respect she needs in return of all the beauty she has brought to all of us.

Wiccans are the newer religion, so hint the New Age. Gerald Gardner was the first, I believe, to create this new religion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wicca
I am sure that will give you more info than I can. Wicca is the up raising religion and still growing today. Even a few Christians are turning towards this religion. When I was a Wiccan back than the first thing I heard was the quote, Shall Harm None. (Might be off but you get the point). I didn't really understand why they would tell me or any other wiccan to be good. Then it made a little bit more since when they started to talk about casting spells, white vs. dark, grey magick, and so on. After a week, I noticed all Wiccans do is study about spells, maybe Gods and Goddess if they wanted, and how to make their life better.

Wicca isn't bad, it just wasn't for me because I am not very passionate on casting spells for myself. In fact I didn't find any spell that I wanted to cast or needed. Wicca isn't just about casting spells, don't get the wrong idea. Wicca has so much more than that, but when I was in it alone (online wicca friends) it was hard to follow the Sabbats and other holidays. So the only thing left was casting and studying.

Hopefully this helped getting a better understand and encourage you to search for more info on Pagans and Wiccans. I know for no doubt that I cannot give you every last detail about it, but I can give you a stepping stone for you to go on the search.