| You've likely seen many sites around the Internet | | | | proudly proclaim they offer Witchcraft supplies for |
| advertising Wicca Supplies or Wicca Supply. You've | | | | the "left hand path" that include things like perhaps |
| likely also seen sites advertising Witchcraft supplies. | | | | graveyard dirt or coffin nails. An item in an of itself is |
| So which is the one you are looking for? Is one | | | | not "right hand path" or "left hand path." It is not |
| better than another? What is the difference | | | | "Wicca" or "Witchcraft" or "Christian" or "Satanist." It |
| between Wicca and Witchcraft anyway? What | | | | is all in what you DO with it. |
| should you call yourself when asked? | | | | So should you call yourself a Witch or a Wiccan? To |
| These are interesting questions, with even more | | | | me, a Witch is one who uses his or her Will in order |
| interesting answers. But in a nutshell, Wicca is a | | | | to achieve a desired outcome. Whether the use of |
| religion, and Witchcraft is an action one might take, | | | | Will is "magickal" or mundane, one who knows their |
| whether or not as a result or through their | | | | Will and seeks to manifest it is a Witch. Whether |
| knowledge of religion. | | | | they choose to call themselves a Witch or not is |
| So does one practice Wicca, or does one practice | | | | definitely up to them. A Wiccan, however, is |
| Witchcraft? One can, in fact, practice both, or either | | | | someone very different. A Wiccan is one who |
| one. | | | | follows the religion of Wicca, including the Wiccan |
| Wicca is a religion that began in the early 1950s, as a | | | | Rede, and the duality of Deity. |
| conglomeration of beliefs, some older, some not. | | | | In conclusion, it doesn't matter whether you use |
| Witchcraft, on the other hand, is a series of | | | | supplies marked Wicca supplies or supplies marked |
| practices, some old, some new. So essentially, the | | | | Witchcraft Supplies or whether you go out in the |
| difference is belief vs. practice. | | | | woods and pick up a stick to use as a wand, use |
| Now, with that said, both Wicca and Witchcraft use | | | | your finger instead of an athame, or even use a |
| supplies. Often, they are the SAME supplies. Often | | | | Christian communion chalice for your offerings to the |
| also, the aims of the rituals are also the same. But | | | | Goddess. It's all about what energies YOU bring to |
| not always. For example, those of other faiths can | | | | the ritual, and how YOU feel about their usage. |
| use Witchcraft and call themselves a Witch. | | | | Emotionally and psychologically, I like using certain |
| However, those of other faiths should not call | | | | woods that I identify with specific correspondences, |
| themselves Wiccan, since Wicca is a faith unto itself | | | | certain athames that I think look and feel "right" and |
| with sometimes specific beliefs. | | | | chalices with Goddess symbology on them, but you |
| So which should you look for? Wicca supplies or | | | | certainly do not HAVE to do what I do. Instead, do |
| Witchcraft supplies? You should look for both, | | | | what you feel is best and right. Which may, of |
| actually. The altar tool or item itself is not "Wicca" or | | | | course, include buying all of your Wicca Supplies and |
| "Witchcraft" or "good" or "evil," it is all in the intent of | | | | Witchcraft Supplies from Enchanted Works. |
| the practitioner. You may see some sites that | | | | |