Wicca: Quick Facts

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Reverend Virginia Powell and Ashleigh Powell, both in black robes, stand holding hands with others in a circle around a table with candles and statues during a Wicca lunar ritual.

Alex Sanders, wearing a pentacle necklace, holds a metal crown with a pentacle design and looks toward the camera in a black-and-white portrait.

Rachel True, Fairuza Balk, and Neve Campbell sit around a table covered with candles and ritual objects in a scene from the film The Craft (1996), directed by Andrew Fleming.

A depiction of Wicca in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

High priest Wicca Og Sperle stands alone in a dimly lit room, holding a staff and praying beside a fire bowl during the Lughnasadh ritual at Temenos Aetos Thesmophoros temple.

Silhouetted figures in costumes and cloaks, some with antler headdresses, stand outdoors holding banners during a Samhain ceremony at sunset near Glastonbury Tor.

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