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Wiccan Church of Florida - ATC is an affiliate congregation of the Aquarian Tabernacle Church established to serve the God and Goddess. WCF - ATC is a non-profit, tax-exempt church with the mission to educate and support the Wiccan/Pagan community, and to share information in order to bring Wicca, an earth based religion, into equality with the other varying faiths of the world. WCF - ATC is dedicated to the Advancement of Wicca.
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What is Wicca?
Wicca is modern paganism. It is an Earth-centered religion founded in England in the mid 20th century with roots in pre-Christian religions and shamanism. Wicca focuses on the natural energies of the Earth and the Heavens while worshiping the Goddess and the God. Wicca uses the elemental energies of the earth, air, fire, and water to create an interconnection with the forces that make up our Universe. In times past, Wicca was practiced by small groups of people, or covens, who would gather to worship and practice the ancient rites. Today, Wicca is practiced much the same way.
What are Wiccans?
Those who practice Wicca. While the term Wiccan and Pagan are often interchanged, not all Wiccans identify as Pagans, nor do all Pagans identify as Wiccans. Many pantheons of Gods and Goddesses of the Celtic, Nordic, and Germanic traditions are honored in modern Wicca traditions today.
How do Wiccans worship?
Wiccans worship through honor the life-giving and life-sustaining powers of Nature through ritual and a commitment to living in balance with the Earth.
What does WCF -ATC do?
Provide worship opportunities, Wiccan education and spiritual counseling.
Wicca is modern paganism. It is an Earth-centered religion founded in England in the mid 20th century with roots in pre-Christian religions and shamanism. Wicca focuses on the natural energies of the Earth and the Heavens while worshiping the Goddess and the God. Wicca uses the elemental energies of the earth, air, fire, and water to create an interconnection with the forces that make up our Universe. In times past, Wicca was practiced by small groups of people, or covens, who would gather to worship and practice the ancient rites. Today, Wicca is practiced much the same way.
What are Wiccans?
Those who practice Wicca. While the term Wiccan and Pagan are often interchanged, not all Wiccans identify as Pagans, nor do all Pagans identify as Wiccans. Many pantheons of Gods and Goddesses of the Celtic, Nordic, and Germanic traditions are honored in modern Wicca traditions today.
How do Wiccans worship?
Wiccans worship through honor the life-giving and life-sustaining powers of Nature through ritual and a commitment to living in balance with the Earth.
What does WCF -ATC do?
Provide worship opportunities, Wiccan education and spiritual counseling.
Statement of Belief
We see God in everything: as a single, supreme, infinite, and holy energy often referred to in other cultures as “The All”, the “Great Mother”, the Tao. We believe this holy energy is the source of all things, eternally expressing Itself in infinite ways while maintaining universal balance between Its masculine and feminine aspects. The easiest way to for humans to conceptualize this supreme force is as holy parents, hence our frequent reference to Deity as both “God and Goddess”. We believe each person to be an aspect or expression of Deity, whole and holy, with strengths and weaknesses, triumphs and failures. We strive to see and appreciate the reflection of deity within each being.
We understand that we learn from adversity and that all lessons are holy. We strive to be grateful for our lessons, understanding that Goddess must know the mystery of all things and so, also strive to forgive the bearer for being a part of the interaction. We believe that the balance will exert itself, and that events are neither good nor bad, but just are. We choose to label the events in our lives, and we can choose to change those labels.
We believe that energy exists and manifests throughout our world within the divine and the elements of nature. We work to understand and master our expression of this energy, and we endeavor to maintain a state of love and service for ourselves and the world around us. We maintain that God/dess has already provided everything we need; it therefore falls upon us to properly exercise our free will and appropriately distribute our resources so that everyone's need are met.
We believe in reincarnation. We see space and time as a circle. Just as we go to sleep each night and wake up each morning, we pass into the Summerlands, to be reborn anew.
We understand that we learn from adversity and that all lessons are holy. We strive to be grateful for our lessons, understanding that Goddess must know the mystery of all things and so, also strive to forgive the bearer for being a part of the interaction. We believe that the balance will exert itself, and that events are neither good nor bad, but just are. We choose to label the events in our lives, and we can choose to change those labels.
We believe that energy exists and manifests throughout our world within the divine and the elements of nature. We work to understand and master our expression of this energy, and we endeavor to maintain a state of love and service for ourselves and the world around us. We maintain that God/dess has already provided everything we need; it therefore falls upon us to properly exercise our free will and appropriately distribute our resources so that everyone's need are met.
We believe in reincarnation. We see space and time as a circle. Just as we go to sleep each night and wake up each morning, we pass into the Summerlands, to be reborn anew.