What is Wicca? Wicca is a religion Wicca is not witchcraft. People that follow the religion of Wicca are called witches they may or may not practice witchcraft. Wicca was founded in the 1950s after the abolishment of the witchcraft act in England by Gerard Gardner known as the king of witches born in 1884. There is some confusion as to when exactly Wicca began and by who. In the modern age much of what was tougt in covens in the past has become distorted or miss interpreted and become fact.

Alexander Sanders born 1926 the founder of Alexanderian Wicca and self proclaimed King of witches. Alexander Sanders made several unsuccessful attempts to join a Gardnian coven before obtaining a Gardnian Book of shadows making some alterations and making it his own and this is the book of shadows we are going to be working from. Scott Cunningham was a member of an Alexandrian coven before becoming a solitary wiccan and is one of the most recommended authors even today.

Traditional witchcraft in Europe