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"Magick" as a term refers to a broad range of spiritual practices that do not only apply to Ceremonial magic. While the term was popularized by Crowley he never defined it to only apply to Ceremonial magic or to practices one used to achieve their true will . I think this misconception comes from the way he defined "Magick" in his book Magick in theory and practice the following is a quote is his definition of magick from the aforementioned book "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will" the misconception comes because Crowley frequently used "will" to refer to True Will which is indeed a Thelemic concept ,but his use of "will" in this instance is closer to the word "intent" and DOES NOT refer to the concept of True will . This is further supported because later in the book he states "Every intentional act is a Magical act." which solidifies that he was indeed not talking about True will , nor was he trying to say that Magick specifically refers to Thelemic-only principles/practices. Kuia34 (talk) 17:00, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
It's ironic that Wiccans insist on using the "K"-spelling of Magick, because this is an obvious Crowleyism, but all Wiccans I know don't like anything about Crowley (except for this idiosyncratic K spelling). What's the explanation why they embrace this, but not the other obviously Crowley-esque roots of their religion? Valiente did a good job of sanitizing Gardner's history with Crowley pretty well. 57.135.233.22 (talk) 10:03, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
There is a discussion at Talk:Witchcraft#Ridiculous! which may be of interest to editors and the topic of this page. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:35, 8 July 2023 (UTC)
The academic view is that they should be classed as Wicca. There are relevant discussions at Talk:Witchcraft#Proposal. A counterproposal might be to merge to Contemporary witchcraft. Opinions? Skyerise (talk) 19:22, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
I've withdrawn this merge proposal. Since "Contemporary witchcraft" has been renamed Neopagan witchcraft, that seems a better merge target, esp. as there is duplicated material in those two articles. The new discussion is at Talk:Neopagan witchcraft. Skyerise (talk) 13:30, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
And the merge has been completed with several editors participating. Have a great day! Skyerise (talk) 16:07, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
There's a discussion about moving the article Witchcraft to Witchcraft (classical) and moving Witchcraft (disambiguation) to Witchcraft instead, at Talk:Witchcraft#Requested move 19 July 2023. Esowteric + Talk + Breadcrumbs 07:48, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
I find the information of Wicca to be an exaggeration of the faith given the sources. I believe you are describing a Neopagan sect known as Zelda, but please don't change the article too soon. Finding the real Wicca would be like finding a needle in a haystack. I suppose the real Wicca is medieval in nature, but that is close to the modern era. (Just a theory.) Unitarian9999 (talk) 17:27, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
I'm talking about the Nintendo character from The Legends Of Zelda. It's religion is Christianity if you are interested, but a character made a spin-off as a fictitious religion. It ought to be listed under List of religious and spiritual traditions with the category "Parody and Fictional Religions." Just please cite your sources. End of story. Muted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unitarian9999 (talk • contribs) 02:10, 8 April 2024 (UTC)