Wiccan education??!!?

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What do you need to know before you can be a Wiccan??!!?? x
I am not a wicca but I am interested in wicca and I would love to know more but there are no circles in my area. Can you recommend any books??!!?? x
 
Go do as much research as you possibly can. Online, libraries, any Wiccans you may know.
I can't stress that enough.
Just when you think you know enough, you find something else.
Don't even think of calling yourself a Wiccan until you know enough about it.
It's like calling yourself a Christian after reading the first two pages of the Bible.

I've also heard in some cases that you need to 'study' for a year and a day until you can become 'initiated'. Might just be a certain coven thing, though.

Edit: I can't think of any books off the top of my head, but stay FAR AWAY from Silver Raven Wolf's work. Major yuck.
 
The difference between Wiccan and Witch
The difference between Wicca and Witchcraft

What British Traditional Wicca is and is not
What Popular Wicca is and is not

How, when, why and - more importantly when NOT to use magic.
The Seasonal celebrations, what they are and why we hold them.

Edit
Ok regarding books
Anything by Gerald Gardner who invented wicca
Anything by Doreen Valiente
Anything by Vivianne Crowley

Pop Wicca
Anything by Kate West
Anything by Scott Cunningham

General
Ancient Ways
Wheel of the Year

both by Pauline Campanelli
 
I need to lean a bit about Wicca as well. I've been considering becoming one, and know all the basics, but I'm having difficult finding any circles around where I live. You should probably find one or a Wiccan group near where you live and ask them about that, from what I've found the net tends to be a rather unreliable resource for Wicca.
 
I suggest witchvox.com and the timerift one (I can't for the life of me remember it exactly right now) you can hit up amazon.com, find which books have the best references, then hit up your local library.

The best thing is to read, study, and in many cases write a ten page report. Pick a topic: herbalism, astrology, seasons, images of the Mother Goddess, deeds of the Dying God, etc.
 
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