Self-initiation … one of the Religious Witchcraft Community’s most hotly debated subjects is still nowhere near a resolution. Traditional Wicca is an initiatory mystery religion; and originally, if you wanted to call yourself Wiccan, you had to train with a coven.
The last twenty years have seen a dramatic surge in the popularity of Wicca and other Witchcraft religions – to the point where it seems that every week a new book is coming out that teaches a new ‘brand’ of Wicca. And as a result, by either desire or geography, many Witches are forgoing the coven route, and going it alone.
