Do Wiccans believe in God?
A Not only do we believe in and worship God, we honor the Divine as Goddess. Worship is a very personal thing among Wiccans. Wicca is nondogmatic, subscribing to no one “official creed” or belief. Some Wiccans view Deity as a single force or energy; others are polytheistic, worshiping many Gods and Goddesses, and honoring the Ancient Ones of many cultures. We honor our Deities and our spiritual and familial Ancestors on holy days, called Sabbats and Esbats. In general, Sabbat Festivals mark the changes in season and are primarily solar-based. There is an emphasis on the God as he changes through the cycle of the year from a God of Vegetation and Grain to a God of the Harvest and the Hunt. Esbat rituals are attuned to the changing lunar phases as we honor the Goddess in her Triple Aspects of Maiden, Mother and Crone.
The belief of most Witches is that “God” is a supreme force which is genderless. This image is hard to picture in the mind’s eye. Therefore, in order to create an image that is easy to imagine and relate to, the Wiccan pictures a God and a Goddess as their source of worship. Just as there are male and female in most of nature’s creatures, so is there also a male and a female God in the Wiccan religion. The male God of Wicca has been named many different names according to the different traditions of Witchcraft. Some of the names are: Cernunos, Pan, Faunus and Osiris. Different names by which the Goddess is known by are: Aradia, Isis, Diana and Cerridwen. Some Witches prefer to generalize by calling them “Lord and Lady”, or simply “God and Goddess”. The nighttime and moon are attributes of the Goddess. The sun is associated with the God, hence the terms “Moon Goddess” and “Sun God”. The Witch decides upon the image of the supreme being or God and Goddess with whom they feel communicatio
