Is Neopagan Druidism Wiccan?
The Wiccan ( Neopagan Witchcraft ) movement includes the vast majority of the hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people involved in Neopaganism in North America. Many Neopagan Druids have been or still are followers of Wicca, including a sizable proportion of the older Neopagan Druid leadership. There is no serious contradiction between the paths, especially since, as polytheists, we are free to worship many deities in many ways. The primary differences between Neopagan Druidism (in A.D.F.) and Wicca are these: Druidism is polytheistic, large-group oriented, and public. Wicca is duotheistic, small-group oriented, and private. Nonetheless, the two religions have far more in common than they have separating them (see What Neopagans Believe for details). Wiccan covens can (and do) function as special interest groups within larger Druid groves, along with bardic, healing, ecological, divinitory, and other groups. It is not unusual for small gatherings of Neopagan Druids to use Wiccan lit
