WHAT MAKES WICCA DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PATHS THAT BELIEVE IN THE PSYCHIC POWERS?
We usually find that people most often comment on the robes and the tools. Traditionally we wear special garments while engaging in devotions, as a male Jew wears a prayer shawl and skullcap. The garments have symbolisms, and stand for beliefs of the person wearing them. The tools are: a cup, a knife, staff (or wand), and the pentacle, a 5-pointed star with the 5th point upward, enclosed in a circle. For those familiar with the tarot cards, this was the original source of the tarot suits as well as many meanings and symbolisms in the tarot deck. 13. WHAT IS DONE WITH THE TOOLS? They are used, along with other objects, like candles, bells, and incense, to focus energies and influence Universal forces with out prayers. If the format reminds you of Roman Catholic mass, that’s because much of the indigenous Nature Religion’s mysteries were “adopted” when Christianity moved into Northern Europe — into England, Scotland, Ireland, and Scandinavia — the lands of the Celts. Also, if the tools
