A Dianic witch is a practitioner of the Dianic tradition of witchcraft, which is primarily focused on the worship of the Goddess. This tradition takes its name from the Roman goddess Diana, who is associated with the moon, hunting, and female empowerment. Dianic witchcraft is often described as a feminist form of witchcraft, as it places a strong emphasis on female empowerment and the celebration of the divine feminine. While many forms of witchcraft incorporate a balance of feminine and masculine energies, the Dianic tradition tends to be more focused on the feminine aspects of spirituality. The Dianic tradition is characterized by its emphasis on women's spirituality and women's circles. Dianic witches often come together in women-only groups to perform rituals, celebrate the cycles of the moon, and honor the Goddess.

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Dianic Wicca, also known as Dianic Witchcraft, is a modern pagan, goddess tradition, focused on female experience and empowerment. Leadership is by women, who may be ordained as priestesses, or in less formal groups that function as collectives. While some adherents identify as Wiccan, it differs from most traditions of Wicca in that only goddesses are honored (whereas most Wiccan traditions honor both female and male deities).

• الويكا الدايانية هي تقليد ضمن إطار ديانة الويكا وهي من الديانات الوثنية الحديثة. وتم تأسيسها في السبعينات في الولايات المتحدة على يد .تركّز الويكا الدايانية على عبادة الإلهة المؤنثة . وبالإضافة إلى المعتقدات التقليدية للويكا، يحوي هذا التقليد أيضاً عناصر من معتقدات السحر الإيطالية القديمة، القيم النسوية، الطقوس التراثية وممارسات . ويختلف هذا التقليد عن بقية أنواع الويكا بأنه يقبل الإناث فقط، وتتمحور طقوسه حول عبادة الإلهة الأنثى حصراً من دون الإله الذكر. (ar)
• Dianická wicca (též Dianické čarodějnictví) je novopohanská náboženská tradice, odnož wiccy, zaměřená na . Za její zakladatelku je považována . Tradice je praktikována ve skupinách kde jsou jak ženy tak i muži. (cs)
• Dianic Wicca, also known as Dianic Witchcraft, is a modern pagan, goddess tradition, focused on female experience and empowerment. Leadership is by women, who may be ordained as priestesses, or in less formal groups that function as collectives. While some adherents identify as Wiccan, it differs from most traditions of Wicca in that only goddesses are honored (whereas most Wiccan traditions honor both female and male deities). While there is more than one tradition known as Dianic, the most widely known is the female-only variety, with the most prominent tradition thereof founded by Zsuzsanna Budapest in the United States in the 1970s. It is notable for its worship of a single, monotheistic Great Goddess (with all other goddesses - of all cultures worldwide - seen as "aspects" of this Goddess) and a focus on egalitarian matriarchy. While the tradition is named after the Roman goddess Diana, Dianics worship goddesses from many cultures, within the Dianic Wiccan ritual framework. Diana, (considered correlate to the Greek Artemis) "is seen as representing a central mythic theme of woman-identified cosmology. She is the protector of women and of the wild, untamed spirit of nature." The Dianic Wiccan belief and ritual structure is an eclectic combination of elements from British Traditional Wicca, Italian folk-magic as recorded by Charles Leland in Aradia, New Age beliefs, and folk magic and healing practices from a variety of different cultures. (en)
• El Dianismo o Wicca Diánica es una tradición monoteísta de culto a la Diosa, dentro de la Wicca. Fue fundada por Zsuzsanna Budapest en los Estados Unidos en la década de 1970. Es notable por su adoración de una única diosa (Diana, protectora de las mujeres y la naturaleza​) y su foco en un feminismo matriarcal. El Dianismo se denomina de acuerdo con la diosa romana Diana, pero los Diánicos adoran a la Diosa bajo una plétora de nombres. El Dianismo combina elementos de la Wicca Tradicional Británica, magia folclórica italiana tal como fue registrada por Charles Leland en Aradia, valores feministas, magia folclórica, y prácticas de curación aprendidas de su madre. (es)
• Dianisches Wicca (englisch Dianic Wicca) ist eine Ausrichtung innerhalb der neuheidnischen Wicca-Bewegung, die in den 1970er Jahren von den Amerikanerinnen Zsuzsanna Budapest und Miriam Simos (besser bekannt als Starhawk) begründet wurde.Es reichert die Wicca-Religion mit Elementen feministischer Göttinnen-Spiritualität an.Der Name bezieht sich auf die römische Göttin Diana, die im Mittelalter als Herrin der Hexen galt. Als eigentliche Begründerin gilt Zsuzsanna E. Budapest. Sie ist die Autorin von The holy book of women’s mysteries, in dem sie Inhalte des Wicca, Einflüsse italienischer Volkstradition aus Charles Godfrey Lelands Aradia und der sich darauf berufenden Stregheria, Elemente aus der Religionswissenschaft des 20. Jahrhunderts, feministische Standpunkte und Familientradition zu einem Ganzen formte. Sie begründete Ende der 1970er Jahre den ersten Dianischen Coven, den „Susan B. Anthony Coven #1“ in Venice, Kalifornien. Anfang der 1980er Jahre zog Budapest nach Oakland und gründete dort einen neuen Coven. Der ursprüngliche Coven blieb unter der Leitung von Ruth Barrett und benannte sich in „Circle of Aradia“ um. Eine andere Ausrichtung, die ebenfalls als Dianisches Wicca bezeichnet wird, geht auf Morgan McFarland und Mark Roberts zurück, die Anfang der 1960er Jahre einen Coven in Dallas, Texas begründeten, der im Wesentlichen den Traditionen des britisch traditionellen und gardenischen Wicca folgte, aber den Schwerpunkt auf die Annäherung an die Göttin und ihre Macht legte.Anders als bei den dianischen Coven feministischer Ausrichtung spielt der Gehörnte Gott hier weiter eine zentrale Rolle und auch Männer können Mitglieder sein. (de)
• La Wicca dianique appelée aussi dianisme ou sorcellerie dianique est une tradition wiccane centrée sur la Grande Déesse et sur le féminin, fondée dans les années 1960 en Californie par Zsuzsanna Budapest. Elle combine des éléments de gardnérianisme, de magie populaire italienne transmise par Aradia de Charles Leland, de valeurs féministes, et de magie rituelle populaire, de pratiques de guérison enseignées par la mère. Elle est pratiquée dans des groupes exclusivement féminins, et à l'origine majoritairement lesbiens. (fr)
• Il Dianismo, o Tradizione Dianica, Tradizione Dianica Femminile e in alcuni casi anche chiamata Wicca Dianica, è una corrente spirituale incentrata sui .Figura centrale della credenza dianica è la Dea Madre, concepita come colei che dà la vita e ha dato origine ad ogni cosa.La Tradizione Dianica può essere intesa come una corrente enoteistica in quanto concepisce la presenza di una fonte divina unica che possiede diverse manifestazioni, ovvero tutte le Dee dei diversi pantheon delle culture mondo.La Tradizione Dianica è un percorso spirituale eccessibile solo alle Donne biologicamente femmine, così come le sue pratiche e rituali. (it)
• O dianismo é uma vertente do neopaganismo onde a deusa é cultuada com exclusividade ou predominância. Geralmente pode ser dividido em duas sub-categorias: 1) Dianismo feminista - mais historicamente inserido e inspirado pela segunda e terceira onda do feminismo - particularmente por sua repercussão no campo religioso - com participação reservada às mulheres e culto dedicado exclusivamente à deusa ou, 2) Dianismo misto - mais historicamente inserido no movimento neopagão - particularmente a Wicca - com a participação de homens e mulheres e a veneração da deusa e do deus, com predominância do culto à deusa em sua ritualística. (pt)
• Dianiker är individer som dyrkar den stora Gudinnan. (sv)
• 月神威卡（英語：Dianic Wicca，在英文語境也被稱為「Dianic Witchcraft」，中文方面可翻譯為黛安娜威卡）是一支以女性成員為中心來奉行女神儀式及傳統的西洋新異教。雖然該派有些信徒認為她們就是屬於威卡教之一，但是月神威卡與大多數威卡教傳統差異處在於──月神威卡只有女神受到崇敬而已（而其他威卡教在信仰上則是同時尊崇女性和男性神靈）。 然而在西方的新異教發展史上，並不止限於前述的一支威卡傳統自稱為月神屬系（Dianic），最著名的純女性成員的威卡派別是1970年代由匈牙利人在美國所創立的團體。這裡還有要值得注意的一點是，以月神屬系為名的威卡通常只有崇拜單一的，並專注於平等主義、母系女權主義。她們團體的英文稱謂雖以羅馬神話中的月神黛安娜為名，不過月神屬系崇拜的女神其實是源自不同的文化，她們團體則將來自不同文化女神視為唯一女神論體系下的各種“化身”。基本上月神威卡是兼容並蓄的博採了、義大利民間巫術元素的團體，這些相關的資訊可以從在他1899年的著作《》一書之中得知，本書有紀錄關於女權主義價值觀、民間巫術還有各種不同文化治療方法的內容。 (zh)

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• الويكا الدايانية هي تقليد ضمن إطار ديانة الويكا وهي من الديانات الوثنية الحديثة. وتم تأسيسها في السبعينات في الولايات المتحدة على يد .تركّز الويكا الدايانية على عبادة الإلهة المؤنثة . وبالإضافة إلى المعتقدات التقليدية للويكا، يحوي هذا التقليد أيضاً عناصر من معتقدات السحر الإيطالية القديمة، القيم النسوية، الطقوس التراثية وممارسات . ويختلف هذا التقليد عن بقية أنواع الويكا بأنه يقبل الإناث فقط، وتتمحور طقوسه حول عبادة الإلهة الأنثى حصراً من دون الإله الذكر. (ar)
• Dianická wicca (též Dianické čarodějnictví) je novopohanská náboženská tradice, odnož wiccy, zaměřená na . Za její zakladatelku je považována . Tradice je praktikována ve skupinách kde jsou jak ženy tak i muži. (cs)
• El Dianismo o Wicca Diánica es una tradición monoteísta de culto a la Diosa, dentro de la Wicca. Fue fundada por Zsuzsanna Budapest en los Estados Unidos en la década de 1970. Es notable por su adoración de una única diosa (Diana, protectora de las mujeres y la naturaleza​) y su foco en un feminismo matriarcal. El Dianismo se denomina de acuerdo con la diosa romana Diana, pero los Diánicos adoran a la Diosa bajo una plétora de nombres. El Dianismo combina elementos de la Wicca Tradicional Británica, magia folclórica italiana tal como fue registrada por Charles Leland en Aradia, valores feministas, magia folclórica, y prácticas de curación aprendidas de su madre. (es)
• La Wicca dianique appelée aussi dianisme ou sorcellerie dianique est une tradition wiccane centrée sur la Grande Déesse et sur le féminin, fondée dans les années 1960 en Californie par Zsuzsanna Budapest. Elle combine des éléments de gardnérianisme, de magie populaire italienne transmise par Aradia de Charles Leland, de valeurs féministes, et de magie rituelle populaire, de pratiques de guérison enseignées par la mère. Elle est pratiquée dans des groupes exclusivement féminins, et à l'origine majoritairement lesbiens. (fr)
• Il Dianismo, o Tradizione Dianica, Tradizione Dianica Femminile e in alcuni casi anche chiamata Wicca Dianica, è una corrente spirituale incentrata sui .Figura centrale della credenza dianica è la Dea Madre, concepita come colei che dà la vita e ha dato origine ad ogni cosa.La Tradizione Dianica può essere intesa come una corrente enoteistica in quanto concepisce la presenza di una fonte divina unica che possiede diverse manifestazioni, ovvero tutte le Dee dei diversi pantheon delle culture mondo.La Tradizione Dianica è un percorso spirituale eccessibile solo alle Donne biologicamente femmine, così come le sue pratiche e rituali. (it)
• O dianismo é uma vertente do neopaganismo onde a deusa é cultuada com exclusividade ou predominância. Geralmente pode ser dividido em duas sub-categorias: 1) Dianismo feminista - mais historicamente inserido e inspirado pela segunda e terceira onda do feminismo - particularmente por sua repercussão no campo religioso - com participação reservada às mulheres e culto dedicado exclusivamente à deusa ou, 2) Dianismo misto - mais historicamente inserido no movimento neopagão - particularmente a Wicca - com a participação de homens e mulheres e a veneração da deusa e do deus, com predominância do culto à deusa em sua ritualística. (pt)
• Dianiker är individer som dyrkar den stora Gudinnan. (sv)
• 月神威卡（英語：Dianic Wicca，在英文語境也被稱為「Dianic Witchcraft」，中文方面可翻譯為黛安娜威卡）是一支以女性成員為中心來奉行女神儀式及傳統的西洋新異教。雖然該派有些信徒認為她們就是屬於威卡教之一，但是月神威卡與大多數威卡教傳統差異處在於──月神威卡只有女神受到崇敬而已（而其他威卡教在信仰上則是同時尊崇女性和男性神靈）。 然而在西方的新異教發展史上，並不止限於前述的一支威卡傳統自稱為月神屬系（Dianic），最著名的純女性成員的威卡派別是1970年代由匈牙利人在美國所創立的團體。這裡還有要值得注意的一點是，以月神屬系為名的威卡通常只有崇拜單一的，並專注於平等主義、母系女權主義。她們團體的英文稱謂雖以羅馬神話中的月神黛安娜為名，不過月神屬系崇拜的女神其實是源自不同的文化，她們團體則將來自不同文化女神視為唯一女神論體系下的各種“化身”。基本上月神威卡是兼容並蓄的博採了、義大利民間巫術元素的團體，這些相關的資訊可以從在他1899年的著作《》一書之中得知，本書有紀錄關於女權主義價值觀、民間巫術還有各種不同文化治療方法的內容。 (zh)
• Dianic Wicca, also known as Dianic Witchcraft, is a modern pagan, goddess tradition, focused on female experience and empowerment. Leadership is by women, who may be ordained as priestesses, or in less formal groups that function as collectives. While some adherents identify as Wiccan, it differs from most traditions of Wicca in that only goddesses are honored (whereas most Wiccan traditions honor both female and male deities). (en)
• Dianisches Wicca (englisch Dianic Wicca) ist eine Ausrichtung innerhalb der neuheidnischen Wicca-Bewegung, die in den 1970er Jahren von den Amerikanerinnen Zsuzsanna Budapest und Miriam Simos (besser bekannt als Starhawk) begründet wurde.Es reichert die Wicca-Religion mit Elementen feministischer Göttinnen-Spiritualität an.Der Name bezieht sich auf die römische Göttin Diana, die im Mittelalter als Herrin der Hexen galt. (de)

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Dianic witch

Guardians of the Grove is a south central Michigan grove of Temple of Diana, Inc., a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit federally recognized Dianic temple. We are also a religious and educational organization that provides rituals, educational classes, and workshops to nurture the spiritual needs of female individuals through healing, empowerment, and celebration.

Celebrating 50 years of dianic tradition in Los Angeles, California

Dianic tradition is based on a goddess-centered cosmology and the primacy of She who is all and whole unto Herself.

Dianic tradition draws inspiration from the goddesses Diana and Artemis representing female embodiment, autonomy, and sovereignty.

Dianic practices are inspired by the awareness that Goddesses have been known throughout time, by many names, and in numerous cultures worldwide.

Dianic seasonal rituals celebrate the mythic cycle of the Goddess within the earth's seasonal cycles of birth, death, and regeneration, and their correspondence to the female life cycle.

Dianic tradition is a Women's Mysteries ritual tradition that celebrates female embodiment from cradle to grave.

Dianic tradition is celebrated in exclusively female-only circles.

Power is sourced through our wombs and female embodied magic.

Dianics honor the female body as a manifestation of Goddess in all Her glorious diversity of color, size, shape, and personal expression.

Dianic ritual and magical practices honor women's creativity, and intuitive ways of knowing.

Dianics recognize that women's magic is a sacred trust; therefore, Dianics do not teach Women's Mysteries and our embodied magic to males.

Sexuality is sacred. When lovers meet in mutual love, trust, and equality, these expressions of love and pleasure are a gift to, and from, the Goddess.

Sacred play is a form of spiritual practice.

The Dianic tradition is a teaching tradition.

Dianic tradition stands in accord with the Wiccan Rede, which states "An' it harm none, do what you will." We honor free will, with the intention that our magical actions manifest for the greater good of all.

Into the Darkness

The coven we call the Circle of the Redwood Moon (3) was composed of seven core members during the period of our research. The seven included three women defined as Priestesses, one Initiate, and three Apprentices. (4) The women ranged in age from 28 to 48 and came from working class and lower middle class backgrounds. They came to witchcraft at widely different ages - one in her early teens and the latest in her 40s. They came from a variety of Western religions. Yet a common thread was that all but one can be classified as a spiritual "seeker" (see Lofland and Skonovd, 1981) who had actively sought out and explored other religions and spiritual traditions before settling on Wicca. The exception is a core coven member who, at age 11, reported hearing a voice inform her that "she belonged to the Lady." She says she had no idea what that meant at the time, but became a self-avowed pagan by the age of 17 and now has been one for 22 years. Out of respect for her long history and experience with the Craft, she was given the title of Elder Priestess by the coven.
By the time of this study, most of the women had taken some college courses. Two had completed four year degrees, with one then taking some post graduate study and the other working on a Master's Degree. Three women held clerical jobs, one was a salesclerk, one a "psych tech" on a mental ward, and two were unemployed. Five of the seven women were Caucasian, the oldest woman was an African American, and one woman was a Latina. Only the Elder Priestess, who had been with the coven almost since its start in 1971, was involved in a heterosexual relationship at the time of our research. She and her husband were married by Spiderwoman, Priestess of Ritual and Magic, during the Spring of 1989. All other members were self-identified lesbians, most of whom had held romantic relationships with men in the past. Two of them were previously married, and one has adult children. (5)

The Setting

Most of the ritual activities took place in the home of two of the witches, Aletheia and Spiderwoman. They had been partners for three years by the time we entered the setting. Their condominium was located in a working class neighborhood on the outskirts of Los Angeles. The decor consisted of soft lighting, a variety of goddess figurines, and numerous "witchy" artifacts, including a pentacle door harp, a frosted glass light in the shape of a crescent moon, and a crystal ball. During rituals, the glass-topped coffee table in the living room was often moved to the side and a small round table was used as an altar in the center of the room. The dining area held bookcases filled with books on philosophy, feminism, lesbianism, witchcraft, and goddess worship. The large heavy table in the dining area served as a place for the women to gather and plan future rituals and other coven activities. Sometimes this area was used for the ritual, and the large table would be moved outside to a small patio for sharing potluck items afterward. The patio was rimmed by a foot of dirt in which a few abundant rose bushes grew. In the corner was a Jacuzzi where the witches sometimes bathed after ceremonies.
Rituals that were open to other women took place at a campsite in a nearby mountain range. The death rituals took place at a funeral home and cemetery described later in this paper.

Gaining Entree

We gained entree to the Circle of the Redwood Moon when an opportunity presented itself near the end of Spring Semester, 1988. One of Lozano's students invited her class to attend a Spring Equinox ritual sponsored by her coven. (We later found that "open ritual" is one way the coven recruits new members, if not to the coven itself, to the religion.) We gained access to the coven by making use of what Reimer (1977) calls an "opportunistic" research strategy. Lozano was informed that everyone attending the ritual was expected to participate actively; no one would be allowed simply to observe. Given the stereotypes of witchcraft and its practitioners, we entered the setting with some trepidation about what we might encounter and what might be expected of us during the ritual. We quickly discovered we had nothing to fear.
The ritual was a spring celebration in which every person was to make a personal commitment to the earth and to the women's community. Members of the coven "raised energy and cast a circle," which is done at the beginning of every ritual as a means of "creating sacred space" (see Starhawk, 1979:55), and various priestesses led visualizations, meditations, dancing and chanting for the next hour or so. The ritual closed with a potluck "feast," women's music, and informal socializing. We left earlier than the others, saturated and exhausted by what we had seen, heard, and felt. Our first experience with Wiccan ritual and our debriefing session on the way home left one of the authors feeling hesitant about pursuing the research, while the other felt the group provided a fascinating setting to explore sociologically. Within a few days, we had both decided to pursue this unique research opportunity.
Lozano contacted the coven to discuss the possibility of our conducting team research. Her student served as "gatekeeper" and lobbied for the project. The other coven members were extremely protective. In a long interview, however, Lozano apparently answered their questions satisfactorily and gained permission on a tentative basis. A bargain was made that
the witches would not have editorial control over what we wrote, but could control our access to the ritual settings. We agreed that, while we would not do anything to violate our personal ethics, we would actively participate at some level during the rituals.

Research Roles

a gradual transition from the perspective of the participant observer to that of an observing participant (Jules Rosette, 1975:22).

Accurate (objective and truthful) findings are more rather than less likely as the researcher becomes involved directly, personally, and existentially with people in daily life.

History and Worldview
The Traditional Craft is solidly based on the idea of male female polarity, which is basic to most Craft magical working and ritual symbology (Adler, 1986:217).
The Goddess does not rule the world, she is the world The importance of the Goddess inspires women to see ourselves as divine, our bodies as sacred, the changing phases of our lives as holy, our aggression as healthy, our anger as purifying and our power to nurture and create, but also to limit and destroy when necessary, as the very force that sustains all life. Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our own bodies, and celebrate our emotions. We can move beyond narrow, constricting roles and become whole (Starhawk, 1979:9).
Wicca, at itsbest, is the most flexible and adaptable of religions, since it is perfectly willing to throw out dogmas and rely on these types of experience alone (Adler, 1986:135).
the art of changing consciousness at will magic is the psychology/technology of immanence. the applied science is based on an understanding of how energy makes patterns and patterns direct energy (Slarhawk, 1988:13)
The very concept of dualities, of the polarity of male vs. female, black vs. white or good vs. evil, is a construct of the patriarchal mindframe which must be destroyed.
Symbols of the Darkness: Death and Regeneration
unsanitized by Christian tradition The Maiden and the Mother were adopted, sterilized, and rendered impotent The Crone was diabolized and survived with her powers intact.

The Kore/Persephone Myth

A central symbol of Dianic Wicca is the maiden Kore, daughter of Demeter, goddess of fertility and vegetation. In the classical myth, Kore was kidnapped and carried off by Hades, Lord of the Dead. In her grief, Demeter refused to let the earth produce. Zeus ordered Hades to return the maiden, but the Lord of the Dead secretly tricked Kore into eating part of a pomegranate, so that she would be forced to return to him several months each year. Out of this conception grew the Eleusinian mysteries and the doctrine of immortality.
In Dianic tradition, Kore descends, not because she is carried off, but because she hears the lost and confused cries of the dead. Nete, Elder Priestess of Song and Ritual, informed us that Kore walked of her own free will into the darkness. She passed beyond the veil and came to the Land of the Dead, where she comforted the dead, explained the reason for death to them, and helped ready them for rebirth. When at last she returned to the world of the living, she was forever marked by her experience. Having eaten seven pomegranate seeds, she ". . . can never again be wholly severed from the dark, the earth, the flesh" (Starhawk, 1988:91). Kore then took the name Persephone, and her story became a continual one of life, death, and rebirth, a reminder that Spring must be preceded by Winter. In her acceptance and understanding of death, Kore/Persephone affirms the cycle of life.

The Serpent

It represents immortal energy and consciousness engaged in the field of time, constantly throwing off death and being born again ((it)) carries in itself the sense of both the fascination and the terror of life (Campbell, 1987 45)

The Cauldron

Always the cauldron was understood to signify the cosmic womb, source of regeneration and rebirth. All life, mind, and energy arose in various forms from the ever boiling vessel, only to return thereto, when each form came to its destined end (Walker, 1985103)
Darkness is the place of birth
Darkness is the womb
Darkness is the place of death
Darkness is the tomb.
Death belongs to life
Half of day is night
. . . reincarnation is seen by some as a metaphor for mystically cellular transition in which the dancers DNA and RNA immortally twine themselves. (Morgan, 1977:306)
The Funeral Rites
He was really worried that we were going to cause some kind of big scene some kind of heretical thing in front of God and everyone at the Holy Cross Cemetery
Blessed be thy mind that thou mayst partake of Her wisdom, thy eyes that share her vision, thy nostrils that smell her essence, thy mouth to speak her truth, thy breasts to nurture her children, thy womb the source of her creativity, thy yoni the source of her pleasure and energy, and thy feet that they may walk her path (See Budapest, 1980:96-100)
Discussion
One can experience an unconditional affirmation of life only when one has accepted death, not as contrary to life but as an aspect of life. (Campbell, 1987:152)
Summary
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Dianic witches often come together in women-only groups to perform rituals, celebrate the cycles of the moon, and honor the Goddess. These women's circles provide a supportive and empowering space for women to explore their spirituality and connect with other like-minded individuals. In addition to their focus on female empowerment, Dianic witches also place a strong emphasis on environmentalism and the preservation of the natural world.



Many Dianic rituals and practices involve connecting with nature, honoring the cycles of the seasons, and advocating for the protection of the Earth. Dianic witchcraft is a diverse tradition, and there is no one "right" way to practice. Some Dianic witches incorporate elements of Wicca or other pagan traditions into their practice, while others may draw inspiration from various goddess-centered religions or spiritual practices. Overall, Dianic witchcraft is a spiritual path that honors and celebrates the divine feminine, empowers women, and fosters a deep connection with the natural world. It is a tradition that seeks to create a more balanced and harmonious world by embracing and celebrating the power and wisdom of the Goddess..

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