for death and re-birth.(http://www.wicca.com/celtic/akasha/mabon.htm)Overall Wicca is a spiritual religion, which prohibits its members from engaging in spells or other activities which harm others. This is a logical result of the Wiccan’s belief in the Three Fold Law: “All good that a person does to another returns three-fold in this life; harm is also returned three fold.” (Currot, Book of Shadows)6Neo-Paganism in particularly Wicca are included in the fastest growing religions in the U.S. today, many different attempts to estimate numbers are considered inaccurate due to the fear of persecution and scorn Wiccans feel are directed toward their religion. An estimate of 750,000 in the U.S. and perhaps 30,000 in Canada is given by a tolerance website (www.religioustolerance.org). If this estimate is accurate it would make Wicca the 5th largest non-Christian religion in North America. (U.S. Census, 2000)Data on the size of faith groups is notoriously unreliable. Some Christian faith groups count the number of baptized infants, and assume that each of them will stay within the denomination into adulthood. Some count the numbers of adults on their active membership rolls. Others include casual adherents in their statistics. Still others keep their membership numbers secret. But at least such groups have a central administrative authority, which can communicate with its member churches to collect and collate accurate data. Modern Wicca in America 11Within Wicca and other neo-Pagan religions, there is no such organization. Many, perhaps most, Witches are solitary practitioners; they perform their rites alone. Others form covens, which are informal groups of Wiccans. There is often no coordinating group above the coven level; no state, provincial or national organization. ...
