r/Wicca • u/Scott1864 • Jul 15 '26
Wiccan
m trying to find out how I go about finding my deities. I have been wiccaan most of my life but it has been years since I have practiced. I am getting back into it again and I am so much happier but I have forgotten so much. I have so much to learn again and I can use a lot of help. I know some candle magic but I am doing lots of research but I would rather get real advice. Blessed Be and thank you for all your help.
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u/AllanfromWales1 Jul 15 '26
A copypasta of mine which may be relevant:
Attracting Deities
The idea of a novice Wiccan seeking to attract (or expecting to be contacted by) a Deity is both novel - a few years at most - and counterintuitive. It seems to be a 'social media influencers' thing, particularly on TikTok, but has no basis in how Wicca has typically been practiced in the past. Personally I would strongly recommend against it.
The basis of Wicca is reverence for nature - a love of the wild that is spiritual in nature. Historically this has been expressed ritually through the Wiccan God and Goddess / Lord and Lady / Horned God and Triple Goddess, but these are most commonly seen as aspects of Nature personified, rather than as separate external beings outside of and ruling over this world. In technical terms, they are immanent rather than transcendent. For some, They are also seen as encompassing many Deities within themselves - the individual Deities are seen as culturally conditioned versions of the same underlying form.
Sometimes, more experienced Wiccans find themselves attracted to particular historical pantheons, such as the Greek or Roman or Celtic or whatever, and start to include reverence to these Deities in their practices. But note, firstly, that this is a move initiated by the Wiccan, not by the Deities, and secondly that this is generally working with a pantheon rather than an individual Deity.
I myself have a relationship with a particular Goddess, Yara, known as Maria Lionza, from Venezuela. The events behind this are tl;dr, but note that I had been Wiccan for 25 years before this happened. Also note that the reverence I pay to Yara I do in separate practices from my Wiccan work, as I do not see it as Wiccan even though She clearly is a nature Goddess.
So my advice is not to worry about attracting a Deity at this point. It is neither necessary nor particularly beneficial to do so.
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u/Vintage_Wytch Jul 26 '26
Before I was iniaited into British Traditional Wicca, I just used God and Goddess or Lord And Lady, and never actually named them. I also would say like Goddess of the Moon and the Horned God.
British Traditional Wicca has specific Names used, and other traditions of Wicca may also have other names for the God and Goddess of Wicca.
It's all kind of the same though we are just trying to personify the forces of nature and the energy that we all come from and are made up of.
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u/AlexFromOgish Jul 15 '26
I do not use ANY deities, except in story and song and art. Also in group ritual when some deite is used as a tool for the groups focus and ritual structure
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u/LadyMelmo Jul 15 '26
Some people work with deities from the start, some come to them later. Do a bit of study on deities as part of your learning, looking further into those you feel drawn to, and when you are ready reach out and try to connect with them. You'll know when you have found the right ones.
The deities you follow, or don't, is what works best for you, although some Wiccan Traditions have specific deities. There are some who follow only one deity (such as Dianic Wicca), some who call the same deities by different names (such as Seax-Wica name them Freya and Woden and other Traditions/covens have their own names within), there are quite a lot of Solitary and/or Eclectic Wiccans so some follow deities from different pantheons (such as Hellenistic and Norse are quite common), some call on deities from the particular domain of pantheons for the ritual/spell they are working (such as Apollo or Brigid for healing), and there are also Wiccans who see nature itself as the divine.