Delurking to give an opinion about the Way and witchcraft. (I'm exway but have been involved in Wicca/goddess stuff for a while.)I am no expert, just my opinion.
There are two things that I find a little similar to some wiccan practices.
When in the Way I used to focus on a mental image while speaking in tongues. Wiccans do that, too, with meditations and spells(kind of the point of doing a spell is to focus energy on a certain desired result.)
I don't belong to a coven(joining any group gives me the heebee jeebees, wonder why?) but I have been to some of the big holiday rituals on invite. They do a part of the ritual called Drawing down the Moon, in which the priestess speaks for the Goddess. It seems to me to be exactly like word of prophecy. Words of exhortation and comfort. I've only ever been to the one coven, so don't have broad experience.
Other than that--don't see much similarities. I don't know personally of any who do destruction spells, and people who act like the movie 'The Craft' would not have much respect with the folk I know. Most would choose not to because of their belief in the Law of returns, or the three fold law(what you out out for good or evil returns to you three fold.)
Black candles are popular in banishing spells--banish negativity, or financial woes, or excess weight. But if you harm some one,consequences.
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