Reddit reviews The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism

...I don't think you understood the words I typed.

First, the fact you used the term "Neo Wiccanism" tells me that you've done very little research into what Wicca actually is. You're a freshman asking for permission to enroll in a 500-level course. I highly recommend The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism. There's also a book for Wicca and Witchcraft, but I actually think that the Paganism book has a better breadth and contains almost everything that the W&W book does.

Second, you're asking for assistance becoming the kind of person who gives the rest of us a bad name. Wicca is about having a reverence for nature and using power for good. You're openly stating a desire to do the types of things that covens and circles typically exile a person for.

Third, you're asking to do things that are not part of Wicca. Yes, Wicca focuses heavily on channeling energy, but revenge is against just about every ethical code I can think of. While all paths lead to the Goddess, I have trouble reconciling how a person can follow a Wiccan path when his/her (apologies, don't know your gender) reasons for doing so are in direct contradiction to what Wicca is. It's like saying you want to become a carpenter so you can use a hammer to vandalize other person's homes. Using a carpenter's tools doesn't make you a carpenter. Using a witch's tools doesn't make you a witch. A reverence for nature and a desire to use energy for good makes a person a witch.

Also:

>To this day I still hold a grudge against the girl who used to call me names like "Devil worshipper" and "Heathen".

You actually are a heathen.

As silly as it mat seem, this is a really GOOD book