The practice of Wicca in Fortaleza: a case study

Abstract

Advancing in our postdoctoral research on the female folk healers on the outskirts of Fortaleza, we came across several manifestations of Spirituality that involve women as an important element for their pantheon. One of these manifestations is Wicca, which has in the feminine its maximum sacred exponent. To support our theoretical background in this case study, we rely on fundamental researchers in the area such as Cordovil (2017), Langer and Campos (2007), Osório (2011, 2005, 2004), and Terzetti Filho (2016, 2014). Thus, we analyze a coven that brings together thirteen Wiccans since 2016. We conclude that those initiates reflect the precepts of the Art systematized by Gerald Gardner in the 1950s, drawing on the legacy of Margareth Murray and other earlier scholars, developed later by the closest followers of the former and the latter.