Earlier I did research on the religious tolerance website and it gave me a lot of information that was extremely helpful. Because of this, I decided to go back to it to learn about Wiccans’ beliefs about afterlife. Wiccans have a very wide range of beliefs about where we go when we die.

According to the religious tolerance website, some Wiccans believe in an ancient legend of a Summerland as where we go afterlife. We meet with others here, review and integrate our previous lives on earth, and are eventually reincarnated into a new baby (Robinson 1). Within this belief, some others believe that after many cycles the individuals will accumulate sufficient experiences and goes on to another level of existence (Robinson 1). We know nothing of this level of existence. Others believe in continuity after death but in a difference sense. These Wiccans believe that the molecules that make up our bodies will be incorporated in other living entities and that our influences on people will continue to have influences on following generations (Robinson 1). There are some Wiccans that do not believe in any afterlife existence elsewhere. This belief includes believing that the functions of the human brain will disintegrate after death (Robinson 1).

Personally I do not think that people would go to a different world and then back to the earth over and over again. I choose not to believe this since I do not fully understand how this action could take place. I also do not fully understand how when someone dies their molecules will “magically” be incorporated in other living entities. I do need to do more research on their whole religion to understand fully. But, I do think it is a little odd how there are so many beliefs within this one religion about where people go after death.

Robinson, B.A.. "Wiccan Beliefs." ReligiousTolerance.org. 2004. Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
10 Apr 2009.