The Summerland is not equivalent to the Christian heaven. All souls return to the Summerland to rest after their incarnation. During this time the soul reviews the lessons learned in that incarnation, and prepares for the next one, until Union with God, Goddess, and Spirit is achieved. The Wiccan religion acknowledges Spirit as the creative force in the universe. In order to make this idea more comprehensible, Spirit is conceived as consisting of a female and a male polarity, represented by the Goddess and God.
Polarities are apparently opposite, but complementary, characteristics.
The Goddess represents creative, receptive energies, while the God represents more active, projective energies. Many traditions further subdivide the characteristics and responsibilities of the God and Goddess into a pantheon containing a number of beings which control different aspects of the Universe. In Wicca, the God and Goddess are believed to be actual entities, as opposed to representing concepts, as in some of the Eastern religions. It is this belief which supports the study of Nature as a way to learn about the Divine. Occult Dimensions In Wicca, creation is divided up into seven levels which exist simultaneously in time and space.