She is the female aspect of The All and has many names, including Diana, Isis, and Demeter. Spells are one of many ritual activities Wiccans engage in, although unlike Satanist witchcraft, Wicca forbids harmful or manipulative spells.
Wiccan witches practice two kinds of magic.
Low magic is invoked to improve everyday life, such as a job or a relationship, while high magic aims to transform the individual personally. The Great Rite, however, is usually performed symbolically by the thrust of a ritual knife into a chalice of wine. Having learned magic in Southern Asia, he became involved in the occult upon his return to England in 1939. He met influential witches at a Theosophical group, but evidence suggests he combined Asian magic with Western texts to invent a new religion with worship of the Mother Goddess at its vortex. His ritual, and an offshoot version fashioned by breakaway initiate Alexander Sanders, spread across North America in the 1960s.