There seems to be a bit of confusion lately on whether Paganism or Wicca or even black or dark magic has anything to do with Satanism or Devil worship. The answer to this is absolutely NO.
Paganism pre-dates Christianity, Judaism, Islam and almost all modern religions by thousands of years. Pagans and Wiccans do not believe in the Devil. The Devil is a Christian concept. We cannot worship something we do not even believe in. Devil worshippers must first be Christian to believe in the Devil, then turn against their God to worship his fallen angel.
Wiccans are Pagans who practice Witchcraft as part of their religion. A Pagan is an umbrella term for a person who worships nature. A Pagan will have many Gods, or they will not have any Gods at all and just worship nature. They do not have a sole God as in the Christian God or the Devil.
When Wiccans use magic we use it along with nature, we are not greedy and use it for what we need, we try to keep a balance in all things and realise that what we give out will come back on us good or bad, we recognise our dark and our light, our good and our bad.
Black magic or dark magic goes against nature, it is usually used for personal gain or power at the expense of others and is not something Wiccans encourage, but even black magic is not in any way Devil worship or a part of any Satanic workings. Wiccans live by a code which says ‘Do what ye will, but harm none’.
The Devil or Satan does not come into any aspect of Wicca; we do not even recognise the Devil as being real. Wiccans don’t believe in the idea of Hell or Satan as they can take away accountability of one’s own actions. How many times have you heard someone say “The Devil made me do it”? Or worse a murderer, rapist, terrorist, child abuser or other evil person confide in a clergyman in prison, ask for forgiveness, “convert” to Christianity and are given absolution and presumably a key to Heaven? In Wicca, there is no go between, your actions are your own and you do NOT escape paying your debts, whether you do so in this life, in the Shadow World or in the next life.
Wicca is a peaceful religion that works with the balance of nature and the Great Wheel Of Life. There are no demons at all in Wicca. So if anyone tells you any different, a priest, a shaman, a parent, a friend, a teacher, a partner. They are wrong.