The simple answer is I normally give is this, “a lifetime” but I figure that’s probably not going to be enough words for an InfoCircle edition  so let’s explore why it takes a lifetime shall we? 

So you want to learn about Wicca and you can’t, or prefer not to, join a coven to do so. Can you learn to ‘be’ Wiccan without training under a teacher? This is a really good question and you’ll get a variety of answers depending on who you talk to.