Gardnerian Wicca
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Gardnerian Wicca, or Gardnerian Witchcraft, is a mystery cult tradition or denomination in the neopagan religion of Wicca, whose members can trace initiatory descent from Gerald Gardner. The tradition is itself named after Gardner a British civil servant and scholar of magic. The term Gardnerian was probably coined by the founder of Cochranian Wicca, Robert Cochrane in the 1950s or 60s, who himself ridiculed the tradition. Gardner claimed to have learned the beliefs and practises that would later become known as Gardnerian Wicca from the New Forest Coven, whom he claimed initiated him into…mehr

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Gardnerian Wicca, or Gardnerian Witchcraft, is a mystery cult tradition or denomination in the neopagan religion of Wicca, whose members can trace initiatory descent from Gerald Gardner. The tradition is itself named after Gardner a British civil servant and scholar of magic. The term Gardnerian was probably coined by the founder of Cochranian Wicca, Robert Cochrane in the 1950s or 60s, who himself ridiculed the tradition. Gardner claimed to have learned the beliefs and practises that would later become known as Gardnerian Wicca from the New Forest Coven, whom he claimed initiated him into their ranks in 1939. For this reason, Gardnerian Wicca is usually considered to be the earliest tradition of Wicca still extant, from which most subsequent Wiccan traditions are derived. From the New Forest coven, Gardner formed his own Bricket Wood coven, and in turn initiated a series of women who acted as High Priestesses, founding further covens and downlines of initiation