An example? "We cast circles before any sort of ritual. That is something that Wiccans tend to do. "Gardnerian Wiccans can trace our lineage of initiation into this particular path, all the way back ...

The more formalized Gardnerian Wicca, popularized by Gerald Gardner in 1954, is supposedly a revival of an old religion of witchcraft, originating in paganism. Wicca is only one form of pagan ...

Some Gardnerian innovations have sexual and ... that uses chalices and candles and sacred poetry in its rituals. Practicing Wicca is a way to have Christianity without, well, the burdens of ...

But for those who identify as “witches” — a broad umbrella term that can include anything from practitioners of the formal religion of Gardnerian Wicca to a more eclectic “mix and match ...

Wicca, as practiced in the modern world, is a fairly new religion formally developed by Gerald Gardner in the early to mid-20th century. He developed Gardnerian Wicca, a branch of Wicca that was ...