History of Wicca

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Neopagan religion founded by the British civil servant Gerald Gardner in the 1930s. Gardner claimed that the religion was a survival of alleged matriarchal religions of pre-historic Europe, taught to him by an old woman called [Dorothy Clutterbuck]?; many however believe he invented it himself, drawing on such sources as Aradia?, Freemasonry and [ceremonial magic]?.

Wicca is a Neopagan religion founded by the British civil servant Gerald Gardner in the 1930s. Gardner claimed that the religion was a survival of matriarchal religions of pre-historic Europe, taught to him by an old woman called [Dorothy Clutterbuck]?; many however believe he invented it himself, drawing on such sources as Aradia?, Freemasonry and [ceremonial magic]?.