Gardnerian

Gardnerian Wicca
The tradition founded by Gerald Gardner, with substantial help from a number of other sources.
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Witchcraft, Gardnerian
The origin of what has now become Neopagan Witchcraft, founded by Gerald Gardner in the 1940's and (with help from Doreen Valiente and others) the 1950's, based upon his alleged contacts with British Fam-Trads.

does no imply a recognized religion, for there are many more personal religions than there are recognized religions. Some of the 'trads' of Wicca are: a.) Alexandrian b.) Celtic c.) Circle d.) Dianic e.) Faerie f.) Gardnerian ...

Initiations in the Gardnerian and Alexandrian traditions, the two largest traditions in modern Witchcraft, are formal affairs being conducted within the magic circle.

This read is younger than Gardnerian Wicca, and it's tradition probably developed around the same time as Alexandrian Wicca.

In traditional Wicca (such as the Gardnerian, Alexandrian, and similar traditions), the Book of Shadows is a text containing the rituals, practices, and wisdom of that tradition.

"A lot of people who wouldn't describe themselves as Gardnerian owe quite a lot to him," he says. "He was the one who publicised that witches still existed.

The original Wicca of Gardiner and Alex Sanders (Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca), although still quite big in England, has been largely supplanted by various American and more feminist forms, ...

See also: Craft, Witchcraft, Magic, Occult, Spirit