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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Gardnerian Wicca
		Gardnerian Wicca is a tradition of the Neopagan religion of Wicca.
		Gardnerian Wicca is named after Gerald Gardner (1884-1964), a British civil servant and scholar of magic, among other topics.
		Gardnerianism as a Tradition has a body of rituals passed down from Gardner that helps to form the core identity-a shared current of energy which is added to and drawn on by all the initiates, secret Deity names, and a specific group Karma.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gardnerian-Wicca (1251 words)

	Wicca
		Nonetheless, Wicca is often called the "Craft of the wise" as a result of this misconception.It appears that the word may be untraceable beyond the Old English period.
		Wicca has developed in several directions and institutional structures from the time it was brought to wider attention by Gerald Gardner.
		Gardnerian Wicca was an initiatory mystery religion, admission to which was at least in theory limited to those who were initiated into a pre-existing coven.
	www.crystalinks.com /wicca.html (2457 words)

	Traditions
		Alexandrian Wicca uses essentially the same tools and rituals as Gardnerian Wicca, though in some cases, the tools are used differently, and the rituals have been adapted.
		As "The Chuch and School of Wicca" the material is presented to students by correspondence, though the course is vertually the same is the material presented in their book The Wiches' Bible.
		Gardnerian covens are always headed by a High Priestess and have three degrees of initiation closely paralleling the Masonic degrees.
	www.homestead.com /summoningspirit/Traditions.html (7380 words)

	Wicca Primer
		Wicca is a religious tradition based on the ancient religions of the prehistoric Europe, specifically Western Europe and Great Britain.
		This earliest form of Wicca, known as Gardnerian Wicca, is a system based on individual groups, known as covens, all of which can trace their lineages back to Gardner.
		In the 1970's a new form of Wicca began to evolve that is looser in structure and practice.
	www.wicca-chat.com /pottedwicca.htm (653 words)

	Wicca - WiccanWeb.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Wicca is thus distinct from Witchcraft, which may or may not imply any specific religious, ethical or ritual elements, and is practiced in various forms by people of many religions.
		Gardnerian Wicca was an initiatory Mystery Tradition, admission to which was limited to those who were initiated into a pre-existing coven.
		According to the traditional history of Wicca as given by Gerald Gardner, Wicca is a survival of the European witch-cult that was persecuted during the Witch Trials (sometimes called the Burning Times), and the strong element of secrecy that traditionally surrounds the religion was adopted as a reaction to that persecution.
	www.wiccanweb.ca /wiki/index.php/Wicca (6424 words)

	Wicca - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		Wicca is a popular Neopagan religion, originally founded by the British civil servant Gerald Gardner, probably in the 1940s, although it was first openly revealed in 1954.
		Since its founding, various related Wiccan traditions have evolved, the original being Gardnerian Wicca, which is the name of the tradition that follows the specific beliefs and practices established by Gerald Gardner.
		Gardnerian Wicca was an initiatory mystery religion, admission to which was at least in theory limited to those who were initiated into a pre-existing coven.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/Wicca (2365 words)

	Craft Gardnerian Wicca Witch
		Gardnerian Wicca is a matriarchical tradition whose magic is based on psychic female/male...
		Gardnerian Wicca is one of founding traditions of modern paganism...
		Wicca is modern, as invented by Gerald Gardner (Gardnerian).
	www.wiccanhome.com /wiccan/173/craft-gardnerian-wicca-witch.php (1226 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Wicca
		Since its founding, various related Wiccan traditions have evolved or been created, the original being Gardnerian Wicca, which is the name of the tradition that follows the specific beliefs and practices established by Gerald Gardner.
		While the ritual format of Wicca is undeniably styled after late Victorian era occultism, the spiritual content is inspired by older Pagan faiths, with Buddhist and Hindu influences.
		Many Gardnerian Wiccans do not claim to be duotheistic, but rather, may practice some form of polytheism, often with particular reference to the Celtic pantheons; they may also be animists, pantheists, agnostics or indeed any of the other spectacular range of possibilities.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Wicca (2847 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gardnerian Wicca is a tradition of the Neopagan religion of Wicca.
		Gardnerian Wicca is named after Gerald Gardner (1884-1964), a British civil servant and scholar of magic, among other topics.
		"Gardnerian Wicca" was originally a pejorative coined by Gardner's contemporary Roy Bowers (also known as Robert Cochrane), a British cunning man.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Gardnerian_Wicca (655 words)

	Gardnerian Wicca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gardnerian Wicca is an initiatory mystery Tradition (or branch) of Witchcraft named after Gerald Brosseau Gardner, a man initiated into a traditional...
		Gardnerian Wicca Gardnerian Wicca is a path of Wicca named after Gerald Gardner (1884-1964), a British civil servant who studied magic among other.
		Gardnerian Wicca is a mystery religion with oaths of secrecy,...
	www.ancientspiral.com /search/105/gardnerian-wicca.html (376 words)

	Paths: Wicca
		Wicca is one of the most influential traditions of modern Paganism.
		Each Gardnerian coven is autonomous and is headed by a High Priestess who can turn to her queen (the High Priestess who trained her) for counsel and advice.
		Gardnerian Witches without doubt do have many materials which have not appeared in print, however, their emphasis on secrecy has made them a punch line in the Wiccan social world.
	www.wyldwytch.com /weavings/articles/pagan_path/pages/wicca.htm (2488 words)

	Teachings: Roots of our Religion
		Wicca is the Anglo-Saxon word for a male witch according to Baker, who notes that this term had been out of popular usage centuries before Gardner adopted it.
		Wicca, or the Craft, is the major path followed by members of a neo-Pagan community now estimated to be 500,000 people by Aidan Kelly, who believes that Wiccans should distinguish between Gardner's Wiccan mythology and its actual history.
		Gardnerian Wicca does provide us with a positive mythology of pre-Christian religion that we wished had survived, but for which there is almost no historical evidence.
	www.wiccanway.net /teach31.html (2701 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Wicca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Some use the term "Wicca" to self-identify, but the members of the initiatory covens based on Gardnerian and Alexandrian practice have begun a concerted effort to claim that term belongs to their groups alone.
		Wicca, in all its incarnations, is probably one of the longest and most persecuted religions in history.
		Despite all the misinformation concerning Wicca in popular culture, it should be obvious that none of it applies to true adherents of the Wiccan craft.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/wicca.html (6247 words)

	Wicca
		Some use the term "Wicca" to self-identify, but the members of the initiatory covens based on Gardnerian and Alexandrian practice have begun a concerted effort to claim that term belongs to their groups alone.
		In fact, many Gardnerian type Wiccans are independent practitioners, living too far from others of their initiatory group or otherwise unable to find Wiccans of similar enough belief to form a coven.
		Wicca, in all its incarnations, is probably one of the longest and most persecuted religions in history.
	www.meta-religion.com /Spiritualism/Wicca/wiccae.htm (5718 words)

	wiccanresourcefaq
		Wicca presents a positive view of nature, is welcoming and empowering to women, and is very toloerant of those of other religions, paths and those of every sexual orientation.
		Wicca is not an "organized" or "dogmatic" religion and not all witches practice the same belief system.
		Wicca is not a missionary religion such as Christianity or Islam.
	www.geocities.com /wiccanresourcepage/wiccanresourcesfaqpage.html (1247 words)

	Definition of Gardnerian Wicca
		Gardnerian Wicca is a path of Wicca named after Gerald Gardner (1884-1964), a British civil servant who studied magic among other things.
		Some American neopagans regard Gardnerian Wicca as a "fundamentalist" path, in that, at leat as often practiced in America, it demands fairly strict adherence to the procedures and principles laid down by Gardner, as well as stringent requirements for initiation.
		As practiced in England, on the other hand, Gardnerian Wicca is often regarded as a mainstream Wiccan tradition, albeit an old-school one, and as less formal than Alexandrian Wicca.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Gardnerian_Wicca (412 words)

	Branches of Wicca
		Gardnerian Witches without doubt do have many materials which have not appeared in print, however, their emphasis on secrecy has made them a punchline in the Wiccan social world.
		It seems to me the Wicca they practice and teach should not be called Celtic at all; but since a lot of it is made up or put together by them from other traditions they should also give it a made-up name; say Frostism.
		Stregheria and Wicca celebrate many of the same rites or Festivals even though the names are not the same and sometimes they occur on a slightly diffferent date.
	www.pagans.org /wicca/branches/branches.html (2022 words)

	Wicca, Our Religion
		Wicca is a term brought into popular usage by G. Gardner some fifty years ago and denotes a system of religion that incorporates the practice of magic.
		Wicca, then, is a proper subset of witchcraft, and most Wiccans commonly refer to themselves as witches, and refer to Wicca as simply “the Craft.” While we will use the term Wiccan and witch more or less interchangeably throughout this material, the subtle differences should be borne in mind.
		Wicca is an earth-based nature religion with some branches, including our own, claiming a “Western Mystery Tradition.” Traditional Craft Wicca (TCW) as we define it, is an initiatory tradition that celebrates the Sacred Myths surrounding the Charge and Descent of the Goddess and Sacred Myths of the death and rebirth of the God.
	www.sacredwell.org /wicca.html (4788 words)

	Gardnerian
		Gardnerianism is the path that states that only a Witch can make a Witch; we hold this to be true for those of our path: only a Gardnerian can make another Gardnerian.
		Part of the equality of the sexes in Gardnerian is that a woman is initiated by a man, and a man by a woman.
		Gardnerian Wicca is a mystery religion with oaths of secrecy, so I am not going to tell you exactly what we do.
	www.angelfire.com /moon2/mystique_angel/Gardnerian.html (2507 words)

	Gardnerian Wicca
		The fruit of that generation's research, innovation and creativity was a strong and flexible ritual structure that forms a foundation for the research, innovation and creativity of later generations.
		Gardnerianism, like much of the craft, is an initiatory, Mystery Tradition.
		It is pointed out that Neo-Gardnerian or Gardnerian based groups using the published versions of Gardnerian rituals, while performing and having perfectly valid initiatory experiences, are not being "reborn" into the same psychic pattern as that of the Gardnerian Tradition.
	wizard_demon.tripod.com /gardner.htm (674 words)

	CollegeWicca.com - Wiccan Traditions
		Wicca may borrow from Druidry, and the two may be similar, but they are not the same.
		The tradition differs from Gardnerian Wicca in that it uses the wand to symbolize Air and the athame or sword to symbolize Fire.
		Alexandrian Wicca is also more flexible to the needs of its members, and is therefore more liberal than the strict rules that come with Gardnerian Wicca.
	www.collegewicca.com /basicfiles/types.html (975 words)

	Definition of Wicca
		Wicca is a neo-pagan religion based on the pre-Christian traditions of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
		Wicca is a forest in the light of the silvery moon...a glade enchanted by the light of the Faery.
		It is the dewdrop on the petals of a flower in bloom, the warmth of the summer sun on the skin, the fall of colourful autumn leaves, and the softness of winter snow upon the Earth.
	www.magicwicca.com /wicca/definition.html (1487 words)

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		Gardnerian Wicca is a path of Wicca named after Gerald Gardner (1884-1964), a British civil servant who studied magic among other things.
		He knew and worked with many famous occultists, not the least of which was Aleister Crowley (1875-1947).
		Some neopagans regard Gardnerian Wicca as a "fundamentalist" path, in that it demands fairly strict adherence to the procedures and principles laid down by Gardner, as well as stringent requirements for initiation.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/g/ga/gardnerian_wicca.html (203 words)

	Gardnarian Wicca by J Waldie
		Gardnerian Wicca is a matriarchical tradition whose magic is based on psychic female/male polarity.
		Gardnerian Wicca is one of founding traditions of modern paganism.
		Many American Gardnerians claim to have unpublished material in their Book of Shadows, but if that is the case then it is from the period after Doreen Valiente left Gardner's coven up until his death.
	www.newmoon.uk.com /wicca/gardwic.htm (1182 words)

	Gardnerian Wicca
		Gardnerian Wicca was founded by Gerald Gardner (1884 -1964), a British Civil Servant, in the 1950s.
		it would be more by developing the tradition that bears his name, Gardnerian Wicca, from which many of the present-day myriad Wiccan traditions may have themselves evolved.
		Basically, the Book of Shadows is a compilation of various spells, rituals, and incantations developed by various Wiccans according to the style of their tradition.
	www.carm.org /wicca/gardnerian.htm (573 words)

	The OBOD Message Board :: View topic - What is Gardnerian Wicca? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Gardnerianism is one of the oldest of the modern 'denominations' of the old Religion, also called Wicca, Witchcraft, or simply 'The Craft'.
		Gardnerians use the archetypal images of male and female union, but we do not claim that this is the only union possible, nor do we claim that an individual person must engage in that union to be Gardnerian.
		Gardnerians have a basic acceptance of the idea of reincarnation, though exactly how that is perceived is a matter left up to the individual.
	www.druidry.org /board/viewtopic.php?t=19485&view=next (2110 words)

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		Each Gardnerian Coven is autonomous and is headed by a High Priestess and High Priest, who can turn to their queen, (the High Priestess who trained her), for counsel and advice.
		A Gardnerian must be of the 3rd degree before he or she can become a HPS or HP.
		Gardnerian Witches without doubt do have many materials which have not appeared in print, even today, however, their great emphasis on secrecy has made them a punchline in the Wiccan social world.
	www.coven-of-cythrawl.com /gardnerian.htm (722 words)

	Internet Book of Shadows: Dion Fortune & Gardnerian Wicca (C.S. Clifton in W.o.W.)
		The novel was High Magic's Aid (1949), a stirring tale of late- medieval English coveners dodging secular and clerical foes with something of the feel of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe or Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow to it.
		The best evidence for Fortune's inf- 2219 luence here lies in the construction of the key "Gardnerian" ritual called "Drawing Down the Moon."25 In that ritual, developed and/or modified by Gardner and his contempo- raries, the Goddess is invoked by the priest in the body of the priestess.
		While the priestess stands before the altar (in a traditional Gardnerian circle she holds a wand and a lightweight scourge in her crossed arms, like a figure of Osiris), the priest kneels and blesses with a kiss her feet, knees, womb, breast and lips.
	www.sacred-texts.com /bos/bos474.htm (4018 words)

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