Founders of feminist and goddess-centered strands of modern Wicca and Paganism, including the founder of the Reclaiming tradition of Witchcraft, which fuses goddess spirituality with eco-feminist and social-activist commitments, and the founder of Dianic Wicca, a women-only branch of the wider Pagan revival built around the worship of a single great goddess, whose restriction of covens to women has itself been an ongoing point of dispute within the broader Pagan community.
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Considered a new religious movement by scholars of religion, the path evolved from Western esotericism, developed in England during the first half of the 20th century, and was introduced to the public in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant.
Wikipedia Wicca, lead section, era statement
Considered a new religious movement by scholars of religion, the path evolved from Western esotericism, developed in England during the first half of the 20th century, and was introduced to the public in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant.
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