Chas Clifton's history is the standard scholarly account of American Wicca specifically, and its real evidentiary basis is coverage no comparably standard British history provides: it traces the Dianic, Feri, Reclaiming, Seax-Wica and eclectic solitary lines that developed distinctly in the United States, which Ronald Hutton's history of British paganism does not cover. That documented, lineage-by-lineage American focus is why this atlas holds it as the authority for those specific traditions. This record has not independently traced further scholarly disagreement with Clifton's specific claims since 2006. Use it for established historical facts about these specifically American Wiccan and Pagan lineages; a claim about British Wicca's origins needs Hutton's history addressed instead.
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Chas Clifton's standard scholarly account of American Wicca specifically, tracing the Dianic, Feri, Reclaiming, Seax-Wica and eclectic solitary lines that developed distinctly in the United States, coverage no comparably standard British history provides. NotesThe standard scholarly history of American Wicca; the authority here for the Dianic, Feri, Reclaiming, Seax-Wica and eclectic solitary lines, which Hutton's British history does not cover.
Citation
AuthorChas S. Clifton
PublisherAltaMira Press
Publication Year2006
URLhttps://archive.org/details/herhiddenchildre0000clif
Source TypeMonograph
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This source names Reclaiming directly: "provides: it traces the Dianic, Feri, Reclaiming, Seax-Wica and eclectic solitary lines that developed distinctly in the United States, which Ronald Hutton's history of British paganism does not..."
Source Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in AmericaChas S. Clifton
This source names Seax-Wica directly: "traces the Dianic, Feri, Reclaiming, Seax-Wica and eclectic solitary lines that developed distinctly in the United States, which Ronald Hutton's history of British paganism does not cover."
Source Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in AmericaChas S. Clifton
Claims Backed By This Source (179 claims)
This source backs 179 claims across the atlas. As facts: 127 well-attested. As cited relationships: 23 holds, 2 connected, 1 rejected Here, 3 held Differently. Plus 23 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Denominations, 90 claims: 68 well-attested, 11 holds, 1 connected, 3 held Differently, 7 general references.
- Beliefs & Restrictions, 34 claims: 26 well-attested, 8 general references.
- Articles, 16 claims: 16 well-attested.
- Doctrines, 15 claims: 1 well-attested, 9 holds, 1 rejected Here, 4 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Open Questions, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Religions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Years, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Mythical Creatures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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