Home›Sources›Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in AmericaSourcesHer Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in AmericaCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/her-hidden-children-the-rise-of-wicca-and-paganism-in-america.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/her-hidden-children-the-rise-of-wicca-and-paganism-in-americaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-her-hidden-children-the-rise-of-wicca-an, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/her-hidden-children-the-rise-of-wicca-and-paganism-in-america}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXChas 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.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (170 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1Chas 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.NotesWell-attestedThe 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.CitationAuthorWell-attestedChas S. CliftonPublisherWell-attestedAltaMira PressPublication YearWell-attested2006URLWell-attestedhttps://archive.org/details/herhiddenchildre0000clifSource TypeWell-attestedMonographCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithReclaiming, Denominations Well-attested 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. Cliftontier 1Seax-Wica, Denominations Well-attested 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. Cliftontier 1Claims Backed By This Source (170 claims)This source backs 170 claims across the atlas. As facts: 125 well-attested. As cited relationships: 16 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 TopicDenominations, 83 claims: 68 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 connected, 3 held Differently, 7 general references.Beliefs & Restrictions, 33 claims: 25 well-attested, 8 general references.Articles, 16 claims: 16 well-attested.Doctrines, 14 claims: 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.Well-attested125ArticlesA Category, Not a TraditionA Farm Craft Long Before It Was a Ritual ToolA Tradition Designed to Be Given AwayA Women's Religion, and Where It Came FromKitchen Iron Before It Was a Ritual PropMagic as PoliticsNot Wicca, and Not TidyPrinciples of Unity, Camps, and the Difficulty of Having No LeadersThe 2011 Dispute, and What It Is Actually AboutThe Argument About Whether It Is WiccaThe Broom That Sweeps Out the OrdinaryThe Pot at the Centre of the Modern RiteTransmission, Argument, and the SpellingWhat It Looks Like, and What Became of ItWhere It Is NowWhere It Is NowBeliefs & RestrictionsExclusive worship of the GoddessInitiatory lineage and three degreesNorse and Saxon deities (Woden and Freya)Self-directed practice drawn from many traditionsSelf-initiation and open, non-secretive practiceThe God and the Goddess (divine duality)The Three Souls and ecstatic personal powerWitchcraft as feminist and activist spiritualityDenominationsDianic WiccaEclectic Solitary WiccaFeri TraditionReclaimingSeax-WicaOpen QuestionsHow Many Practitioners Does the Feri Tradition Have?ReligionsWiccaSourcesHer Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in AmericaHolds16DenominationsAlexandrian WiccaDianic WiccaFeri TraditionGardnerian WiccaDoctrinesThe Maiden, Mother and CroneThe Threefold LawThe Wiccan RedeSourcesHer Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in AmericaYears1973Connected2DenominationsGardnerian WiccaOpen QuestionsHow Many Practitioners Does the Feri Tradition Have?Rejected Here1DoctrinesThe Three-Degree SystemHeld Differently3DenominationsDianic WiccaReclaimingSeax-WicaGeneral References23Beliefs & RestrictionsExclusive worship of the GoddessInitiatory lineage and three degreesNorse and Saxon deities (Woden and Freya)Self-directed practice drawn from many traditionsSelf-initiation and open, non-secretive practiceThe God and the Goddess (divine duality)The Three Souls and ecstatic personal powerWitchcraft as feminist and activist spiritualityDenominationsAlexandrian WiccaDianic WiccaEclectic Solitary WiccaFeri TraditionGardnerian WiccaReclaimingSeax-WicaDoctrinesThe Maiden, Mother and CroneThe Three-Degree SystemThe Threefold LawThe Wiccan RedeMythical CreaturesThe Oak King and the Holly KingOpen QuestionsHow Many Practitioners Does the Feri Tradition Have?ReligionsWiccaYears1973Comments (0)No comments yet. 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