Home›Wicca›Origin Era›By Decade›1970sBrowse By1970sThis page groups denominations by the era in which they broke away or formed. Wikipedia notes that Protestantism "separated from the Catholic Church in the 16th-century Protestant Reformation." Browsing by origin era lets a visitor see which denominations are centuries old and which split off only recently.FactsLearn More1970sSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe traditions of Wicca, differing over initiation and lineage, over degrees of structure, over coven practice against solitary practice, and over the balance struck between the God and the Goddess. The initiatory lineages descend by traceable initiation; the eclectic and solitary forms do not, and the distinction is the movement's own. 2AttestationEra of AttestationWell-attestedFirst attested in the 1950s: no Wiccan tradition is documented before the publication of Witchcraft Today in 1954, and every lineage grouped here descends from that beginning or reacts to it. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedDenominations 1Learn MoreThe traditions of Wicca This group gathers the traditions of Wicca, a modern Pagan witchcraft religion that emerged in mid-twentieth-century England, chiefly through the writings of Gerald Gardner, and has since diversified widely. Wicca is a new religious movement; the atlas presents it as such, distinct from the historical folk practices it draws imagery from. The browser will find the initiatory lineages such as Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca alongside the many eclectic and solitary forms that developed later, especially in North America. The entries describe each tradition's structure, practice and relation to the founding lineages.1970sFilter Results3 entriesFounded ByAllStarhawk (1)Zsuzsanna Budapest (1)Adherents BandAllno count isolating this tradition exists (1)Parent ReligionAllWicca (3)Originated InAllCalifornia (2)United States (1)Liturgical LanguageAllThe vernacular (3)PolityAllAutonomous covens, authority conferred by initiation (1)Business decided by the gathered meeting seeking unity, without clergy (1)No central authority (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (3)Ordination PracticeAllAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination (2)Conferred by a teacher's certification of learning (1)No ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (1)Open to women and men (2)Restricted to women (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3Dianic Wicca1970sReclaiming1970sSeax-Wica1970sSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcrafttier 1Ronald Hutton, Oxford University Press, 1999View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.