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Gardnerian Wicca, or Gardnerian witchcraft, is a tradition in the neopagan religion of Wicca, whose members can trace initiatory descent from Gerald Gardner. The tradition is itself named after Gardner (1884–1964), a British civil servant and amateur scholar of magic.
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The Traditional Gardnerian Wica have a set of beliefs and practices that, by and large, unify us as a tradition. Learn more about how most Traditional Gardnerians practice the Craft and what some of the philosophical and esoteric undertones are of Gardnerian Wicca.
Gardnerian Wicca, also called Gardnerian Witchcraft is a Wiccan tradition started by Gerald Gardner. Mr. Gardner based the practices and beliefs on those of the New Forest Coven. It is ironic since many traditions both established and emerging use Gardnerian Wicca as a model.
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- Alexandrian Wicca. The Alexandrian Tradition was created by Alex Sanders and his wife Maxine, who were members of the Gardnerian Tradition and initiated into one of its covens in the early 1960s.
- Dianic Wicca. Dianic Wicca differs significantly from the older traditions it grew out of. Originating in the United States as opposed to the UK, this is a feminist tradition, with a cosmology that focuses solely on the supremacy of the Goddess, rather than emphasizing the gender polarity of the Gardnerian concept of deity.
- Seax-Wicca. Seax-Wica was also founded in the U.S. in the 1970s, by a British-born witch named Raymond Buckland. Buckland had been a High Priest in the Gardnerian Tradition and started the first Gardnerian coven after moving to New York in the early 1960s.
- Norse Wicca. A relatively new path within the Wiccan community, Norse Wicca is infused with the beliefs, practices, and deities of the ancient Norse traditions of Scandinavia.
A Gardnerian is a person who has had a Gardnerian initiation administered by someone empowered to do so in a line of descent tracing an unbroken lineage of initiations and elevations back to Gerald Gardner, utilizing a particular and consistent body of teaching and liturgy.
Gardnerian Wicca is a tradition of the modern Neopagan religion of Wicca, founded by Gerald Gardner in the 1950s. The Gardnerian tradition is based on the belief in a single ultimate deity, and the worship of a goddess and a god, as well as the practice of magic and the performance of rituals.
Gardnerian Wicca, one of the earliest traditions within the modern Wiccan movement, is a practice shrouded in mystique and rich with ritual. Founded by Gerald Gardner in the mid-20th century, this branch of Wicca is both secretive and highly structured, emphasizing direct lineage to Gardner himself. For those curious or being drawn to the ...
