Modern revivals of the old religions of Europe: Wicca's worship of the Goddess and the God in the turning year, and the wider neopagan families beside it.
Modern paganism is a family of new religions that look to the pre-Christian past for their pattern. Wicca, its largest member, took shape in England in the middle of the twentieth century around Gerald Gardner and Doreen Valiente, and worships a Goddess and a God through the eight festivals of the year. Around it stand Druidry, Heathenry, and other revivals, each rebuilding an old way for a new age.
Sources
Primary
- Gerald B. Gardner, Witchcraft Today (1954).
Secondary
- Ronald Hutton, The Triumph of the Moon (1999).
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