A neo-pagan religion and religious movement first popularised in 1954 by British civil servant Gerald Gardner, involving the worship of God and Goddess and the observance of eight Sabbats.
However, professed witches often identify with Wicca —defined in one dictionary as “a pagan nature religion having its roots in pre-Christian western Europe and undergoing a 20th-century revival.”
Men de som utger sig för att vara häxor identifierar sig ofta med wicca — som i ett lexikon definieras som ”en hednisk naturreligion som har rötter i det förkristna Västeuropa och som har fått en renässans under 1900-talet”.jw2019 jw2019
Wiccans are followers of Wicca, which is “a pagan nature religion having its roots in pre-Christian western Europe,” according to The American Heritage College Dictionary.
Wiccaner är anhängare till wicca, ”en hednisk naturreligion med rötter i det förkristna Västeuropa”, enligt The American Heritage College Dictionary.jw2019 jw2019
Since the 1970s, Sophia has also been invoked as a goddess in Dianic Wicca and related currents of feminist spirituality.
Sedan 1970-talet har Sophia också blivit dyrkad som en gudinna inom feministisk Wicca och i liknande feministiska andliga rörelser.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix
Towards the end of the 1950s, Shah established contact with Wiccan circles in London and then acted as a secretary and companion to Gerald Gardner, the founder of modern Wicca, for some time.
Mot slutet av 50-talet etablerade Shah kontakt med Wicca-kretsar i London och fungerade under en tid som sekreterare och vän till Gerald Gardner, grundaren av moderna Wicca.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix