Modern paganism, also known as "contemporary" or "neopagan", encompasses a wide range of religious groups and individuals. These may include old
occult groups, those that follow a
New Age approach, those that try to reconstruct old
ethnic religions, and followers of the pagan religion or
Wicca.
Heathenism (also Heathenry, or Greater Heathenry), is a blanket term for the whole Germanic neopagan movement. Various currents and denominations have arisen over the years within it. Some of these denominations follow
white supremacy, and some of the groups listed here follow
folkish ideology.
Wicca originated in 1940s Britain and became the mainstream of
neopaganism in the United States in the 1970s. There are two core traditions of Wicca which originated in Britain, Gardnerian and Alexandrian, which are sometimes referred to as British Traditional Wicca. From these two arose several other variant traditions. Wicca has also inspired a great number of other traditions in
Britain,
Europe and the
United States, most of which base their beliefs and practices on Wicca. Many movements are influenced by the
Movement of the Goddess, and
New Age and
feminist worldviews.
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