Possibly he even believed that she was teaching him something old. She probably did not hand him Wicca as a developed package, however. Even Gardner admitted that the rituals were “fragmentary,” justifying the need for him to supplement them with more modern material.
Some Wiccans feel they are baseless without an ancient foundation beneath their practices. The truth is your base is pretty shaky if it depends upon ancient pedigree for you to consider it legitimate. It is not that Wicca has no foundation. That foundation is simply somewhere other than where some once thought. All religions are new at some point. Wicca’s foundation (at least it’s public, non-oathbound face) is Gardner, with roots that snake out and draw upon all manner of source material, including considerable connections with the 19th and 20th century occult revival, which in turn have complex roots in older traditions.
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