Etymology of Wicca five times in Gerald Gardner's book "The Meaning of Witchcraft" (1959), as well as in other early texts propagating Pagan Witchcraft, such as Doreen Valiente's "Where Witchcraft Lives" (1962) and Justine Glass' "Witchcraft, The Sixth Sense – and Us" (1965). None of these specifically referred to the Pagan Witchcraft religion as "Wicca". The earliest known published reference for the word "Wicca" is within an advertisement published in a 1962 issue of "Fate" magazine; in this, a Cardiff-based group of Pagan Witches advertised a tradition as "Wicca–Dianic and Aradian". The advert may have been linked to Charles and Mary Cardell because
Wicca the Bricket Wood coven, between Frederic Lamond and his first wife, Gillian. Infants in Wiccan families may be involved in a ritual called a Wiccaning, which is analogous to a Christening. The purpose of this is to present the infant to the God and Goddess for protection. Parents are advised to "give children the gift of Wicca" in a manner suitable to their age. In accordance with the importance put on free will in Wicca, the child is not expected or required to adhere to Wicca or other forms of paganism should they not wish to do so when they