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
Postmodern religion interpreted from a postmodern perspective. Postmodern religion can be non-dogmatic, syncretic, eclectic, and draw from various faiths and traditions and challenges the notion of absolute truths. Wicca, the largest tradition of Neopaganism, can be interpreted using postmodern philosophies. Postmodern interpretations of Wicca often lead to the practitioner adopting a more eclectic approach, because the very nature of postmodern theory involves the acceptance of many versions of truth and reality. Eclectic Wicca is the most widely adapted form of Wicca in America today and the core philosophies of postmodern thinking are often used in order to form an interpretation of Wicca