Editing Alexandrian Wicca

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! colspan="2" | Alexandrian Wicca
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! Family
| Modern Pagan / Wiccan
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! Origin region
| United Kingdom
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! Founding period
| 20th century CE
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! Estimated adherents
| Unknown; one of the better-known initiatory Wiccan traditions.
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'''Alexandrian Wicca''' is alexandrian Wicca is an initiatory Wiccan tradition associated with Alex Sanders and Maxine Sanders, drawing on ritual witchcraft, ceremonial magic, and modern Pagan religious practice.

== Overview ==

Alexandrian Wicca developed in Britain during the 1960s and became one of the most recognizable forms of British Traditional Wicca. It shares many features with Gardnerian Wicca while also placing notable emphasis on ceremonial ritual, training, polarity, coven work, and initiatory transmission. Like many Wiccan traditions, it varies by lineage and coven.

== Key beliefs ==

* Reverence for Goddess and God imagery in Wiccan ritual
* Sacred polarity, seasonal cycles, and magical transformation
* Initiation and lineage as important markers of tradition
* Use of ritual symbolism, myth, and magical training
* Ethical responsibility in magical and spiritual practice

== Practices ==

* Coven initiation and degree-based training
* Ritual circle casting
* Celebration of seasonal festivals and lunar rites
* Use of altar tools, invocations, and ceremonial forms
* Study of myth, magic, and personal spiritual development

== Places of worship ==

* Coven temple or ritual room
* Private home shrine
* Outdoor ritual circle
* Festival or retreat space

== Sacred texts ==

* Book of Shadows materials within lineages
* Modern Wiccan ritual and training writings
* Mythological and ceremonial magic sources

== Holidays and observances ==

* Samhain
* Beltane
* Yule
* Midsummer
* Full moon esbats

== Branches and related traditions ==

* [[British Traditional Wicca]] - A family of initiatory Wiccan traditions including Gardnerian and Alexandrian forms.
* [[Gardnerian Wicca]] - A closely related initiatory Wiccan tradition.
* [[Wicca]] - The broader modern Pagan religion to which Alexandrian Wicca belongs.

== See also ==

* [[Religion]]
* [[Theology]]
* [[Philosophy of religion]]
* [[New Religious Movements]]
* [[Modern Paganism]]
* [[Western esotericism]]

[[Category:Religions]]
[[Category:Modern Paganism]]
[[Category:Wicca]]