 The term Wicca appears to have developed within the Pagan Witchcraft community during the early 1960s , as increasing numbers of Pagan Witches learned of the Old English term wicca , the etymological origin of the Modern term witch . This etymological fact had been referred to 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 term Wicca <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>appears</mark></a> to <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>have</mark></a> developed within the Pagan Witchcraft community during the early 1960s , as increasing numbers of Pagan Witches learned of the Old English term wicca , the etymological origin of the Modern term witch . This etymological fact <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> been referred to five times in Gerald Gardner <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>book The Meaning of Witchcraft ( 1959 ) , as well as in other early texts propagating Pagan Witchcraft , such as Doreen Valiente <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>Where Witchcraft <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>Lives</mark></a> ( 1962 ) and Justine Glass <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'</mark></a>Witchcraft , The Sixth Sense – and Us ( 1965 ) . <a href='None' title='8'><mark>None</mark></a> of these specifically referred to <a href='None' title='9'><mark>the</mark></a>Pagan Witchcraft <a href='negative_concord' title='10'><mark>religion</mark></a> as Wicca . 
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