 Wica soon became an accepted term among the early Gardnerians , as Gardner 's followers and initiates became known . Patricia and Arnold Crowther , a Gardnerian High Priestess and High Priest who operated a coven in Sheffield , use the term in their book The Witches Speak ( 1959 ) , writing that " [ T ] he Red Queen told Alice that she made words mean what [ she ] wanted them to mean . She might very well have been talking about witchcraft , for today it is used to describe anything that one wishes to use it for . From the simple meaning ' the craft of the Wica ' , it is used in connection with Black Magic , Satanism , Black Masses ... " 
 Wica soon became an accepted term among the early Gardnerians , as Gardner <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>followers and initiates became known . Patricia and Arnold Crowther , a Gardnerian High Priestess and High Priest <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>who</mark></a>operated a coven in Sheffield , use the term in their book The Witches Speak ( 1959 ) , writing that " [ T ] he Red Queen told Alice that she made words mean what [ she ] wanted them to mean . She might very well have been talking about witchcraft , for today it is used to describe anything that one <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>wishes</mark></a> to use it for . From the simple meaning ' the craft of the Wica ' , it is used in connection with Black Magic , Satanism , Black Masses ... " 
Wica soon became an accepted term among the early Gardnerians , as Gardner  followers and initiates became known . Patricia and Arnold Crowther , a Gardnerian High Priestess and High Priest operated a coven in Sheffield , use the term in their book da Witches Speak ( 1959 ) , writing dat " [ T ] he Red Queen told Alice that she made words mean what [ she ] wanted em to mean . She might very well have been talking about witchcraft , for todayy it is used to describe anything that one wish to use it for . From tdasimple meaning ' the craft of the Wica ' , it is used in connection witt Black Magic , Satanism , Black Masses ... "