Originally Posted by norseman

You got that the wrong way round. What you see in wicca has got nothing to do with anything else. How could it ?
The thing that you are still refusing to accept is the fact that wicca was "manufactured" in the 20th century, it has no history or heritage before that date apart from the bits and pieces "borrowed" from elsewhere. So what you read in Gardner, and co is irrelevant !
This is not neo-paganism but the real deal, well documented in properly researched, peer reviewed academic sources.