Modern paganism, also known as "contemporary" or "neopagan", encompasses a wide range of religious groups and individuals.
These may include old occult groups, those that follow a New Age approach, those that try to reconstruct old ethnic religions, and followers of the pagan religion or Wicca.
Wicca originated in 1940s Britain (UK) and became the mainstream of neopaganism in the United States in the 1970s.
There are two core traditions of Wicca which originated in Britain, Gardnerian and Alexandrian, which are sometimes referred to as British Traditional Wicca.
Wicca has also inspired a great number of other traditions in Britain, Europe and the United States, most of which base their beliefs and practices on Wicca.