This is not to say that Wicca is an offshoot of the Golden Dawn, but to point out in broader terms that the founders of Wicca (specifically Gerald Gardner) used the skeleton of the Golden Dawn to create the methods for groupwork that we see throughout witchcraft today. The biggest, most visible reminder we have of these origins is the phrase “so mote it be,” which is used widely in the right hand and Wiccan communities today. This phrase is actually Freemason in origin and was adapted by Gardner into modern Wicca.
