But most do not. In Traditional Craft, especially from the British Isles, the culture of the people of the land, and of the people a few generations back, determines the cultural context of the tradition. This is because Traditional Craft is part of the land and its people, and its history. Wicca comes off as a feel good , goodness and light religion, usually venerating their Nature Goddess as a very loving, motherly figure, and viewing the unseen world as a place of positive power, and full of helpful spirits. This completely unbalanced view, with its fixation on how wonderful and beautiful Nature and the otherworlds are, is utterly NOT how our ancestors saw the Gods and the universe, and it is NOT how Traditional Witches view things.
Nature is both kind and cruel, giving and taking.
There is a great darkness inherent in Nature, both the natural world, and in the personal nature of spirits and gods, and humans. Harmful, destructive spirits are facts of life, both in the old times, and now, and the fact that the goddess is just as likely to devour her children as give birth to them, is also obvious. Wicca tends to ignore this darkness, preferring the goodness and light approach. The magic circle drawn is based on Hermetic circles from well-known high magical grimoires, such as the Key of Solomon, also used extensively by the Golden Dawn. The quarter calling is based on the Enochian magic of John Dee, also resurrected and used by the Golden Dawn.