, ▁California . ▁Self - ident ifying ▁as ▁a ▁" her edit ary ▁w itch ," ▁and ▁claim ing ▁to ▁have ▁learned ▁folk ▁magic ▁from ▁her ▁mother , ▁Budapest ▁is ▁frequently ▁considered ▁the ▁mother ▁of ▁modern ▁D ian ic ▁W ic can ▁tradition . ▁D ian ic ▁W ic ca ▁itself ▁is ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁Roman ▁god dess ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁ ▁Den omin ations ▁and ▁related ▁trad itions ▁ ▁Trad itions ▁derived ▁from ▁Z su zs anna ▁Budapest ▁- ▁Fem ale - only ▁cov ens ▁run ▁by ▁priest esses ▁trained ▁and ▁initi ated ▁by ▁Budapest . ▁ ▁Independent ▁D ian ic ▁w itch es ▁- ▁who ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁inspired ▁by ▁Budapest , ▁her ▁published ▁work ▁( such ▁as ▁The ▁Holy ▁Book ▁of ▁Women ' s ▁Myst eries ) ▁or ▁other ▁woman ' s ▁spiritual ity ▁movements , ▁and ▁who ▁emphas ize ▁independent ▁study ▁and ▁self - init iation . ▁ ▁Mc F ar land ▁D ian ic ▁Mc F ar land ▁D ian ic ▁is ▁a ▁Ne op agan ▁tradition ▁of ▁god dess ▁worship ▁founded ▁by ▁Morgan ▁Mc F ar land ▁and ▁Mark ▁Roberts ▁which , ▁despite ▁the ▁shared ▁name , ▁has ▁a ▁different ▁the ology ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁cases ▁accepts ▁male ▁participants . ▁Mc F ar land ▁largely ▁bases ▁their ▁tradition ▁on ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Robert ▁Gra ves ▁and ▁his ▁book ▁The ▁White ▁God dess . ▁While ▁some ▁Mc F ar land ▁cov ens ▁will ▁initi ate ▁men , ▁the ▁leadership ▁is ▁limited ▁to ▁female ▁priest esses .