• A group or solitary could use a blend of beliefs and practices out of several different pantheons and traditions.

• A set could be an offshoot of an established custom of Wicca, akin to Gardnerian or Alexandrian, but with alterations to their observe that make them not that original tradition.

• An individual could also be creating his or her own custom of beliefs and practices, and because this system cannot be defined as anything else, it can be defined as eclectic.

• A private could also be practicing what he or she has learned out of publicly available sources on Wicca, but not be using oathbound, initiatory materials, therefore acknowledges that his or her apply is eclectic.

Because there is certainly often disagreement about who's Wiccan and who is not, there may be confusion concerning current lineaged Wiccan traditions, and newer eclectic traditions. Some would say that solely these lineaged covens are permitted to call itself Wiccan, which anybody who claims to be eclectic is, by definition, not Wiccan but Neowiccan. Bear in mind the time period Neowiccan simply means person who practices a more recent form of Wicca, and is not meant to get derogatory or insulting.