Bad History in the Mainstream

I’m reading a cute book called The Love Almanac. It is full of poems, recipes, and stories about love. I was very surprised when I came across a bit of Wiccan “bad history.” Page 43 of this book there is a piece entitled “Love Spell Bottle.” It reads in part:

If you’re on the lookout for love, this love spell bottle might just do the trick. Spell bottles have been in use in America and Great Britain as part of the Wicca tradition since the 1600s.

Can you spot the “bad history”? Like I said to quanta, it would be correct if it read “since the 1960s.”

Perpetrating the idea of Wicca as an ancient religion is bad enough in Wiccan books, but when our bad history starts showing up in mainstream books these is a serious problem. I’m not sure what we can do about it, other then do our best to educate everyone about the correct history of Wicca.