Joe Wilson, Part III: England
Wilson wanted to go to England to contact the many people he knew through his magazine who claimed to have knowledge of the Old Religion. In September 1969 he was assigned to RAF Upper Heyford,...
View ArticleThe Gardnerians, 1963-1972
Raymond Buckland was one of the very first people to foresee how important the Gardnerian Witchcraft movement would be and who therefore imported it into the US. I am personally very grateful to Ray,...
View ArticleThe Pagan Way
In a strict chronology, I should next be discussing events in California and New England in the late 1960s, but, given the problem of many developments all happening more or less simultaneously, I...
View ArticleA Brief History of the New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn, Part I
Aidan Kelly gives a general overview of NROOGD to set the stage for explaining the role it played in the developments of the mid-1970s.
View ArticleA History of the Craft in America: California and Councils, Part III: The...
As described in previous blogs, the attempt to create an umbrella, church-like organization for Pagans was begun by Michael Kinghorn in Los Angeles in 1967. His work led to the creation of the...
View ArticleA History of the Craft in America: California and Councils, Part V, 1974-1975
As I mentioned, many important changes took place in 1973 within at least half a dozen different Traditions. I’m starting with events in California in the mid-1970s, not because they were the only...
View ArticleA History of the Craft in America: California and Councils, VII: A Church for...
After the second Pagan Ecumenical Council meeting in June 1974, Gwydion and I continued to discuss the problem of how to organize a “church” for Witches, now that we had a reason not to have to include...
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