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Pagan Pioneers: Founders, Elders, Leaders and Others
Gavin and Yvonne Frost
Written and compiled by George Knowles After the old English Witchcraft Act of 1735 was repealed in 1951, a new and contemporary movement of witchcraft in various forms and traditions began to emerge and spread throughout the U.K. instigated by the likes of Gerald B. Gardner (Gardnerian), Alex Sanders (Alexandrian) and Robert Cochrane (Clan of Tubal Cain). In 1962, Raymond Buckland an Englishman living in America and a protégé of Gerald B. Gardner, exported the Gardnerian tradition to America and formed the first Gardnerian coven in New York in 1963. At about the same time other prominent leaders began to
write about and form their own traditions, such as:
Frederick
McLaren Adams and “Feraferia”, Oberon
Zell-Ravenheart and the “Church of All Worlds”,
Victor
& Cora Anderson and “The Feri Tradition”, and Joseph
B. Wilson, Edward Fitch
and others who created the “The Pagan Way”, a non-initiatory Wiccan
tradition. Since then contemporary
Wicca/Witchcraft spread quickly around the United States. Two of America’s most enduring leaders emerged in the early 1970’s. “Gavin and Yvonne Frost” are openly professed Witches, authors of more than 22 books and monographs including the best selling: “The Witch’s Bible” (Nash Publishing, Los Angeles 1972) rewritten as the “The Good Witch's Bible” (Parker Publishing, New Jersey 1976), and Co-founders of the first legally recognized School and Church of Wicca in America.
Gavin Frost Gavin Frost was born on
the 20th November 1930 in
Aldridge
Frost , England,
where his hard-drinking Welsh grandfather had built the family’s galvanizing
and canning business. On a wooded
ridge just outside of Aldridge he also built a home for each of his children
where they all lived together in a tight-knit family group, helping and working
together in the family business. After
his grandfather passed away in 1936, Gavin was enrolled in a boarding school to
start his education. Holidays were
spent in Wales, a part of England steeped in mythology, folklore and witchcraft,
and it was here that Gavin’s interest in ancient religion began. During the war years
1939–45, the family canning business thrived, supplying much needed canned
rations to aid the war effort. Granny’s
kitchen garden also helped to stave off the privation caused by food rationing,
by canning and storing foods to help them through difficult times and shortages. At school Gavin excelled in maths and physics, and in 1949 enrolled into King’s College at the University of London to further his studies. There he joined an informal group under the influence of T. C. Lethbridge, the author of “Witches: Investigating an Ancient Religion” (Routledge & Kegan Paul, London 1962), a laboratory assistant at the time, Lethbridge was interested in Magick, the Occult and Sacred Stone sites. In 1951 after the witchcraft act had finally been repealed, the group decided to seek initiation. They sought the help of a previous student of the university, now a pursuivant to the Duke of Norfolk, the heraldic head of England, who had joined a coven in Penzance. After receiving instruction the initiation was carried out at the stone circle site in Boskednan, Cornwall. As part of the initiation ritual, initiates received a mark cut into their wrists.
Boskednan
Stone Circle
in Cornwall
Also known as the Nine Maidens, the circle was mostly in ruins until the authorities under took its restoration in the summer of 2004. It’s isolated location on desolate moorland make it very attractive. There were probably twenty-two stones making up the original circle, but only six are still erect and most of those in the north are missing. They average about 1.2m (4 feet) in height, although the broken one at the north was over six feet when it was standing.
Boskednan Stone Circle in Cornwall
The circle was restored after recent renovation work during the summer of 2004. In 1952,
Gavin graduated from King’s College London with honors, gaining a Bachelor of
Science degree in Mathematics, and after completing his post doctoral thesis
with the Department of Atomic Energy in Cumbria, he received a Doctorate in
Physics & Mathematics which launched him into a long and successful career
in the aerospace industry. While in
Cumbria, Gavin met and fell in love with Dorothy Whitford and together they
moved to Hatfield near London where Gavin had taken up a research position with
the de Havilland Aircraft Corporation. Gavin
and Dorothy were married in January 1953. Gavin’s research for de Havilland involved investigating the effects of long wave infrared radiation on missiles. As much of the missile testing took place at night on Salisbury Plain, this left him time during the day to investigate the ancient monoliths of Stonehenge and the people who built them, furthering his interest in ancient peoples and the origins of the Old Religion.
Stonehenge Gavin’s next position was with Canadair in Montreal, were
initially he was to work on the Canadian missile program, but instead he joined
their Training and Simulation group, a position that allowed him to travel
around the world. One trip took him
to Chile were he had the opportunity to spend four days in a remote village
exploring their religious belief’s and experiencing first-hand the powers of
healing as practised by their shamans. After moving to California, Gavin next began work as the
senior project engineer working on the military F-104 radar systems, another
position that allowed him to travel. On
one a trip to Milan, Italy he was able to do some research into the truths and
fiction that surrounds Charles
G. Leland’s book “Aradia: Gospel of the Witches”. All his traveling and long hours at work was beginning
to affect his marriage and family life, which by now included two children, a
son and daughter. In an attempt to
ease his load and spend more quality time with them, he accepted a new position
as a Company representative in Europe, and in 1966 moved his family to Munich in
Germany. While his hours at work
were still high, what free time he had he failed to spend with his family.
Instead he became fascinated in the subject of German sorcery.
He joined a group of Zauberer’s (a German word for magician, sorcerer
or wizard) operating in der
Bayrischen Naehe
just south of Munich and began studying for initiation. After a grueling
test of personal endurance, part of the initiation ritual, he qualified to
receive and don their ‘Saffron Robe’. Returning to California in 1968, his marriage to Dorothy began to deteriorate. While in German, Gavin had started to write his first book entitled: “Pagans of Stonehenge” and on his return to California, asked one of the company secretaries “Yvonne Wilson” to type and edit it. It soon became apparent that they shared a mutual liking and similar interests in religion and spirituality; so it wasn’t long before they became lovers and together studied psychic development with a spiritualist teacher. Yvonne also studied for and was initiated into a Celtic tradition. In 1969, Gavin and Dorothy separated in a less than amicable divorced, and he and Yvonne moved to St. Louis, Missouri, to start a new life together.
Yvonne Frost Yvonne Frost (nee Wilson) was born in 1931 in Los Angeles during the early
years of the depression that was sweeping across America.
Just a few years earlier, her Baptist family and a large number of
relatives had moved from the poverty stricken areas of the Cumberland Gap in
Kentucky, only to suffer similar privations
of the depression in Los Angeles. From
her early childhood as the eldest of four children, she quickly learned two
valuable lessons in life, frugality and economy, “never expect what you cannot
have in life, but embrace with joy every experience that enriches your life”. This was an approach to life she never out grew. Struggling through her
teen years, Yvonne had a hard time coming to terms with her Baptist up bringing;
she never seemed to fit in, and so began to question her Baptist beliefs.
She then began an extensive study of comparative religions in search of
something more acceptable. She
claims her family history includes two lines of witches that go back for
generations, one to the Cumberland Gap in Kentucky, and the other to the
Clan Gunn of Scotland. In 1950, Yvonne married for the first time to a military man, a marriage that
lasted 10 years, part of which when he was stationed in Germany, she moved there
to be with him. At the end of their
marriage in 1960, and with a need to better support herself, she started a
course in Secretary Skills at Fullerton Junior College, Orange County,
California. After graduating in
1962 with an A.A. degree, she started a career as a secretary working for a
major aerospace company in Anaheim, California. At that time Yvonne was still exploring alternative paths of spirituality.
First she tried Buddhism, but found it too passive to meet her spiritual
needs. She then became involved with Spiritualism and attended a
number of séances. Her spirit
guide she claims was Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace (who together with Darwin, had
developed the first theory of evolution). In 1968, after his return from Germany, Yvonne met Gavin Frost who worked for the same company as she. Gavin turn out to be the boss of her own boss, and asked her to type and edit a book he was writing: “Pagans of Stonehenge”. In doing so, Yvonne could see that some elements of witchcraft overlapped with her beliefs in spiritualism. Given had similar interests, and so with a mutual liking they soon became lovers, and together started studying psychic development with a spiritualist teacher. Yvonne also studied for and was initiated into a Celtic tradition. After Gavin’s divorce to Dorothy in 1969, they moved together to St. Louis, Missouri, to start a new life together.
The
Church and School of Wicca The Church and School of Wicca
In St. Louis, Gavin took up a position as an international
sales manager, which again involved much travelling around the world and time
away from home. After one such trip
to Australia, his return flight on the 24th July 1969 was rescheduled
so passengers could eye witness the re-entry of the Apollo space module
containing Neil Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Allen Collins, the
first astronauts to step out on the noon. Gavin
was naturally excited and couldn’t wait to tell Yvonne about it hoping to
surprise her with the news. However Yvonne was unperturbed by his news, for she had her
own news and a surprise waiting for him as she calmly stated:
“My water broke this morning”.
Gavin was ecstatic as he witnessed Yvonne giving birth to a new baby
daughter, they named her “Bronwyn”.
Gavin and Yvonne later legally married in 1970. In-between his trips, Gavin and Yvonne co-authored the first
draft of “The Witch’s Bible”, but couldn’t find a publisher for
it. Undeterred, while Gavin was
away, as Yvonne spent most of her time alone nursing Bronwyn, she began
reorganizing the book into a series of lectures to be used as a correspondence
course, and the “School of Wicca” was born.
They advertised the School in magazines all around the United States and
soon gained a regular following of students. Gavin and Yvonne spent the next couple of years banging heads
with bureaucracy and particularly the IRS as they sought legal recognition for
the School as a Church and a non-profit organization.
In order to meet their requirements they had to define the philosophy of
the church in keeping with the philosophies of other religions.
This they did by symbolising the five points of the pentagram within a
circle: (1) The Wiccan Rede – “If it harm none, do what you will” (2) Power through knowledge (3) The Law of Attraction and Threefold Return (4) Harmony with the Universe (5) Reincarnation (6) The
circle representing Spirit and Deity Satisfied the IRS issued the Church of Wicca with a “Letter
of Determination” on the 31st August 1972, making it just the
second “Pagan” related Church to be legally recognised in America.
The first being the “Church of All Worlds” founded by Oberon
Zell-Ravenheart and Richard Lance Christie on the 07th April 1962,
who after filling for tax incorporation in 1967, were formally chartered in 1968
and received a 501(c)(3) exemption from the IRS on the 18th June
1970. Both these Churches did much to help redefine witchcraft as a
bona-fide religion entitled to all the same benefits and representation as all
other religions. Since then many
other Pagan related Churches have been chartered across the United States. In 1972, Gavin gave up his highfalutin life style and together
with Yvonne; they took a vow of poverty and committed themselves to the
full-time activities of the School and Church, while living and teaching the
Craft as they perceive it. They
spent the next couple of years in Missouri restoring old buildings and raising
pigs, and then in 1975 moved to New Bern in North California were they lived for
some twenty years. During this time
they were active members of the North Carolina Prison Chaplains’ Commission
and among other books, wrote the: “State
of Oregon Prisoner’s Handbook for Wicca”. In 1980 they retired from active leadership of the Church but
continued to be active as Clergy and retained control of the School through
which they continue to teach. Over
time they developed some eight different correspondence courses on such subjects
as: Astrology, Celtic Witchcraft,
Psychic Development, Tantric Yoga, Healing and Herbs among others, and these
they continually updated to include new trends and wisdom.
Through the School they also published one of America’s longest lasting
Wiccan periodicals called “Survival”, which today is edited by their
daughter Bronwyn. In 1996, Gavin
and Yvonne moved to their present location in Hinton, West Virginia. Ever since they started the Frost’s have always been open
about their beliefs, and despite much criticism from within the Craft and
without, have steadfastly followed their own path. Together they have appeared on national T.V. including:
the Phil Donahue Show, PM Magazine and Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow Show, as
well as on hundreds of local T.V. and Radio shows, and in numerous newspaper and
magazine articles across the country. As sought after public speakers they
have travelled up and down the United States, during which times they have been
shot at and encountered numerous hostile demonstrations against them. On
two occasions they have even had bombs planted in the hotels where they were
staying. I had to wonder why?? After further research, I have found that their original
printing of the “The
Witch’s Bible”
(Nash Publishing, Los Angeles 1972), a book now difficult to get hold of,
contained some extremely disturbing practices concerning the sexual initiation
of a “Wicca Child” (i.e. children as young as ten years old). Indeed
I find it quite astonishing that two such highly intelligent and worldly-wise
people should advocate and document so graphically such a controversial practice
publicly (if it ever was practiced?). Even
baring in mind they wrote this book in 1972, at the height of the so-called
“permissive society” explosion (the sexual revolution of the 1960’s);
still, it is easy to see that what they wrote would be offensive to most people.
Even today many people reading it would find it equally offensive. The “The
Witch’s Bible” was re-issued as “The Good Witch’s Bible”
(Parker Publishing, New Jersey 1976) with amendments.
Despite this, controversy about the book still rages. Throughout the 1980/90’s and into the new millennium 2000+,
the Frosts continued serving the Pagan community and travelled widely across the
United States attending such major events and festivals as:
Stones Rising, Sirius Rising, Pagan Pride Days and the ever popular
Starwood Festival, as speakers and workshops presenters.
More recently they started making less public appearances at festivals,
partly due to the continuing controversy over their book, resulting in fewer
venues wanting them to present and other venues wishing to disassociate
themselves. Age as well was also beginning to affect Gavin, as stated in
a recent interview with “The Wild Hunt blog site”: “We are getting older; travel is becoming more and more
stressful.” His daughter Jo
agreed, saying that her father had been slowing down over the past four years. One of the few festivals they continued to attend in later
years was Sirius Rising, a festival held at the Brushwood Folklore Center in New
York State, and the Florida Pagan Gathering (FPG) event.
In addition to talks on topics ranging from Witchcraft to Grimoires and
Astrology to Sacred geography, they were also well known for giving classes in
ballroom dancing. During his last
visit to the FPG event in early 2016 Gavin had to be taken to the hospital.
For sometime he had been suffering with intestinal problems (Diverticulitis)
and surgery was scheduled for late September, but his physical condition
continued to deteriorate. On the 05th of September he was again rushed to the
hospital and admitted to the ICU where Doctors discovered a tear in his
intestine that was causing more damage, internal infection and severe pain.
His daughter Jo reported: “There
are no words for his experience. His
nurses would cry because they felt so sorry for him and there was so little they
could do besides manage his pain and try to rebuild his strength.
His body released him early [Sunday] morning allowing him to cross over
and to be free of the pain.” Gavin
Frost passed into the Summerland on the 11th September 2016; he was
86 years old. Of their life together Yvonne can be quoted as saying: “We have made our life’s mission the teaching of those who seek help and healing. We are fulfilled that by teaching them, they have been able to make their own lives and the lives of their loved ones more comfortable. That knowledge makes all those years of struggling and developing our Craft awareness, well worthwhile.” May
he rest in peace.
End.
Selected bibliography:
The Magic Power of Witchcraft - by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Prentice Hall
Press 1977) Meta-Psychometry: Key to Power & Abundance by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Parker Pub Co 1978). A Witch's Grimoire of Ancient Omens. Portents, Talismans, Amulets, & Charms - Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Parker Pub Co 1979) Helping Yourself with Astromancy - by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Parker Pub Co 1980) Power Secrets from a Sorcerer's Private Magnum Arcanum - by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Parker Pub 1980) Astral Travel: Your Guide to the Secrets of Out-of-Body Experiences by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Weiser Books; New Ed edition 1985). Tantric Yoga: The Royal Path to Raising Kundalini Power - by Frost, Gavin and Yvonne Frost (1989).– Weiser Books The Prophet's Bible – by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Red Wheel Weiser 1991). Who Speaks for the Witch – by Gavin Frost (Godolphin House 1992). Witch Words – by Gavin Frost (Editor) (Godolphin House 1992). Good Witch's Bible – by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Godolphin House; Reprint edition 1999). Magic Power of White Witchcraft Revised – by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Prentice Hall Press; Revised edition 1999). The Witch's Magical Handbook – by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Prentice Hall Press 2000). The Witch's Book of Magical Ritual – by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Reward Books 2002). A Witch's Guide to Psychic Healing: Applying Traditional Therapies, Rituals, and Systems – by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Red Wheel/Weiser 2003). The Solitary Wiccan – by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Weiser Books 2004). Good Witches Fly Smoothly: Surviving Witchcraft – by Gavin and Yvonne Frost (Outskirts Press 2006).
Sources:Encyclopedia of Wicca & Witchcraft - By Raven Grimassi The Encyclopedia of Witches &Witchcraft - By Rosemary Ellen Guiley The Encyclopedia of Modern Witchcraft and Neo-paganism - By Shelley Rabinovitch The Witch Book - The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-paganism - By Raymond Buckland The
Witch’s Bible
- By Gavin and Yvonne Frost http://wildhunt.org/2016/09/gavin-frost-1930-2016.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Frost
Plus
many other websites to many to mention. First published on the 04th March 2007, up-dated on the 07th May 2017 © George Knowles
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papal Bull /
The
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An extract from the Malleus Maleficarum
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Nider’s Formicarius /
Jacob
Sprenger /
Heinrich Kramer /
Stefano Infessura
/ Montague Summers /
The Waldenses
/ The Albigenses
/
The Hussites / The
Native American Sun Dance
/ Shielding (Occult
and Psychic Protection) /
Sabbats and Festivals:
The Sabbats in History and Mythology / Samhain (October 31st) / Yule (December 21st) / Imbolc (February 2nd) / Ostara (March 21st) / Beltane (April 30th) / Litha (June 21st) / Lammas/Lughnasadh (August 1st) / Mabon (September 21st)
Rituals contributed by Crone:
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Tools:
Tools of a Witch / The Besom (Broom) / Poppets and Dolls / Pendulums / Cauldron Magick / Mirror Gazing
Animals:
Animals in Witchcraft (The Witches Familiar and Totem Animals) / Antelope / Bats / Crow / Fox / Frog and Toads / Goat / Honeybee / Kangaroo / Lion / Owl / Phoenix / Rabbits and Hares / Raven / Robin Redbreast / Sheep / Spider / Squirrel / Swans / Unicorn / Wild Boar / Wolf / Serpent / Pig / Stag / Horse / Mouse / Cat / Rats / Unicorn
Trees:
In Worship of Trees - Myths, Lore and the Celtic Tree Calendar. For descriptions and correspondences of the thirteen sacred trees of Wicca/Witchcraft see the following: Birch / Rowan / Ash / Alder / Willow / Hawthorn / Oak / Holly / Hazel / Vine / Ivy / Reed / Elder
Sacred Sites:
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Rocks and Stones:
Stones - History, Myths and Lore
Articles contributed by Patricia Jean Martin:
Apophyllite / Amber / Amethyst / Aquamarine / Aragonite / Aventurine / Black Tourmaline / Bloodstone / Calcite / Carnelian / Celestite / Citrine / Chrysanthemum Stone / Diamond / Emerald / Fluorite / Garnet / Hematite / Herkimer Diamond / Labradorite / Lapis Lazuli / Malachite / Moonstone / Obsidian / Opal / Pyrite / Quartz (Rock Crystal) / Rose Quartz / Ruby / Selenite / Seraphinite / Silver and Gold / Smoky Quartz / Sodalite / Sunstone / Thunderegg / Tree Agate / Zebra Marble
Wisdom and Inspiration:
Knowledge vs Wisdom by Ardriana Cahill / I Talk to the Trees / Awakening / The Witch in You / A Tale of the Woods / I have a Dream by Martin Luther King /
Articles and Stories about Witchcraft:
Murdered by Witchcraft / The Fairy Witch of Clonmel / A Battleship, U-boat, and a Witch / The Troll-Tear (A story for Children) / Goody Hawkins - The Wise Goodwife / The Story of Jack-O-Lantern / The Murder of the Hammersmith Ghost / Josephine Gray (The Infamous Black Widow) / The Two Brothers - Light and Dark
Old Masters of Academia: (Our Ancestors)
Pliny the Elder / Hesiod / Pythagoras / Paracelsus / Abramelin the Mage / Archimedes / Agrippa / Socrates / Aristotle / Albertus Magnus - “Albert the Great” / Biographies
A "Who's Who" of Witches, Pagans and other associated People (Ancient, Past and Present)
(Departed Pagan Pioneers, Founders, Elders and Others)
Pagan
Pioneers: Founders, Elders, Leaders and Others
Aidan A Kelly / Aleister Crowley - “The Great Beast” / Alex Sanders - “King of the Witches” / Alison Harlow / Allan Bennett - the Ven. Ananda Metteyya / Allan Kardec (Spiritism) / Alphonsus de Spina / Amber K / Ann Moura / Anna Franklin / Anodea Judith / Anton Szandor LaVey / Arnold Crowther / Arthur Edward Waite / Austin Osman Spare / Balthasar Bekker / Biddy Early / Barbara Vickers / Bridget Cleary - The Fairy Witch of Clonmel / Carl " Llewellyn" Weschcke / Cecil Hugh Williamson / Charles Godfrey Leland / Charles Walton / Christopher Penczak / Christina Oakley Harrington / Cornelius Loos / Damh the Bard - "Dave Smith" / Dion Fortune / Dolores Aschroft-Nowicki / Donald Michael Kraig / Doreen Valiente / Dorothy Morrison / Dr. John Dee & Edward Kelly / Dr. Leo Louis Martello / Edain McCoy / Edward Fitch / Eleanor Ray Bone - “Matriarch of British Witchcraft” / Eliphas Levi / Ernest Thompson Seton / Ernest Westlake / Fiona Horne / Frederick McLaren Adams - Feraferia / Friedrich von Spee / Francis Barrett / Gavin and Yvonne Frost and the School and Church of Wicca / Gerald B. Gardner - The father of contemporary Witchcraft / Gwydion Pendderwen / Hans Holzer / Helen Duncan / Hermann Löher / Herman Slater - Horrible Herman / Heinrich Kramer / Isaac Bonewits / Israel Regardie / Ivo Domínguez Jr. / Jack Whiteside Parsons - Rocket Science and Magick / James "Cunning" Murrell - The Master of Witches / Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone / Jean Bodin / Jessie Wicker Bell - “Lady Sheba” / Johann Weyer / Johannes Junius - "The Burgomaster of Bamberg" / Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim - the “Hexenbrenner” (witch burner) / John Belham-Payne / John George Hohman - "Pow-wow" / John Gerard / John Gordon Hargrave and the Kibbo Kith Kindred / John Michael Greer / John Score / Joseph “Bearwalker” Wilson / Joseph John Campbell / Karl von Eckartshausen / Lady Gwen Thompson - and "The Rede of the Wiccae" / Lambert Daneau / Laurie Cabot - "the Official Witch of Salem" / Lewis Spence / Lodovico Maria Sinistrari / Ludwig Lavater / Madeline Montalban and the Order of the Morning Star / Margaret Alice Murray / Margot Adler / Michael Howard and the UK "Cauldron Magazine" / Margaret St. Clair - the “Sign of the Labrys” / Marie Laveau - " the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans" / Marion Weinstein / Martin Antoine Del Rio / Matthew Hopkins - “The Witch-Finder General” / Michael A. Aquino - and The Temple of Set / Monique Wilson / Montague Summers / Nicholas Culpeper / Nicholas Remy / M. R. Sellars / Mrs. Maud Grieve - "A Modern Herbal" / Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and Morning Glory / Old Dorothy Clutterbuck / Old George Pickingill / Olivia Durdin-Robertson - co-founder of the Fellowship of Isis / Paddy Slade / Pamela Colman-Smith / Patricia Crowther / Patricia Monaghan / Patricia “Trish” Telesco / Paul Foster Case and the “Builders of the Adytum” mystery school / Peter Binsfeld / Philip Heselton / Raven Grimassi / Raymond Buckland / Reginald Scot / Richard Baxter / Robert Cochrane / Robert ‘von Ranke’ Graves and the "The White Goddess" / Rosaleen Norton - “The Witch of Kings Cross” / Rossell Hope Robbins / Ross Nichols and the " Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids" (OBOD) / Rudolf Steiner / Sabrina Underwood - "The Ink Witch" / Scott Cunningham / Selena Fox - founder of "Circle Sanctuary" / Silver Ravenwolf / Sir Francis Dashwood / Sir James George Frazer and the " The Golden Bough" / S.L. MacGregor Mathers and the “Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn” / Starhawk / Stewart Farrar / Sybil Leek / Ted Andrews / The Mather Family - (includes: Richard Mather, Increase Mather and Cotton Mather ) / Thomas Ady / T. Thorn Coyle / Vera Chapman / Victor & Cora Anderson and the " Feri Tradition" / Vivianne Crowley / Walter Brown Gibson / Walter Ernest Butler / William Butler Yeats / Zsuzsanna Budapest /
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