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Covenant of the Goddess

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1975-10-31    

Parallel Names

  • CoG

About

Founded in 1975 as an advocacy organization that seeks to foster cooperation amongst Wiccans and Witches; to secure legal protection; to provide education through outreach and to nurture its members through dialog and community; incorporated as a non-profit religious organization in California

Addresses

[1980]: P.O. Box 3716, Stanford, CA 94305 c/o Alison Harlow

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Article: Message from the Editor, Alison Harlow, 1979

 Article — Box 1: Series 2, Folder: 11, Item: 1
Collection number: Folder 11
Description

ALison Harlow's introduction provides an overview of the Newsletter, its subscription criteria, and her address to contact her

Dates: Publication: 1979
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-16, Loy and Louis Stone Collection / Box 1: Lois and Loy Stone collection / Series 2: Periodicals / Folder 11. Newsletter (Covenant of the Goddess) / Newsletter (Covenant of the Goddess), v.4, no.4, January=Full Moon

[Article]: "The Pantheacon Community: Spotlight on the Charity Auction" , 2007

 Article — Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 2
Description

Gives a brief history of the auctions and who the proceeds go to

Dates: Publication: 2007
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-31, Magenta Griffith Collection / Box 1. Aggression Towards Religious Adherents thought Pagan Pride / Folder 4. The Daily Oracle: The Official Newsletter of Pantheacon / The Daily Oracle: The Official Newsletter of Pantheacon 2007, Saturday Feb.16 [i.e.17]

[Directory Listing]: [Groups with contact information], 1980

 Directory Listings — Box 1: Series 2, Folder: 13, Item: 1
Collection number: Series 2
Description

A short list of groups and their publications with contact informatiom

Dates: Publication: 1980
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-16, Loy and Louis Stone Collection / Box 1: Lois and Loy Stone collection / Series 2: Periodicals / Folder 13. Enchantments / Enchantments, Autumn Equinox

[Event]: "Hospitality Rooms and Saturday Schedule", 2007

 Event listing — Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 2
Description

A list of hospitality rooms and their sponsors

Dates: Publication: 2007
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-31, Magenta Griffith Collection / Box 1. Aggression Towards Religious Adherents thought Pagan Pride / Folder 4. The Daily Oracle: The Official Newsletter of Pantheacon / The Daily Oracle: The Official Newsletter of Pantheacon 2007, Saturday Feb.16 [i.e.17]

Folder 11. Newsletter (Covenant of the Goddess), 1979

 File — Box 1: Series 2, Folder: 11
Collection number: Folder 11
About

The communication organ of the Covenant of the Goddess. Published 13 times a year on the full moon

Dates: Publication: 1979
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-16, Loy and Louis Stone Collection / Box 1: Lois and Loy Stone collection / Series 2: Periodicals

M. Macha NightMare Collection

 Collection
Collection number: MS-150-25
Content Description

Obsolete Media: Cassettes, VHS tapes; name badges (lanyards) from various festivals

Dates: 1971 - 2023
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / M. Macha NightMare Collection

[Mention]: [Issac Bonewits Comments on John Todd], 1978

 Section — Box 2: Series Series 5, Folder: 17, Item: 7
Collection number: Folder 17
Description

Deborah Bender of Convenant of the Goddess shared Issac Bonewits information.

John Todd wrote to the A.A.D.L. in 1974 claiming he was being harrassed in his local community for the a public Witch

Bonewits investigation found:

1. John Todd is not a Witch

2. His word was not to be trusted

3. He has garnered support by providing misinformation of activities, which are actually not representative of the Craft

Dates: Publication: 1978
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-5, Rowan Tree Church Periodical Collection / Series 5: Periodical Archive / Box 2: B-Ci / Castle Rising Newsletter / Newsletter (Castle Rising), August / [Article]: "John Todd, Fanatic (Spearheading Christian "War Against the Witches)"

Newsletter (Covenant of the Goddess), v.4, no.4, January=Full Moon, 1979

 Issue — Box 1: Series 2, Folder: 11, Item: 1
Collection number: Folder 11
About

This newsletter is the official organ of the Covenant of the Goddess. P.O. Box 1226, Berkeley, CA 94704

Dates: Publication: 1979
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-16, Loy and Louis Stone Collection / Box 1: Lois and Loy Stone collection / Series 2: Periodicals / Folder 11. Newsletter (Covenant of the Goddess)

[R.T. News], August 5, 1985

 Item
Collection number: Series 4
Contents "Blessed Greetings!" The newsletter opens with an account of the first Camp-Out (p.1)Don passed out the results of "The Form" and passed out the 2nd issue of The Littlest Unicorn (p.1)An account was provdided of the Lammas Eve's "Ritual of Lothloriën" and the activities on Lammas Day at near the river at Crosbhy Park (p.1)Alice recounts the activities and experience of Paul's 5-day Magickal Herbal...
Dates: Issued: 1985
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-5, Rowan Tree Church Periodical Collection / Series 4: Rowan Tree Church Newsletters

[Section]: "COG goes National 1983", 2022

 Section
Collection number: NAMOSRL BP605.N46 K45 2014 v.2 (Circulating)
Description

Kelly gives information on how Covenant of the Goddess evoloved out of being Californians only to a national organization thanks to Ginny Brubaked and Dave Norman of the Temple of the Pagan Way

Dates: Publication: 2022
Found in: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections / MS-150-1, New Age Movements, Occultism, and Spiritualism Research Library (NAMOSRL) / Series 12: NAMOSRL Browsing Collection / Books: Titles Beginning T-V / A Tapestry of Witches. Volume 2, A History of the Craft in America through the 1990s / Aidan A. Kelly. Tacoma, Washington: Hierophant Wordsmith Press / [Chapter]: "1. A Bridge and Overview"