A Tapestry of Witches. Volume 2, A History of the Craft in America through the 1990s / Aidan A. Kelly. Tacoma, Washington: Hierophant Wordsmith Press, 2022
Description
Compiled from primary data, both published and unpublished, this volume captures the story of those who were instrumental in the movements development and spread.
Dates
- Publication: 2022
Creator
- Hierophant Wordsmith Press (Publisher, Organization)
- Kelly, Aidan A. (Author, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
1 Books (xii, 223 pages) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Contents
Preface (p.ix-x)
1. A bridge and overview: (p.1-13 inclusive)
Why churches are obsolete technology (p.1-11)
COG goes national 1983 (p.11-12)
Fellowship of Isis (p.12-13)
2. Around the Great Lakes: (p.14-37 inclusive)
Wisconsin: Circle (p.14-15)
Chicago: The Midwest Pagan Council (p.15-17)
Chicago Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess (p.18)
Eleusis of Chicago (p.19-20)
Ohio: Lady Pythia and the Witchmage Tradition (p.21-23)
Wisconsin: Ladywood Tradition (p.24)
Ohio: Claude Lawrence Cornett (p.24-29)
Pagan Community Council of Ohio (p.29-30)
Minnesota: (p.30)
Triskelion Wicca (p.30-32)
Lothlorien (p.32-33)
The Northern Dawn Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess (p.33-34)
Indiana: Temple of Danaan (p.34-35)
Michigan (p.36-37)
3. The Northeast: (p.38-47 inclusive)
Boston: The Alexandrians (p.38-39)
Ganymede and the Chthonioi (p.39-40)
Spawnfar (p.40-41)
Halifax Alexandrianism (p.41)
Athanor Fellowship and the Earthspirit Community (p.41-42)
Covenant of Unitarian Universalists Pagans (p.42-43)
Rhode Island: The New England Coven of Traditionalist Witches (p.43-44)
Salem: Witchcraft as a science (p.45)
Vermont: Church of the Sacred Earth (p.46)
New Hampshire: Our Lady of Enchantment (p.46-47)
4. Canada: (p.48-53 inclusive)
Odyssean Tradition (p.48-51)
Congregationalist Witchcraft Association (p.51-53)
Other Canadian groups (p.53)
5. New York: (p.55-73)
Blue Star Tradition (p.55-57)
Maidenhill Coven and Tradition (p.57-58)
The Minoan Tradition (p.58-59)
Ara Tradition and the Temple of Ara (p.60)
The Gardnerians: (p.61-64 inclusvie)
Margo Adler (p.61)
Judith Harrow (p.62-64)
The New England Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess (p.64-66)
Theos Retires (p.66-68)
The Samhain letter (p.68-73)
6. The Mid-Altantic: (p.75-84 inclusive)
Seax-Wica (p.75)
New Jersey: The Witches of Cape May (p.75-75)
Philadelphia (p.75-76 inclusive)
Nehallenic Wicca/Temple of the Ways (p.75)
Black Forest Clan (Family Serpent Stone) (p.75-76)
Pennsylvania (p.77-78)
Skydance Windwalker (Patricia Clark)
Earthsong Community (p.79)
Free Spirit Alliance (p.79-82)
Foxwood Tradition (p.82-83)
The Assembly of the Sacred Wheel (p.83-84)
7. The Heartland: (p.85-103 inclusvie)
Missouri: Sabbatsmeet Tradition (p.85, 96; note pages misnumbered/omited from publication)
Greenleaf Coven (p.96-98)
Kansas: Heartland Spiritual Alliance (p.98)
Rhiannon's Story (p.98-99)
Colorado: Church of Seven Arrows (p.99-100)
Denver Area Wican Network (p.101-102)
Heartstone Community Church (p.102-103)
8 . The South: (p.104-105 inclusive)
North Carolina: Caledonii Tradition (p.104, 97; the missing pages, but the content location is correct)
Tennesse: Amythystian Tradition (p.97)
Northwind Tradition (p.98-99)
Alabama: Faerie Faith (p.99-100)
Artemisian Faerie Faith (p.100-101)
Apple Branch (p.101)
Georgia: Ravenwood Tradition (p.102)
Unicorn Tradition (p.103-104)
Florida: Gardnerians (p.104-105)
9. Southwest: (p.106-116 inclusive)
Texas: The Lone Star Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess (p.106)
Isian Tradition (p.106-107)
Council of the Magical Arts (p.107-109)
Radical Faeries (p.109-110)
Desert Henge Coven (p.110-111)
Adventure Wicca and the Tucson Area Wiccan Network (TAWN) (p.111-113)
Idaho to Texas: Mohsian Tradition (p.113-116)
10. Northern California: (p.117-157 inclusive)
Fellowship of the Spiral Path (p.117-118)
Gardnerians on the West Coast (p.139-140)
The New Wiccan Church / Central Valley Wicca (p.140-141)
The New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn (p.141-145)
Holy Order of Mother Earth and the Church of All Worlds (p.145-147)
Gwydion Pendderwne (Thomas Oliver DeLong, 1948-1982) (p.147-149)
Feri Tradition and Reclaiming (p.149-156)
The Pagan, Occult, and Witchcraft Special Interest Group of American Mensa (p.156-157)
South Bay Circles and Bay Area Pagans Assemblies (p.157)
11/8. Southern California: (p.158-172 inclusive; header bears misnumbering beginning on page 159)
Church of Wicca, Bakersfield (p.158-160)
Toteg Tribe (p.160-161)
1734 and the Roebuck Tradition (p.161-162)
Church of the Eternal Source (p.162-163)
Southern California Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess (p.163-164)
Pallas Society / Educational Society for Pagans (p.166-167)
United We Circle (p.167)
Dianic Witchcraft (p.168-169)
Moon Birch Grove (p.170)
Circle of Aradia (p.170)
Re-formed Congregation of the Goddess (p.170-171)
Earth Rite Collective (p.171)
Western Isian Tradition (p.171-172)
12. The Pacific Northwest: (p.173-180 inclusive; chapter misnumbered beginning on page 174)
Aquarian Tabernacle Church (p.173-176)
Golden Fairies / Sons and Daughter of the New Moon (p.176-177)
Nemed Cuculatii (p.177-78)
Nine Houses of Gaia (p.178)
Northest Web (p.178-179)
NROOGD Circle of Amergin (p.179-180)
Appendixes: A. Covenant of the Goddess: Milstone events and national officers, 1975-1995 (p.181-198)
B. Covens in Ohio in the 1980s (p.198-199)
C. Groups associated with the Free Spirit Alliance in 1993 and 1994 (p.199-202)
D. Church of All Worlds Nests in the 1970s and in the 1990s (p.202-206)
E. Fellowhip of the Spiral Path members in 1983 (p.206-207)
F. Dianic covens in the 1990s (p.207-208)
Sources and Resources (p.193-223)
Repository Details
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