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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

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

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Compiled from primary data, both published and unpublished, this volume captures the story of those who were instrumental in the movements development and spread.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

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

Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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