descendants, Gardner understood “witchcraft” as a mystery cult that required initiation to be completely assimilated and practiced. An English expatriate named Raymond Buckland gained an initiation into the new mystery tradition from Gardner’s own coven, which he had called the Isle of Man, and then introduced the traditions of the Isle of Man back to the United States. The new religion accrued support at a very nice pace in the new world, where a devotional and spiritual revolution was on the horizon.
Since the early 1960s, a wide variety of new incarnations of Wicca-based spiritual practice have spread widely. Most of them have been the creations of Gardner’s own disciples who went on to start their own covens and developed their own pools of initiates. Other widespread forms of Wiccan practice have derived from self-initiated practitioners and witches who set up their own conceptions of Wiccan religion that center around the the works of Gardner and those who followed after him. Today a number of these descendants of Gardner’s Wicca are in widespread practice around the world.
Dallas is an experimental mystic who investigates the religions of the world in hopes of piecing together the ultimate fate of mankind. In his expeditions, he often needs to find Wiccan supplies for things like special incenses, sigils, crystals, precious gemstones, as well as Wicca books. He wishes you great wonderment on your own spiritual journey!
Wiccan Full Moon Esbat Ritual with the Temple of Astral Light. Held at Trinity Temple Metaphysical Church and Community Center on August 8, 2006.
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