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Regardless of the fact that he produced the craft’s beliefs in order to perpetuate the beliefs of Wicca for future generations, Gardner thought of “witchcraft” as a mystery tradition that needed a series of initiations to be properly understood and made real. An English expatriate named Raymond Buckland was granted an initiation into the new Wiccan rites from Gardner’s own coven, which he had named the Isle of Man, and then spread the rites of the Isle of Man back to the USA. The traditions of witchcraft acquired adherents rapidly in the USA, where a social and psychological transformation was taking place.
Since that time, a wide variety of unique manifestations of witchcraft based paganism have spread widely. A number of them have been started by Gardner’s original students who later founded their own covens and developed their own pools of initiates. Some other popular forms of witchcraft have been started by self-initiated spiritual explorers and witches who established their own conceptions of nature religion which draw from the the works of Gardner and those who followed after him. Presently, several such variations on Gardner’s religion are practiced all over the world.
Dallas is an experimental mystic who investigates the religions of the world in hopes of uncovering the ultimate fate of the human soul. In his voyages, he often needs to find Wiccan shops and can frequently be seen wearing mysterious and lustrous Wiccan clothing. He wishes you great joy on your own spiritual adventure!
An atheist’s perspective on Wicca. Requested by Yuki Damon ( www.youtube.com ). Video transcript: emptv.com Music by Kevin MacLeod ( incompetech.com ) twitter.com www.facebook.com myspace.com emptv.com
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