{"id":12125,"date":"2021-03-24T16:36:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T22:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12125"},"modified":"2021-03-24T16:38:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T22:38:42","slug":"a-new-graphic-timeline-of-american-wicca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12125","title":{"rendered":"A New Graphic Timeline of American Wicca"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the non-Californians on the timeline, Grey Cat (Manya M.) lived in Tennessee and was a friend of mine.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Covenant of the Goddess (CoG) “TImeline” is now available for free download online.<\/a> Anyone interested in the history of contemporary Paganism in America ought to give it a look.<\/p>\n

The CoG Timeline was compiled and designed by Andrea Joy Kendall with contributions from Anne Agard, Angie Buchanan, Jo Carson, Andras Corban-Arthen, Phyllis Curott, Amber K, Anna Korn, Rowan Fairgrove, Donald Frew, J. Hildebrand, M. Macha NightMare, and Starhawk. This timeline includes events of interest to anyone that wants to understand what the Covenant of the Goddess (CoG) and its members do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Timeline is presented in two PDF files: Part 1<\/a> and Part 2<\/a>. Do understand that since CoG started in northern California, the Timeline reflects that geographical slant. The San Francisco Bay Area is somewhat over-represented. New Yorkers may wail and lament.<\/p>\n

CoG itself was started in the 1970s:<\/p>\n

In the Spring of 1975, a number of Wiccan elders from diverse traditions, all sharing the idea of forming a religious organization for all practitioners of Witchcraft, gathered to draft a covenant among themselves.\u00a0 These representatives also drafted bylaws to administer this new organization now known as the Covenant of the Goddess<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It chief purpose, beyond fellowship, was to provide ministerial credentials to Witches who wished to perform weddings and fill other public roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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