{"id":6402,"date":"2014-04-26T22:04:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T04:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6402"},"modified":"2014-04-27T16:16:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T22:16:27","slug":"a-new-history-of-the-craft-in-ameria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6402","title":{"rendered":"A New History of the Craft in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I wrote Her Hidden Children<\/em><\/a>, I definitely was not trying to tell the history of different groups, except in broad strokes and as that history helped the discussion of the larger questions that interested me, chiefly, “What do we mean by the term ‘nature religion’?”<\/p>\n

Thanks to his earlier experiences with reference books on new religious movements, Aidan Kelly, one of the founders of the New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn (a spoofy name that stuck) in the 1960s Northern California, is better able to do it.<\/p>\n

He has released the first book of what he hopes to be three, A Tapestry of Witches, Vol. 1<\/em>, which is available on Amazon.<\/a><\/p>\n

He writes on his blog,<\/a><\/p>\n

I was an active participant in many of the events and developments I describe, but I have tried to tone down the autobiographical details by unobstrusive (I hope) use of passive constructions and third person. Still, one reason the book is accurate is that I have first-hand knowledge of the decade from 1967 to 1977. However, I also as much as possible worked in information from letter, emails, and interviews that my friends shared with me. I have not ignored the Big Name Pagans\u2013I couldn\u2019t; many of them did much of the work, many were and are good friends\u2013but I have also tried to give due credit to the many who worked hard without ever receiving public acclaim.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Having drawn on his earlier history of NROOGD’s beginnings, Hippie Commie Beatnik Witches<\/em><\/a>, I look forward to reading the new book very much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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