British Traditional Wicca Gallery

Photos from Fire Child by Maxine Sanders.

Sally Taylor and David Mapley Coven in ritual for a Tv documentary segment that is now lost. This was during their time running a coven in Kent.

Gerald Gardner holding a sword at the Wishing Well, outside of the Witches Mill.

Monique Wilson in the Witches Mill.

The Mill is now a holiday residence that can be rented.
www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/124345...

As with our new policy we will now only speak of the content of images we share:

This is a coven in ritual, dancing around the altar.

This may be Eleanor Bone and her coven in ritual from the Weekend Telegraphs article Witches in Britain, 1965, but we cannot accept the liability to confirm this.

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A healing rite preformed by the Sanders Coven.

Doreen and Patricia who went onto become life long friends.
Doreen would write in her Diary on 1/5/61
"Mr and Mrs Arnold Crowther of Sheffield appeared on ‘Tonight’ (B.B.C.) Claimed to be 1st degree witches --- She is good-looking blonde. He is older, plump, dark, smoothie type."

Monique and Scotty Wilson

Alex Sanders with his Fire Wand, that became a prominent upright feature on his altar in several photo series.

Jean Williams for the cover of Pagan Dawn.

Arnold and Patricia Crowther with their initiate. The Sword pictured was made by Gerald Gardner, and was mention by Patricia to have been too heavy for practical use for her, she donated the sword to the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle in 2010 and is currently display.

The Witches Wedding 1974

Lois Bourne and Gerald Gardner.

Raymond Buckland, whose craft name was Robat in all his ceremonial splendor.

For more from this artist: www.britishtraditionalwicca.com/by-david-joh...

The Archive not only hosts photographs and video, we also host art that is related to these traditions and its elders.

This was commissioned by the Doreen Valiente Foundation, for the DayforPatriciaCrowther where is was gifted for her many years of service to the Wicca.

The Sanders Coven, photographed by Gianni Berengo Gardin in 1971

A Happy New Year to All!

(Eleanor Bone and Coven)

Maxine Sanders in the Temple.

An amazing video of Monique Wilson and others preforming a ritual... lets see if you can notice who else is there!

Skip to minute 24 for the short clip

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fksE...

Patricia Crowther

Gerald Gardner at the Witches Mill preforming ritual with animal skulls.

Doreen Valiente.

An amazing article and visuals of Alex Sanders and Coven.

Find the full article -
alexandrianwitchcraft.org/a-witch-in-t...

Witches in Britain, 1965.

Raymond and Rosemary Buckland.

Maxine Sanders and Coven.

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