Seax
Wica And Lyblac
Seax-Wica - what
exactly is it?
Seax-Wica: Founded in 1973 by Raymond Buckland a protégé of Gardner. He moved to
the U. S. A. and in 1973 started his own tradition based on Saxon traditions.
Hence Seax-Wica.
Briefly, Raymond Buckland and his wife Rosemary were initiated into a Gardnerian
coven in the UK in 1964 or 1965. They subsequently founded the "Long Island
Coven" in the US, which is the parent coven of some of the oldest Gardnerian
lines in North America. However, at some point Buckland became dissatisfied with
some of the strictures within Gardnerian Wicca, and began writing books intended
to make Wicca more accessible to the general populace. Seax-Wica outlines
Buckland's idea of an "Anglo-Saxon Wicca." Regardless of how one may feel about
Buckland's premises here, the book does provide a structure upon which one can
build a working coven on the Wiccan model. A parallel book on "Pecti-Wicca,"
which purports to explain Scottish Wicca, has not enjoyed a parallel success.
There is now a confederation of Seax Wica covens world wide with the UK, USA,
CANADA, GERMANY, HOLLAND and as far afield as PERU.
The main difference between Seax Wica and other Wiccan traditions is that it is
a "Progressive tradition." and has never held with claims of false lineage. And
with no oath of secrecy as such it can not lend itself to "one-up-manship" or
elitism or the "I am considerably better that you" attitude that has plagued
other traditions in the past.
Seax-Wica: This tradition (also known as Saxon Wicca) was founded by Raymond
Buckland in 1973 in the United States. Buckland was originally a follower of
Gerald Gardner, but he moved to the U.S. in 1962 and gradually moved away from
the Gardnerian tradition. Buckland made up his own rituals based on ancient
Saxon traditions. Covens decide for themselves whether to work skyclad or robed,
and witches can be initiated either by the coven or through self-study
Links:
Seax-Wica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seax-Wica
What is Seax Wica or Saxon Witchcraft? - Paganism/Wicca
http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/wiccantraditions/p/SeaxWica.htm
Raymond Buckland and Seax-Wica
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/aidankelly/2012/11/raymond-buckland-and-seax-wica/
Seax-Wica
http://erinsjournal.com/seax-wica
WItchcraft Today – 60 Years On… The Seax Tradition
http://moon-books.net/blogs/moonbooks/witchcraft-today-60-years-on-the-seax-tradition/
Seax Wica (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Qo53lG6XA
Seax Wicca (From a Solitary Point of View)
http://seaxbos.tripod.com/home/id2.html