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August
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Lammas Discovery of Lindow Man, who has been dated to the second century BC and is believed to be a Druid, 1984 Birthday of Edward Kelly, 1955 |
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Lammas Birthday of Henry Steel Olcott, who co-founded the Theosophical Society, 1832 |
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| 8 | Sacred to Venus, Roman Goddess of love. | |
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Laurie Cabot withdraws from the Salem, Massachusetts mayoral race, 1987 |
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Church of Wicca founded in Australia by Lady Tamara Von Forslun, 1989 Aradia de Toscano said to be born in Volterra, Italy, 1313 Sacred to the Goddess Hecate. |
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Birthday of Charles Godfrey Leland, author of Aradia, Gospel of Witches, 1824 Sacred to Vesta, Roman Goddess of the hearth and home. |
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Anniversary of Scott Cunningham's first Wiccan initiation, 1973 Sacred to the Roman Goddess, Diana, who embodies the spirit of the Amazon and is the Huntress and Moon Maiden. |
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Father Urbain Grandier found guilty of bewitching nuns in Loudoun, France, 1634 |
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John Willard and Reverand George Burroughs put to death in Salem Witch trials, 1692 |
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Execution of the Lancashire, England, Witches, 1612 Birthday of HP Lovecraft, writer and magician |
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| 22 |
Order of the Rosy Cross established in Paris, 1623 |
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| 23 | Sacred to Nemesis, Greek Goddess of fate. | |
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Birthday of Pope Innocent VIII who issued the Witchcraft bull Summis Desiderantes Affectibus |
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Birthday of Raymond Buckland, who, along with his first wife Rosemary, is credited with bringing Gardnerian Wicca to the United States, 1934 |
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