~Notable Dates~

June

Witchcraft Act of 1563 takes effect in England

Sacred to Carna, Roman Goddess of doors and locks.  It has also been reported that she is in charge of domestic life and exercise.

Birthday of Allessandro di Cagliostro, magician, 1743

Sacred to Ishtar, Babylonian Goddess of love, fertility and rebirth through battle.

Birthday of Marion Zimmer Bradley, fantasy author and editor

Birthday of Grace Cook, medium and founder of White Eagle Lodge

Hanging of Bridget Bishop, first to die in the Salem Witch trials, 1692

James I repeals Elizabeth I's 1563 mandate and replaces it with the stricter Witchcraft Statute of 1604

Birthday of Gerald Gardner, founder, Gardnerian Tradition of Wicca

Flag Day

Margaret Jones becomes the first person executed as a Witch in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1648

Birthday of Starhawk, Wiccan author

Church of All Worlds chartered with IRS, 1970

Margot Adler is married in first handfasting to be carried in the New York Times society pages, 1988

Final Witchcraft law in England repealed, 1951

Birthday of Janet Farrar, Alexandrian Witch and Wiccan author

Law introduced in Germany to encourage conversion, rather than burning, of heretics and Witches, 1233

Birthday of Stewart Farrar, Alexandrian Witch and Wiccan author

Birthday of Scott Cunningham, Wiccan author