Talk:Wiccan Order

Please provide some kind of reference for this. —Ashley Y 21:52, 2004 Aug 28 (UTC)

In this page you can see that Gardner was the leader of the Wiccan order, when they say:

But Gardner had no time to spare for the O.T.O., due to his leadership of the Wiccan order (under which title he had organised his synthetic modern revival of witchcraft). [79]

The tag "[79]" points to "Facsimile of this Charter in Geoffrey Basil Smith: "Knights of the Solar Cross", 1983. Born on 19.1.47, Smith considers himself to be the X° of Great Britain. After 1988, this Charter was owned by Allen H. Greenfield, bishop of Bertiaux's O.T.O.A, and in the 'Caliphate'. There is a report on this charter in "LAShtAL" Nº 1, Georgia 1988, p. 41."

Koenig just means Wicca here, doesn't he? —Ashley Y 07:40, 2004 Sep 7 (UTC)

I don't think so, but I guess we can try to contact him... But why think that he typo'd? Isn't it easilly assumed that "Wiccan order" was what he really meant?

I've contacted him and he really means "Wiccan Order".

There was no such thing as the 'Wiccan Order'. Gardner never referred to Wicca as an Order. He terms it a 'cult' - for that matter, he does not ever refer to his own movement as 'Wicca'. I suggest contacting the likes of Philip Heselton, author of Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration and Wiccan Roots, or Professor Ron Hutton, if clarification is needed.Cavalorn 11:39, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Merge and Redirect

I suggest that this information should be merged to Gerald Gardner, and this page made a redirect to his page. I don't see that there is any way for this page to stand on it's own, unless and until a dozen or so members of the Order come out of the closet and claim it. --Bill W. Smith, Jr. 19:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

I have merged this info into [{Gerald Gardner]] and am redirecting this page there. --Bill W. Smith, Jr. 20:37, 16 November 2006 (UTC)