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Seax-Wica
Seax-Wica, or sometimes Saxon Witchcraft, is a tradition of neopagan practice blending aspects of Wicca with the iconography of Anglo-Saxon paganism, while not seeking to reconstruct the early mediaeval religion itself.
The tradition was founded in 1973 by Raymond Buckland, an English-born high priest of Gardnerian Wicca who had recently moved to the United States. His 1974 book The Tree was written as a definitive guide to Seax-Wica, and subsequently republished in 2005 as Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft.
Seax-Wica, is an orthopraxic, initiatory mystery system grounded in rational immanence and religious magic. It honors the deities of the Germanic pantheon of the Saxon tribe based on their symbolism, it is a modern pagan religion.
Seax-Wica does not employ any secrecy oath. Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft was written in mind that the reader would already be well versed in the various techniques of Witchcraft and Wiccan ritual. However, Buckland has pointed out that his Complete Book of Witchcraft gives instructions on how to proceed when no tools are available. These instructions are enough to allow one to begin, self-initiate, and consecrate one's first tools.
Seax-Wica was founded by Raymond Buckland on August 2, 1973, and introduced to the wider Wiccan and modern Pagan community through the Samhain edition of the newsletter Earth Religion News, published November 1, 1973.
Raymond Buckland had been initiated into the modern pagan witchcraft system founded by Gerald Gardner—known as "The Craft of the Wica/The Craft of the Wise"—and was elevated to the 3rd degree as a High Priest in November 1963 by High Priestess Monique Wilson (Lady Olwen), High Priest Scotty Wilson (Loic), and in the presence of Gerald Gardner in Perth, Scotland. After Gardner’s death, his initiates named the path the Gardnerian Wicca Tradition.
In the 1970s, disillusioned by internal power struggles and elitism within some Wiccan branches, Buckland created a new tradition—one more inclusive, accessible, and democratic.
Seax-Wica draws on Gardner’s experience and teachings but removes sexual elements, the degree system, and dependence on group structure, emphasizing individuality and freedom of dedication without needing an external initiator. This gave rise to the concept of Self-Dedication or Self-Initiation.
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Seax-Wica
Seax-Wica, or sometimes Saxon Witchcraft, is a tradition of neopagan practice blending aspects of Wicca with the iconography of Anglo-Saxon paganism, while not seeking to reconstruct the early mediaeval religion itself.
The tradition was founded in 1973 by Raymond Buckland, an English-born high priest of Gardnerian Wicca who had recently moved to the United States. His 1974 book The Tree was written as a definitive guide to Seax-Wica, and subsequently republished in 2005 as Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft.
Seax-Wica, is an orthopraxic, initiatory mystery system grounded in rational immanence and religious magic. It honors the deities of the Germanic pantheon of the Saxon tribe based on their symbolism, it is a modern pagan religion.
Seax-Wica does not employ any secrecy oath. Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft was written in mind that the reader would already be well versed in the various techniques of Witchcraft and Wiccan ritual. However, Buckland has pointed out that his Complete Book of Witchcraft gives instructions on how to proceed when no tools are available. These instructions are enough to allow one to begin, self-initiate, and consecrate one's first tools.
Seax-Wica was founded by Raymond Buckland on August 2, 1973, and introduced to the wider Wiccan and modern Pagan community through the Samhain edition of the newsletter Earth Religion News, published November 1, 1973.
Raymond Buckland had been initiated into the modern pagan witchcraft system founded by Gerald Gardner—known as "The Craft of the Wica/The Craft of the Wise"—and was elevated to the 3rd degree as a High Priest in November 1963 by High Priestess Monique Wilson (Lady Olwen), High Priest Scotty Wilson (Loic), and in the presence of Gerald Gardner in Perth, Scotland. After Gardner’s death, his initiates named the path the Gardnerian Wicca Tradition.
In the 1970s, disillusioned by internal power struggles and elitism within some Wiccan branches, Buckland created a new tradition—one more inclusive, accessible, and democratic.
Seax-Wica draws on Gardner’s experience and teachings but removes sexual elements, the degree system, and dependence on group structure, emphasizing individuality and freedom of dedication without needing an external initiator. This gave rise to the concept of Self-Dedication or Self-Initiation.