Evan John Jones (1936–2003) was an English
traditional witch, occultist and writer who operated within the tradition of
Cochrane's Craft
Cochrane's Craft, which is also known as Cochranianism, is a form of traditional witchcraft founded in 1951 by the English witch Robert Cochrane, who himself claimed to have been taught in the tradition by some of his elderly family members, a ...
.
Early life
An engineer, he served in the Army as a young man and saw active duty as a paratrooper in the
Suez crisis
The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...
of 1956 and fighting communist insurgents in
Malaya
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Political entities
* British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...
.
[Interview in ''The Cauldron'', 2003]
Career
Following
Robert Cochrane's death in 1966, he served as the second Magister of the
Clan of Tubal Cain
Cochrane's Craft, which is also known as Cochranianism, is a form of traditional witchcraft founded in 1951 by the English witch Robert Cochrane, who himself claimed to have been taught in the tradition by some of his elderly family members, a c ...
from 1966 to 1998.
Publications
During his lifetime, he authored two books on the subject of the Craft, ''Witchcraft: A Tradition Renewed'' (1990) and ''Sacred Mask, Sacred Dance'' (1996), the latter co-written with American
Pagan studies Pagan studies is the multidisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of modern paganism, a broad assortment of modern religious movements, which are typically influenced by or claiming to be derived from the various pagan beliefs of premodern ...
scholar
Chas S. Clifton.
See also
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Wicca
Wicca () is a modern Pagan religion. Scholars of religion categorise it as both a new religious movement and as part of the occultist stream of Western esotericism. It was developed in England during the first half of the 20th century and was ...
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Robert Cochrane (witch)
Robert Cochrane (26 January 1931 – 3 July 1966), who was born as Roy Bowers, was an English occultist who founded the tradition of Witchcraft known as The Clan of Tubal Cain.
Born in a working-class family in West London, he became interes ...
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External links
Interview in ''The Cauldron'', 2003
English occultists
English occult writers
Esotericists
1936 births
2003 deaths
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