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Gavin Bone (born 19 January 1964) is an English author and
lecturer in the fields of
magic
Magic or Magick most commonly refers to:
* Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces
* Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic
* Magical thinking, the belief that unrela ...
,
witchcraft
Witchcraft traditionally means the use of magic or supernatural powers to harm others. A practitioner is a witch. In medieval and early modern Europe, where the term originated, accused witches were usually women who were believed to have ...
,
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 w ...
and
Neo-Paganism
Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, is a term for a religion or family of religions influenced by the various historical pre-Christian beliefs of pre-modern peoples in Europe and adjacent areas of North Afric ...
, and an
organizer in the
Neo-Pagan community. He was born in
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth is the most dens ...
,
Hampshire
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in England, in 1964.
Early life
He was born on 19 January 1964 and was brought up in
Portsmouth
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council.
Portsmouth is the most dens ...
,
Hampshire
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. His mother regularly visited
mediums
Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings. Practitioners are known as "mediums" or "spirit mediums". There are different types of mediumship or spir ...
and
tarot readers
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, which was a major influence in his
occult interest. He attended several conferences and events in
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
on the unexplained, which made him become interested in everything from
UFO
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s to the
Surrey Puma,
ghosts, and the
Bermuda Triangle.
Career
Firstly he wanted to pursue a career in the
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
, but was unable to go into regular service and served in ''219 Wessex General Hospital RAMC (V)'' instead. Then he left because of his political beliefs. He became involved with groups such as
Greenpeace from 1981. He became interested in
Wicca
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during the same period, having previously explored
Buddhism
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,
Hinduism
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and
Taoism
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. He also started to train as a spiritual
healer, after he had attended ''The Joseph Carey Spiritualist Centre''. He practised solitary from 1982 before finding his first magical group in 1985 working from the ''Fifth Dimension Occult'' store,
Eastney
Eastney is a district in the south-east corner of Portsmouth, England, on Portsea Island. Its electoral ward is called Eastney and Craneswater. At the 2011 Census the population of this ward was 13,591.
History
Barracks and fortifications
Ea ...
,
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
. His group was eclectic and included earth healing practices as well as High Magic. It was from this group that the first coven he joined emerged, which was based on ''Buckland's Seax Wicca''. He was later initiated into a ''Gardnerian based'' tradition.
Wicca and Neopaganism
He has trained as a registered
nurse
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and has studied complementary healing methods such as
reflexology
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. He was initiated into
Seax-Wica
Seax-Wica or better Seax Witchcraft is a tradition, or denomination, inspired by the neopagan religion of Wicca. Specifically the Seax Witchcraft is largely inspired by the iconography of the historical Anglo-Saxon paganism, though, unlike Theodi ...
in 1986, and was involved in the revival of British/Anglo-Saxon traditional
shamanism in the late 1980s through a web site called ''PaganLink''. He is currently developing the theory that
Wicca
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may have some roots in tribal shamanistic healing traditions, as opposed to medieval
ritual magic
Ceremonial magic (ritual magic, high magic or learned magic) encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic. The works included are characterized by ceremony and numerous requisite accessories to aid the practitioner. It can be seen as an e ...
.
Bone first met
Janet Farrar
Janet Farrar (born Janet Owen on 24 June 1950) is a British teacher and author of books on Wicca and Neopaganism. Along with her two husbands, Stewart Farrar and Gavin Bone, she has published "some of the most influential books on modern Witch ...
and
Stewart Farrar in 1989 at a ''Pagan'' camp at
Groby
Groby (pronounced "GREW-bee") is a large English village in the county of Leicestershire, to the north west of the city of Leicester. The population at the time of the 2011 census was 6,796.
Description
The village has expanded vastly since t ...
, near
Leicester, where they became friends. He accompanied them on a tour to the
United States
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in 1992, and after their return he moved to
Ireland
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and became their business partner. He joined the Farrars as part of a "
polyfidelitous relationship",
and they continued their personal and professional relationship since Stewart's death on 7 February 2000. He co-authored several books with the Farrars, and he is the production manager for their videos. He also set up their website in 1996, which has become the “Pagan Information Network”, a contact network for
Pagans across the
Republic and Northern Ireland, for which Bone and Janet Farrar are the primary coordinators.
Bone and Janet Farrar are currently active members in the
Aquarian Tabernacle Church
The Aquarian Tabernacle Church (ATC) is a Wiccan church located in Index, Washington. It is one of the first Wiccan organisations to receive full legal recognition as a church in the United States and Australia. The church has an umbrella 501c(3 ...
of
Ireland
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, and have links with several
covens in the
United States
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,
Australia,
New Zealand
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and
Europe
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. They ran a progressive
coven in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
called Coven Na Callaighe until early 2009 which was part of Teampall Na Callaighe, which once included an open worship group Clan Na Callaighe.
Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone handfasted in Ireland, May 2001. They have legally been married since March 2014.
Early Pagan Network involvement
Following attending Link-Up '89 (September 1989) in Groby, Leicester, Gavin became involved in ''Pagan Link'' as a contact and facilitator for
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is the most dens ...
, with his wife Tania Andrade. They regularly held moots in Portsmouth, in the Milton area, and from this a small coven naturally developed of no specific tradition. He later became a contact for the Pagan Federation as it expanded its contact network. He and his wife also became part of Clan Bran, which is a clan of eclectic practitioners. It was based in
Abbots Bromley
Abbots Bromley is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire and lies approximately east of Stafford, England. According to the University of Nottingham English Place-names project, the settlement name Abbots ...
,
Leicestershire before it moved to the Republic of Ireland.
Bibliography
* 1999 - ''The Pagan Path'' (Phoenix Publishing)
* 1999 - ''The Healing Craft'' (Phoenix Publishing)
* 2001 - ''The Complete Dictionary of European Gods and Goddesses'' (Holmes Pub Group LLC)
* 2004 - ''Progressive Witchcraft'' (New Page Books)
* 2016 - ''Lifting the Veil''(Acorn Guild Press)
Notes
References
*
Grimassi, Raven. ''Encyclopedia of Wicca & Witchcraft''.
* Guiley, Rosemary Ellen. ''The Encyclopedia of Witches & Witchcraft''.
* Knowles, George.
Janet Farrar & Gavin Bone'.
External links
The Home Pages of Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone
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Living people
1964 births
Writers from Portsmouth
English occult writers
English Wiccans
Wiccan writers
Gardnerian Wiccans