Doreen Valiente

Doreen Edith Dominy Vlachopoulos Valiente (born January 4, 1922 in Mitcham, South London, September 1, 1999 in Brighton) is an English-born member of the early-caliber couturier run by Gerald Gardner. Curriculum vitae

Born as Doreen Domina, a daughter of Christian parents, she was convinced since her youth that she had magical power. Valiente was the name of her second husband, whom she married in 1944.

Wicca Shortly after Gardner published his impressions of the initiation of witchcraft, Valiente joined him (in 1952) and began collaborating on the ritual. Valiente became High Priest of Gardner in 1953 and wrote a series of poems to be used by Wikkan; She also helped formulate the Victorian Council (Old Wiccan Rede). However, the growing desire to publicize at Gardner caused a conflict with Valiente. When she tried to control him, he unexpectedly issued the Wiccan Laws in 1957. She could not accept them and disconnected from Gardner's cage to establish her own. Eventually, after Gardner died, she joined Robert Cochrane's cocaine.

Work In the 70s she published a series of books and gradually became one of the most respected and influential Wicca writers, deserving the entry in the Dictionary of Biographies. She was an active propagator of modern witchcraft and neo-paganism; Particular emphasis was put on separating the Wiccan movement from Satanism. She did not focus on finding the reverb. It was worth remembering the figure supporting the development of the Pogansk Federation. At the allegations of skeptic Valiente tried, with some success, to provide evidence of Gardner's claims regarding his initiation. Dr. Leo Ruickbie analyzes her life and contribution to Wicca in the book Witchcraft Out of the Shadows. According to Ruickbie, Valiente was "Mother of Contemporary Witchcraft", playing an important role in prescribing many of Gardner's manuscripts on rituals. Artworks Authoritative control (person):

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