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A coven (/ k ʌ v ən /) is a group or gathering of witches.The word "coven" (from Anglo-Norman covent, cuvent, from Old French covent, from Latin conventum = convention) remained largely unused in English until 1921 when Margaret Murray promoted the idea that all witches across Europe met in groups of thirteen which they called "covens".
The Covenant of the Goddess (CoG) is a cross-traditional Wiccan group of solitary Wiccan practitioners and over one hundred affiliated covens (or congregations). [1] It was founded in 1975 in order to increase co-operation among witches and to secure for witches and covens the legal protection enjoyed by members of other religions. [2]
Wiccan organisations are groups formed by Wiccans, particularly in North America. While in Europe Wicca is most often organised into independent covens , in the United States some covens choose to combine to form a Wiccan church or other organisation.
A covenstead is a meeting place of a coven (a group of witches). [1] The term relates specifically to the meeting place of witches within certain modern religious movements such as Wicca that fall under the collective term Modern Paganism, also referred to as Contemporary Paganism or Neopaganism. It functions to provide a place for the group to ...
Wicca (English: / ˈ w ɪ k ə /), also known as "The Craft", [1] is a modern pagan, syncretic, earth-centered religion.Considered a new religious movement by scholars of religion, the path evolved from Western esotericism, developed in England during the first half of the 20th century, and was introduced to the public in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant.
In Spring 1967, the Coven of Y Tylwyth Teg of Dynion Mwyn became "The Church of Y Tylwyth Teg in America." Many seekers who were Pagan and seeking an Earth-religion-oriented spiritual philosophy, became interested and joined classes. Lord Rhuddlwm initiated Lady Dana who become the first American Priestess of Dynion Mwyn and Y Tylwyth Teg.
Many witches gather with others to have large parties or perform rituals with a small witches' circle. When Honigman was a member of a coven she says she held, "big rituals" with "lots of ...
A summoner, sometimes called a fetch,, [1] tanist, or tyler is the holder of a position in many traditional Wiccan covens. The primary, or at least most evident, function of the summoner is to call other coven members to a meeting or ritual. The summoner is also responsible for all inter-coven communication, and traditionally is the only member ...