Evan John Jones (witch)
Appearance
Evan John Jones | |
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![]() Jones in later life. Photograph by Ann and Dave Finnin. | |
Born | 1936 |
Died | 2003 Brighton, England | (aged 66–67)
Spouse | Val Jones |
Evan John Jones (1936–2003) was an English traditional witch, occultist and writer who operated within the tradition of Cochrane's Craft.
Early life
[edit]An engineer, he served in the Army as a young man and saw active duty as a paratrooper in the Suez crisis of 1956 and fighting communist insurgents in Malaya.[1]
Career
[edit]Following Robert Cochrane's death in 1966, he served as the second Magister of the Clan of Tubal Cain from 1966 to 1998.
Publications
[edit]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 scholar Chas S. Clifton.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Interview in The Cauldron, 2003
Bibliography
[edit]- Clifton, Chas S. (2006). Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America. Oxford and Lanham: AltaMira. ISBN 978-0-7591-0202-6.
- Doyle White, Ethan (2010). "The Meaning of "Wicca": A Study in Etymology, History and Pagan Politics". The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies. 12 (2): 185–207. doi:10.1558/pome.v12i2.185.
- Doyle White, Ethan (2011). "Robert Cochrane and the Gardnerian Craft: Feuds, Secrets, and Mysteries in Contemporary British Witchcraft". The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies. 13 (2): 205–224.
- Howard, Michael (2011). Children of Cain: A Study of Modern Traditional Witches. Richmond Vista: Three Hands Press.
- Hutton, Ronald (1999). The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198207443.
- Oates, Shani (2010). Tubelo's Green Fire. Oxford: Mandrake.
- Valiente, Doreen (1989). The Rebirth of Witchcraft. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 978-0709083696.
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