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7- Church of All Worlds founded, 1962 - Fist Wiccan "tract" published by Pete Pathfinder Davis, 1996
8- William Alexander Aynton initiated into the Isis-Urania Temple of the Golden Dawn, 1896; he would later be called the "Grand Old Man" of the Golden Dawn
10- Birthday of Rev. Montaque Summers, orthodox scholar and author of A History of Witchcraft and Demonology, 1880
11- Burning of Major Wier, Scottish "sorcerer" who confessed of his own accord, 1670; some historians believe that the Major became delusional or senile because up until his confession he had an excellent reputation and was a pillar of society
12- Handfasting of Oberon and Morning Glory Zell, 1974
13- First confession of witchcraft by Isobel Gowdie, whose case is considered unusual becasue no torture was used to extract her confession, Scotland, 1662
14- Adoption of the 13 Principles of the Wiccan Belief at "Witch Meet" in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1974
15- Birthday of Elizabeth Montgomery, who played Samantha on Bewitched, 1933
16- Birthday of Margot Adler, author of Drawing Down the Moon
17- Aleister Crowley breaks into and takes over the Golden Dawn temple, providing the catalyst of the demise of the original Golden Dawn, 1900
19- Conviction of Witches at second of four famous trials at Chelmsford, England, 1579
22- Earth Day; the first Earth Day was in 1970
23- Edward III of England begins the order of the Garter, 1350 - First National All-Woman Confrence on Wormen's Spirituality held, Boston, 1976
25- USA Today reports that Patricia Hutchins is the first military Wiccan granted religious leave for the sabbats, 1989
29- Birthday of Ed Fitch, Wiccan author