A Coven is a group of highly individual and individualistic, creative, intuitive people who recognise that blending all their individual qualities and strengths together works well within the Craft. A Coven is a group of Witches therefore, who weave their individual creativity, power, magick and inspiration into one collective whole which is greater than the sum of its parts. A Coven is a group of people who experience spirituality together through seasonal and other rituals, and who while retaining their own individual views and beliefs, recognise that those beliefs and principles that all Witches at least broadly hold in common, can be woven into one communal spiritual structure and experience-framework. A Coven is a pool of knowledge and experience that all members can draw from. That's just a few of the possibilities and potentials inherent in a Coven, and now I'll open that up more.
All Witches are creative, artistic, intuitive and spiritual people.
All witches are highly individualistic. Weaving all of that together can cause conflicts at times in most Covens, but what sustains every Coven is that all its members keep their guiding principles firmly in mind and recognise that if all subsume some of their individuality, then we can bring all of our talents and power together in ways that benefit all. Quite simply there is a strength in numbers that is worth sacrificing some individual freedom of expression for. In order to achieve this most Covens work through an agreed structure of rituals, activities, festivals and meetings. This is the Tradition of which that Coven is a member.