The use (or over-use) of "outer court" Craft names (to be used outside of initiates-only or "inner-court" settings) is the subject of some debate. Some treat the choosing of a name as a solemn and significant event while others regard the practice as an affectation to be ridiculed. Pete Bevin, Pete's Craft Name Generator. Accessed 18 May 2007. Dafo - the initiator of Gerald Gardner, thought to be Edith Woodford-Grimes.Heselton, Philip, Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration: An Investigation into the Sources of Gardnerian Witchcraft (2003). Capall Bann Publishing. Scire - a.k.a. Gerald Gardner.Gardner, Gerald. Witchcraft Today (1954) London: Rider Ameth - a.k.a. Doreen Valiente, Gardner's first High Priestess. Melissa Seims, Elders of the Wica. Accessed 18 May 2007. Dayonis - a.k.a. Thelma Capel who replaced Ameth as Gardner's High Priestess.Robert Muller, The Private Life of A Witch, in The Daily Mail, Monday November 3rd 1958. Available herePhilip Heselton, Barbara Vickers - Gardner's First Initiate? Originally published in The Cauldron May 2006, available here. Accessed 25 July 2008. Thelema - a.k.a. Patricia Crowther. Artemis - a.k.a. Eleanor Bone. Tanith - a.k.a. Lois Bourne. Robert - a.k.a. Fred Lamond. Olwen and Loic - a.k.a. Monique and Campbell 'Scotty' Wilson. Robat - a.k.a. Raymond Buckland, initiated by Olwen and responsible for providing a bridge for Wicca between the UK and USA.Melissa Seims, A Wica (sic) Family Tree, available here Rowen - a.k.a. Rosemary Buckland, high priestess descended from Olwen, and Raymond Buckland's ex-wife URL Verbius - a.k.a. Alex Sanders. Aradia - a.k.a. Phyllis Curott, the story of the adoption of her craft name is told in her autobiographical Book of Shadows (1998) Silver RavenWolf - a.k.a. Jenine E. Trayer. Zsuzsanna Budapest - a.k.a. ZsuZsanna Ernese Moukesay. Starhawk - a.k.a. Miriam Simos. Cerridwen Fallingstar - a.k.a. Cheri Lesh. Lady Gwen Thompson - a.k.a. Phyllis Thompson (née Healy)
The use (or over-use) of "outer court" Craft names (to be used outside of initiates-only or "inner-court" settings) is the subject of some debate. Some treat the choosing of a name as a solemn and significant event while others regard the practice as an affectation to be ridiculed. Dafo - the initiator of Gerald Gardner, thought to be Edith Woodford-Grimes.Heselton, Philip, Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration: An Investigation into the Sources of Gardnerian Witchcraft (2003). Capall Bann Publishing. Scire - a.k.a. Gerald Gardner.Gardner, Gerald. Witchcraft Today (1954) London: Rider Ameth - a.k.a. Doreen Valiente, Gardner's first High Priestess. Dayonis - a.k.a. Thelma Capel who replaced Ameth as Gardner's High Priestess.Robert Muller, The Private Life of A Witch, in The Daily Mail, Monday November 3rd 1958. Available herePhilip Heselton, Barbara Vickers - Gardner's First Initiate? Originally published in The Cauldron May 2006, available here. Accessed 25 July 2008. Thelema - a.k.a. Patricia Crowther. Artemis - a.k.a. Eleanor Bone. Tanith - a.k.a. Lois Bourne. Robert - a.k.a. Fred Lamond. Olwen and Loic - a.k.a. Monique and Campbell 'Scotty' Wilson. Robat - a.k.a. Raymond Buckland, initiated by Olwen and responsible for providing a bridge for Wicca between the UK and USA.Melissa Seims, A Wica (sic) Family Tree, available here Rowen - a.k.a. Rosemary Buckland, high priestess descended from Olwen, and Raymond Buckland's ex-wife URL Verbius - a.k.a. Alex Sanders. Aradia - a.k.a. Phyllis Curott, the story of the adoption of her craft name is told in her autobiographical Book of Shadows (1998) Silver RavenWolf - a.k.a. Jenine E. Trayer. Zsuzsanna Budapest - a.k.a. ZsuZsanna Ernese Moukesay. Starhawk - a.k.a. Miriam Simos. Cerridwen Fallingstar - a.k.a. Cheri Lesh. Lady Gwen Thompson - a.k.a. Phyllis Thompson (née Healy)
D
Pete Bevin, Pete's Craft Name Generator. Accessed 18 May 2007.
D
Melissa Seims, Elders of the Wica. Accessed 18 May 2007.