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Dianic Wicca, also known as Dianic Witchcraft, [1] is a modern pagan goddess tradition focused on female experience and empowerment. Leadership is by women, who may be ordained as priestesses, or in less formal groups that function as collectives.
In the 1970s, Wicca was notably influenced by feminism, leading to the creation of an eclectic, Goddess-worshipping movement known as Dianic Wicca. [103] The 1979 publication of Margot Adler 's Drawing Down the Moon and Starhawk 's The Spiral Dance opened a new chapter in public awareness of paganism. [ 104 ]
Saxon Wicca; Dianic Wicca. McFarland Dianic Wicca; Faery Wicca; Georgian Wicca; Odyssean Wicca; Wiccan church. New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn (1968) Church and School of Wicca (1968) Circle Sanctuary (1974) Covenant of the Goddess (1975) Aquarian Tabernacle Church (1979) Rowan Tree Church (1979) Coven of the Far Flung Net (1998 ...
Wicca's history of leading women begins with examples of members such as Zsuzsanna Budapest (1940), who founded one of Wicca's first feminist covens, has formed further feminist traditions within the faith over time. [54] Wicca encourages a balance in power between men and women, regardless of gender and does not favour one gender over the ...
Founder of Dianic Wicca, Founder of the Susan B. Anthony Coven Symbol of the Goddess with the Pentagram . Zsuzsanna Emese Mokcsay (born 1940) is a Hungarian-American writer, activist, playwright and songwriter living in America who writes about feminist spirituality and Dianic Wicca under the pen name Zsuzsanna Budapest or Z. Budapest .
Dianic Wicca (2 C, 2 P) F. Feri Tradition (1 C, 5 P) G. ... Pages in category "Wiccan traditions" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
One initiate of both the Dianic and Gardnerian traditions was a woman known as Starhawk who went on to found her own tradition, Reclaiming Wicca. She furthermore published The Spiral Dance: a Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess (1979), a book which helped spread Wicca throughout the U.S. [5] [6]
Various triune or triple goddesses, or deities who appeared in groupings of three, were known to ancient religion. Well-known examples include the Tridevi (Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati), Triglav (Slavs), the Charites (Graces), the Horae (Seasons, of which there were three in the ancient Hellenistic reckoning), and the Moirai (Fates).