Evan John Jones (witch)

Evan John Jones
Jones in later life. Photograph by Ann and Dave Finnin.
Born1936
Died2003(2003-00-00) (aged 66–67)
Brighton, England
SpouseVal 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

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

Following Robert Cochrane's death in 1966, he served as the second Magister of the Clan of Tubal Cain from 1966 to 1998.

Publications

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

References

  1. ^ Interview in The Cauldron, 2003

Bibliography

  • 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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