The Pagan Movement

The Pagan Movement in Britain and Ireland was formed in 1970 when the American witch Joe Wilson (then based in Britain with the USAF) got together with Tony Kelly and others with the intention of forming a new movement with the aim of “creating a society wherein everyone will be free to worship the Goddesses and Gods of Nature”. This was announced in Joe Wilson's newsletter The Waxing Moon, re-launched in a new series as the Movement's magazine. He wrote in the editorial of the first issue (Samhain 1970) explaining how the initial discussion with many members of the wiccan community had led to a disagreement about the philosophy of the new movement and how this led to the editor of The Wiccan magazine deciding to start a different movement instead which he called ‘The Pagan Front’. This l

The Pagan Movement

The Pagan Movement in Britain and Ireland was formed in 1970 when the American witch Joe Wilson (then based in Britain with the USAF) got together with Tony Kelly and others with the intention of forming a new movement with the aim of “creating a society wherein everyone will be free to worship the Goddesses and Gods of Nature”. This was announced in Joe Wilson's newsletter The Waxing Moon, re-launched in a new series as the Movement's magazine. He wrote in the editorial of the first issue (Samhain 1970) explaining how the initial discussion with many members of the wiccan community had led to a disagreement about the philosophy of the new movement and how this led to the editor of The Wiccan magazine deciding to start a different movement instead which he called ‘The Pagan Front’. This l