Vivianne Crowley is an author, university lecturer, psychologist, and a High Priestess and teacher of the

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n religion. She was initiated into the London coven of Alex Sanders (founder of the Alexandrian tradition of Wicca) at the age of eighteen, but later joined a Gardnerian coven in the famous Whitecroft line derived from Eleanor Bone, and so she was one of few people in the seventies to be part of both traditions. She founded the Wicca Study Group in London in 1988, and became secretary of the

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the same year. Vivianne Crowley was described as "very influential in recent developments in Wicca... She has more of less captained the bringing together of the Gardnerian and Alexandrian Traditions through the process of cross-initiation, where a person is initiated into both Traditions". Professor

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also has described Vivianne as "the closest thing that Britain possessed to an informal successor to Alex Sanders. As an interfaith coordinator for the Federation, she served as the U.K. coordinator of the Pagan Chaplainry Services for H.M. Prisons. In 1989, she released her first book ''Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age'', which is one of the most valued and widespread books on Wicca. It was revised and updated in 1996 as ''Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Millennium''. Crowley is a Jungian psychologist who lectures on the

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, University of London.''The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca'' by Rosemary Ellen Guiley (2008) Pg. 82 Infobase Publishing She holds a bachelor's degree and Ph.D. in Psychology from the

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. She is also the adjunct professor at the Union Institute in

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Bibliography

Books

* ''Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age'' (1989) (revised and updated in 1996 as ''Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Millennium'') Element Books Ltd. , * ''Phoenix from the Flame: Pagan Spirituality in the Western World'' (1994) Thorsons Publishers (Reissue edition) , * ''Principles of Paganism'' (1996) Thorsons Publishers (Reissue edition) , * ''Principles of Wicca'' (1998) Thorsons , * ''Principles of Jungian Spirituality: The Only Instruction You'll Ever Need'' (1998) Thorsons , * ''Celtic Wisdom: Seasonal Festivals and Rituals'' (1998) Sterling Pub Co Inc , * ''Your dark side : How to turn your inner negativity into positive energy'' (2001) (co-author Christopher Crowley) Thorsons * ''The Goddess Book of Days'' (2003) Vega Books , * ''Wild Once : Awaken the magic within. Unleash true Power'' (2022) Penguin

Journal articles

* "Wicca as Nature Religion" in ''Nature Religion Today: Paganism in the Modern World'' J.Pearson, Professor R.Roberts, G.Samuel (1998), pp. 170–179. * "Jungian Feminists" in Leeming D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27771-9_200080-1 * "Carl Jung and the Development of Contemporary Paganism" paper for `The Development of Paganism: History, Influences and Contexts, 1880-2002' Conference organised by The Open University Religious Studies Research Group Belief Beyond Boundaries (12 January 2002).

References

External links

Consultants profile of Dr Vivianne Crowley at site The College of Psychic studies Vogue magazine article (Arts & lifetstyle). `How To Celebrate The Spring Equinox, According To A Wiccan High Priestess' (16th March 2022) by Vivianne Crowley Illustrated livestream talk on `Carl Jung and The Red Book: A Voyage into Imagination and Spirit' by Dr Vivianne Crowley Treadwells London bookshop event `An on the sofa talk' Vivianne Crowley interviewed in person & livestream by Dr Christina Oakley Harrington (13th March 2022)
* ttps://cherryhillseminary.academia.edu/VivianneCrowley/PapersAcademia.edu site profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Crowley, Vivianne Alexandrian Wicca Alumni of the University of London English occult writers English Wiccans Wiccan priestesses Academics of King's College London Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Wiccan writers