Wiccan organisations are groups formed by
Wicca
Wicca (), also known as "The Craft", is a Modern paganism, modern pagan, syncretic, Earth religion, Earth-centred religion. Considered a new religious movement by Religious studies, scholars of religion, the path evolved from Western esote ...
ns, particularly in North America. While in Europe Wicca is most often organised into independent
coven
A coven () is a group or gathering of Witchcraft, witches. The word "coven" (from Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman ''covent, cuvent'', from Old French ''covent'', from Latin ''conventum'' = convention) remained largely unused in English lan ...
s, in the United States some covens choose to combine to form a Wiccan church or other organisation. Churches are often formed from
hive covens.
Legal status
Some Wiccan and
neopagan witchcraft
Neopagan witchcraft, sometimes referred to as The Craft, is an umbrella term for some neo-pagan traditions that include the practice of magic. They may also incorporate aspects of nature worship, divination, and herbalism. These traditions be ...
organisations have chosen to achieve formal legal status by becoming non-profit corporations within their states or provinces, and sometimes they additionally obtain tax-exempt status in the United States under §
501(c)(3)
A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, Trust (business), trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. It is one of ...
of the
Internal Revenue Code
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC), is the domestic portion of federal statutory tax law in the United States. It is codified in statute as Title 26 of the United States Code. The IRC is organized topically into subtitles and sections, co ...
.
List of organisations
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Aquarian Tabernacle Church
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Bricket Wood coven
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Children of Artemis
The Children of Artemis is a UK-based witchcraft membership organisation that organises Witchfests; regular Wiccan and witchcraft themed festivals and conferences, periodically held in London, Glasgow and Cardiff. They publish the magazine ''Witc ...
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Church and School of Wicca
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Circle Sanctuary
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Coven Celeste
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Covenant of the Goddess
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New Forest coven
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New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn
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Panthean Temple
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The Rowan Tree Church
The Rowan Tree Church is a Wiccan organization, legally incorporated in 1979. It is an Earth-focused network of Members dedicated to the study and practice of the Wiccan Tradition known as Lothloriën. Originally centered in Minneapolis beginning i ...
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Universal Eclectic Wicca
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Wiccan Church of Canada
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Witchcraft Research Association
See also
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Grey School of Wizardry
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Magical organization
A magical organization or magical order is an organization or secret society created for the practice of initiation into ceremonial or other forms of occult magic or to further the knowledge of magic among its members. Magical organizations ca ...
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Our Lady of Endor Coven
References
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