Gerald B  Gardner

Gardner, Gerald B(rousseau) (1884–1964) Part 1

Gerald Gardner (1884–1964) English Witch and founder of contemporary Witchcraft as a religion. Hereditary Witches and practitioners of family tradition witchcraft object to Gardner being credited as t...

Gardner, Gerald B(rousseau) (1884–1964) Part 2

The Gardners resided in the New Forest area, where Gardner became active with the Fellowship of Crotona, an occult group linked to Co-Masons, a Masonic order founded by Mrs. Besant Scott, daughter of ...

Gerald Brousseau Gardner, (1884–1964) Part 3

Crowley appointed Gardner as an honorary member of the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), a Tantric sex magic order once led by Crowley, and gave Gardner permission to run an OTO lodge. Gardner had to keep h...

Gardner, Gerald B(rousseau) (1884–1964) Part 4

In 1960, he was honored with an invitation to a garden party at Buckingham Palace, recognizing his exceptional civil service in the Far East. That same year, his wife, who had never been involved in t...