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He trained as a registered nurse and has studied complementary healing methods such as [[reflexology]]. He was initiated into [[Seax-Wicca]] in 1986. He is currently developing the theory that [[Wicca]] may have some roots in tribal shamanistic healing traditions, as opposed to medieval ritual magic.<ref>{{cite web | title=Progressive Witchcraft | work=New Page Books | author=Bone, Gavin and Farrar, Janet | url=http://www.wicca.utvinternet.com/view.htm | accessdate=2004 }}</ref>
He trained as a registered nurse and has studied complementary healing methods such as [[reflexology]]. He was initiated into [[Seax-Wicca]] in 1986. He is currently developing the theory that [[Wicca]] may have some roots in tribal shamanistic healing traditions, as opposed to medieval ritual magic.<ref>{{cite web | title=Progressive Witchcraft | work=New Page Books | author=Bone, Gavin and Farrar, Janet | url=http://www.wicca.utvinternet.com/view.htm | accessdate=2004 }}</ref>


Bone first met [[Janet Farrar]] and [[Stewart Farrar]] in 1989 at a Pagan camp at [[Groby]], near [[Leicester]], where they struck up a friendship. He accompanied them on a tour of the United States in 1992, and on their return he moved to Ireland and became their business partner. He joined the Farrars as part of a "[[polyfidelitous]] relationship",<ref>{{cite web | title=Our Views | work=Wicca na hErin | author=Bone, Gavin and Farrar, Janet | url=http://www.wicca.utvinternet.com/view.htm | accessdate=December 10, 2005}}</ref> and has continued in both the personal and professional relationship since Stewart's death on February 7, 2000. He co-authored several books with the Farrars, and he is the production manager for their videos. He also set up their website in 1996, which has become the “Pagan Information Network”, a contact network for Pagans across the Republic and Northern Ireland, for which Gavin and Janet Farrar are the primary coordinators.
Bone first met [[Janet Farrar]] and [[Stewart Farrar]] in 1989 at a Pagan camp at [[Groby]], near [[Leicester]], where they struck up a friendship. He accompanied them on a tour of the United States in 1992, and on their return he moved to Ireland and became their business partner. He joined the Farrars as part of a "[[polyfidelitous]] relationship",<ref>{{cite web | title=Our Views | work=Wicca na hErin | author=Bone, Gavin and Farrar, Janet | url=http://www.wicca.utvinternet.com/view.htm | accessdate=December 10, 2005}}</ref>.


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

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Gavin Bone is an author and lecturer in the fields of magic, witchcraft, Wicca and Neo-Paganism, and an organizer in the Neo-Pagan community. He was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in England, in 1964.

Wicca and Neopaganism

He trained as a registered nurse and has studied complementary healing methods such as reflexology. He was initiated into Seax-Wicca in 1986. He is currently developing the theory that Wicca may have some roots in tribal shamanistic healing traditions, as opposed to medieval ritual magic.[1]

Bone first met Janet Farrar and Stewart Farrar in 1989 at a Pagan camp at Groby, near Leicester, where they struck up a friendship. He accompanied them on a tour of the United States in 1992, and on their return he moved to Ireland and became their business partner. He joined the Farrars as part of a "polyfidelitous relationship",[2].

Bibliography

  • 1999 - The Pagan Path (Phoenix Publishing) ISBN 0-919345-40-9
  • 1999 - The Healing Craft (Phoenix Publishing) ISBN 0-919345-18-2
  • 2001 - The Complete Dictionary of European Gods and Goddesses (Holmes Pub Group LLC) ISBN 1-86163-122-7
  • 2004 - Progressive Witchcraft (New Page Books) ISBN 1-56414-719-3

Notes

  1. ^ Bone, Gavin and Farrar, Janet. "Progressive Witchcraft". New Page Books. Retrieved 2004. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Bone, Gavin and Farrar, Janet. "Our Views". Wicca na hErin. Retrieved December 10, 2005.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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