Roy Bowers
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Roy Bowers (1931-1966), aka Robert Cochrane, was a British cunning man and one of the most famous figures in modern witchcraft of non-Wiccan variety. His coven, the Clan of Tubal Cain, was running contemporaneously with Gerald Gardner's early covens, and from 1964 Doreen Valiente, who had been Gardner's High Priestess, worked with this group. According to Ronald Hutton's Trimuph of the Moon, Bowers is responsible for the introduction of the stang as a ritual tool.
Cochrane died in 1966 on Midsummer eve, having ingested belladonna. It is unclear whether this was a ritual suicide or a failed psychedelic experiment.
A group called The Regency was formed to preserve and continue his tradition; it eventually disbanded in 1978.
Following correspondence with Cochrane in the early 1960s, an American group called the 1734 Tradition was founded, based on his teachings and ideas in Robert Graves' The White Goddess.
[edit] References
- The Writings of Roy Bowers (Retrieved 2007-02-08).
- Robert Cochrane, from controverscial.com (Retrieved 2007-02-08).
- Phillips, Julia History of Wicca in England: 1939 to the Present Day 2004 revised edition (Retrieved 2007-02-08).
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