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Raymond Buckland was born on 31 August, 1934 in London, England, is an English writer on the subject of Wicca and the occult. Discover Raymond Buckland's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Occupation Writer
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 31 August 1934
Birthday 31 August
Birthplace London, England
Date of death 27 September, 2017
Died Place Ohio, United States
Nationality London, England

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1934

Raymond Buckland (31 August 1934 – 27 September 2017), whose craft name was Robat, was an English writer on the subject of Wicca and the occult, and a significant figure in the history of Wicca, of which he was a high priest in both the Gardnerian and Seax-Wica traditions.

Buckland was born in London on 31 August 1934, to Eileen and Stanley Buckland.

Buckland was of mixed ethnicity; his mother was English, and his father was Romanichal ("English Gypsy").

He was raised in the Anglican Church but developed an interest in Spiritualism and the occult at about age 12, after encountering it from a Spiritualist uncle.

1939

When World War II broke out in 1939, the family moved to Nottingham, where Buckland attended Nottingham High School.

It was here that he became involved in amateur dramatic productions.

He went on to be educated at King's College School.

1955

In 1955 he married Rosemary Moss.

1957

From 1957 to 1959, he served in the Royal Air Force, and then went on to work in a London publishing company for four years, before he and his wife emigrated to the United States in 1962, where they lived on Long Island, New York.

Whilst living in the United States, Buckland worked for British Airways.

In the US, at that time he was head of the Anthropology Department at Columbia University.

Buckland soon read the books The Witch-Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Murray and Witchcraft Today by Gerald Gardner, which gave him an insight into the Witchcraft religion, or Wicca as it is now more commonly known.

Some sources relay that Buckland had established a relationship with Gardner when he was living on the Isle of Man and running his witchcraft museum; it seems this relationship was by correspondence.

The two became friends, and had several telephone conversations, which led to Buckland becoming Gardner's spokesman in America.

Buckland also met and befriended Margaret St. Clair, author of the occult classic Sign of the Labrys.

Both Buckland and his wife Rosemary travelled to Scotland, where, in Perth, they were initiated into the craft by the High Priestess Monique Wilson (known as the Lady Olwen).

Gardner attended the ceremony, but did not perform it himself.

Gardner died shortly after, having never met Buckland again.

The Bucklands returned home to the United States following their meeting with Gardner, bringing the Gardnerian Book of Shadows with them.

They moved to Timberline Drive in Brentwood.

That same year they founded a coven in Bay Shore.

This was the first group in the US following the Gardnerian Wicca lineage of direct initiation.

Many fully initiated Gardnerians in the US can trace their origins back to this coven, which was a centre for Neopaganism in America for twenty years.

The Bucklands tried to keep their identities secret at first, due to concern about unwanted and negative attention, however journalist Lisa Hoffman of the New York Sunday News published a news story on them without permission.

/ Buckland also appeared on the Alan Burke talk show, which is when his neighbors discovered that he practiced Wicca.

Once 'outed', Buckland purchased and drove around in a hearse, where he was a familiar sight in the community.

1968

In 1968 Buckland formed the First Museum of Witchcraft and Magick in the United States, as influenced by Gardner's Museum of Witchcraft and Magick.

It started off as a by-appointment-only policy museum in his own basement.

1971

According to his written works, primarily Witchcraft from the Inside, published in 1971, he was the first person in the United States to openly admit to being a practitioner of Wicca, and he introduced the lineage of Gardnerian Wicca to the United States in 1964, after having been initiated by Gerald Gardner's then-high priestess Monique Wilson in Britain the previous year.

He later formed his own tradition dubbed Seax-Wica which focuses on the symbolism of Anglo-Saxon paganism.

1973

When Buckland and his wife separated in 1973, they both left the coven.

In 1973, following his separation from his wife, Buckland moved his museum to Weirs Beach in New Hampshire.

1978

In 1978, he moved to Virginia, disbanded the museum, and put all his artifacts in storage.

2008

In 2008, the artifacts of the Museum were housed and entrusted to the care of The Covenant of the Pentacle Wiccan Church (CPWC), based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and led by Arch Priestess Rev. Velvet Rieth.

After a period of neglect and mismanagement of the previous curator, Rev. Velvet, along with many members of her church, were able to begin the restoration process.

2015

In 2015, the artifacts were turned over to the Temple of Sacrifice, a coven based in Columbus, Ohio, founded by Raymond Buckland and Kat Tigner.

Toni Rotonda, APS of T.O.S., is the museum collections current owner.

The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick is currently being displayed in Cleveland, Ohio.

2019

After his collection of artifacts grew he moved the museum to a 19th-century house in Bay Shore.

The museum received some media attention, and a documentary was produced about it.