Church of Aphrodite
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The Church of Aphrodite was a nature-based church founded by Gleb Botkin on Long Island, New York in 1938. He won the right to register it as a religious charter in the New York State Supreme Court.
Botkin later moved the church to Charlottesville, Virginia. He self-published a book arguing that Aphrodite was the supreme deity and the creation of the world was like a woman giving birth. The church was one of the earliest of its kind in the neopaganism movement in the United States. Botkin's church is mentioned in the recent book Her Hidden Children: The Rise of Wicca and Paganism in America, by Chas S. Clifton.[1] [2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Gleb Botkin in Charlottesville, Virginia," a thread at Alexanderpalace.org. alexanderpalace.org. Retrieved on February 25, 2007.
- ^ "Donald D. Harrison," an obituary at Witchvox. witchvox.com. Retrieved on February 25, 2007.
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