Vivianne Crowley

Vivianne Crowley is an author, university lecturer, psychologist, and a High Priestess and teacher of the Wiccan religion. She was initiated into the London coven of Alex Sanders (founder of the Alexandrian tradition of Wicca) at the age of eighteen, but later joined a Gardnerian coven. She founded the Wicca Study Group in London in 1988, and became secretary of the Pagan Federation the same year.^[1] As an interfaith coordinator for the Federation, she served as the U.K. coordinator of the Pagan Chaplainry Services for H.M. Prisons. In 1989, she released her first book Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age, which is one of the most valued and widespread books on Wicca.^[2] It was revised and updated in 1996 as Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Millennium.

Crowley is a Jungian psychologist who lectures on the psychology of religion at King’s College London, University of London. She holds a bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of London. She is also the adjunct professor at the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Bibliography

• The Goddess Book of Days (2003) Vega Books ISBN 1843336235, ISBN 978-1843336235
• Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age (1989) (revised and updated in 1996 as Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Millennium) Element Books Ltd. ISBN 0722532717, ISBN 978-0722532713
• Phoenix from the Flame: Pagan Spirituality in the Western World (1994) Thorsons Publishers (Reissue edition) ISBN 1855381613, ISBN 978-1855381612
• Principles of Paganism (1996) Thorsons Publishers (Reissue edition) ISBN 1855385074, ISBN 978-1855385078
• Principles of Wicca (1998) Thorsons ISBN 0722534515, ISBN 978-0722534519
• Principles of Jungian Spirituality: The Only Instruction You'll Ever Need (1998) Thorsons ISBN 0722535783, ISBN 978-0722535783
• Celtic Wisdom: Seasonal Festivals and Rituals (1998) Sterling Pub Co Inc ISBN 0806970561, ISBN 978-0806970561

References

1. ^ Hutton, Ronald (1999). Triumph of the Moon. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 373. ISBN 0-19-286449-6. "... the Pagan Federation was refounded with a larger and more formal structure; five executive officers, a treasury and an extended framework for dealing with correspondence and for production of The Wiccan. The president was Leonora James, the secretary another high priestess, Vivianne Crowley, who had been trained in Alexandrian and Gardnerian Wicca in the 1970s and come to prominence in the 1980s." 
2. ^ Hjelm, Titus (ed.) (2005) (in Finnish). Mitä wicca on? (1st edition ed.). Helsinki: Like. pp. 28. ISBN 952-471-502-3. "Her book Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Age (1989) is a typical example of a strongly psychologized interpretation of Wicca. The book in question is one of the most valued and widespread books on Wicca."