Happy Birthday to Ray Buckland!

Author Raymond Buckland has a birthday today. He's been writing books on Paganism and Wiccan for some forty-odd years now, and is often credited with being instrumental in bringing Wicca to the United States. Ray was introduced to Spiritualism by his uncle as a child, and was later initiated into Wicca by Gerald Gardner. After leaving the Gardnerian tradition, Ray founded Seax Wica. He continues to make numerous appearances on the lecture and teaching circuit each year (and actually I'm hoping I'll have something really nice by him to share with you all for Samhain, but more on that later on). He is currently working on his autobiography.

For me personally, the first time I read "Big Blue" back around 1989 was a defining moment in which I realized that I was not, after all, alone in what I believed -- for that, Ray, I thank you. Have a wonderful, wonderful birthday!