Aquarian Tabernacle Church
ATC is an umbrella organization for several covens, with a center in Washington State. Like COG and DWC (see below), ATC is very interested in achieving recognition and acceptance of the Craft as a legitimate religion. Two of their strengths are interfaith work and ministry to Pagans in the correctional system. ATC publishes Panegyria newsletter and hosts a Spring Mysteries festival in Washington as well as open sabbats and other events.
Contact: Aquarian Tabernacle Church, P.O. Box 409, Index, WA 98256. Their telephone is (206) 793-1945.
Circle Sanctuary
Circle publishes Circle Network News and other Pagan resources including the very useful Guide to Wiccan/Pagan Resources. It sponsors the Pagan Spirit Gathering each summer in the Midwest, and hosts numerous workshops and open sabbats in Wisconsin throughout the year. Circle is open to Pagans generally and sponsors the Pagan Spirit Alliance and Lady Liberty League.
Contact: Circle Sanctuary, P.O. Box 219, Mt. Horeb, WI 53572. Their telephone is (608) 924-2216, but it is probably better to write with your questions or email circle@mhtc.net.
Covenant of the Goddess
COG is an international (but largely U.S.A.-based) federation of Witches covens and solitaries, and probably the largest organization of Witches in the world. It is divided into Local Councils, which decide what programs they want to organize, though there are many at-large members who do not live near a Local Council or choose not to participate in LC activities. COG includes well over a hundred covens from varying traditions.
COG makes ministerial credentials available to qualified priests and priestesses; does a great deal of media contact and public information about the Craft; publishes The COG Newsletter; provides referrals to local or area covens; sponsors an annual festival, Merrymeet, which moves around the U.S.; sponsors the Hart and Crescent Award, which can be earned by Pagan youth; networks with other religions; and often intervenes to assist Witches who are being harassed or persecuted.
Contact: The Covenant of the Goddess, P.O. Box 1226, Berkeley, CA 94701. Please enclose $2.00 for postage and handling. Email netco@cog.org, or visit their web page at http://ddi.digital.net/~billk/rights/htm.
Desert Wind Coven
DWC is an umbrella organization for numerous covens, with a center of operations in Southern Idaho. DWC makes ministerial credentials available to qualified priests and priestesses. They (we) publish Whispers of the Desert Wind. The Desert Wind Coven sponsors a festival each summer in the Pacific Northwest, and hosts numerous workshops and open sabbats in Southern Idaho throughout the year. DWC is open to Wiccans generally and sponsors the Magic Valley Pagan Alliance and the Idaho Pagan Alliance.
Contact: The Desert Wind Coven, P.O. Box 487, Filer, ID 83328-0487. Please enclose $2.00 for postage and handling. Email info@desert-wind.org, or visit their web page at http://www.desert-wind.org/.
Earth Religions Assistance List
ERAL exists to network among religious rights activists and support religious freedom.
For more information see http://205.226.66.2/~rowan/ERAL/eral.html.
Pagan Education Network
This organization is "devoted to disseminaing correct and factual information about Wicca/Paganism" and supporting religious freedom.
For a sample newsletter and information, send $3.oo to PEN, P.O. Box 1364, Bloomington, IN 47402-1364.
The Pagan Federation
This is a British and European network of Witches and other Pagans. It publishes Pagan Dawn.
The Pagan Federation can be reached at BM Box 7097, London WC1N 3XX, United Kingdom, Europe. Or visit http://sunacm.swan.ac.uk/~paganfed.
Wiccan/Pagan Press Alliance
The WPPA helps Pagan publications network among each other. Their monthly newsletter, The Midnight Drive, discusses "news and trends from the Pagan publishing industry."
Contact: Wiccan/Pagan Press Alliance, c/o Black Forest Publishing, P.O. Box 1392, Mechanicsburg, PA 17005-1392.
Witches Anti-Discrimination Lobby
WADL gathers information on cases where Witches encounter discrimination in employment, the court system, the military, etc., and works to insure fair treatment for all of us.
Contact: Wiccan/Pagan Press Alliance, c/o Black Forest Publishing, P.O. Box 1392, Mechanicsburg, PA 17005-1392.
Witches League for Public Awareness
WLPA does much the same work as WADL, with an emphasis on educating the public through the media.
Contact: WLPA, P.O. Box 8736, Salem, MA 01971-8736.
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