Doreen Valiente, a student of Gardner, took his version from his Book of Shadows and adapted it into verse, and later into another prose version.

Doreen Valiente, one of Gardner's priestesses, later identified the woman who initiated Gardner as Dorothy Clutterbuck, referenced in A Witches ' Bible by Janet and Stewart Farrar.

In 1953 Gardner met Doreen Valiente who was to become his High Priestess in succession to Dafo.

The pioneers of the various Wiccan or Witchcraft traditions, such as Gerald Gardner, Doreen Valiente and Robert Cochrane, all claimed that their religion was a continuation of the pagan religion of the Witch-Cult following historians who had purported the Witch-Cult's existence, such as Jules Michelet and Margaret Murray.

" In the various traditions that make up British Traditional Wicca, copies of the original Book composed by Gerald Gardner with the aid of his High Priestess Doreen Valiente, along with alterations and additions that have been made since then, is followed by adherents.

Doreen Valiente claimed that this was because at the time, Gardner had not yet conceived of the idea, and only invented it after writing his novel.

High Priestess Doreen Valiente made the claim that Gardner found the term " Book of Shadows " from a 1949 edition ( Volume I, Number 3 ) of a magazine known as The Occult Observer.

On Midsummer 1953 Gardner invited Doreen again to Dafo's house, and it was here that he initiated her into Wicca.

She was initiated into Wicca by Gerald Gardner in 1960 and is considered one of the " early mothers " of this religion, like Doreen Valiente, Lois Bourne, and Eleanor Bone.

Gerald Gardner ( 1884 – 1964 ) who, with Doreen Valiente ( 1922 – 1999 ) founded Gardnerian Wicca in Britain, claimed to be initiated in the 1940s into a surviving coven of traditional witches, who worshipped both a male Horned God and a female Goddess.

In winter 1952 Gardner invited Doreen Valiente, a prospective witch, to meet him and Dafo at her house.

Their refusal to accept the Laws eventually led to Doreen Valiente and others leaving Gardner ’ s coven later that year.

The question of publicity led to Doreen and others formulating thirteen proposed ' Rules for the Craft ', which included restrictions on contact with the press.

His first marriage, to dance instructor Doreen Alderman, lasted from 1982 to 1990, although they were separated for the last six years of that period.

In 2005, Doreen Carvajal of The New York Times reported that income from the co-productions and international licensing accounted for US $ 96 million.

Although his own book had been put together with the help of Doreen Valiente and included material from a variety of modern sources, ( notably from Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches and the writings of Aleister Crowley ) it also included sections written in an antique ( or mock-antique ) style, including advice for witches brought to trial and tortured.

Seeing her costumes as an important part in creating the role of Romana, Ward clashed with costume designer Doreen James, rejecting the silver catsuit James had designed for her for the story.

* Doreen Banks former Parks Commissioner for Nassau County, former 2nd District Councilwoman Town of North Hempstead, former Nassau County Clerk and former North Hempstead Town Clerk

* Lenny Shepard, a wealthy young man living in New York, invites Doreen and Esther for drinks while they are on their way to a party.

In 2008, Plum Pictures announced plans for a Hollywood version of the novel, the movie to be written by playwright and screenwriter Tristine Skyler and Julia Stiles to star as the novel's protagonist, with Rose McGowan as Doreen.

Franky's exit saw her escaping from Wentworth accompanied by Doreen Anderson, and shot dead by a policeman after being on the run for three weeks.

Doreen was a well-meaning but inept tragi-comic figure, who was often easily influenced by others, and Lizzie was a mischievous elderly rascal with a dicky ticker and unquenchable taste for alcohol that saw her employed in comedy storylines, whilst also maintaining a more serious dimension, sometimes contemplating dying in prison.

Bea was hospitalised for a kidney transplant operation, Lizzie was briefly paroled and Doreen and Judy were temporarily transferred to Barnhurst.

Doreen left the series, while Judy took charge of a new halfway house for ex-prisoners, named Driscoll House, after its first resident, young Susie Driscoll ( Jacqui Gordon ).

Bea Smith briefly escaped from Wentworth and contacted Doreen Burns, ( Colette Mann ) returning for a brief cameo.

Following school, Chisholm studied for a diploma course in dance, singing, drama and musical theatre at the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts in Sidcup, Kent.

Pauline first leaves George for their neighbour Mr. Lucas, an insurance man ; George fathers a second son, named Brett, by a lover called Doreen Slater ( a. k. a. " Stick Insect "); both are soon forgotten, although Brett makes a reappearance in the later books as a successful yet unpleasant businessman who loses his fortune during the Credit Crunch.

* ISTD faculty Autobiography for Doreen Bird

Prebble's wife Doreen, from whom he is separated, is a Solomon Islander and a former Honorary Consul for the Solomon Islands in New Zealand.

In Firestorm, The Nuclear Man # 1 ( March 1978 ) Ronnie Raymond is named for the very first time when Martin Stein calls him " Ronald ", later Raymond introduces himself to Doreen Day and Clifford Carmichael as Ronnie, afterwards while Martin Stein refers to him only as Ronald everyone else calls him Ronnie.

Doreen Aldrich ( played by Jennifer Wood and then by Pamela Lincoln ) suffered from leukemia, and Joan Dancy ( Margaret Whitton ) had an addiction to drugs which was believed to have killed her, but it was later revealed that a hospital worker framed a doctor for pulling the plug on Joan's life support machines.

A horrifed Doreen gets on top of Henry and desperately performed chest compressions on him, when Adam, looking for Henry, finds them in bed together.

However, she became dissatisfied with Cochrane, who was openly committing adultery and constantly insulting Gardnerians, even at one point calling for " a Night of the Long Knives of the Gardnerians ", at which point Doreen, in her own words, " rose up and challenged him in the presence of the rest of the coven.

Doreen Mantle ( born 1930 ) is a South African-born British actress who is probably best known for her role as Mrs Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave ( 1990 – 2000 ).

In July 1945, Mrs. Bunton sued for divorce on the grounds of her husband's misconduct with a certain Doreen May Scott, a member of the Australian Women's Army Service ( AWAS ).

The third paragraph is largely written by Doreen Valiente, with some phrases adapted from The Book of the Law and The Gnostic Mass by Aleister Crowley.

The lack of scientific foundation is acknowledged by some believers, including Doreen Virtue, author of The Care and Feeding of Indigos, and James Twyman, who produced two films on indigo children and who offers materials and courses related to the phenomenon.

Doreen Haskins plays a minor role in some episodes, although the penultimate episode " Victims " deals with her deteriorating mental health and returns to the theme of the job's impact on family life.

The original vinyl and cassette editions differ slightly from this track listing, omitting some tracks but including the additional " Doreen the Duckling ", The King's Singers and with " Teddy's Tea Time " titled " Nearly Four ".

Gordon and Doreen, once Methodists, living in the village, had experienced the Baptism of the Holy Spirit some years previously and had been attending a fellowship of like-minded believers at Tatworth, near Chard as well as holding a weekly housegroup in their own home.

Esther wants to please Doreen, and spends most of her time with her.

Around this time, he also spoke with Canadian Doreen Wicks who agreed to have her own charity send medical supplies to help the Afghan orphans.

After settling the score for his dead brother, Carter meets Doreen one last time at Ritchie's grave.

The next storylines related to the Bacchus mythos were again serialised, this time in Dark Horse Presents as Hermes vs the Eyeball Kid ( 1993-1994 ) and The Picture Of Doreen Grey ( 1995 ), the former also collected as a three issue mini-series in 1994-1995.