In comparison it was like smoking a Silk Cut as opposed of puffing on a pipe. Alex Sanders came to Wicca through a Gardnerian. Gardnerians have specific gods and spirits associated with their tradition (when a Gardnerian says Lord and Lady, they tend to be referring to specific entities).There are other differences, but they tend to be really minor and/or (in keeping with the joke) oathbound. Including, if not first and foremost, Maxine herself.Why do so many Alexandrians come to such close encounters with death or some other form of tragedy involving their offspring? It takes a master of the pen to pull it off, something you are so obviously NOT. For the most part, Alexandrians are engrossed in writing books, making a name for themselves, setting up networks, YouTube channels, argue with and disrespect each other. It's an earth-based religion that believes in a God and Goddess as representative of a greater pantheistic godhead. A lot more Kabbalah and the like. Other former Alexandrians, instead say it gave them a sense of relief and would never go back.Now, I’ve only ever worked with a Gardnerian once.
It is also pointed out that he came to Wicca as an already accomplished magus and that his experimentations revolved areas of magic not pertaining to traditional Wicca. Gardnerian Wicca, or Gardnerian witchcraft, is a tradition in the neopagan religion of Wicca, whose members can trace initiatory descent from Gerald Gardner. Gardnerian Witchcraft is the foundation tradition of all Wiccan practices.
Even after it has happened the mind struggles to come to terms and keeps on looking for a reasonable and logical explanation.It is also said that one key difference lays with the founders of each tradition. It is unquestioned at least as far as his 1* is concerned. Alexandrian – In the 1960s, Alex Sanders and his wife Maxine branched from Gardnerian Wicca into ‘Alexandrian Wicca.’ It is based on the Gardnerian Wicca practices, but incorporates elements of ceremonial magic and Qabalah, too. Here, have a bit of Stephen Fry, you sour old pompous fart…Must be hard to make sense of anything when you’re a naturally born prick, Nigel.“[W]hat you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. Alex sanders received all three degrees of Gardnerian initiation and therefore in truth Alexandrian Witchcraft is just … 5. It is also pointed out that he came to Wicca as an already accomplished magus and that his experimentations revolved areas of magic not pertaining to traditional Wicca. It was much better contained, unthreatening and easier to handle. Unffair and cruel…. This magical tradition has similarities to Gardnerian and remains a well-recognized Wiccan path. Over time there have been many initiated into both traditions, and those that have guested and circled together, so it just depends on the particular groups in question.U/Dalai_Java has pretty much got you covered. We practice alone, or in groups. It is unquestioned at least as far as his 1* is concerned. The Alexandrian Tradition was hived off from the Gardnerian by Alex Sanders; Alex claimed to have been initiated as a Hereditary Witch by his grandmother, when he was seven years old.
A planet where Alexandrians make an infinitimillesimal part of the overall world population: 7 billions of them, 75% of which is likely more preoccupied on how to feed itself without further going into debt and 12% in small corner of the middle east whose main priority is to find shelter from your country’s bombing. Most Alexandrians do not have children, and for a fertility cult, the birth rate is seriously low, bordering on the nil. In comparison it was like smoking a Silk Cut as opposed of puffing on a pipe. I can account for that. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. Alex Sanders came to Wicca through a Gardnerian. Alexandrian Wicca, in similarity with other traditional Wiccan practices, emphasises gender polarity.