Pierre Claveloux Davis, also known as Pete Pathfinder (1937-2014)[1] was the founder of the Aquarian Tabernacle Church (ATC), An Internation Organization with afilliates in South Africa, Canada, Ireland, Italy. He made it so that the church had an umbrella 501c(3) which allowed the ATC and its affiliates tax free status.[2] He is the main reason that Wicca is recognized as a religion in America. He lead the fight to have Pagan symbols allowed on Arlington tombstones.[3] He made it so that the Washington State Board of Corrections recognized Wicca as a religion.[4] In 1992 he was unanimously elected the The Interfaith Council of Washington.[5] He also founded SpiralScouts Internation and Woolston-Steen Theological Seminary.[6]
Life
Pete Pathfinder was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1937 to a Catholic father and Pagan mother. However it was not until he was 37 years old that he himself fully entered into the Pagan world as a Wiccan initiate. Then in 1976, he relocated to Index, Washington — the place he would call home for the rest of his life. Once established in Washington, Pete began to realize his dream of creating an oasis for local pagans. On Samhain 1979, Pete established the Aquarian Tabernacle Church (ATC). In 1983, he himself initiated into the New Wiccan Church (Kingstone) tradition. Then, in the winter 1984, ATC members performed a ritual dedicating their own newly built MoonStone ritual circle, located on Pete’s property. From that point on, ATC began to grow and Pete’s dream evolved into something new; something bigger. He wanted to establish a legally-recognized Wiccan church. Of which he was successful.[7]
See also
References
- PR Web
- Wild Hunt
- Aquarian Tabernacle Church
- Herald Net
- The Encyclopedia of Modern Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism; Edited by Shelley Rabinovitch, James Lewi; pages 10-12
- The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca, By: Rosemary Guiley; p.9
- Panegyria
- The Witching Hour
- Witch Book, By: Raymond Buckland; p. 19
- An Interview with Pete Davis By: Mythology Corner
- Drawing Down the Moon By: Margaret Adler
- Spiral Scouts in Pagan Family Values: Childhood and the Religious Imagination in Contemporary American Paganism (New and Alternative Religions) By: S. Zohreh Kermani
By S. Zohreh Kermani
- [1] Llewellyn's 2011 Witches' Calendar P. 5
- ^ http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/12/prweb12391641.htm
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=xuvLRbKvyGEC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=pete+davis+index+washington&source=bl&ots=J6FEMM5XYn&sig=fidnptg9yHiugRQznphBk39rspE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MyO8VPbwDI-ayATK-4G4DQ&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=pete%20davis%20index%20washington&f=false
- ^ http://www.panegyria.com/news/117-historical-essay-from-our-seminary-students
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=xuvLRbKvyGEC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=pete+davis+index+washington&source=bl&ots=J6FEMM5XYn&sig=fidnptg9yHiugRQznphBk39rspE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MyO8VPbwDI-ayATK-4G4DQ&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=pete%20davis%20index%20washington&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=2fjVg0BwkGoC&pg=PA5&dq=pete+pathfinder+davis&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qTK8VPuAFeO1sATR_oHgDg&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=pete%20pathfinder%20davis&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=xuvLRbKvyGEC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=pete+davis+index+washington&source=bl&ots=J6FEMM5XYn&sig=fidnptg9yHiugRQznphBk39rspE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MyO8VPbwDI-ayATK-4G4DQ&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=pete%20davis%20index%20washington&f=false
- ^ http://www.aquariantabernaclechurch.org/about/home2