Gerald Gardner's Biography(Books)(Photos)

Gerald Gardner was born June 13, 1884 - february 12, 1964.

world's foremost authority on Malaya's indigenous people and
their weapons. From 1923 until he retired in 1936, Gardner

He is founder of modern Wicca.

worked as a civil servant for the British government, first
as a rubber plantation inspector, then as a customs official

Gerald Gardner by some was considers him a man of great
vision and creativity who had the courage to try outrageous

and inspector of opium establishments. Gerald Gardner made a
considerable amount of money in his dealings with rubber,

things during difficult times. Others look on him as a con
man, deceitful and manipulative. He authored the now famous

which allowed him to indulge in his favorite pastime,
Archaeology. On one expedition he claimed to have found the

books "Witchcraft Today" and "The Meaning of Witchcraft",
both he wrote in the 1950's. Gerald Gardner has wrote some

site of the ancient city of Singapura. In 1927 he met and
married an English woman called "Donna".

of the best wrote wiccan/pagan in my personal option.

After his retirement in Malaya in 1936, Gerald Gardner and

Gerald Gardner is a name that 80% of wiccan/pagans know. He
was the founder of the modern wicca as it is now today.

his wife "Donna" returned to England and settled in the New
Forrest area of Hampshire. Gerald Gardner continued to

Gerald Gardner was born on the 13th June 1884 at the Glen,

indulge his archaeological interests and spent much of his
time traveling around Europe and Asia Minor. In Cyprus

the Serpentine in a small northern town called
"Blundellsands" near Liverpool, England. Gerald Gardner was

Gerald Gardner found places he claims to have dreamed about,
and was convinced he had lived there in a previous lifetime.

born of Scottish descent into a well-to-do family, his
father was a merchant and justice of the peace. His

In 1939 he wrote and had published his second book, A
Goddess Arrives. It was based in Cyprus and concerned the

grandfather is reputed to have married a witch, and he
claims others of his distant family had psychic gifts.

worship of a goddess called "Aphrodite" in the year 1450
B.C.

Gardner believed himself to be a descendant of "Grissell
Gairdner", who was burned as a witch at Newburgh in 1610.

In 1954 Gerald Gardner wrote Witchcraft Today.

Gerald Gardner was the middle of three sons, but was kept

Gerald Gardner died on February 13th, 1964, while returning

distanced from his two brothers as he suffered severely with
bouts of asthma. As a result his parents employed a nanny

from abroad on the SS Scottish Prince.

Josephine 'Com' McCombie to raise him separately.

I will at after my write up add a picture of Gerald Gardner
family tree that I found will researching all about Gerald

Josephine 'Com' McCombine was an Irish nursemaid.

Gardner.

Com persuaded his parents to allow her to take him traveling
during the winter months to help alleviate his

Throughout the 1950s the practice of witchcraft spread in
England. Gerald Gardner opened a witchcraft museum on the

condition.Gerald Gardner was the age of four years when this
started. Traveling across Europe, Gardner was often left

Isle of Man and made himself available to the press and to
prospective new witches.

alone to his own devices, but was content to read and study
academic subject such as History and Archaeology. Later when

In 1962, shortly before Gerald Gardner's death, the

he became a young man, his nanny married and went to live
with her husband in Ceylon. Gerald Gardner went with her and

Americans Rosemary and Raymond Buckland traveled to his home
and were initiated as priestess and priest and returned to

started work on a tea plantation. He then moved on to Borneo
and finally settled in Malaysia. There with his interest in

found the Gardnerian movement in the United States. Gardner
died at sea on February 12, 1964. after his death the

history and archaeology, Gardner became fascinated with the
local culture and its religious and magical beliefs.

contents of the museum were sold to Ripley's Believe It or
Not and were subsequently disbursed to various Ripley's

After 20 years of study Gerald Gardner wrote his first book

museums and sold to private collectors.

on the history and folklore of the Malay called "Keris and
other Malay Weapons - Singapore, 1936", and became the

Gerald Gardner is one of the most important figures in
wiccan history.