Lois Bourne
Lois Bourne in 2010.
Title	high priestess
Personal
Born	10 April 1928
Died	22 December 2017  ( 2017-12-23 ) (aged 89) Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Religion	Wicca
Nationality	British
Home town	Hertfordshire
Sect	Gardnerian Wicca
Other names	Tanith
Organization
Temple	Bricket Wood coven

Lois Bourne (10 April 1928 ? 22 December 2017) who also went under the craft name Tanith , was an influential figure in the Neopagan religion of Wicca , having been involved in it from the early 1960s, and wrote a number of books on the subject. Originally initiated into Gardnerian Wicca by Gerald Gardner , ^[1] she rose to become the high priestess of the Bricket Wood coven , the first Wiccan coven started by Gerald Gardner , which was based in Bricket Wood in Hertfordshire, working alongside the high priest Jack Bracelin .

Kirkus Reviews described her book Witch Amongst Us - The Autobiography of a Witch as "...sanely written and, in many ways, it is a convincing story of her life as a witch." ^[2]

Lois Bourne died at the age of 89 in Watford, England on Friday night, 22 December 2017. ^[3]

Bibliography [ edit ]

• Witch Amongst Us - the Autobiography of a Witch (1979; republished 1989) ISBN   0-7090-3761-9
• Conversations with a Witch (1989; republished 2002) ISBN   978-0-7090-7064-1
• Dancing with Witches (1998; republished 2006) ISBN   0-7090-8074-3
• Spells to Change Your Life (2003) ISBN   978-1-904435-10-5

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