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Blue Star Wicca is one of a number of Wiccan traditions, and was created in the United States in the 1970s based loosely on the Gardnerian and Alexandrian traditions. It continues to be practiced today in areas of the United States (including Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, Washington, New Jersey, New Orleans, and others), as well as having members in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada. ==Origins and history== The "Coven of the Blue Star", established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1975 by Frank Dufner, gave birth to both the name and the original membership of what would eventually become the Blue Star tradition. In 1980, on its membership application to the Covenant of the Goddess, the coven described itself (with tongue in cheek) as practicing "Great American Nontraditional Collective Eclectic Wicca". Early hives from the original coven spread throughout the New York metropolitan area. Tzipora Katz, who had joined the coven in 1977, and with her then-husband Kenny Klein, left on a folk music tour after the 1983 release of their cassette ''Moon Hooves in the Sand'', which contained Blue Star liturgical music. The music tour facilitated the spread of the tradition throughout the United States, as the couple helped to found new covens while on the road. In 1992, Tzipora Klein would publish ''Celebrating Life: Rites of Passage For All Ages'' through Delphi Press. Kenny Klein published ''The Flowering Rod: Men, Sex and Spirituality'' in 1993, also through Delphi Press. As new covens were formed, it was common practice to include the words "blue" or "star" (Raven Star, for example, or Wolf Star) in the name, but this practice is less observed nowadays. Some groups have used references to stars (Nova Grove, for example, or Polaris Coven), but some simply choose the name that inspires them (Compass Rose, SummerOak, Serenity, or Braided Stream). In 1991, members of StarFire Coven introduced the tradition in Ireland. In 1997, the Guild of the Swan Weavers introduced Blue Star in England. In 1998, the tradition was introduced in Canada by Devyn Christopher Gillette of BarleyMoon Coven. Blue Star has undergone many changes over the years; having a widespread, diverse, and autonomous covens and Groves, with a decentralized hierarchy, it is a living tradition. Though there are differing points of view on a variety of practices, and the occasional disagreements among individuals, it is universally accepted that a unique feature of Blue Star Tradition is that its participants regard each other as family; periodic convocations are referred to as Family Gatherings, and when together its practitioners feel at home. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blue Star Wicca」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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