Seax-Wica

Seax-Wica
The founding text of the Seax tradition was The Tree (1974).
Abbreviation	SW
Type	Syncretic Wicca
Orientation	Anglo-Saxon paganism inspired
Scripture	The Tree: Complete Book of Saxon Witchcraft
Governance	Priesthood
Region	United States
Founder	Raymond Buckland
Origin	1973 United States

Seax-Wica, or sometimes Saxon Witchcraft, is a tradition of neopagan practice blending aspects of Wicca with the iconography of Anglo-Saxon paganism, while not seeking to reconstruct the early mediaeval religion itself.^[1]

The tradition was founded in 1973 by Raymond Buckland, an English-born high priest of Gardnerian Wicca who had recently moved to the United States. His 1974 book The Tree was written as a definitive guide to Seax-Wica, and subsequently republished in 2005 as Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft.

Seax-Wica, is an orthopraxic, initiatory mystery system grounded in rational immanence and religious magic. It honors the deities of the Germanic pantheon of the Saxon tribe based on their symbolism, it is a modern pagan religion.