Coven Coven A coven usually refers to a group or gathering of witches. The word "coven" remained largely unused in English until 1921 when Margaret Murray promoted the idea, now discredited, that all witches across Europe met in groups of thirteen which they called "covens". In Wicca and other similar forms of modern neopagan witchcraft, such as Stregheria and Feri, a coven is a gathering or community of witches, much like a in Christian parlance. It is composed of a group of believers who gather together for ceremonies of worship such as Drawing Down the Moon, or celebrating the Sabbats. The
A Community of Witches of journals, books, and newsletters written by Neo-Pagans, this one is based primarily on the survey data." In 2005, the University of Pennsylvania published an edited anthology entitled "Witchcraft and Magic in the New World: North America in the Twentieth Century", which had been edited by Berger. In 2007, Berger's third book was published, "Teenage Witches: Magical Youth and the Search for the Soul", which had been co-written with Douglas Ezzy, a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Tasmania in Australia. A Community of Witches A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States is