THE 
CORRELLIAN TRADITION
 This site is maintained by the Correll Mother Temple 
via Rev. Don Lewis and Rev. Anna Rowe



Above: Blv. Dorothy Folks-Lewis. 

The Correllian Tradition requests prayers for the Rev. Dorothy Folks-Lewis, HP, former wife of Correllian Chancellor M. Rev. Donald Lewis. Lady Dorothy, more widely known as Lady Winter Wren, made her transition from this world on the morning of Thursday 25 September at the age of 45. Lady Winter Wren achieved her Third Degree in the Correllian Tradition in 1987, and also held Third Degree status through the Circle Tradition. Rev. Don and Winter Wren hosted "The Witching Hour" radio show in the Chicago area, widely regarded as the first fully Pagan radio show in the US. Lady Winter Wren served as a Regional Director of W.A.R.D. (Witches Against Religious Discrimination) and worked with the Lady Liberty League. Lady Winter Wren was also a long time member of the Midwest Pagan Council. Lady Winter Wren was an accomplished Tarologist and the founder of the American Board for Tarot Certification. Lady Winter Wren was also an astrologer and the author of a book on astrological symbolism. In the 1980s Lady Winter Wren was Head of the Correllian Temple of Avalon and a Maiden Priestess of the Correll Mother Temple. In the early 1990s Lady Winter Wren was briefly Chief Priestess of the Church of Gaia that is now known as Holy City Temple and is featured in the film "Ride the Dragon". Lady Winter Wren later founded the Temple of the Sacred Lady of Avalon. Lady Winter Wren had been expelled from the Correllian Tradition in 1992 by order of First Priestess Lady Krystel, who declared a Damnatio Memoriae against her, but in latter years a spiritual reconciliation led to this interdict being rescinded.
The Lustration of the Living for Year o8 was a great success! 
You can read all about the event HERE!

This is the official informational website of the Correllian Nativist Tradition.

Here at Correllian.com you can learn more about the Correllian Tradition, its leading members, locations around the world, legally incorporated churches, and enjoy photo essays about Correllian events.

 The Correllian Nativist Tradition is the largest and fasted growing Wiccan Tradition in the world.

Many Correllian organizations having state level incorporation in their own right  include Heritage Temple, Selu Temple, Enchanted Realm Temple, and the Correll Mother Temple itself among others.


The Correllian Nativist Tradition 

The Correllian Nativist Tradition has locations in countries around the world including the USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Denmark, Sweden, Uruguay, Mexico, Belgium, Argentina, and Spain and members in many other places including Peru, Brazil, Hong Kong and Singapore. For a list of our locations click HERE.
 


The Correllian Chancellery is Headquartered in Hoopeston, Illinois, USA.  The Correll Mother Temple is located in Danville, Illinois, USA, but meets in many locations. Any location in which the Mother Temple meets is said to be "Under-the-Hill" after the name of its original meeting place.

So what is the Correllian Nativist Tradition, and what makes it different from other Wiccan Traditions?

Usually when people ask this they are expecting a liturgical answer -some special beliefs or ritual forms that are unique to Correllianism.

Right: Rev. Karla Summers, a Correllian High Priestess in Missouri, USA. Lady Karla is also the Dean of Witchschool for Witchschool International
 





Correllianism does put an unusually strong emphasis on the philosophical aspects of Wicca, and on the spirituality and inner mysteries of the Wiccan religion, but liturgically our beliefs do not especially differ from those of other Wiccan Traditions. Rather it is our attitudes toward the Pagan community and its future that tend to set us apart.   


The Correllian Tradition is dedicated to the advancement of the Pagan people. We believe strongly in the need for increased communication and co-operation between Pagans everywhere, from all Traditions.

We stress the importance of the Pagan Clergy as teachers and facilitators, and the need for a strong public presence. 
The Correllian Tradition emphasizes celebratory as well as initiatory Wicca, and is strongly committed to accessible public ritual.

But perhaps the one thing that most sets Correllian Wicca apart is that we have embraced the internet as an educational tool. 

Correspondence teaching is nothing new in Wicca, but we were the first to utilize the internet as a serious tool for training new initiates. This has brought  great expansion and many changes to our Tradition, and we are still in the process of mastering this new teaching medium. 




Above: Rev. Ing Witch HP of Our Lady of the Sylvan Wood Temple, New Boston Texas. Rev. Ing Witch is also a highly respected Mentor at Witchschool International



Above: Rev. Anna Rowe, HP Head of Sedna Temple, UK. Rev. Anna also serves as the Herald of the Witan, helping co-ordinate relations between Correllian Temples,
and Dean of Mentoring International
for Witchschool International

 TRADITION LEADERSHIP   

Another thing that makes Correllian Wicca different from many other Traditions of Wicca is that we are a unified Tradition with a single leadership. Although increasing numbers of Correllian Temples have their own incorporation, they are they are all part of one Tradition, an inter-dependent whole which stands together as a family. 

The entire world-wide Tradition has a single structure allowing us to act together as few other Traditions can.
The leading bodies of the Correllian Tradition include; The Witan Council, which is made up of all Temple Heads, Elders, and Officers of the Tradition; And the Correllian Council of Elders which includes the Heads and Officers of the Tradition, and its most respected members.  


Using Third Degree teachers assisted by First and Second Degree Mentors, we have  worked with witchschool.com to build what we consider the best Wiccan correspondence education available online, backed by a real-time support network of Temples, Shrines, and Study Groups around the world.  

This is something of a revolutionary idea in the Wiccan world, and has upset a few people, but we are proud of our online curriculum and our Clergy and students have been very pleased with the results.


Above: Rev. Don Lewis and Rev. Krystel High-Correll, the First Priest and First Priestess Emerita of the Correllian Tradition, in the state robes of the Correllian Witan Council.


Above: Rev. Yoko, Co-Head of the Honorable Southern Constellation Temple, Montevideo, Uruguay. Rev. Yoko is Joint Head with 
Rev. Mishka Dorcha Gealach of the Correllian Order of Translators.
The chief administrator of the Tradition is the Chancellor, who represents the Tradition’s leadership. The leadership of the Tradition includes the Tradition’s Heads and Officers, a description of whom may be found under STRUCTURE.

Additions are made to this website with increasing frequency, especially the Temples page and the adventures pages, so check back often.

We hope that you enjoy perusing our site, and that you will check out other Correllian sites in the Correllian Shrine/Temple webring.

May the Blessing Be upon you!


A Correllian ceremony at the Temple of the PURE Sanctuary, Westville Illinois, USA
(For more on this particular ceremony see "Adventures" on the side bar)



 

                                    
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