The 1734 Foundations
by Joseph B. Wilson
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1734 is a Craft tradition which I established in the United States during the late 1960's and early 1970's. In its essence, it contains the teachings given to me by three sources. The first of these is a person who I will call Sean, who was my first teacher and who grounded me in the oral traditions of his family. Later I engaged in correspondence with Roy Bowers (alias Robert Cochrane) who, with Sean's approval and guidance, supplemented those initial teachings. The third source of inspiration and personal guidance was Ruth Wynn-Owen, the matriarch of the Plant Bran. Sean provided the basis, Roy provided some magical and mystical clarification, and Ruth provided a seasonal construct.
Although the name I've used for this tradition, "1734", was inspired by Roy Bowers, he is not the founder of the 1734 tradition. Roy was knowingly teaching me that which would supplement the training that Sean had begun with me. Roy did not call his tradition "1734" but rather "The Clan of Tubal Cain" and although he used some elements from that tradition to illustrate some things to me, his intention was never to teach me that way but rather to help me to understand that which I already had. The Clan of Tubal Cain has a different orientation and practices, as it should. Over the past 30 years several people have obtained some of the material contained in this booklet.. Many of them, once they got the written material, chose to ignore the purpose and context for which it was developed, and instead ran off with it, hoarding it like some prized secret, deluding themselves by thinking that because they had these writings they were now "authentic witches". They refused to stay around and to learn the oral tradition which this was meant to supplement, or to understand the training that goes along with it. As a result, there are now many sincere people out there who have fragments, partial copies, and in some cases, edited copies of these letters. Still other versions have had material added to them, some of it completely fraudulent. This booklet contains the complete, unedited and unmodified "1734" letters, related published and unpublished articles, and various annotations and explainations. In order to prevent further fraud, abuse, and misrepresentation, we are making these materials available to everyone interested in the mysteries of 1734. If an article or letter is not in this booklet, it is not part of the original written tradition of "1734" but something else, perhaps legitimate in its own right, perhaps not. Consider your sources, and the motives of those who would try to tell you otherwise. Flags, Flax, and Fodder, Joseph B. Wilson November, 1999 |
A Complete Copy Of The Original Articles And Letters that served as the written foundation of the 1734 Tradition.
(includes annotations and explainations by Joseph B. Wilson) |
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