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 Seax 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.

The tradition primarily honours two principal deities: Woden and Freya, representations of the Wiccan deities the Horned God and the Mother Goddess. The tradition uses ceremonial tools such as the spear and runes.