Eleanor “Ray” Bone, also known by her craft name Artemis (December 15, 1911 – September 21, 2001)
Eleanor claimed to have been initiated into a hereditary coven in Cumbria during World War II by a couple of hereditary witches. In 1959 she was initiated into the Bricketwood Coven, but left as the coven felt that they “Simply couldn’t circle with her” because of a difference in exuberance. Eleanore was raised to her 2nd and 3rd degree in 1960 by Gardner so that she could go and start her work as High Priestess of her own Coven. Eleanore would go on to found several covens, two of which were particularly successful: one in South London during the early 1960s and another in Brighton. Among her initiatory down-line in London were Madge and Arthur Worthington, who went on to establish the well-known Whitecroft line.
Eleanor Bone was regarded by some as the “Matriarch of British Witchcraft” due to her influential role in the Wiccan community.
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