Donald H. Frew
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Donald Hudson 'Don' Frew is a notable figure in American Wicca
Wicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
, the Covenant of the Goddess
Covenant of the Goddess
The Covenant of the Goddess is a cross-traditional Wiccan group of solitary Wiccan practitioners and over one hundred affiliated covens . It was founded in 1975 in order to increase co-operation among Witches and to secure for Witches and covens the legal protection enjoyed by members of other...
, national and international interfaith work, and original research.
He is a National Interfaith Representative for the Covenant of the Goddess
Covenant of the Goddess
The Covenant of the Goddess is a cross-traditional Wiccan group of solitary Wiccan practitioners and over one hundred affiliated covens . It was founded in 1975 in order to increase co-operation among Witches and to secure for Witches and covens the legal protection enjoyed by members of other...
. He has been representing Wicca
Wicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
(“the Craft”) in interfaith work since 1985 and has served on the Executive Committee of the Berkeley Area Interfaith Council, on the Board of Directors of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, in the Parliament Assembly of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, and on the Global Council of the United Religions Initiative
United Religions Initiative
The United Religions Initiative is an international, grassroots, interfaith bridge-building organization modeled after the United Nations...
. He is the founder & Director of the Lost & Endangered Religions Project, focused on preserving and restoring the religious traditions of marginal communities. Frew has broached regular cooperation with law enforcement agencies and skeptics organizations, confronting the “Satanic Hysteria” of the 1990s. He is currently writing a book on the origins of the modern witchcraft
Witchcraft
Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft...
movement.
Wicca & the Covenant of the Goddess
Frew’s interest in WiccaWicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
began at age twelve in a group mentored by nearby Witch Lilith St. John. In 1983 Frew was initiated into Coven Firestar, a NROOGD (New Reformed Order of the Golden Dawn) coven and into a Gardnerian coven (Tobar Bhride) in 1985. He is an Elder in both the NROOGD and Gardnerian Traditions of Neopagan witchcraft
Witchcraft
Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft...
or Wicca
Wicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
. He is High Priest of a Gardnerian coven in Berkeley, California – Coven Trismegiston – with his wife Anna Korn.
Frew represented his covens in the Covenant of the Goddess
Covenant of the Goddess
The Covenant of the Goddess is a cross-traditional Wiccan group of solitary Wiccan practitioners and over one hundred affiliated covens . It was founded in 1975 in order to increase co-operation among Witches and to secure for Witches and covens the legal protection enjoyed by members of other...
(or “CoG”, the world’s largest religious organization for Witches), and in 1985 was elected CoG’s second Public Information Officer. He has, since then, served nine terms on CoG’s National Board.
Frew’s work as Public Information Officer for CoG led him into communication and collaboration with parts of society traditionally in tension with the Craft community: law enforcement, conservative Evangelical Christianity, and the then-nascent interfaith movement.
Frew and his wife recently completed a three-year revision of the Gardnerian Book of Shadows
Book of Shadows
A Book of Shadows is a book containing religious texts and instructions for magical rituals found within the Neopagan religion of Wicca. Originating within the Gardnerian tradition of the Craft, the first Book of Shadows was created by the pioneering Wiccan Gerald Gardner sometime in the late 1940s...
, annotating the basic text to multiple Books of Shadows from different parts of the US and UK, to Gardner
Gardner
-Towns in the United States:*Gardner, Colorado*Gardner, Illinois*Gardner, Kansas*Gardner, Massachusetts*Gardner, North Dakota*Gardner, Wisconsin*Glen Gardner, New Jersey-Geographical features:*Gardner on the Moon...
’s and Valiente
Valiente
Valiente is a Philippine teledrama which originally aired on ABS-CBN from 1992 to 1995, and transferred to GMA Network from 1995 until its last episode in 1997.-Story:...
’s Book of Shadows
Book of Shadows
A Book of Shadows is a book containing religious texts and instructions for magical rituals found within the Neopagan religion of Wicca. Originating within the Gardnerian tradition of the Craft, the first Book of Shadows was created by the pioneering Wiccan Gerald Gardner sometime in the late 1940s...
, and to many other historic documents.
Work with Law Enforcement
Since 1985 Frew has worked with San Francisco police Inspector Sandi Gallant as a consultant on the occultOccult
The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...
, growing over the years to collaboration with law enforcement agencies around the country. Frew served as an occult
Occult
The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...
expert / consultant on the McMartin Preschool Trial
McMartin preschool trial
The McMartin preschool trial was a day care sexual abuse case of the 1980s. Members of the McMartin family, who operated a preschool in California, were charged with numerous acts of sexual abuse of children in their care. Accusations were made in 1983. Arrests and the pretrial investigation ran...
, the Leonard Lake
Leonard Lake
Leonard Lake was an American serial killer. He often used the alias Leonard Hill. The crimes he committed with Charles Ng became known when Lake committed suicide by taking a cyanide pill shortly after being arrested for a firearms offense.-Life:Lake was born in San Francisco, California...
serial killings, and the Matamoros murders, among others.
In 1986, with his college friend Shawn Carlson
Shawn Carlson
Shawn Carlson is an American science educator who founded the Society for Amateur Scientists in 1994, which is dedicated to "Helping ordinary people do extraordinary science." In 2010, he founded the LabRats Science Education Program, to inspire students aged 11 to 18 to "love learning about...
, Frew proposed that the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion
Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion
The Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion, or CSER, is based at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York. According to its mission statement, CSER is a research consultation devoted "to the study of religion and ethics from the standpoint of philosophical naturalism and to the...
(CSER) investigate the rising and widespread claims of “Satanic Ritual Abuse
Satanic ritual abuse
Satanic ritual abuse refers to the abuse of a person or animal in a ritual setting or manner...
” or “SRA.” A two-year investigation followed, by members of CSER, Robert Hicks of the Justice Department
United States Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
, and Ken Lanning of the FBI, with Frew, Carlson, and others. The results were published in Satanism
Satanism
Satanism is a group of religions that is composed of a diverse number of ideological and philosophical beliefs and social phenomena. Their shared feature include symbolic association with, admiration for the character of, and even veneration of Satan or similar rebellious, promethean, and...
in America. This report, finding no evidence of organized criminal activity by Satanist groups, turned the tide of law enforcement opinion against claims of widespread criminal activity by Satanic cults
Cults
Cults is a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland. It lies on the banks of the River Dee and marks the eastern boundary of Royal Deeside.Cults, known for its historic granite housing, sits approximately six miles from the coast of the North Sea...
. Apparent Devil-worship is more likely a symptom than a cause of violent behavior in an already disturbed mind.
Work with Evangelical Christians
In 1986, Frew approached and began a dialogue with the Spiritual Counterfeits ProjectSpiritual Counterfeits Project
The Spiritual Counterfeits Project is a Christian evangelical parachurch organisation located in Berkeley, California. Since its inception in the early 1970s it has been involved in the fields of Christian apologetics and the Christian countercult movement. Its current president is Tal Brooke...
, a Berkeley-based Evangelical Christian research organization focused against cults
Cults
Cults is a suburb on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland. It lies on the banks of the River Dee and marks the eastern boundary of Royal Deeside.Cults, known for its historic granite housing, sits approximately six miles from the coast of the North Sea...
and the occult
Occult
The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus , referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g...
. Frew and SCP founder Brooks Alexander organized a ground-breaking series of ten four-hour dialogues on topics of interest to both Christians and Witches, between members of the SCP and members of the Covenant of the Goddess
Covenant of the Goddess
The Covenant of the Goddess is a cross-traditional Wiccan group of solitary Wiccan practitioners and over one hundred affiliated covens . It was founded in 1975 in order to increase co-operation among Witches and to secure for Witches and covens the legal protection enjoyed by members of other...
. Frew and Alexander have remained friends and advocates for dialogue between Witches and Christians. Frew contributed to Alexander’s book Witchcraft Goes Mainstream in 2004.
To pursue the belief that interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
groups need to communicate even with the most conservative elements of Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
and Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
, Frew also reached out to and developed a working relationship with Lee Penn, the most vocal detractor of the United Religions Initiative
United Religions Initiative
The United Religions Initiative is an international, grassroots, interfaith bridge-building organization modeled after the United Nations...
and author of False Dawn: The United Religions Initiative, Globalism, and the Quest for a One-World Religion. Frew is one of the most often cited sources in Penn’s book.
Interfaith work
Frew has worked to obtain recognition of Pagan and Indigenous peoples as members of interfaithInterfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
councils. As a Wicca
Wicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
n, Frew joined the Berkeley Area Interfaith Council (BAIC) in 1985, and was elected to its Executive Committee in 1986. In 1987 he was appointed Executive Secretary, becoming the first Witch to serve as an officer on the Board of a local interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
council. BAIC was a member of the North American Interfaith Network (NAIN), an association of interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
councils of Canada and the US, and during Frew’s term the Covenant of the Goddess
Covenant of the Goddess
The Covenant of the Goddess is a cross-traditional Wiccan group of solitary Wiccan practitioners and over one hundred affiliated covens . It was founded in 1975 in order to increase co-operation among Witches and to secure for Witches and covens the legal protection enjoyed by members of other...
became the first Pagan organization listed in NAIN’s Directory.
Through his efforts, in 1992 the Covenant of the Goddess
Covenant of the Goddess
The Covenant of the Goddess is a cross-traditional Wiccan group of solitary Wiccan practitioners and over one hundred affiliated covens . It was founded in 1975 in order to increase co-operation among Witches and to secure for Witches and covens the legal protection enjoyed by members of other...
became one of four Neopagan organizations to co-sponsor the 1993 Parliament of the World’s Religions, where over 8000 international attendees attended over 900 programs over nine days. Frew was one of four Neopagans selected to give a “Major Presentation” titled “Pagans in Interfaith Dialogue” By the end of the nine days, the academics attending the Parliament were saying “In 1893, America was introduced to the Buddhists and Hindus; in 1993, we met the Neopagans.” One media person described the Parliament as “the coming-out party for the Neopagans.”
In 1995 both the United Nations and the Berkeley Area Interfaith Council celebrated their 50th anniversaries. Frew and other interfaith organizers in Berkeley created the “Celebrating the Spirit” conference, an official UN50 event that continued discussions concerning the “Global Ethic” document that had been signed at the Assembly at the 1993 Parliament.
Frew has continued to represent CoG at all of the subsequent Parliaments, and be active in key events. In 1997 Frew became one of only three Pagan representatives in the Parliament’s “Assembly of the World’s Religious and Spiritual Leaders”.
At the 1999 Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa:
• Frew presented on Wicca
Wicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
.
• He accepted invitation by r. Gerald Barney, author of the Global 2000 Report, to be part of a panel of religious leaders addressing his “Millennium Questions” asking representatives of different faiths to respond to the crises of the age.
• As part of the Assembly, Frew created the Lost & Endangered Religions Project (LERP), an interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
nonprofit service organization that works with marginalized religious communities to preserve religious traditions in danger of being lost forever., at LERP was one of five “Gifts of Service” created at this Parliament’s Assembly to be presented to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
At the 2004 parliament of the world’s religions in Barcelona, Spain, Frew presented on the Lost & Endangered Religions Project and on the Interfaith Sacred Space Design Competition, coordinated an exhibit of designs from the Competition, participated in the Parliament Assembly (working specifically on access to clean water), and assisted with programming put on by the United Religions Initiative
United Religions Initiative
The United Religions Initiative is an international, grassroots, interfaith bridge-building organization modeled after the United Nations...
.
Frew again presented on the Lost & Endangered Religions Project and on the United Religions Initiative
United Religions Initiative
The United Religions Initiative is an international, grassroots, interfaith bridge-building organization modeled after the United Nations...
at the 2009 parliament of the world’s religions in Melbourne, Australia. He also facilitated a panel of Australian Pagans and was interviewed by Patheos.com.
In 1998 and 1999, Frew represented CoG (with Deborah Ann Light) at the Global Summits held at Stanford University to create the Charter for a new interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
organization – the United Religions Initiative
United Religions Initiative
The United Religions Initiative is an international, grassroots, interfaith bridge-building organization modeled after the United Nations...
. In 2000 he attended its charter signing ceremony in Pittsburgh PA. In 2002 he was elected to the URI’s first Global Council (Board of Trustees), becoming the first Neopagan to serve on the board of a global interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
organization. The United Religions Initiative
United Religions Initiative
The United Religions Initiative is an international, grassroots, interfaith bridge-building organization modeled after the United Nations...
has grown to be the largest grassroots interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
organization on Earth, involving over 2.5 million people in over 500 Cooperation Circles in 78 countries and Frew has stayed closely involved. He was appointed an At-Large trustee in both the second and third terms of the URI’s Global Council.
Frew helped found many URI Cooperation Circles, including the Spirituality & the Earth CC (S&ECC) which he coordinates. It has been hosting annual “People of the Earth”, conferences at the interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
Center at the Presidio since 2008; has arranged for English lessons, computer training, and video training for Latin American indigenous representatives involved in interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
work, and maintains a website to assist with their networking efforts. With the Expressing the URI in Music & the Arts CC (EURIMA) Frew helped create One World, Many Voices, one of the first interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
songbooks; the first Interfaith Sacred Space Design Competition resulting in 160 designs submitted from teams in 17 countries and edited the final book, Sacred Spaces .
In 2000 Frew was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Interfaith Center at the Presidio (ICP), becoming the first Neopagan to serve on the Board of a regional interfaith organization. The ICP is a consortium of over a dozen interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
councils, seminaries, and interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area that work together to maintain a permanent site for ongoing interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
work in the Presidio’s Main Base Chapel.
Research on Craft Origins
Frew is a leading proponent arguing that modern WiccaWicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
stretches back to the paganism of Classical Antiquity. Frew finds a genuine antiquity to core cosmological concepts and liturgical elements in Gardnerian Craft. The work focuses on parallels between Gardnerian Wicca
Wicca
Wicca , is a modern Pagan religious movement. Developing in England in the first half of the 20th century, Wicca was popularised in the 1950s and early 1960s by a Wiccan High Priest named Gerald Gardner, who at the time called it the "witch cult" and "witchcraft," and its adherents "the Wica."...
and the theurgy
Theurgy
Theurgy describes the practice of rituals, sometimes seen as magical in nature, performed with the intention of invoking the action or evoking the presence of one or more gods, especially with the goal of uniting with the divine, achieving henosis, and perfecting oneself.- Definitions :*Proclus...
of the later Neoplatonists. While the definitive text is in production, he has presented talks and papers on this subject in a number of Pagan venues, including:
• “Crafting the Art of Magic: A Critical Review”, serialized in The Hidden Path and other journals, also available online
• “Gardner & Crowley
Crowley
-Places:*Crowley, Mendocino County, California, an unincorporated community*Crowley, Tulare County, California*Crowley County, Colorado*Crowley, Colorado, a town in Crowley County*Crowley, Louisiana, a city*Crowley, Texas, a city...
: the Overstated Connection”, PantheaCon 1996
• “Ye Bok of ye Art Magical: A presentation of pages from this early Craft document”, PantheaCon 1997
• “Ye Bok of ye Art Magical: A presentation of pages from this early Craft document” – revised & updated, PantheaCon 1998
• “Methodological Problems in Recent Studies of Historical and Modern Witchcraft”, PantheaCon 1998
• “Little-known Mystery Sites of Europe and the Near East: a slide presentation”, PantheaCon 1998
• “Harran
Harran
Harran was a major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is near the modern village of Altınbaşak, Turkey, 24 miles southeast of Şanlıurfa...
: Last Refuge of Classical Paganism”, PantheaCon 1999
• “Selected Topics in the History of Wica: including Why ‘Wica’ with one ‘c’?; Who was the Crotona Fellowship?; The History of the Book of Shadows; The Truth about Gardner’s Ph.D.; The Origins of the Charge of the Goddess; The Origins of the Wheel of the Year; Idries Shah
Idries Shah
Idries Shah , also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi , was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen critically acclaimed books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.Born in India, the descendant of a...
, Gerald Gardner
Gerald Gardner
Gerald Brousseau Gardner , who sometimes used the craft name Scire, was an influential English Wiccan, as well as an amateur anthropologist and archaeologist, writer, weaponry expert and occultist. He was instrumental in bringing the Neopagan religion of Wicca to public attention in Britain and...
, and Robert Graves
Robert Graves
Robert von Ranke Graves 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985 was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works...
; Sallustius
Sallustius
Sallustius or Sallust was a 4th-century Latin writer, a friend of the Roman Emperor Julian. He wrote the treatise On the Gods and the Cosmos, a kind of catechism of 4th-century Hellenic paganism. Sallustius' work owes much to that of Iamblichus of Chalcis, who synthesized Platonism with...
’ ‘On the Gods’: a primer of Wican Theology?”, PantheaCon 2001
• “Gardner, Crowley
Crowley
-Places:*Crowley, Mendocino County, California, an unincorporated community*Crowley, Tulare County, California*Crowley County, Colorado*Crowley, Colorado, a town in Crowley County*Crowley, Louisiana, a city*Crowley, Texas, a city...
, and witchcraft
Witchcraft
Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft...
: A Presentation and Discussion of the Evidence” – revised & updated, PantheaCon 2003
• “Paganism
Paganism
Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....
& Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
: The Legacy of Harran
Harran
Harran was a major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is near the modern village of Altınbaşak, Turkey, 24 miles southeast of Şanlıurfa...
”, PantheaCon 2004
• “Hekate in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
: Past meets Present”, PantheaCon 2006
• “Recent Discoveries in Pagan Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a toponym for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq, northeastern Syria, southeastern Turkey and southwestern Iran.Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the...
”, PantheaCon 2006
• “Images of Our History: Early Gardnerian Texts & What They Tell Us”, PantheaCon 2007
• “Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe [ɡøbe̞kli te̞pɛ] is a hilltop sanctuary erected on the highest point of an elongated mountain ridge in southeastern Turkey, some northeast of the town of Şanlıurfa . It is the oldest human-made religious structure yet discovered...
: The World’s First Pagan Temple”, PantheaCon 2009
• “What is Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism , is the modern term for a school of religious and mystical philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD, based on the teachings of Plato and earlier Platonists, with its earliest contributor believed to be Plotinus, and his teacher Ammonius Saccas...
& Why Should I Care?”, PantheaCon 2010
• “Gardnerian Wica as Theurgic Ascent”, TheurgiCon 2010
Miscellaneous
Frew has published and presented on a number of other topics as well. His article on “Anti-SemitismAnti-Semitism
Antisemitism is suspicion of, hatred toward, or discrimination against Jews for reasons connected to their Jewish heritage. According to a 2005 U.S...
in Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
”, written for Crank Magazine in 1997 was widely reprinted by Jewish Bulletins around the country.
Frew is a life-long player of board and role-playing games and has published material in role-playing game supplements (usually dealing with magic & witchcraft
Witchcraft
Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the alleged use of supernatural or magical powers. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft...
) for the games Call of Cthulhu
Call of Cthulhu
Call of Cthulhu may refer to:* "The Call of Cthulhu", the original short story by H. P. Lovecraft* Call of Cthulhu , published by Chaosium* Call of Cthulhu Collectible Card Game, published by Fantasy Flight Games...
(Chaosium
Chaosium
Chaosium is one of the longer lived publishers of role-playing games still in existence. Founded by Greg Stafford, its first game was actually a wargame, White Bear and Red Moon, which later mutated into Dragon Pass and its sequel, Nomad Gods...
), Mage
Mage
Mage may refer to:*Magi, a tribe from ancient Media of Iran*Mage, Burma*Magician , a practitioner of paranormal magic*Magician , a practitioner of magic as portrayed in works of fiction...
(White Wolf
White Wolf
White Wolf is a publisher of role-playing games, notably the World of Darkness.White Wolf may also refer to:*White Wolf , a location in Yosemite National Park*White Wolf , a Canadian heavy metal band...
), Nephilim
Nephilim
The Nephilim are the offspring of the "sons of God" and the "daughters of men" in Genesis 6:4, or giants who inhabit Canaan in Numbers 13:33. A similar word with different vowel-sounds is used in Ezekiel 32:27 to refer to dead Philistine warriors....
(Chaosium
Chaosium
Chaosium is one of the longer lived publishers of role-playing games still in existence. Founded by Greg Stafford, its first game was actually a wargame, White Bear and Red Moon, which later mutated into Dragon Pass and its sequel, Nomad Gods...
), Pendragon
Pendragon
Pendragon or Pen Draig, meaning "head dragon" or "chief dragon" , is the name of several traditional Kings of the Britons:...
(Chaosium
Chaosium
Chaosium is one of the longer lived publishers of role-playing games still in existence. Founded by Greg Stafford, its first game was actually a wargame, White Bear and Red Moon, which later mutated into Dragon Pass and its sequel, Nomad Gods...
), and one expansion to a boardgame – Valley of the Mammoths – with Greg Stafford
Greg Stafford
Francis Gregory Stafford , usually known as Greg Stafford, is an American game designer, publisher and shaman.-Glorantha and gaming:...
.
Publications
Shawn Carlson, Gerald LaRue, et al., Satanism in America: How the Devil Got Much More than his Due, CSER, Buffalo NY, 1989Gus diZerega, Don Frew, and Ken Wilber, “Neopaganism and the Mystical Tradition”, published online at http://www.integralworld.net/dizerega.html
Donald H. Frew, “Crafting the Art of Magic: A Critical Review”, serialized in several magazines, including The Hidden Path, Shadowplay (Australia), and The Merrymount Messenger, 1991, available online at http://www.wildideas.net/temple/library/frew.html
Frew, “Pagans in Interfaith Dialogue”, a talk given at the Parliament of the World’s Religions, Chicago, 1993, available online at http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Pagans-in-Interfaith-Dialogue.html
Frew, “Anti-Semitism in Star Trek”, Crank #6, New York NY, 1997, pp 14 – 16
“Methodological Flaws in Recent Studies of Historical and Modern Witchcraft”, Ethnologies, Vol. 20 #1, The Folklore Studies Association of Canada, Quebec, 1998, available online at http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/2011-Introduction-to-Key-Frew-Article-Donald-Frew-02-08-2011.html
Frew, ed., Sacred Spaces, Interfaith Center at the Presidio, San Francisco CA, 2004
Frew, “Gardnerian Wica as Theurgic Ascent”, TheurgiCon, 2010, available online at http://theurgicon.com/gardnerian.pdf
Philip Johnson & Gus diZerega, Beyond the Burning Times, (Introduction & Response by Frew), Lion UK, Oxford, 2008