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Bryan Lankford |
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Mr.
LANKFORD is a leading Wiccan practitioner in the Dallas Pagan community.
He has been trained as a High Priest in the McFarland Dianic Tradition,
a Wiccan tradition founded in the early 1970s by Morgan McFarland, and
has master standing in Old Path Wicca. He is the cofounder and High
Priest of the OIC coven, an Old Path Wiccan coven that holds regular
Circles of its own as well as performing rituals for the Dallas Pagan
community. Bryan has served as national co-second officer of the Covenant
of the Goddess (CoG), an international organization for Wiccans, and
as first officer of the Texas Local Council of CoG. Since its creation
he has been on the board of directors of Betwixt & Between (B&B),
a community center for Wiccans, Pagans, and others who follow alternative
spiritual paths, and has taught the beginning Wicca class at B&B
since 1998. As inter- faith officer for the Texas Local Council of CoG
and interfaith director for B&B, Bryan lectures extensively about
Wicca at colleges, universities, and private functions around the North
Texas area helping thousands of people understand the truth about Wicca.
Bryan is also a founding member of B&B’s Civil Rights Division,
which aids those who are experiencing religious discrimination. Since
1999 Bryan has been a member of the Thanks-Giving Square Interfaith
Committee, which promotes dialogue and cooperation between people of
all religions, where he represents the Wiccan faith in the Dallas area
religious community. In 2000 he received international media attention
when he gave the opening invocation at a Dallas City Council meeting.
Bryan has been frequently interviewed by the media and has been a guest
on both secular and religious radio programs. He lives in Mesquite,
Texas, with his wife and two children.
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