'"Not under your spell" say witches', Daily Record, 9 March 1964

Daily Record, 9 March 1964, page 10. The Scottish paper's version of the Eleanor Bone interview, with a close photograph of Campbell and Monique Wilson. Bone says English witches "have nothing at all to do with Mrs. Wilson", that the Scottish covens "haven't enough members put together to make a decent-size English coven", and that there are eight major covens in England averaging 13 members, with another in Sheffield under Patricia Crowther. How to cite: '"Not under your spell" say witches', Daily Record, 9 March 1964, p. 10. Alexandrian Witchcraft Timeline & Archive.

‘Not under your spell’ say witches Daily Record Reporter Campbell Wilson and wife Monique whose “appointment” as Witch Queen has brewed toil and trouble in England. LEADERS of witches all over England are refusing to recognise the new Queen of the Witches as their leader. From a secret meeting - in a London restaurant at the week-end - the word went out that Mrs. Monique Wilson was not to be considered as “Queen.” Mrs. Wilson, of Perth, says the title was left to her in the will of Dr. Gerald Gardner, the unofficial leader of Britain’s witches, who died in February, aged 80. I spent yesterday afternoon at the home of a witch and was given the views of English witches by the liason officer for covens, middle-aged, Mrs. Eleanor Bone. Mrs. Bone - a High Priestess - works as a matron at an old people’s rest home. APPROVE “We English witches want it to be known that we have nothing at all to do with Mrs. Wilson or any of her activities,” she said. “There is no such title as Queen of the Witches, and if there was one, we other witches would have to approve the person appointed. “Mrs. Wilson certainly wouldn’t be considered as our leader,” Mrs. Bone insisted. “She was only initiated as a witch in 1960. “She’s a High Priestess of a coven in Scotland. But the covens in Scotland haven’t enough members put together to make a decent-size English coven.” MISCHIEF What about the suggestion by Mrs. Wilson that a mysterious heart attack she had was wished on her. And Mrs. Wilson saying whoever wished this on her would get the curse back threefold? Commented Mrs. Bone: “It is said that a curse always comes home. We don’t wish Mrs. Wilson any harm, we just want to ignore her. “She tried to create mischief in the southern covens last year, and it could have been these spells that rebounded. POWERS As we sipped tea Mrs. Bone told me what witches did these days when they met in a circle in the nude, with High Priestesses wearing green and blue garters on their left thighs. “We try to invoke powers to do good. Many people who are ill or in trouble need our help and we have had many successes,” she said. In England there are eight major covens with an average membership each of 13. Another top coven met in Sheffield with glamorous blonde Mrs. Patricia Crowther as High Priestess.