Raymond Buckland’s grandfather was the first of the Buckland Gypsies to give up traveling the roads in wagons and to settle into a permanent house. From his earliest years, Ray remembers listening to his father’s and grandfather’s tales of Romani life, and watching his grandmother read cards and tell fortunes. Ray was the author of more than fifty books on occult, magic, witchcraft, and paranormal subjects and is popularly known as “The Father of American Wicca.” He passed away in 2017. (Photo Credit: Gregory Ford)