Zsuzsanna Budapest's The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries, published by her own Susan B. Anthony Coven No. 1 in 1980, is a primary text of Dianic Wicca, not a scholarly account of it. Its strength is that it is Budapest's own foundational statement of the tradition she created, in an expanded 1980 printing of a 1976 original later revised again in 2003, so the atlas is explicit about which edition underlies this record. Its limit is that a primary movement text speaks for its founder's own view and is not a neutral description of Dianic Wicca as practiced by others.
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Citation
AuthorZsuzsanna Budapest
PublisherSusan B. Anthony Coven No. 1
Publication Year1980
The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries was first published under this title in 1980; it expands a 1976 predecessor (The Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows) and was later revised in 2003. 1980 is recorded as this entry's edition year; the earlier and later editions are named here rather than picked as the value. Source Typeprimary-text
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Zsuzsanna Budapest's own primary Dianic Wicca text, self-published through her own Susan B. Anthony Coven No. 1, the founder's own foundational statement rather than a neutral outside account, hence the middle tier. NotesNo single year: an expansion of a 1976 work, published in 1980 and revised in 2003.
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This source names Dianic Wicca directly: "1 in 1980, is a primary text of Dianic Wicca, not a scholarly account of it."
Source The Holy Book of Women's MysteriesZsuzsanna Budapest
Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)
This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 19 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Literary Works, 11 claims: 6 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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