[2] Because of the severe social strictures placed upon them by Jehovah's Witnesses, including fear of being disfellowshipped,[3] the Bottings stayed in the "broom closet," discussing their new faith only with fellow practicing pagans.

[citation needed] Gary Botting later depicted the early formation of the coven and its barely disguised principals in his play The Succubus, produced as a major project by the University of Alberta Department of Drama in 1982.

By 1974, Coven Celeste was drawing witches from all over the west of Canada to its central "covenstead" in Sylvan Lake, Alberta.

[citation needed] Later, in British Columbia, the coven incorporated many of the rituals of Starhawk as published in The Spiral Dance.

[9] The Bottings were divorced in 1999, and the following year Heather married Denis O'Brien, the high priest of Circle of the Moonsong; whereupon Coven Celeste was transferred to Alexander Astarte,[10] along with the secrets of its sacred tools, the athame, white handled knife, pentacle, scourge, cauldron, candle holders, candles, censor, Book of Shadows, and wands cut and manufactured by them under the supervision of their founder.