He also received a Doctor of Divinity degree from Life Science College in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, (a defunct nonresidential seminary)[1] in 1967.
Distinguishing his practice from the wizards of fiction, Zell used the alternative spelling magick (with final "k") and claimed that his interest therein began at an early age with the reading of Greek myths and fairy tales.
[4] An early advocate of deep ecology, Zell claims to have been the first to have articulated and published the Gaia Hypothesis (using the spelling "Gaea"[5]) in 1970, independently of James Lovelock, who is usually given credit.
This group was known for the authentic "Living Unicorns" they created by minor surgery to the horn buds of goats, a technique he was granted a patent for in 1984.
[10] As the creator and original editor of the NeoPagan magazine Green Egg in 1968,[12] Zell was an early popularizer of the term "Neo-Pagan".
When Green Egg began publishing as a spirit-duplicated newsletter, Zell used the term "Neo-Pagan" to describe the new religious movement he was helping to create.
Adult (18+) students are sorted into four lodges: Society of the Four Winds, Order of the Dancing Flames, Coterie of the Flowing Waters, and Circle of the Standing Stones.
[20][21] During a routine colonoscopy, doctors found a cancerous growth attached to Zell's colon, and removed it laparoscopically at Petaluma Valley Hospital.
[22] Morning Glory died at home, surrounded by family, friends, lovers, and more than 360 Goddess images she had collected from around the world.
In October 2015, he moved in with a couple in Santa Cruz, CA, where they opened a center in town they called the Academy of Arcana.
The following June Oberon embarked on a legendary 2-year “Walkabout of the Wandering Wizard,” driving back and forth and up and down all over the US, with a few month-long trips to the Yucatan, Guatemala and Ecuador.