His work Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, is one of the most successful books on Wicca ever published;[1] he was a friend of notable occultists and Wiccans such as Raymond Buckland, and was a member of the Serpent Stone Family, and received his Third Degree Initiation as a member of that coven.

[3] The family moved to San Diego, California in the fall of 1959 due to Rose Marie's health problems.

After two years in the program, however, he had more published works than several of his professors and dropped out of the university to write full-time.

In 1990, while on a speaking tour in Massachusetts, he suddenly fell ill and was diagnosed with AIDS-related[7] cryptococcal meningitis.

[3] Several of Scott's books include black and white drawings and (in some editions) cover art by the Wiccan artist Robin Wood.