Bryan Lankford

Bryan Lankford is a leading Wiccan practitioner in the Dallas Pagan community.  He has been trained as a High Priest in the McFarland Dianic Tradition, a Wiccan tradition founded in the early 1970s by Morgan McFarland, and has master standing in Old Path Wicca.  He is the cofounder and High Priest of the OIC coven, an Old Path Wiccan coven that holds regular circles of its own as well as performing rituals for the Dallas Pagan community.

Bryan has served as national co-second officer of the Covenant of the Goddess (CoG), an international organization for Wiccans, and as first officer of the Texas Local Council of CoG.  Since its creation he has been on the board of directors of Betwixt & Between (B&B), a community center for Wiccans, Pagans, and others who follow alternative spiritual paths, and has taught the beginning Wicca class at B&B since 1998.  As interfaith officer for the Texas Local Council of CoG and interfaith director for B&B, Bryan lectures extensively about Wicca at colleges, universities, and private functions around the North Texas area helping thousands of people understand the truth about Wicca.  Bryan is also a founding member of B&B’s Civil Rights Division, which aids those who are experiencing religious discrimination.

Since 1999 Bryan has been a member of the Thanks-Giving Square Interfaith Committee, which promotes dialogue and cooperation between people of all religions, where he represents the Wiccan faith in the Dallas area religious community.  In 2000 he received international media attention when he gave the opening invocation at a Dallas City Council meeting.

Bryan has been frequently interviewed by the media and has been a guest on both secular and religious radio programs.  His first book, WICCA DEMYSTIFIED: A GUIDE FOR PRACTITIONERS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, was published by Marlowe & Co. in 2005.  He lives in Mesquite, Texas, with his wife, Anastasia, and two children.