The Bridge Between the Worlds
Newsletter · Canada · 1994 or earlier–1995+

Cover Art from Lughnasad
Issue 2 · 1994
About The Bridge Between the Worlds
The Bridge Between the Worlds (a.k.a. the Bridge) was a small, independently published Canadian newsletter serving readers interested in the older traditions of European Witchcraft. Edited by Birigit, it described itself as a “non-profit contact publication” and provided a space for articles, correspondence, discussion, and exchange among practitioners of Gardnerian, pre-Gardnerian, hereditary, and other traditional forms of Witchcraft.
What stands out about The Bridge is its intimate, conversational character. Readers wrote directly to Birigit and to one another, responding to articles, challenging claims, offering critiques, and continuing discussions from previous issues. The Bridge fostered an atmosphere of independent thought and open discussion while emphasizing respect for differing traditions.
The Bridge also participated in a wider international network of Pagan periodicals, exchanging publications and advertising with newsletters and magazines in Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia, and elsewhere. These exchanges offer a glimpse into the informal print networks through which Pagan and Witchcraft communities communicated and discovered one another in the years before widespread internet access.
Publication Details
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Title: The Bridge Between the Worlds
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Author(s): Various contributors
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Editor: Birigit (surname unknown)
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First publication year: Unknown; Issue 1 predates Lughnasad 1994
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Publication run: 1994 or earlier–1995+
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Publisher: Unknown
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Place of publication: Ontario, Canada
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Language: English
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Frequency: Quarterly
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Subjects/Tags: Witchcraft, Paganism, Traditional Witchcraft, European Witchcraft, hereditary witchcraft, Pagan periodicals, correspondence, Pagan publishing
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Tradition(s): Gardnerian Witchcraft, pre-Gardnerian Witchcraft, hereditary witchcraft, traditional European Witchcraft
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Document type: Newsletter/contact publication
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Rights status: Copyrighted; individual articles credited as copyright of their original contributors
Browse Available Issues
Five issues of The Bridge Between the Worlds are currently available digitally through the Internet Archive, spanning Lughnasad 1994 through Lughnasad/Mabon 1995. Issue 1 is referenced within the surviving publication but has not yet been located.
1994
1995
If you have copies of The Bridge, know of additional surviving issues, or have information about Birigit or the newsletter’s publication history, we would love to hear from you. WAPPA welcomes information from personal collections as well as libraries and archives; you do not need to donate or part with your original materials to help fill gaps in the historical record.