Editing Isaac Bonewits (section)

==Contributions to Neopaganism==
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In his book ''Real Magic'' (1971), Bonewits proposed his "Laws of Magic". These "laws" are synthesized from a multitude of [[belief system]]s from around the world to explain and categorize magical beliefs within a cohesive framework. Many interrelationships exist, and some belief systems are [[subset]]s of others. This work was chosen by [[Dennis Wheatley]] in the 1970s to be part of his publishing project ''Library of the Occult''.

Bonewits also coined much of the modern terminology used to articulate the themes and issues that affect the North American Neopagan community.
* Pioneered the modern usage of the terms "[[thealogy]]", "[[Paleo-Paganism]]", "[[Meso-Paganism]]", and numerous other [[retronym]]s.
* Possibly coined the term "[[Polytheistic reconstructionism|Pagan Reconstructionism]]", though the communities in question would later diverge from his initial meaning.<ref name="recon">{{cite book | first =Isaac | last =Bonewits | year =2006 | title =Bonewits's Essential Guide to Druidism  | pages =131 | publisher =Kensington/Citadel | location =New York| isbn =0-8065-2710-2 }} Author is unsure whether he "got this use of the term from one or more of the other culturally focused Neopagan movements of the time, or if [he] just applied it in a novel fashion".</ref><ref name="McColman">McColman (2003) p.51: "Such reconstructionists are attempting, through both spiritual and scholarly means, to create as purely Celtic a spirituality as possible."</ref>
* Founded [[Ar nDraiocht Fein]], which was incorporated in 1990 in the state of Delaware as a U.S. 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
* Developed the ''Advanced Bonewits Cult Danger Evaluation Frame'' (ABCDEF).
* Coined the phrase "Never Again the Burning".<ref name="natb">{{cite web|url=http://www.neopagan.net/AquarianManifesto.html|title=The Aquarian Manifesto with Historical Notes|first=Isaac|last=Bonewits|website=www.neopagan.net|access-date=June 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418175456/http://www.neopagan.net/AquarianManifesto.html|archive-date=April 18, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Critiqued the [[Witch-cult hypothesis|Burning Times / Old Religion Murray thesis]] (in ''Bonewits's Essential Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca'').
* In his book ''Real Magic'' (1971), Bonewits proposed his hypothesis on the Laws of Magic, which were then elaborated in his RPG supplement ''Authentic Thaumaturgy''. The book makes it clear it is an adaptation of the ideas from Real Magic to gaming with the Laws presented being abbreviated from those in ''Real Magic''.<ref>Bonewits, Isaac (2005). ''Authentic Thaumaturgy''. Steve Jackson Games. p. 58</ref>