Cunningham, Scott

Scott Cunningham
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Name	Cunningham, Scott Gender: M
Birthname	Scott Douglas Cunningham
born on	27 June 1956 at 09:25 (= 09:25 AM )
Place	Royal Oak, Michigan, 42n29, 83w09
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source	Bio/autobiography Rodden Rating B Collector: Campbell
Astrology data	05°53' 23°16 Asc. 27°59'

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Biography

American author of several books on Wicca and various other alternative religious subjects. His work Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, is one of the most successful books on Wicca ever published. 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.

In 1983, Cunningham was diagnosed with lymphoma, which he successfully overcame. In 1990, while on a speaking tour in Massachusetts, he suddenly fell ill and was diagnosed with AIDS-related cryptococcal meningitis. He suffered from several infections and died on 28 March 1993. Scott Cunningham was 36.

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Relationships

• friend relationship with Buckland, Raymond (born 31 August 1934)

Events

• Health : Medical diagnosis 1983 (Lymphoma)

• Death by Disease 28 March 1993 (AIDS-related cryptococcal meningitis, age 36)
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Source Notes

Dave Campbell quotes from Whispers of the Moon: Life and Work of Scott Cunningham, Philosopher, Magician, and Modern-day Pagan by David Harrington and deTraci Regula (Llewellyn, 1996), p. 3: "1956 ... in the delivery room of the John Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan... a week after Summer Solstice, at 9:25 A.M. on Wednesday June 27 ... Scott Douglas Cunningham ... burst into incarnation."

Categories

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Aids

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Cancer (Lymphoma)

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Other Major diseases (Cryptococcal meningitis, fatal)

• Family : Childhood : Order of birth (Middle of three)

• Passions : Sexuality : Gay

• Vocation : Education : Public speaker

• Vocation : Occult Fields : Other Occult Fields (Wicca)

• Vocation : Writers : Religion/ Philosophy (Wicca, etc)