


She met the Sanders in 1970 through a friend who had become interested in exploring Wicca. She was initiated into Alexandrian Wicca by the tradition's founders, Alex and Maxine Sanders. After high school, Janet worked as a model and receptionist. She attended the Leyton Manor School, and the Royal Wanstead High School girls' school. Her family, of mixed English, Irish and Welsh descent, were members of the Church of England. She is a frequent guest lecturer on the subjects of Wicca, Neopaganism and witchcraft in North America and Europe. According to George Knowles, "some seventy five percent of Wiccans both in the Republic and Northern Ireland can trace their roots back to the Farrars." įarrar has been one of the most public faces of Wicca, having appeared as a model for book covers and illustrations in several of the best-read books on the subject. Along with her two husbands, Stewart Farrar and Gavin Bone, she has published "some of the most influential books on modern Witchcraft to date". Janet Farrar (born Janet Owen on 24 June 1950) is a British teacher and author of books on Wicca and Neopaganism.
