Aidan A. Kelly (born October 22, 1940) is an American academic, poet and influential figure in the Neopagan religion of Wicca. Having developed his own branch of the faith, the New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn, during the 1960s, he was also initiated into other traditions, including Gardnerianism and Feri, in subsequent decades. Alongside this, he was also an important figure in the creation of the Covenant of the Goddess, an organisation designed to protect the civil rights of members of the Wiccan community in the United States. He has also published academic work studying the early development of Gardnerian Wiccan liturgy, primarily through his controversial 1991 book Crafting the Art of Magic.
Kelly became an organizer and leader in the Neo-Pagan community while studying for a master's degree in creative writing at San Francisco State University in 1967 and 1968. A friend asked him to write a ritual for a Witch sabbat as part of an art seminar. This project led to the founding in October 1967 of the New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn (NROOGD), which evolved into a Wiccan coven in 1969. Although humorously named after the famous Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Kelly's coven was otherwise unrelated to that group.
Aidan Kelly (born September 6, 1994) is an American slider who raced for he United States in the men's luge singles event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He is the 2013 Norton junior U.S champion. Kelly resides in West Islip, New York. Kelly attended National Sports Academy in Lake Lake Placid, New York. He graduated in the class of 2012. He trained at the Olympic Training Centre there as well.
take the railroad to the ending of the rainbow
through the pain to salvation
show us how to find the way to the beginning
lost and found, homeward bound
bite the fruit and leave the life you've lived behind you
don't look down, keep climbing
tell us more about the things that we will find
once we're whole, once we're through and born anew
show devotion and I will give you your freedom,
composure and redemption
prove your faith to me and I will set you free
once we're whole, once we're through