Theodore mills biography death

Ted Mills died on Wednesday, 21 February Theodore Mills has been an influential figure in modern American Witchcraft for well over twenty years. Now in his mids and in fragile health, Ted nevertheless retains a dynamic personality, an engaging sense of humor, and a level of energy that puts younger people to shame. This interview, conducted at his home in western Massachusetts, ended in the wee hours of the night.

While his interviewers had faded considerably, Ted showed little sign of slowing down.

Theodore Mills was born on February

FH : How did you get involved in the Craft? We have a history of witchcraft in the family, having descended from Alice and Mary Parker, who were hanged as witches in Salem, and by marriage to Rebecca Church Nurse. From the beginning, I had an innate awareness that I was different. I even asked my mother if she had adopted me. Some people are surprised that we even had clocks.

You feel like a dinosaur. I grew up in Indian Orchard, Mass. I used to spend a lot of time out in the woods near where I lived, and I suppose I had a vivid imagination because I believed that I could talk to the animals and understand what they were saying. But there was an old woman gathering herbs in the woods and I used to see her a lot.

She would walk down by the railroad tracks and she had a big basket under her arm filled up with all kinds of fern. But she said something rather interesting to me. I also had an interesting experience when I was about twelve years old—I had diphtheria and almost died.