described Martello as "a lanky, hungry scrapper with piercing eyes, the face of a dark angel, and a mouth like a bear trap", while in her encyclopaedia on Wicca, Rosemary Ellen Guiley described him as "a colourful figure, known for his humor". Bruno described him as "a loving man, yet sometimes caustic", stating that to know him "was an honor, and ever a challenge". He was often noted for his scruffy appearance, with him typically wearing second-hand clothes. Beliefs Martello defended the growing rise of feminists in Wicca during the 1970s, criticizing what he deemed to be the continual repression of women within the Pagan movement. He also espoused the view that any Pagan who was involved in the U.S. government or military was a hypocrite. He was critical of Wiccans who espoused a division between white magic and black magic, commenting that it had racial overtones and that many of those advocating such a view were racist. Although aware that historians had criticized the witch-cult hypothesis of Margaret Murray, Martello stood by her claims, believing that the cult had been passed through oral tradition and thus evaded appearing in the textual sources studied by historians. Martello thought it unimportant that many Wiccans had lied about the origins of their beliefs, being quoted by Pagan journalist Margot Adler in her book Drawing Down the Moon'' as having stated Let's assume that many people lied about their lineage. Let's further assume that there are no covens on the current scene that have any historical basis. The fact remains: they do exist now. And they can claim a spiritual lineage going back thousands of years. All of our pre-Judeo-Christian or Moslem ancestors were Pagans! Publications References Footnotes Bibliography 1930 births 2000 deaths American expatriates in Morocco American feminist writers American former Christians American graphologists American occult writers American psychics American Wiccans American writers of Italian descent Deaths from cancer in the United States Former Roman Catholics Founders of modern pagan movements Gardnerian Wiccans Gay feminists American gay writers American hypnotists LGBT feminists LGBT people from Massachusetts American LGBT rights activists LGBT Wiccans Male feminists Tarot readers Wiccan feminists Wiccan priests Wiccan writers Writers from Massachusetts 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers 20th-century LGBT people