Edmund "Eddie" Buczynski (January 28, 1947 – March 16, 1989) was a prominent American Wiccan and archaeologist who founded two separate traditions of Wicca: Welsh Traditionalist Witchcraft and The Minoan Brotherhood.Born to a working-class family in New York City, Buczynski initially planned to become a Roman Catholic priest, before abandoning this idea and embracing his homosexuality by moving to Greenwich Village and associating with the city's gay scene.