Donald H. Frew

Donald Hudson 'Don' Frew is a figure in American Wicca, the Covenant of the Goddess, interfaith dialogue, and Pagan studies.

Wicca and the Covenant of the Goddess Frew's interest in Wicca began at age 12 in a group mentored by nearby Witch Lilith St. John. In 1983 Frew was initiated into Coven Firestar, a NROOGD (New Reformed Order of the Golden Dawn) coven and later into a Gardnerian coven (Tobar Bhride) in 1985. He is an Elder in both the NROOGD and Gardnerian Traditions of Neopagan witchcraft or Wicca. He is High Priest of a Gardnerian coven in Berkeley, California – Coven Trismegiston – with his wife.

Frew's covens have been members in the Covenant of the Goddess (or "CoG", the world's largest religious organization for Witches), and in 1985 he was elected CoG's second Public Information Officer. He has, since then, served nine terms on CoG's National Board.

Work with law enforcement Since 1985 Frew has worked with law enforcement as a consultant on the occult. The results were published in as "Satanism in America: How the Devil Got Much More than his Due". This report, finding no evidence of organized criminal activity by Satanist groups, turned the tide of law enforcement opinion against claims of widespread criminal activity by Satanic cults.

Work with evangelical Christians In 1986, Frew had a dialogue with the Spiritual Counterfeits Project, a Berkeley-based Evangelical Christian research organization focused against cults and the occult.

Frew has continued to represent CoG at all of the subsequent Parliaments—Cape Town 1999, Barcelona 2004, Melbourne 2009—and be active in key events. In 1997 Frew became one of only three Pagan representatives in the Parliament's "Assembly of the World's Religious and Spiritual Leaders".