Phillip Emmons Isaac Bonewits (October 1, 1949 – August 12, 2010) was an influential American
Druid who published a number of books on the subject of
Neopaganism and
magic. He was also a public speaker, liturgist, singer and songwriter, and founded the Druidic organization
Ár nDraíocht Féin, as well as the Neopagan civil rights group, the Aquarian Anti-Defamation League. Born in
Royal Oak, Michigan, Bonewits had been heavily involved in
occultism since the 1960s. He died in 2010.