The Alexandrian Tradition of contemporary witchcraft incapsulates the teachings of Alex Sanders (himself a magician and initiate of the Gardnerian tradition) and his wife, Maxine.  Through the exploration and evolution of the Gardnerian teachings, coupled with other magical explorations that the Alexandrian Tradition evolved (and continues evolving to this day), resulting in a number of distinct differences between the two styles of “British Traditional Witchcraft” (aka BTW), yet maintaining many common interwoven threads.

Central to the beliefs found within contemporary witchcraft, is the worship of the Great Mother Goddess and her beloved consort, the Horned God.  This cosmic divine pair gives shape to everything that exists within nature.  As such, this duality can be reflected in the powers of life that surround each and every one of us, and which continues through to the inevitability of death and the subsequent reincarnation of the soul.  It is an eternal cycle of birth, death and rebirth which can be found within various other spiritual and religious philosophies and practices.

The Alexandrian Tradition, like the Gardnerian Tradition, is an initiatory tradition of the sacred Mysteries, coupled with the practice of magic and devotion.  This means that many of the practices are not able to be revealed to non-initiates for their purpose is to introduce the initiates into the Mysteries of The  Wica. 

As the Mysteries are not able to be taught or studied, for they need to be experienced to be fully understood, the practice provided within Alexandrian circles tend to be just as, if not more, important as the theory provided in the teachings.