Career
She claimed to have been initiated in 1941 by a couple of hereditary witches in Cumbria. Bone was a close confidant of Gardner"s initiator Dafo, and she reported that the New Forest coven was a hereditary coven that followed the old ways of the Hampshire region, and that they traced their origins to the time of the death of King William Rufus in the Norman era. She founded many covens, among them there were two which were particularly successful: the one in south London in the early 1960s and the one in Brighton.
In May 1966 Bone and Patricia Crowther combined to denounce Alex Sanders, whom they accused of having an invalid initiation.
There is some confusion over the spelling of Ray Bone"s preferred first name: many modern authors and websites give it as "Rae", possibly in confusion with Rae Beth. A 1964 article and photograph from the United Kingdom magazine "Tit-Bits" gives the authoritative spelling.