Considers the origins of witchcraft, and discusses the practices of seven distinct "schools" of witchcraft
"---Back cover This classic text is the most complete self-study course in modern Wicca available, written by the author who first went public with "The Old Religion" in the United States.
Often associated with women, witchcraft can be practiced by men as well. But never fear; this book will help you dismantle myths misconceptions and build a solid foundation of understanding.
XII , 448 ; and an anonymous fragment of c . ... Ralph of Coggeshall , Chronicon Anglicanum , Rolls Ser . , LXVI ( London , 1875 ) , 121-125 ; Wakefield and Evans ... Translation by Walter Wakefield , in Wakefield and Evans , p . 254 .
This book sheds new light on the ancient origins of religion to give Wiccans, Witches, and the Neo-Pagans a sense of where they belong in history.
An important collection of essays that use a variety of different approaches and sources to uncover the continued relevance of witchcraft and magic in nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe.
This book is both a guide for everyday life and a resource to discover Wiccan origins. If you don't have a copy of this book, get one today. You'll use it for the rest of your life.
Instead, this book challenges you to think critically about your beliefs and practices, what they mean to you, how they've changed, and where you're going.
This new collection provides students and researchers with an invaluable resource, comprising the most important and influential discussions on this topic. A useful introductory essay written by the editor precedes each volume.
Fascinating and informative, this book explores how visual representations of witchcraft contributed to the widespread acceptance of beliefs in sixteenth-century Europe and helped establish the conditions for the widespread persecution of ...
Other literary scholars analyse them as oral genre using semiotics ( Halpern and Foley 1978 ; Nöth 1977 ) , while more recent anthropological approaches note the shamanistic function of such chants ( Glosecki 1989 ) .