An Apostate's Guide to Witchcraft
An Apostate's Guide to Witchcraft

Author: Moss Matthey

Publisher: Llewellyn Publications

Published: 2024-09-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780738777115

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Join Moss Matthey as he recounts his uplifting journey from the confines of a fundamentalist Christian cult to an empowering Pagan coven. Weaving his lived experiences with a gentle introduction to Witchcraft, Moss explores what differentiates Paganism from cults and high-control religions, inviting you to shed oppressive spiritual experiences and find support. Through his story of self-searching and religious liberation, Moss teaches that spiritual pursuits should be freeing and presents Paganism as one such path. He invites you to dip your toe in the waters of Witchcraft with a sampling of exercises and journal prompts inspired by Welsh and German traditions. A celebration of culture, authenticity, and spiritual recovery, this book will inspire you to question restrictive ideologies and develop a healthy practice of your own.

An Apostate's Guide to Witchcraft
An Apostate's Guide to Witchcraft

Author: Moss Matthey

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2024-09-08

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0738777269

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Escape the Cult, Explore the Craft: A Journey of Healing and Self-Discovery Join Moss Matthey as he recounts his uplifting transition from the confines of a fundamentalist Christian cult to an empowering Pagan coven. Weaving his lived experiences with a gentle introduction to Witchcraft, Moss explores what differentiates Paganism from cults and high-control religions, inviting you to shed oppressive spiritual experiences and find support. Through his story of self-searching and religious liberation, Moss teaches that spiritual pursuits should be freeing and presents Paganism as one such path. He invites you to dip your toe in the waters of Witchcraft with a sampling of exercises and journal prompts inspired by Welsh and German traditions. A celebration of culture, authenticity, and spiritual recovery, this book will inspire you to question restrictive ideologies and develop a healthy practice of your own. Includes a foreword by Mhara Starling, author of Welsh Witchcraft

Apostasy Devotional - A Daily Guide Exposing False Shepherds
Apostasy Devotional - A Daily Guide Exposing False Shepherds

Author: James Russell

Publisher: James Russell Publishing

Published: 2009-02

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780916367626

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This is the first daily devotional published that is specifically dedicated to exposing false Christian pastors operating within the great modern day, end-time apostate church system. Each day of the year a paragraph is given to instill within you Biblical wisdom to help you discern the truth from a lie and to recognize deception within your church. This is the hidden, but now revealed, Biblical knowledge that will set you free from the damning heresies being taught inside modern day church pulpits. Today, more than ever, this book is needed as millions of Christians are being duped by a multitude of dishonest pastors preaching a different gospel that is deceptively somewhat Biblical in nature, but is clearly not Christian! Don't let them deceive you. Get this book before it is too late! 365 paragraphs, 73 illustrations, 160 p.p. 6x9 size perfect bound book.

Teaching Witchcraft
Teaching Witchcraft

Author: Miles Batty

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2023-03-08

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 0738772666

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A Lost Underground Classic for Seekers and Instructors of the Craft Teaching Witchcraft is written for today's practitioners, both in coven groups and solitary study. Featuring more than thirty-five lessons that reflect current cultural perspectives and practices in the Wiccan community, this resource includes contemporary lesson guides and exam questions, as well as an emphasis on inclusivity. Miles Batty presents an extensive variety of topics, including spellcasting, ritual construction and procedures, the Wheel of the Year, the principles of Wiccan belief, and the four cornerstones of magick. You'll start with the fundamentals and progress through the Craft's many facets, from its history and tools to divination and etiquette. This step-by-step-guide also covers the faces of the goddess, sexuality in Witchcraft, correspondences, and magickal ethics. With lessons and study questions for every level of student, this is the essential resource for learning and teaching Witchcraft.

Encyclopedia of Witchcraft [4 volumes]
Encyclopedia of Witchcraft [4 volumes]

Author: Richard M. Golden Director, Jewish Studies Program

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2006-01-30

Total Pages: 1310

ISBN-13: 1851095128

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The definitive compilation on witchcraft and witch hunting in the early modern era exploring significant people, places, beliefs, and events. Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Western Tradition is the definitive reference on the age of witch hunting (approximately 1430–1750), its origins, expansion, and ultimate decline. Incorporating a wealth of recent scholarship in four richly illustrated, alphabetically organized volumes, it offers historians and general readers alike the opportunity to explore the realities behind the legends of witchcraft and witchcraft trials. Over 170 contributors from 28 nations provide vivid, documented descriptions and analyses of witchcraft trials and locations, folklore and beliefs, magical practices and deities, influential texts, and the full range of players in this extraordinary drama—witchcraft theorists and theologians; historians and authors; judges, clergy, and rulers; the accused; and their persecutors. Concentrating on Europe and the Americas in the early modern era, the work also covers relevant topics from the ancient Near East (including the Hebrew and Christian Bibles), classical antiquity, and the European Middle Ages.

Writings of Shaker Apostates and Anti-Shakers, 1782-1850 Vol 1
Writings of Shaker Apostates and Anti-Shakers, 1782-1850 Vol 1

Author: Christian Goodwillie

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1351536230

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The Shakers are perhaps the best known of American religious communities. Their ethos and organization had a practical influence on many other communities and on society as a whole. This three volume collection presents writings from a broad cross-section of those who opposed the Shakers and their way of life.

"Writings of Shaker Apostates and Anti-Shakers, 1782?850 Vol 1 "

Author: Christian Goodwillie

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 1351536222

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The Shakers are perhaps the best known of American religious communities. Their ethos and organization had a practical influence on many other communities and on society as a whole. This three volume collection presents writings from a broad cross-section of those who opposed the Shakers and their way of life.

Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: E-J
Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: E-J

Author: Richard M. Golden

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13:

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Over 170 contributors from 28 nations provide vivid, documented descriptions and analyses of witchcraft trials and locations, folklore and beliefs, magical practices and deities, influential texts, and the full range of players in this extraordinary drama, witchcraft theorists and theologians; historians and authors; judges, clergy, and rulers; the accused; and their persecutors. Concentrating on Europe and the Americas in the early modern era, the work also covers relevant topics from the ancient Near East (including the Hebrew and Christian Bibles), classical antiquity, and the European Middle Ages.

Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic
Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic

Author: David Frankfurter

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-03-19

Total Pages: 817

ISBN-13: 9004390758

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In the midst of academic debates about the utility of the term “magic” and the cultural meaning of ancient words like mageia or khesheph, this Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic seeks to advance the discussion by separating out three topics essential to the very idea of magic. The three major sections of this volume address (1) indigenous terminologies for ambiguous or illicit ritual in antiquity; (2) the ancient texts, manuals, and artifacts commonly designated “magical” or used to represent ancient magic; and (3) a series of contexts, from the written word to materiality itself, to which the term “magic” might usefully pertain. The individual essays in this volume cover most of Mediterranean and Near Eastern antiquity, with essays by both established and emergent scholars of ancient religions. In a burgeoning field of “magic studies” trying both to preserve and to justify critically the category itself, this volume brings new clarity and provocative insights. This will be an indispensable resource to all interested in magic in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, ancient Greece and Rome, Early Christianity and Judaism, Egypt through the Christian period, and also comparative and critical theory. Contributors are: Magali Bailliot, Gideon Bohak, Véronique Dasen, Albert de Jong, Jacco Dieleman, Esther Eidinow, David Frankfurter, Fritz Graf, Yuval Harari, Naomi Janowitz, Sarah Iles Johnston, Roy D. Kotansky, Arpad M. Nagy, Daniel Schwemer, Joseph E. Sanzo, Jacques van der Vliet, Andrew Wilburn.

The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic
The Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic

Author: Owen Davies

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-02-09

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 0191034002

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This richly illustrated history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs and practices, the rise of the witch trials, and the depiction of the Devil-worshipping witch. The book also focuses on the more recent history of witchcraft and magic, from the Enlightenment to the present, exploring the rise of modern magic, the anthropology of magic around the globe, and finally the cinematic portrayal of witches and magicians, from The Wizard of Oz to Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.