The Triumph of the Moon
The Triumph of the Moon

Author: Ronald Hutton

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-10-10

Total Pages: 535

ISBN-13: 0192562282

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'a brilliant history' The Sunday Times 'makes for riveting reading' The Independent Modern pagan witchcraft is arguably the only fully-formed religion England has given the world, and has now spread across four continents. This second edition of The Triumph of the Moon extensively revises the first full-scale scholarly study of modern pagan witchcraft. Ronald Hutton examines the nature and development of this religion, and offers a history of attitudes to witchcraft, paganism and magic in British society since 1800. Its pages reveal village cunning folk, Victorian ritual magicians, classicists and archaeologists, leaders of woodcraft and scouting movements, Freemasons, and members of rural secret societies. We also find some of the leading figures of English literature, from the Romantic poets to W. B. Yeats, D. H. Lawrence and Robert Graves, as well as the main personalities who have represented pagan witchcraft to the public world since 1950. Thriller writers like Dennis Wheatley, and films and television programmes, get similar coverage, as does tabloid journalism. The material is by its nature often sensational, and care is taken throughout to distinguish fact from fantasy, in a manner not previously applied to most of the stories involved. Meticulously researched, The Triumph of the Moon presents an authoritative insight into an aspect of modern cultural history which has attracted sensational publicity but has hitherto been little understood. This edition incorporates new research carried out by the author as well as research by others who have been inspired by this book over the twenty years since its first publication.

Old Magic, New Witchcraft
Old Magic, New Witchcraft

Author: Melissa Seims

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-10-28

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13: 1304574431

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An investigation into the influence of the Golden Dawn on the pioneers of modern Gardnerian Witchcraft.

Modern Wicca
Modern Wicca

Author: Michael Howard

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2010-09-08

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 073872288X

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An insider's look at the history of Witchcraft The evolution of Wicca is as dynamic and colorful as the Witches who helped shape it. One of the most enigmatic and progressive practitioners of his time, Gerald Gardner was arguably the most instrumental Witch in spreading the Craft around the world. Drawing on his decades of personal involvement with Wicca, Michael Howard offers an intimate portrait of Gerald Gardner's life and traces the history and development of modern neo-pagan Witchcraft. Howard reveals little-known facts and stories surrounding the men and women who shaped Wicca over the past sixty years, including Aleister Crowley, Alex Sanders, and influential initiates such as Doreen Valiente. From the Museum of Magic and Witchcraft on the Isle of Man to the origins of the Book of Shadows, Modern Wicca tracks the expansion of Wicca as it spread from the United Kingdom to the United States and beyond-and takes you inside the political controversies, behind-the-scenes rivalries, and once-guarded secrets of pagan ritual, Wiccan spells, and the Craft of the Wise. Praise: "This is an extremely important book, representing an account of Wiccan history from somebody who has himself been a major actor in it."—Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon

The Witch Book
The Witch Book

Author: Raymond Buckland

Publisher: Visible Ink Press

Published: 2001-11-01

Total Pages: 934

ISBN-13: 1578597919

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A look at Witches, Witchcraft and the Wicca tradition from the author of Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft From Abracadabra to Aleister Crowley to Gardnerian Witchcraft to Rosemary's Baby to sorcery and Zoroaster, The Witch Book by the late, great Raymond Buckland is unmatched in its coverage of witchcraft’s historical, practical, and cultural aspects. A student of the late Wicca pioneer Dr. Gerald Gardner, Raymond Buckland has been widely credited with introducing Wicca to the United States. He was one of the world’s foremost experts on Witchcraft, Wicca, and Earth religions. With 560 entries, a resource section, and 114 photos and illustrations, this is an exhaustive exploration of Witchcraft, Wicca, paganism, magic, people, places, events, literature, and more. It shows how, in pre-Christian and early Christian times, Witchcraft (with a capital “W”) was a magical and healing practice associated with early spirtual beliefs, including how the word "Witch" comes from the Old Anglo-Saxon wicce or wicca, meaning a “wise one”: the wiseman or -woman of the common people who had knowledge of herbs, healing, augury, and magic. It also tackles how Witchcraft and paganism were erroneously linked with Satanism, black magic, and pop-culture distortions. It defines both the darker Christian concept and the true concept of Wicca, concentrating on the Western European and later New World versions of Witchcraft and magic. The Witch Book is a broad and deep look at witches, witchcraft and the Wicca tradition.

Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6
Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 6

Author: Marijke Gijswijt-Hofstra

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0485891050

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The end of the 18th century saw the end of witch trials. This volume charts the processes and reasons for decriminalizing witchcraft. It also surveys the social role of witchcraft in European communities to the end of the 19th century.

Satanism: A Social History
Satanism: A Social History

Author: Massimo Introvigne

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-08-29

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13: 9004244964

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A 17th-century French haberdasher invented the Black Mass. An 18th-century English Cabinet Minister administered the Eucharist to a baboon. High-ranking Catholic authorities in the 19th century believed that Satan appeared in Masonic lodges in the shape of a crocodile and played the piano there. A well-known scientist from the 20th century established a cult of the Antichrist and exploded in a laboratory experiment. Three Italian girls in 2000 sacrificed a nun to the Devil. A Black Metal band honored Satan in Krakow, Poland, in 2004 by exhibiting on stage 120 decapitated sheep heads. Some of these stories, as absurd as they might sound, were real. Others, which might appear to be equally well reported, are false. But even false stories have generated real societal reactions. For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Satanism, from the French Court of Louis XIV to the Satanic scares of the late 20th century, satanic themes in Black Metal music, the Church of Satan, and beyond.

Complete Teachings of Wicca
Complete Teachings of Wicca

Author: The Witch of Oz

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2018-02-07

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 1504312147

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The Old Religion known as Wicca uses an ancient pagan system of internal and external alchemizing as a way to heal and cause a reawakening and a new awareness of the Mother Goddess and her deepest mysteries. By improving our communication with our subtler levels of rhythm and change, we can move more easily and completely into the Age of Aquarius. Complete Teachings of Wicca, Book Two: The Witch offers a journey of self-exploration to learn and understand the basics of the oldest religion in the world, Wicca. It takes you through a series of training exercises and provides deeper insight into the mysteries of the Wicca and our Goddess, Mother Earth. Man has always been in awe of the Universe and its Magick, and by realizing that there is an ultimate feminine, we can know how everything is a creation of the two. We are the Witches of old and the Wiccans of tomorrow! The changes of the dawning age are inevitable and part of the macrocosmic tides. But it is up to us as individuals and as a planet to decide whether these changes take us forward or backward. The training and education in Complete Teachings of Wicca will help you find that the results are proportional to the amount of artistic involvement you invest, and it will help you reconnect with Mother Nature whether you are the seeker, the beginner of Wicca, or someone seeking his or her own truth.

Tarot Mysteries of Thoth
Tarot Mysteries of Thoth

Author: Tamara von Forslun

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2018-10-17

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 1504315170

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Since the beginning of time, humankind has stood in awe of the universe and its many magickal marvels—even the very planet Earth that we live on—realizing that there is a Goddess and God the created all that is. Their greatest creations were their children: the Wicces of old, and the Wiccans of tomorrow. There have been many secrets within all religious orders, but the coffer of knowledge of these esoteric occult and religious organizations has now been opened for all to learn and understand. In Tarot Mysteries of the Thoth, author Tamara Von Forslun shares these secrets of Wicca and brings clarity and sensitivity to budding seekers of the craft as they come to know and learn the religion of old. As the third book in her series on witchcraft and Wicca, this guidebook focuses on the training of the initiated Wicce by working the tarot as internal alchemy for the modern Wicce. It will challenge modern-day Wicces with a series of training lessons that are practical in the advancement of becoming a priest or priestess of the old religion of Wicca. In order to develop on your magickal journey as a Wicce, you must learn to connect at a very deep earthly level, and you must have an intensity that will help you gain the ability to positively change the very world you live in—not only on a microcosmic level, but on a macrocosmic, universal level as well. The lessons in Tarot Mysteries of the Thoth will aid in your development.

The Living Temple of Witchcraft Volume Two
The Living Temple of Witchcraft Volume Two

Author: Christopher Penczak

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2009-05

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 073871478X

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In the sixth installment of the award-winning Temple of Witchcraft series, popular author Christopher Penczak explores the quest of the God. In this volume, the twelve signs of the zodiac represent the God's symbolic journey through the sky. Each archetypal astrological force offers readers unique insight into the mysteries and the role of a high priest or high priestess. This manual of practical exercise, witchcraft theology, and ministerial advice also explores witchcraft and the modern world, discussing how contemporary issues can be approached from the perspective of witchcraft spirituality. A magickal education through the zodiac signs Learning tools for pagan ministers Earth stewardship and working with ley lines Ancestor work Trance work through dance and plant substances Mediumship within witchcraft Communing with your own personal twelvefold pantheon The lessons in this advanced magickal book culminate in a powerful self-initiation ritual that combines the lessons of the Goddess's descent and the God's journey, to bring awareness, understanding, and personal power.