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Witchcraft today. Introduction by Dr. Raymond Buckland. Forward by Dr. Margaret Murray. …

Witchcraft Today $11.98 Witchcraft Today by Gerald Gardner Published in 2004 by Citadel

Popular Witchcraft: Straight From The Witch’’s Mouth $26.5 Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch”’’s Mouth, inspired by the British Gerald Gardner”’’s Witchcraft Today, was the first book to be published on popular American witchcraft and remains …

Popular Witchcraft $17.63 Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch’’s Mouth, inspired by the British Gerald Gardner’’s Witchcraft Today, was the first book to be published on popular American witchcraft and remains the classic survey of white and black magic. Newly revised and updated for twenty-first-century readers, the author–an ordained but marvelously fallen exorcist–tells all about the evil eye, the queer eye, women and witch trials, the Old Religion, magic Christianity, Satanism, and New Age self-help. Jack Fritscher sifts through legends of sorcery and the twisted history of witchcraft, including the casting of spells and incantations, with a focus on the growing role of witchcraft in popular culture and its mainstream commercialization through popular music, Broadway, Hollywood, and politics. As seriously historical as it is fun to read, there is no other book like it.

Inventing Witchcraft $20.3 Gerald Gardner invented Wicca as a new religion. Although Wicca claims to be a persecuted pagan religion dating from before Christianity, it draws upon controversial historical sources, modern occult practices, including those of Alistair Crowley and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 19th century translations of medieval grimoires, and the poetry of Gardner’s priestess, Doreen Valiente. This extensively revised edition contains new research as well as detailed textual comparisons of Gerald Gardner’s own manuscripts, magical books, and rituals that could not be included in the earlier edition. Why conservative Gardnerian Witches attempted to suppress the first edition no other publisher has dared to reprint it before now the history, rituals, and documents behind the evolution of modern Witchcraft contributions from people who helped Gardner create modern Witchcraft sources of Gardner’s inspiration

Witchcraft From the Inside $11.48 The word Witchcraft has been misunderstood for centuries. In the past 500 years, millions of people have faced persecution, torture, and even death after being accused of practicing Witchcraft. For many people the word "Witch" still conjures up images of secret spells and diabolical midnight rituals. So what exactly is Witchcraft (also called Wica or Wicca), and how did it evolve into one of today’s fastest-growing religions? Witchcraft From the Inside presents the history of Witchcraft—from its roots in ancient fertility religions, to the madness of the Malleus Maleficarum and the European Witch trials, to the growth of modern Wicca in Britain and the United States. Essays contributed by leading Wiccan authorities explore the present state of Wicca and provide a glimpse into the future of this peaceful nature religion. Author Ray Buckland studied Witchcraft under Gerald Gardner, the man largely credited for the revival of Witchcraft and the establishment of Wicca as a modern religion. Mr. Buckland was instrumental in bringing Gardnerian Witchcraft from England to the United States and is considered to be one of the leading American authorities on Witchcraft. In the following excerpt, Mr. Buckland explains the mundane truths behind the seemingly horrific ingredients of the legendary "witches’ brews". We know, from Shakespeare and other sources, that the Witches threw into their pots the most gruesome ingredients, right? There were things like the tongue of a snake, bloody fingers, catgut, donkey’s eyes, frog’s foot, goat’s beard, a Jew’s ear, mouse tail, snake head, swine snout, wolf’s foot, and so on. Pretty disgusting by the sound of it—if you take them at face value! In fact these were all the most innocuous of ingredients: normal plants and herbs. Today all plants have a Latin name, so that they may be distinct and positively identified. Yet years ago they were known only by common, local names. A plant or herb might be known by one name in one part of the country and a quite different name in another part of the country. And these names were colorful ones, frequently given to the plant because of its looks, color, or other attributes. In the above list, adder’s tongue was a name given to the dogtooth violet (Erythronium americanum); bloody fingers was the foxglove (Digitalis purpurea); catgut was the hoary pea (Tephrosia virginiana); donkey’s eyes were the seeds of the cowage plant (Mucuna pruriens); frog’s foot was the bulbous buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus); goat’s beard was the vegetable oyster (Tragopogon porrofolius); Jew’s ear was a fungus that grew on elder trees and elm trees (Peziza auricula); mouse tail was common stonecrop (Sedum acre); snake head was balmony (Chelone glabra); swine snout was the dandelion (Taraxacum dens leonis); and wolf’s foot was bugle weed (Lycopus virginicus). So the seemingly fearsome concoctions that the Witches mixed up in their cauldrons w…

The Rebirth of Witchcraft $11.9 One of witchcraft’’s most widely known figures, Doreen Valiente was a close friend of the late Gerald Gardner, generally regarded as the founder of modern Wicca. Initiated by him in the 1950s and for a time High Priestess of his coven, Doreen helped him rewrite his seminal Book of Shadows and establish witchcraft’’s international reputation. In this intriguing expose, Doreen provides an insider’’s account of the birth and evolution of the contemporary Wicca movement. She recalls her spat with Gardner that eventually split his coven, the controversy surrounding Alex Sanders, King of the Witches, and many other witches whom she has known, including Dafo, Robert Cochrane, Leslie Roberts, and Sybil Leek. She also describes the clairvoyant communications she received purporting to come from John Brakespeare, an 18th-century witch.

INVENTING WITCHCRAFT $22.48 THE BOOK THEY TRIED TO BANWhen the first edition of this book was released,conservative Gardnerian Witches attempted to suppressit, claiming that it discredited their religion. Eventhough its first printing quickly sold out, theoriginal publisher, faced with death threats andboycotts, agreed to abandon the project, and no otherpublisher has dared to reprint it before now.NOW READ THE TRUTHDr. Aidan A. Kelly has thoroughly investigated thehistory, rituals, and documents behind the evolutionof modern Witchcraft, and has concluded that GeraldGardner invented Wicca as a new religion. AlthoughWicca claims to be a persecuted pagan religion datingfrom before the rise of Christianity, it draws uponcontroversial historical sources, modern occultpractices, including those of Alistair Crowley and theHermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, 19th centurytranslations of medieval grimoires, and the poetry ofGardner’s priestess, Doreen Valiente.Expanded EvidenceThis extensively revised edition contains new researchwhich was unavailable at the time, as well as detailedtextual comparisons of Gerald Gardner’s ownmanuscripts, magical books, and rituals that could notbe included in the earlier edition. It includescontributions from people who helped Gardner createmodern Witchcraft and looks at the sources of hisinspiration. Both liberal Wiccans and religiousscholars hailed the earlier book as a classic in thenew field of Pagan Studies. This revised edition is amust-have for anyone interested in Witchcraft andmodern religious history.

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Witchcraft $19.48 A new look at the Old Religion-now available on DVD! Despite horrible abuse and repression, Witchcraft has managed to survive for centuries. Wiccan Priest Raymond Buckland traces the roots of pre-history Wicca to its modern-day practice in his enlightening Witchcraft documentary-now digitally re-mastered and available on DVD! This updated release features an actual coven of Witches in action, performing rituals of old. Witness a "Self Dedication Ritual," uncover the mysteries of the Sacred Circle, and learn why the "Craft of the Wise" is still attracting a dedicated following today.

The Truth about Witchcraft Today $8.95 When anyone mentions the word Witchcraft, most people duck their head and run for cover…

witchcraft today by gerald gardner

witchcraft today by gerald gardner