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perform the l.b.r.p. to seal the magical work. note: be sure to record results in your ritual diary for future reference. in the 0=0 grade, we give you a basic tarot spread called the circle spread divination. the reason that we give you this spread in the neophyte grade is because most of the people attracted to the order have practiced some form of magical operation. whether they have come from wicca or low magic, even some forms of ceremonial or high magic, they need a system of divination that will tell them the karmic consequences of any magical operation. the circle spread divination is designed to do exactly that. it is designed to give you a basic idea of the probable outcome of any magical operation, but more importantly, the influences around you and the situation. in this lesson

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT AND MAGICK SPELLS

ing of elohim be upon you. be there ever peace between us and you and be ye ready to come when ye are called (knocks) hiero: returns to place. all face east. hiero: in the name of tetragrammaton tzabaoth, i declare this temple closed in the grade of philosophus. hiero (knocks 3, 3, 1) hiereus (knocks 3, 3, 1) heg (knocks 3. 3,3, format: v1.5 (prc- for mobipocket reader- pictures included) genera: wicca/ wiccan/ witchcraft extra's: pictures included (for all versions) copyright: 2001 first scanned: 2002 posted to: alt.binaries.e-book note: 1. the html, text and pdb versions are bundled together in one zip file. 2. the pdf and prc files are sent as single zips (and naturally don't have the file structure below) structure (folder and sub folders) main folder- html files- nav- navigation files

dynamos. through them and through us courses the universal life force, known as ch'i to the chinese, and prana in hindu philosophy. it is a source upon which we can draw not only nor primarily for specific needs, but also for energy, harmony and connection with others, the world and the cosmos. it is an energy that can permeate every aspect of our being. a very special spirituality witchcraft and wicca (one of the major forms of witchcraft) both derive their names from the anglo- saxon words for wisdom 'witch' is from the old english word wita, meaning 'wise' and the wicca were the wise ones. witchcraft is said to be the oldest religion in the world. it is the indigenous shamanistic religion of europe that has, in spite of ferocious persecution from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuri

s included the tale of a terrifying character called kit crewbucket, whose ghostly form would appear on a boat or be seen in the water before it went through a dark tunnel. canal life has a whole mythology, much now lost as the old working boats have been replaced by weekend leisure traffic. you will find more on the details of these old superstitions in my book ghost encounters (blandford, 1998. wicca wicca, as it is performed today, is not modern witchcraft per se, but a contemporary neo-pagan religion. it is, however, one of the major forms of witchcraft. it began in its modern form with the teachings of gerald gardner after the repeal of the witchcraft act in 1951, though its descent can be traced to the ancient nature religions. this traditional method of wicca is quite formal, with c

asising the goddess and her representative, the high priestess, as their head. the goddess is the archetype or source energy of the ultimate feminine power or principle. all the named goddesses represent aspects of particular qualities of the goddess in different cultures. her consort is the horned god and his representative in the coven is the high priest. though each coven is autonomous, formal wicca follows a system of degrees of learning and does not permit self-initiation. the high priest initiates the female members and the high priestess the male. they celebrate eight sabbats, or seasonal celebrations. there are, however, numerous forms of wicca and of witchcraft, many of which draw on ancient traditions. for example, the feminist dianic wicca, founded in the 1970s, is spiritually d

ing energies through positive ritual. the goddess is the source of all creation, from whom, in the original virgin birth, her son-consort, the horned god, came. the horned god and the goddess are the creative male and female principles that act and react, not in opposition to each other, but as complementary and necessary parts of a whole. there are variations on this idea within the teachings of wicca. some traditions consider the goddess to be of greater significance than her male counterpart. others regard them as equal, assuming different aspects according to the season and ritual: she as the earth or moon deity, ruler of the summer months, he as the sun or corn god, ruler of winter and lord of the underworld after his death. along with other nature deities, the horned god became demon

personal circumstances or the location of your home may mean that you cannot travel to a group, or you may live in an area where there are few others who share your interests. many witches like myself choose to practise alone, drawing in my family and close friends to celebrate with me on the festival days. most solitary witches initiate themselves, though some traditions, such as the saxon seat wicca founded by raymond buckland in the usa, do admit solitary witches. indeed, solitary practitioners are said by some to have been witches in seven previous lifetimes and to possess within them all they need to know about the craft. truth or myth, no one should underestimate the number of private practitioners who do work alone, some coming together occasionally in small, informal groups. solit

ly in australia and parts of the usa. on-line covens are also springing up and they are an excellent way for solitary practitioners to gain support and information. reliable, bona fide covens will offer the same safeguards as any ordinary coven (see page 306, but of course the normal restraints you should show on contacting any internet site will apply. the beginning of the path to learning about wicca within a formal coven is usually marked by a dedication. initiation, after a year and a day, or a similar recognised magical period, will confer formal entry. further different levels of knowledge and responsibility may also be involved, for example elevation to a second or third degree, so that eventually initiates can begin their own covens if they wish. starting your own coven you can sta

tion. initiation, after a year and a day, or a similar recognised magical period, will confer formal entry. further different levels of knowledge and responsibility may also be involved, for example elevation to a second or third degree, so that eventually initiates can begin their own covens if they wish. starting your own coven you can start a coven without subscribing to any particular form of wicca or witchcraft. some of the most spiritual covens are those that do not have anyone in the role of high priestess or priest, but instead take it in turns to organise the meetings and rituals and take responsibility for any events. however, if you do want to follow a particular tradition. have a preliminary meeting in which you can plan for about six meetings ahead, deciding on the topics, the

ven a full druidic or goddess training, for example, costs no more than a few hundred pounds over several years. most covens and healing groups expect you only to pay for your expenses. i hope that, one day, joining a coven will be totally open, like joining any other organisation, and then the nasty elements who hide behind the name of magick will be exposed for the frauds they are. children and wicca many people are suspicious of witches and all the more so if the practitioner has young children. they seem to fear that witches will exert some kind of evil influence on innocent minds. in my experience, nothing could be further from the truth. children of wiccans are almost invariably kind to animals and aware of environmental issues. some groups have family celebrations and no responsible

nd excited to join in. skye is still a bit young for much of it, but even a two-year-old can dance around a maypole, pick berries, plant seeds and help bake bread or biscuits. it's exciting to think that the wheel of the year will have deep significance to her; that samhain and beltain will hold the same excitement that christmas held for me as a child 'i don't know if skye will ultimately choose wicca as her spiritual path, but i feel that growing up in a pagan home will give her the best tools for making choices in her life. she will learn to be aware of her environment and will feel a part of it, not above or outside it. hopefully, this will inspire her to care for it and for others around her, and to encourage others to do the same. wicca is self-governing, and i hope that skye will ha

ashioned by their incantations. sometimes, if practitioners used the elemental forces for negative purposes, they would create a tulpa, or thought form, that became an elemental demon. this was hard to banish, even though the magicians worked within a square enclosed by two magick circles -hence the origins of warnings about magical effects coming back threefold. the goddess and the horned god in wicca neither evocation nor invocation is part of modern witchcraft, however, and white witches do not recognise any demonic figures in their religion. when we refer to the goddess and her son-consort, the horned god of wicca, we are referring to the archetype or source energies of the feminine and masculine aspects of ultimate power. they are the creative female and male principles, acting not in

uline aspects of ultimate power. they are the creative female and male principles, acting not in opposition to each other but as complementary and necessary parts of a whole. all the named goddesses and gods in witchcraft represent the different qualities of these supreme forms, for example the goddesses of the hunt, or specific forms in different cultures. there are, of course, variations within wicca; some traditions emphasise the importance of the goddess, while others regard the horned god as her equal, with each assuming different aspects according to the season and ritual. for example, the goddess may appear as the earth or moon deity, and her male counterpart as the corn god or the sun. reaching gods and goddesses in trance modern wiccans call into themselves the energies of the god

st patrick with his emblematic shamrock. other forms of the horned god include herne the hunter, the greek pan, god of the woodlands, and dionysus, greek god of vegetation and the vine, whose ecstatic mystery cult involved ritual dismemberment and resurrection. cerunnos' importance has been in his continuing presence as the horned god, the male principle in witchcraft through the ages, in modern wicca and other neo-pagan faiths. he is also invoked for prosperity, fertility, instinctive power and knowledge of when it is necessary to hunt, whether to find employment or a home, and as protection against predators of all kinds. dionysus dionysus, sometimes depicted as a horned god, was a god of the grain, who died and was reborn every year as a child in a basket, representing the seed corn. h

ALEISTER CROWLEY AD MEIORUM CTHULHI GLORIAM

two thousand years, been associated with occultism and essentially with rites of evil magick, or the forbidden magick, of the enemy, and of satan. and the twisting, sacred spiral formed by the serpent of the caduceus, and by the spinning of the galaxies, is also the same leviathan as the spiral of the biologists' code of life: dna the goddess of the witches the current revival of the cult called wicca is a manifestation of the ancient secret societies that sought to tap this telluric, occult force and use it to their own advantage, and to the advantage of humanity as was the original intent. the raising of the cone of power through the circle dancing is probably the simplest method of attaining results in "rousing leviathan, and has been used by societies as diverse as the dervishes in th

ALEX SANDERS THE KING OF THE WITCHES

ne inside the circle breathing life into the fith-fath the witches' dance walking to covenstead calling down the power the symbolic sex act the witches' altar passing the pentacle around the circle the witches fall to the ground fertility rites the black mass athamll book of shadows coven covens'read esbat esp familiar fith-fath the key of solomon measure pentacle sabbat tarot card voodoo warlock wicca witch wizard the witch's black-hilted knife. with book of rules, written in witch's own handwriting and copied by successive generations, group ofwitches. meeting place of a coven small meeting, not necessarily of a full coven. extra-sensory perception a massofenergy or power raised by the witches and sent to work their will. small image made of clay or plasticine to represent a person on wh

oaths, he claimed to have been a lancashire witch in the early seventeenth century. he had been thrown into gaol but. before being taken had flung his athame into a brook near whalley abbey where it lay rotting to this day. nick laughed rudely at alex's predicament and declared that he should do as he was told and initiate the pair, and that they would need to be bound to the art-s-he called it 'wicca, the .old english name. for witchcraft-as fast as possible. when alex came.out of his trance the others could not 81 wait to get to whalley abbey to search for the knife. despite its being the early hours of the morning they would have left there and then if alex had not restrained them. having been unaware of his body's occupant, he was less excited than his fellows. but at daybreak the who

ers over the baby and gave him the name 'michael. neither of them knew what next to do with the wailing infant, and alex tried eo conjure up a familiar to help him. none would come, so he then went into a trance to see if nick would help. when alexawakenedt paul was in tears and the baby gone 'we shall never see him again' he told alex 'nick told me that we were to train michael to be.obedient in wicca so that he could be as a son tome. but he won't stay a baby; in the spirit world he'll mature so quickly that within twenty-four hours he'll be older.thani am now' until now alex had gone into a trance onlywhen hewished, but michael altered that. within the space ofa few days he stopped being a helpless baby and became a precociotls 93 nuisance.he began by invading alex's body, taking him ov

ad always had a blind spot for his own futute. i. as thedeckwas spread uponthe floor, alex could scarcely believe what he saw 'you are having an affair with the girl who asked.us for help i' he exclaimed 'you have deliberately taken the path 1 told her to avoid, and you are the one who hasled her on to it.'paul brushed aside the cards and .tried to bluff it out 'you can deny me,but you can't deny wicca' alex retorted 'don't deny your faith, if you have any decency left atal1 .alex called.a council of second. andthird..gr::l.de witches to 108 decide what should be done. apuri6:cationb!lth fg91d, water and salt was prepared and paul, was ,told;to i.iinme.rs,e_ lf while, the council cast the circkand he.a;tdwhat alex 'had,to say. they had consulted the:1?,00kson'witchlaw:hadf9un the specific

. during the months of her pregnancy and before, maxine had often seen in the cards that she was going to have a witchson who would be called michael. alex confirmed that he had seen the boy in his crystal and he looked forward to his appearance in the. flesh. at the ante-natal clinic of the hospital where the baby was to be delivered, maxine disconcerted the sister when she gave her religion as 'wicca 'don't you mean church of england' the sister asked. it was with great reluctance that she nally wrote 'pagan. on 3 december j967 maxine's baby was born. as she lay in the delivery room, relieved that it was over, she asked if she could hold her son 'it's a. beautiful little girl' she was told. maxine was certain there had been some mistake, but one look at the infant assured her that it was

ight of the. imperial constantinian order of stgeorge, all .of which are christian orders. q: to whom can would-be witches apply for membership? a: to the witch centre when it is opened in the near future, and to meat the following address: 18 carlow row ringstead nr. wellingborough northants pptnbtx bt .ooit of baboltls the law i. the law was made and ordained of old. 2. the law was made for the wicca, to advise and help in theirtroubles, 3. the wicca should give due worship to the gods and obey their will, which they ordain, for it was made for the good of wicca as the worship of the wicca is good for the gods. for the gods love the brethern of wicca. 4. as a manloveth a woman by mastering her, 5. so the wicca should love the gods by being mastered by them. 6. and it is necessary that th

s made for the good of wicca as the worship of the wicca is good for the gods. for the gods love the brethern of wicca. 4. as a manloveth a woman by mastering her, 5. so the wicca should love the gods by being mastered by them. 6. and it is necessary that the circle which is the temple of the gods, should be truly cast and purified. and that it may be a fit place for the gods to enter. 7. and the wicca shall be properly prepared and purified to enter into the presence of the gods. 8. with love and worship in their hearts, they shall raise power from their bodies to give power to the gods. 9. as has been taught of old. 10. for in this way only may men have communion with th 130 gods, for the gods cannot help man without the help of man. i i. and the high priestess shall rule her coven as th

ully surrendering pride of place is one of the greatest virtues. 21. and that thereby she will return to that pride of place in another life. with greater power and beauty. 22. in the old days, when witchdom extended far. we were free and worshipped in all the greater temples. 23. but in these unhappy times we must celebrate our sacred mysteries in secret. 24. so be it ordained, that none but the wicca may see our mysteries, for our enemies are many and torture loosens the tongue of man. 25. so be it ordained that no coven shall know where th.e next coven bide. 26. or who its members be. save only the priest. and priestess and messenger. 131 27. and there. shall be no communication. between them, save by the messenger of the gods, or the summoner. 28. and onlyifit be safe may the covens me

them, save by the messenger of the gods, or the summoner. 28. and onlyifit be safe may the covens meet in some sa.fe place for the great festivals. 29. and while there, none .shall say whence they came nor give their true names. 30. to thisiend,.any that are tortured in their agony may not tell if they do not kn.ow. 31. so be it ordained that no one shall tell anyone not of the craft who be ofthe wicca, nor give anynames or where they. bide, or in any way tell anything which can betray any. of us to ourfoes. 32. nor may he tell where the. covendom be. 33. or thecovenstead. 34..or where the meetings be. 35. and if any break these laws, even under torture, the curse of the goddess shall be upon them, so they may never be reborn on earth and may remain where they belong, in the hell of the ch

l, a .real whip should be used for the forty strokes. alex uses a. silver whip with thongs of embroidery silk, but some covens use thongs of shoe .laoes which can leave. permanent scars. on the last stroke, the high priestesssays 'youha,ve bravely passed the test, art ready to swear that thou wilt always be true to the art and ever ready to protect, help and defend thy brothers and sisters of the wicca,evq1 thcmgh it shpuld cost thee thylife?'whenhe replies that he is, he is toldtosay 'i [then his witch name, in the presence of the mighty ones, do of my own free will and accord most solemnly swear that i will ever keep secret and never reveal the secrets of the art except it be to a proper person, properly prepared within a circle such as i am now in 'all this i swear by my hopes of a futu

ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS OCCULT

water element notes on fire element notes on air element witches' wheel ways of making magic power properly prepared the meeting dance of calls the cone of power of the ordeal to get the sight to leave the body the working tools making tools to make anointing ointment various instructions the witches' round the laws the old law 1. the law was made and ordained of old. 2. the law was made for the wicca, to advise and help in their troubles. the wicca should give due worship to the gods and obey their will, which they ordain, for it was made for the good of wicca as the worship of the wicca is good for the gods. for the gods love the brethren of wicca. 3. 4. as a man loveth a woman by mastering her, 5. so should the wicca love the gods by being mastered by them. and it is necessary that the

de for the good of wicca as the worship of the wicca is good for the gods. for the gods love the brethren of wicca. 3. 4. as a man loveth a woman by mastering her, 5. so should the wicca love the gods by being mastered by them. and it is necessary that the circle which is the temple of the gods, should be truly cast and purified. and that it may be a fit place for the gods to enter. 6. 7. and the wicca shall be properly prepared and purified to enter into the presence of the gods. with love and worship in their hearts, they shall raise power from their bodies to give power to the gods. 8. 9. as has been taught of old. for in this way only may men have communion with the gods, for the gods cannot help man without the help of man. 10. hps& hp 11. and the high priestess shall rule her coven a

rendering pride of place is one of the greatest virtues. 20. and that thereby she will return to that pride of place in another life, with greater power and beauty. 21. security in the old days, when witchdom extended far, we were free and worshipped in all the greater temples. 22. 23. but in these unhappy times we must celebrate our sacred mysteries in secret. so be it ordained that none but the wicca may see our mysteries, for our enemies are many and torture loosens the tongue of man. 24. 25. so be it ordained that no coven shall know where the next coven bide. 26. or who its members be, save only the priest and priestess and messenger. and there shall be no communication between them, save by the messenger of the gods, or the summoner. 27. 28. and only if it be safe may the covens meet

e by the messenger of the gods, or the summoner. 27. 28. and only if it be safe may the covens meet in some safe place for the great festivals. 29. and while there, none shall say whence they came nor give their true names. 30. to this end, that if any be tortured, in their agony, they may not tell if they do not know. so be it ordained that no one shall tell anyone not of the craft who be of the wicca, nor give any names or where they bide, or in any way tell anything which can betray any of us to our foes. 31. 32. nor may he tell where the covendom be. 33. or the covenstead. 34. or where the meetings be. and if any break these laws, even under torture, the curse of the goddess shall be upon them, so they may never be reborn on earth and may remain where they belong, in the hell of the ch

so is the god of the christians ever in need of man's help to search out and destroy us. their priests ever tell them that any who get our help are damned to this hell forever, so men be mad with the terror of it. 102. but they make men believe that they may escape this hell if they give victims to the tormentors. so for this reason all be forever spying, thinking "an i can catch but one of these wicca, i will escape from this fiery pit" 103. so for this reason we have our hidels, and men searching long and not finding, say "there be none, or if there be, they be in a far country" 104. but when one of our oppressors die, or even be sick, ever is the cry "this be witches' malice, and the hunt is up again. and though they slay ten of their own to one of ours, still they care not. they have c

nner of failure. pray to the moon when she is round luck with you shall then abound what you seek for shall be found in sea or sky or solid ground. notes l these come from various sources there's no reason to believe that any list of aphorisms is part of the "standard" gardnerian or alexandrian bos. l sources of this list are known to include: m the witches' almanac m the grimoire of lady sheba m wicca the ancient way m paul huson's mastering witchcraft l l add your own; i did--sekhet. the tenets reincarnation learning balance harmony love trust humility tolerance notes l these have become common knowledge in neopaganism, at least in ottawa. they don't seem to be part of the gardneroid stream originally, but some gardneroid traditions have adopted them. l traceable sources include sybil le

but mark well, when thou receivest good, so equally art thou bound to return good threefold. h. is unbound and assisted to rise, then leads initiate to wach quarter in turn, saying: h: hear ye, mighty ones of the east [s. w. n: n. has been duly consecrated high priest(ess) and magus (witch queen, h. leads initiate back to center of circle, saying: h: having learned this far, you must know why the wicca are called the hidden children of the goddess. proceed with the legend of the descent of the goddess. generally initiate and hierophant act the appropriate parts. h. appoints narrator and guardian. notes l published in janet and stewart farrar's the witches' way l lots of other published sources too. the legend of the descent of the goddess roles: l narrator (n) l goddess l lord of death (d)

BEHOLDERS OF NIGHT

initiation. i) the left hand path that the luciferian tradition is awakening from european traditional craft is nothing new, the emergence of the work in america leads to a left hand path approach to the path of the wise. considering much of the witchcraft tradition is a conglomeration of various magical traditions, the term witchcraft is as universal as its language. in the past, witchcraft and wicca was originally intended to be a shadow unto light way of living, from which the essence of the self is propagated in ones own will, desire and belief. as time moved forward, a watered down version of the craft from which was passed down from hermetic occultism and other pagan practices, brought much of the public essence of witchcraft to be a watered-down, sometimes spiritually impotent off

BUCKLAND RAYMOND COMPLETE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT

well. i would hasten to add that while based on that course, this\ present work is not the same course. the seax-wica course was designed specifically for\ the saxon tradition; this is not. there is some duplication of the more general craft material, yes, but not enough that a prior student of the seminary course could not also enjoy this book. so, if you are a serious student of witchcraft, or wicca, either as a would-be practitioner or as one purely academically interested, then i welcome you. i hope you get as much out of this material as did my previous students- bright blessings raymond buckland san diego, california introduction lesson one 1 the history and philosophy of witchcraft history and development. persecutions. re-emergence. the philosophy of witchcraft. principles of wicc

ngs he needed in this world" with the development of different rituals for fertility, for success in the hunt, for seasonal needs there necessarily developed a priesthood: a'select few more able to bring results when directing the rituals. in some areas of europe (though probably not as generally widespread as murray indicated) these ritual leaders, or priests and priestesses, became known as the wicca* the "wise ones. in fact by the time of the anglo-saxon kings in england, the king would never think of acting on any important matter without consulting the witan; the council of wise ones. and indeed the wicca did have to be wise. they not only led the religious rites but also had to have knowledge of herbal lore, magick and divination; they had to be doctor, lawyer, magician, priest. to t

se ones. in fact by the time of the anglo-saxon kings in england, the king would never think of acting on any important matter without consulting the witan; the council of wise ones. and indeed the wicca did have to be wise. they not only led the religious rites but also had to have knowledge of herbal lore, magick and divination; they had to be doctor, lawyer, magician, priest. to the people the wicca were plenipotentiaries between them and the gods. but, at the great festivals, they almost became like gods themselves. with the coming of christianity there was not the immediate mass-conversion that is often suggested. christianity was a man-made religion. it had not evolved gradually and naturally over thousands of years, as we have seen that the old religion did. whole countries were cla

an attempt at mass conversion was made by pope gregory the great. he thought that one way to get the people to attend the new christian churches was to have them built on the sites of the older temples, where the people were accustomed to gathering together to worship. he instructed his bishops to smash any "idols" and to sprinkle the temples with holy water and rededicate them. to a large extent wicca (m; wicce (f. also sometimes spelled wica or wita. 4/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft gregory was successful. yet the people were not quite as gullible as he thought. when the first christian churches were being constructed, the only artisans available to build them were from among the pagans themselves. in decorating the churches these stonemasons and woodcarvers very cleverly incorp

his own" in 1586 the archbishop of treves decided that the local witches had caused the recent severe winter. by dint of frequent torture a "confession" was obtained and one hundred twenty men and women were burned to death on his charge that they had interfered with the elements. since fertility was of great importance fertility of crops and beasts there were certain sexual rites enacted by the wicca, as followers of the nature religion. these sexual rites seem to have been given unnecessary prominence by the christian judges, who seemed to delight in prying into the most minute of details concerning them. the rites of the craft were joyous in essence. it was an extremely happy religion and so was, in many ways, totally incomprehensible to the gloomy inquisitors and reformers who sought

s of the trials of the middle ages, murray (an eminent anthropologist and then professor of egyptology at london university) picked up the clues that seemed to her to indicate that there was a definite, organized, pre-christian religion behind all the "hogwash" of the christian allegations. although her theories finally proved a little far-fetched in some areas, she did indeed strike some chords. wicca was by no means as far-reaching and widespread as murray suggested (nor was there proof of a direct, unbroken line of descent from the cavepeople, but there can be no doubt that it did exist as an indubitable religious cult, if sporadic as to time and place. she enlarged on her views in a second book, the god of the witches, in 1931. in england, in 1951, the last laws against witchcraft were

and accusations advanced, from "gardner made up the whole thing" to "he commissioned aleister crowley to write the book of shadows for him. such charges scarcely bear the dignity of a response, but details of gardner's preparatory work can be found in stewart farrar's books: what witches do and eight sabbats for witches. however, whatever one's feelings about gardner, whatever one's belief in the wicca's origins, all present-day witches and would-be witches owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude for having had the courage to stand up and speak out for witchcraft. it is because of him that we can enjoy the craft, in its many forms, today. in america the first witch to "stand up and be dr. gerald gardner 8/ buckland's complete book of witchcraft recognized" was myself, raymond buckland. at t

ion, legally recognized. today, across america, it is not at all unusual to find open wiccan festivals and seminars taking place in such unlikely places as family campgrounds and motels such as the holiday inn. witches appear on television and radio talk shows; they are written up in local and national newspapers and magazines. witchcraft courses are given in colleges. even in the armed forces is wicca recognized as a valid religion department of the army pamphlet no. 165-13 "religious requirements and practices of certain selected groups a handbook for chaplains" includes instructions as to the religious rights of witches right alongside those of islamic groups, sikh groups, christian heritage, indian heritage, japanese and jewish groups. yes, witchcraft has a place in past history and wi

ut then many animals kill other animals in order to eat. in other words, woman and man were a part of the natural order of things, not separate from it. not "above" it. modern wo/man has lost much, if not all, of that closeness. civilization has cut them off. but not so the witch! even today, in this mechanized, super-sophisticated world that this branch of nature (woman and man) has created, the wicca retain their ties with mother nature. in books such as brett bolton's the secret power of plants we are told of the "incredible "extraordinary" healthy reaction of plants to kindness; of how they feel and react to both good and evil; how they express love, fear, hate (something that might be borne in mind by vegetarians when they become over-critical of meat-eaters, perhaps. this is no new d

z; with sif's loss of her golden tresses; with idunn's loss of her golden apples; with jesus' death and resurrection; with siva's death and resurrection, and many more. basically all represent the coming of fall and winter followed by the return of spring and summer; the lead figure represnting the spirit of vegetation. from witchcraft here are "the myth of the goddess" as found in (a) gardnerian wicca and (b) saxon wicca "now g* had never loved, but she would solve all the mysteries, even the mystery of death; and so she journeyed to the nether lands. the guardians of the portals challenged her 'strip off thy there can be surprises in discovering names used for the deities in different traditions. one very-strongly welsh tradition uses the name "diana" for the goddess and "pan" for the co

n for the seax-wica. from time to time i hear comments from people who haven't troubled to check beyond the ends of their noses, to the effect that woden and freya were not the original "pair" of saxon deities. of course they were not and nobody least of all myself has claimed they were. here is how the founding of the tradition was first explained, back in 1973 "it seems that most people who are wicca-oriented are also tradition-oriented (perhaps this explains the battle for the 'oldest tradition' title. for this reason i have given my tradition an historical background on which to lean. namely, a saxon background. by this i most emphatically do not mean that there is any claim to its liturgy being of direct descent from saxon origins. but, for example, names were needed for the deities

in traditions other than these both "lord" and "lady" seem to be applied indiscriminately. i don't know if there is any historical precedent for this but, as with so many things, it doesn't really matter. it's again a case of what suits you. i am going to completely by-pass any discussion of the titles "queen" or "king. covens are autonomous and there are no" leaders of all witches" recognized in wicca, regardless of occasional claims to the contrary. covensteads and covendoms the name given to the home of the coven (the place where it always, or most often, meets) is the covenstead. within the covenstead, of course, is found the temple. the covendom traditionally extends for one league (approximately three miles) in all directions from the covenstead. this is the area where, traditionally

, as it were, between the ritualistic part of the meeting and the working/ social part. the sitting and talking on craft and non *the name your coven uses for the goddess. lesson five: covens and rituals 163 craft matters; discussion of magick, healing, divination; consideration of personal or coven problems, etc. these things all come after the worship. honoring the gods is first and foremost in wicca. some traditions call this ceremony "cakes and wine, others "cakes and ale* the latter is perhaps more indicative of the "common" origins of the religion (peasants and serfs would seldom, if ever, get to drink wine. ale was their lot and they were happy with it. at wiccan coven meetings today, however, even if retaining the "ale" in the title of the ceremony, witches drink what they prefer:

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t of the word? and is not vav at once the special letter of ben the son and the sign of hearing? this thy body, o child of earth and sky, is truly the heavenly vision of the goodness of the eternal. this thy body is the palace of the king; this thy body is the manifested world of god and man; this thy body is the seamless robe of adonai. for 1 am thy lord, and the lord and his temple are one [2we wicca01.txt a practical guide to witchcraft and magic spells by cassandra eason contents [insert pic p005- book cover (front (back) scan/ edit notes introduction- the power of white witchcraft 1- the origins and practice of witchcraft 2- creating spells and rituals 3- beginning magick 4- gods and goddesses 5- candles, colours and the zodiac 6- herbs in magick 7- oils and incenses in magick 8- crys

and angels 13- seasons and festivals 14- magick for you spell template glossary further reading (removed) useful contacts (removed) index of spells (removed) index (removed) scan/ edit notes versions available and duly posted: format: v1.0 (text) format: v1.0 (pdb- open format) format: v1.5 (html) format: v1.5 (pdf- no security) format: v1.5 (prc- for mobipocket reader- pictures included) genera: wicca/ wiccan/ witchcraft extra's: pictures included (for all versions) copyright: 2001 first scanned: 2002 posted to: alt.binaries.e-book note: 1. the html, text and pdb versions are bundled together in one zip file. 2. the pdf and prc files are sent as single zips (and naturally don't have the file structure below) structure (folder and sub folders) main folder- html files- nav- navigation files

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dynamos. through them and through us courses the universal life force, known as ch'i to the chinese, and prana in hindu philosophy. it is a source upon which we can draw not only nor primarily for specific needs, but also for energy, harmony and connection with others, the world and the cosmos. it is an energy that can permeate every aspect of our being. a very special spirituality witchcraft and wicca (one of the major forms of witchcraft) both derive their names from the anglo-saxon words for wisdom 'witch' is from the old english word wita, meaning 'wise' and the wicca were the wise ones. witchcraft is said to be the oldest religion in the world. it is the indigenous shamanistic religion of europe that has, in spite of ferocious persecution from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centurie

lo-saxon words for wisdom 'witch' is from the old english word wita, meaning 'wise' and the wicca were the wise ones. witchcraft is said to be the oldest religion in the world. it is the indigenous shamanistic religion of europe that has, in spite of ferocious persecution from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, survived in the folk tradition of many lands and through families who seite 2 wicca01.txt kept alive the old beliefs and worship of the earth and the moon mother. not so many centuries ago, our ancestors burned yule logs at christmas as a symbolic gesture to bring light and warmth back to the world on the mid-winter solstice at the darkest time. they danced around the maypole on may morning, the beginning of the old celtic summer, to stir into life the earth energies in a s

yo by evening. this principle, which lies behind all white magick, has been named morphic resonance, and has been investigated for several years by the cambridge biologist dr rupert sheldrake, author of a number of excellent books based on his extensive research into psychic phenomena. dr sheldrake suggests that as animals of a given species learn a new pattern of behaviour, other similar seite 3 wicca01.txt animals will subsequently tend to learn the same thing more readily all over the world; the more that learn it, the easier it should become for others. so if we carry out positive magick and spread goodwill, then we really can increase the benign energies of the earth and cosmos. even banishing or binding magick can have a creative focus, diverting or transforming redundant or negative

i asked for extra funds 'money doesn't grow on trees; and this holds true even in the magical world. money, success and opportunities have to be generated and earned. we need to add our own will-power to the power we have drawn on. what is more, under the cosmic profit-and-loss scheme, if we ask for a psychic overdraft, we must give back, if not immediately, then at a later date. so when seite 4 wicca01.txt your finances are better or your immediate troubles are passed, you should make a small donation or give time to a worthwhile cause connected with the area of the spell. this balances up the account whose cosmic energies you tapped into. many shamans or witches demand some sort of payment for services, and this is not from avarice, but because all too often if something is not paid for

anner of good things and you should become truly wise and happy. according to the rules of magick, as i said earlier, you cannot be angry, mean or cruel and then expect to say sorry to a deity and have the slate wiped clean. magick is about taking responsibility for your own actions all the time and that is incredibly onerous. but, on the positive side, the results are equally potent, and seite 5 wicca01.txt if you can learn to tap into the source of light and life and joy, you will amaze yourself and others by what is possible. thus will your psychic powers also spontaneously unfold and guide you in your everyday world, increasing your spiritual power and wisdom. the magick is within you, so let it flow and make the world a better place. 1- the origins and practice of witchcraft [insert p

that the full moon mirrored the mother with her womb full with child. the full moon was also associated in later ages with romance and passion, originally because this coincided with peak female fertility. moon magick for the increase of love and fertility is still practised under the auspices of the waxing moon. it was not until about 3,000 years ago that the male role in conception was seite 6 wicca01.txt fully understood in the west, and only then were the sky father deities able to usurp the mysteries of the divine mother. a trinity of huge, carved stone goddesses, representing the three main cycles of the moon, and dating from between 13000 and 11000 bc, was found in france in a cave at the abri du roc aux sorciers at angles-sur-l'anglin. this motif continued right through to the tri

ed the policy that it was better to kill an innocent person who would be rewarded in heaven by god than to allow a guilty person to remain unpunished. this book became the best-seller of its time and was quoted to justify the atrocities practised against witches in mainland europe and scandinavia. although torture to obtain a confession was not permitted in england except by royal assent, seite 7 wicca01.txt many inquisitors were very cruel even to young victims, who would eventually confess in the hope of having their interrogation brought to an end. no one really knows how many people have been put to death for witchcraft. the worst period for witch burnings and hangings in europe was between the mid-fifteenth and late seventeenth centuries, when the number judicially executed as witches

itions down through the matriarchal line, usually by word of mouth. those who could write, recorded their spells and rituals in 'books of shadows- so-called partly because of the secrecy required to write and protect them. these were usually buried or burned with the witch on her death, or on rare occasions were handed on to the eldest daughter [insert pic p018- witchcraft in modern times seite 8 wicca01.txt by the late twentieth century in the usa, witchcraft had been recognised as a valid religion by the american supreme court and accepted by the american army, but other countries, including the uk, are not so tolerant. what is more, in many lands, especially among smaller communities, misunderstanding and prejudice still persist. in the uk, for example, wiccans who practise openly and h

s included the tale of a terrifying character called kit crewbucket, whose ghostly form would appear on a boat or be seen in the water before it went through a dark tunnel. canal life has a whole mythology, much now lost as the old working boats have been replaced by weekend leisure traffic. you will find more on the details of these old superstitions in my book ghost encounters (blandford, 1998. wicca wicca, as it is performed today, is not modern witchcraft per se, but a contemporary neo-pagan religion. it is, however, one of the major forms of witchcraft. it began in its modern form with the teachings of gerald gardner after the repeal of the witchcraft act in 1951, though its descent can be traced to the ancient nature religions. this traditional method of wicca is quite formal, with s

icca, as it is performed today, is not modern witchcraft per se, but a contemporary neo-pagan religion. it is, however, one of the major forms of witchcraft. it began in its modern form with the teachings of gerald gardner after the repeal of the witchcraft act in 1951, though its descent can be traced to the ancient nature religions. this traditional method of wicca is quite formal, with seite 9 wicca01.txt covens using ritual tools and learned invocations emphasising the goddess and her representative, the high priestess, as their head. the goddess is the archetype or source energy of the ultimate feminine power or principle. all the named goddesses represent aspects of particular qualities of the goddess in different cultures. her consort is the horned god and his representative in the

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ackground, she became the wife of the warden of an area of woodland called burnham beeches, a few miles from slough, west of london. it is an ancient site mentioned in the domesday book of the 11th century, and it is not far from both the british prime 232 children of the matrix minister's country residence called chequers (chequers= black and white squares of freemasonry) and the former wycombe (wicca) home of the hellfire club (el-fire, the "fiery el) with its human sacrifice rituals involving royalty and the american founding father, benjamin franklin (see the biggest secret. burnham beeches is owned by the city of london, the globally- important financial district, and one of the most powerful illuminati operational centres on the planet. for those who don't live in the uk, the city of

ss artemis, also known as diana. the salt lake temple is built with granite, a rock that has been used throughout the ages for temples on earth power centres and for esoteric initiation. when i spoke in salt lake city, near the temple, i came across the fascinating book by william j. schnoebelen called mormonism's temple of doom (triple j pub, idaho falls: 1987. schnoebelen was initiated into the wicca pagan religion, then into freemasonry, before going through the mormon initiation in the salt lake temple. he shows in great detail that all three initiations were the same. they have the same oaths, secret handshakes, and garb. we are looking at one face hidden by many masks. joseph smith even used the freemason's code for distress in his dying words. when a freemason is in trouble he says

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ipulate the frenchrevolution in 1789; he was an initiate of the highly exclusive royal lodge ofcommanders of the temple west of carcassonne; he was also a member of the satanichellfire club with his close friend, the british chancellor of the exchequer, sir francisdashwood, who was linked to many esoteric groups, including the druid universalbond. dashwood had a huge cave dug at his west wycombe (wicca) estate for theirsatanic rituals and sexual magic ceremonies.3 i will discuss the reasons behind theobsession with sex ritual in a later chapter. let me stress again here that i am notcondemning all druids or the wiccan traditions, not at all. i am pointing out the183malevolent use of this knowledge, which can, and is, used very positively and lovinglyalso by people who call themselves druid

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anged in over a thousand years. many cannot reconcile the values and beliefs of society with the values and beliefs of the dominant religions within society. we are at a point in history where the dominant religions of the past will be displaced by religions whose values are in greater accordance with society's values today. this is why many people have sought out new religions and have turned to wicca and new age philosophies or to alternative religious cults such as heaven's gate and the solar temple. while cults devoted to new age mysticism or white light magic and spirituality have had some success among those seeking for "something. anything spiritual, due principally to christianity's impoverishment of the ego and starvation of the intellect, they are ultimately no more relevant to t

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through the rebellion of stasis and the fall into darkness the face becomes a skull through self-love. modern sorcery and magick is very much driven by the gnosis of set, while hidden, one who has the eyes to recognize it obtains the luciferian and sethian potential. the witch cult in the 60 s was a growing scene of exploring hermetic occultists who have not yet thrown the drape of dullness which wicca later became. charles pace wrote to anton lavey in 1974 about gardner and wicca, mentioning that wiccan is a saxon word which means enlightened ones and not wise ones, referring to those who were enlightened from paganism to christianity. pace suggested that he gave the word wicca along with his associates to gardner, apparently as a joke. gerald gardner did not get the joke. obviously, char

nd gardner concepts, even though he had a nasty falling out when them in the mid 70 s. in necrominion, the book of shades it is reportable that his teachings of the sethanic cult of masks were focused on selftransformation and luciferian concepts. alexander sanders, an associate of charles pace, made mythological reference to set and black witchcraft in his lecture the magick magick circle of the wicca truth is the monster of intellect, that which lies deep in the darker side of the subconscious, the knowledge of when man crawled on his stomach through the abysmal depths of a primeval swamp. the alex sander lectures in this essay, sanders recognizes the significance of black witchcraft and how it develops the self save for the dangers of self-destruction. behold me, mortal, for i am thy go

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tion of the human soul. a goal of renaissance alchemy was finding a chemical solution for eternal youth. alchemy (inner: a method of controlling the psychic (q.v) energies of the body as they are raised during sexual excitation for the purposes of working magick (q.v) and achieving enlightenment. alchemy (outer: making use of the magically charged sexual fluids for magickal purposes. alexandrian (wicca: a system of wicca (q.v) devised by alex sanders (q.v) combining the wiccan system of gerald gardner (q.v) with ceremonial magick. altered states (of conciousness: a state in which a person is to some extent withdrawn from normal awareness of the material world. some altered states are so slight as to be accepted without notice, others are easily recognized as one degree or another of trance

pronunciation of the letters. the english rune alphabet is known as the futhorc- g- gabriel: pronounced "gahb-ray-ehl" the archangel (q.v) and cosmic guardian of the west and of elemental water. in the tradition of christian mysticism, gabriel is the "heavenly herald. the archangel of the annunciation, he who didst bring blessed tidings to our blessed lady, mary, the mother of christ" gardnarian (wicca: modern witches (q.v) who follow the teachings of and use the book of shadows composed by gerald b gardner (q.v. the first major tradition of modern wicca (q.v) a combination of neo-paganism and high ceremonial magick, much of which was "shortened" and incorrectly abbreviated from the perspective of modern magicians. gardner, gerald b: the founder of the gardnarian tradition of wicca (q.v. h

of modern wicca (q.v) a combination of neo-paganism and high ceremonial magick, much of which was "shortened" and incorrectly abbreviated from the perspective of modern magicians. gardner, gerald b: the founder of the gardnarian tradition of wicca (q.v. his book in 1954 entitled witchcraft today, was the first book about witchcraft by a self-proclaimed witch. he is considered the father of modern wicca. claimed to have been initiated into wicca (witchcraft) by the "new forest coven" of wicca in england. a one time member and leader of the o.t.o. under aleister crowley (q.v) of whom he was a student of ceremonial magick. in hebrew "strength. pronounced "gih-boor-ah" it is the fifth sephirah (q.v) on the tree of life (q.v. gematria: a method of the literal kabalah (q.v) which assigns numbers

very simple in appearance, being made up of short vertical or diagonal strokes set against or across a horizontal line. old horny: an affectionate name for the horned male consort of the goddess of the witches. early christian priests either mistook this pagan god for satan (q.v) or deliberately misidentified this pagan god for satan for political reasons. old religion: a modern day reference for wicca (q.v) or witchcraft (q.v, which many occultists believe to be the descendant of an ancient pagan goddess religion. order of the argentium astrum, the [a.a: the great white brotherhood. the order of the silver star. founded by aleister crowley (q.v) as a replacement for the hermetic order of the golden dawn [g.d. crowley was the first member to re-produce the golden dawn's rituals in a public

it. usually circular in shape, and made of metal, wood, parchment, or clay material. also, the tool of elemental earth. pentagram: a five pointed star. also called the pentalpha because it can be formed by five capital "a's" it is used to represent spirituality (spirit over the four elements) when it has one point up. with two points up it is said to represent materialism or "evil" some forms of wicca (q.v) do use the pentagram with two points up as a symbol, but for them it has no evil or negative connotation. the two points up represent the second of (usually) three degrees of initiations into wicca. pentagrammaton: five lettered name. yhshvh or yhvshh which is pronounced "yeh-hah-shu-ah" or "yeh-ho-vah-shah, respectively. it adds the shin (q.v) to the tetragrammaton (q.v, thus adding t

ius "the archer" in astrology (q.v, the ninth sign of the zodiac (q.v) having the qualities of mutable (q.v) and fire (q.v) and is ruled by the planet jupiter (q.v. on the rainbow wand (q.v) and on the lotus wand aries is represented by the color blue. keywords include: wide rangingly, boisterously, bluntly, expansively, optimistically, wisely, freely. sanders, alex: the founder of a tradition of wicca (q.v) known as alexandrian wicca (q.v. called by his followers "the king of the witches" satan: in the christian, jewish, and islamic religions, the supreme arch-foe of god. the prince of darkness, the adversary of god. in modern thought, the lord of evil. satanism: a religion that basis it's beliefs on reverse and backward principles of christianity. the worship of satan, the arch-foe of ch

orship of satan, the arch-foe of christ, through such practices as the black mass, sexual perversion, drug taking, violence, mutilation, killing, and sacrilege. in reality, most people who call themselves satanists are simply neoeppicurianists, hedonists or egotists. the few who are truly dedicated to an evil entity they call "satan" are shunned by most occultists. satanism has no relationship to wicca (q.v, although many mainstream religious leaders have tried to make that association for reasons of power, politics, or ignorant lack of understanding. saturn: the sixth planet of the terran solar system" in astrology (q.v, the planet named after the greek god who served as the keeper of time. attributed as being the ruler of the zodiac (q.v) sign capricorn (q.v. on the tree of life (q.v) wi

actions, agents, or entities. whiplash, astral: the result of your astral body and consciousness being suddenly drawn back into the physical body by a either disturbance near the physical body or an unpleasant occurrence on the astral plane. symptoms can include: headache, dizziness, grogginess, muscle soreness, etc. reprojecting and returning at a normal place will quickly overcome this problem. wicca: a word of somewhat unknown origin and meaning. although properly pronounced "wee-kah" it is usually pronounced "wick-kah" by most people today. it is the word from which the term "witch (q.v) is said to have evolved from. some sources claim the word wicca is derived from a word meaning "to bend, or shape" as in the ability of members of this faith to be able to bend, or shape their consciou

y pronounced "wee-kah" it is usually pronounced "wick-kah" by most people today. it is the word from which the term "witch (q.v) is said to have evolved from. some sources claim the word wicca is derived from a word meaning "to bend, or shape" as in the ability of members of this faith to be able to bend, or shape their consciousness and thus reality to their wills. another source claims the word wicca came from a word meaning "wise" thus, those who follow the path of wicca are called, the "wise ones" a follower of modern day wicca is called a "wiccan" the modern wiccan movement, as a formal religion and philosophy, began with the writings of gerald b. gardner (q.v) and doreen valiente, in the mid 1950's. anthropologist margaret murry (q.v) wrote two books that prefaced this modern movemen

us, those who follow the path of wicca are called, the "wise ones" a follower of modern day wicca is called a "wiccan" the modern wiccan movement, as a formal religion and philosophy, began with the writings of gerald b. gardner (q.v) and doreen valiente, in the mid 1950's. anthropologist margaret murry (q.v) wrote two books that prefaced this modern movement in the 1920's. wicce: the feminine of wicca (q.v. widdershins [windershins: counterclockwise. movement against the movement of the sun. occasionally the direction moved in within a magickal circle, but rarely so. movement in this direction is used to help dispel excess energy within the circle that was built up, but not used. a grounding technique in ceremonial rituals. sometimes used to build malefic energies for the intentional purp

nvarying impulse from what is called will but which is really no more than the vague impulse of the moment born of circumstance. opposite of want. wise woman: the solitary female witch (q.v) who dispensed charms and prescribed healing herbs to common inhabitants of rural villages in medieval europe. witch: a person, male or female, who practices the art and religious faith of witchcraft (q.v. see wicca. witchcraft: popularized by gerald gardner (q.v) and many others, it is a peaceful religion based on the worship of the generative forces in nature. witches generally worship the horned god of the hunt and primarily the three-fold goddess of life. witches venerate the life force in nature and seek to be in tune with natural cycles. all witches come from different pagan (q.v) religious tradit

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ath and life. knoxville: university of tennessee press, 1994. alli allahis a continuation of the old sect of the magi, priests of ancient persia. alliance of solitary practitioners during the 1990s, especially in the wake of several books calling attention to the situation within the larger pagan community, various people began to address the problem of the solitary practitioner. the contemporary wicca/pagan community had developed around small groups generally called covens or groves. most practitioners have been members of such groups, for many years the only place where knowledge of the religion was available. however, with the publication of numerous books on pagan practice beginning in the 1970s, the solitary practitioner who was self-initiated and practiced alone began to emerge and

onial magic. ars notoria is known in the english translation of robert turner (sloane manuscript 3648, british library, london, published by him in 1657. artemisian order the artemisian order is a feminist neo-pagan group founded in the 1990s by oriethyia, a feminist poet. it is a clan of sisterhood and society of women who protect one another while serving nature. formally identified with dianic wicca (centered upon the roman goddess diana, oriethyia found herself drawn more to the greek equivalent, artemis, and decided to start a new wiccan group with artemis at the center. like all feminist wicca, artemisian faith affirms the female image of deity, which stands in sharp contrast to the primarily male image with which oriethyia had been raised. unlike most wiccan traditions, she saw no n

rder of the golden dawn (no relation to the hermetic order of the golden dawn. in 1983 he moved to new york, where he and shenain bell founded ar ndraiocht fein (gaelic for our own druid faith. bonewits was named archdruid. in 1988 he married deborah lipp, a gardnerian priestess. together they run a pagan way group, and bonewits remains as head of ar ndraiocht fein. a national leader in the pagan/wicca community, bonewits is a major advocate of formal theological training for pagan leaders. sources: bonewits, p. e. i. authentic thaumaturgy. albany, calif: the chaosium, 1978. druid chronicles (evolved. berkeley, calif: berkeley drunemetron press, 1976. real magic. coward, mccann& geoghegan, 1971. rev. ed. berkeley, calif: creative arts book co, 1979. bonewits, p(hilip) e(mmons) i(saac) ency

n the first gardnerian coven (an assembly or band of usually 13 witches. whenever americans contacted gardner and his followers in england, they were referred to the bucklands, thus establishing the gardnerian movement in the united states. they also opened a witchcraft museum on long island modeled on the museum gardner had established on the isle of man. buckland also authored a set of books on wicca, including ancient and modern witchcraft (1970) and witchcraft from the inside (1975. in the early 1970s buckland divorced and began to disagree with some of the elements of the gardnerian tradition. in 1973 he turned the leadership of the gardnerian movement over to another couple, lady theos and phoenix, and created a new non-secret form of witchcraft that he called seax (or saxon) wicca

ip of the gardnerian movement over to another couple, lady theos and phoenix, and created a new non-secret form of witchcraft that he called seax (or saxon) wicca. he presented this new witchcraft in a 1974 book, the tree: the complete book of saxon witchcraft. that same year he also married joan helen taylor, who became his new high priest. buckland then developed a correspondence course in seax wicca, which he offered through the 1970s. he also moved to southern california where his approach to the craft evolved. he continued to write on a wide variety of magical and witchcraft themes and his latest books include practical color magick (1983, complete book of witchcraft (1986, and the secrets of gypsy fortunetelling (1988, which is of a series of books on gypsy occult practices. as of th

orlds. st. paul, minn: llewellyn books, 1993. guiley, rosemary e. encyclopedia of witchcraft and witches. new york: facts on file, 1989. buckley, james lord (ca. 1867.1947) pioneer british spiritualist and medium. he attracted large audiences in yorkshire by his remarkable gift of clairaudience. he died january 14, 1947. budapest, zsuzsanna e (1940) founder of the main branch of dianic (feminist) wicca and author of a number of books. budapest was born zsuzsanna mokcsay in budapest, hungary, on january 30, 1940, but left in the wake hungarian revolt of 1956. she moved to austria and then to the united states, where she studied at the university of chicago. she married and had two children, but the marriage ended in the late-1960s. in 1970 budapest moved to california and became involved in

ary 30, 1940, but left in the wake hungarian revolt of 1956. she moved to austria and then to the united states, where she studied at the university of chicago. she married and had two children, but the marriage ended in the late-1960s. in 1970 budapest moved to california and became involved in the women s movement and in witchcraft. she opened a feminist bookstore and began to develop a form of wicca that would meld gardnerian witchcraft (based on the teachings of john gardiner) and her growing feminist ideals. in 1976 she published the feminist book of lights and shadows, the basic text of what is known as dianic wicca. budapest was by this time the priestess of a feminist coven, the susan b. anthony coven, in venice, california. the coven began a newsletter, themis (now thesmorphoria

hed the feminist book of lights and shadows, the basic text of what is known as dianic wicca. budapest was by this time the priestess of a feminist coven, the susan b. anthony coven, in venice, california. the coven began a newsletter, themis (now thesmorphoria, and in 1979 she and the coven relocated in the san francisco bay area. budapest opened the women s spirituality forum, which gave dianic wicca a public outreach. among her many books are the holy book of women s mysteries (1979) and the grandmother of time (1989. sources: budapest, zsuzsanna e. the feminist book of lights and shadows. venice, calif: luna publications, 1976. the grandmother of time. san francisco: harper& row, 1989. the holy book of women s mysteries. los angeles: susan b. anthony coven number one, 1979. guiley, ros

ch on occult and new age groups. an important aspect of the cesnur program has been the creation of a large research library now located at cesnur s headquarters at via juvarra 20, 10122 torino, italy (to be moved in the course of 2001 to via confienza 19, 10121 torino, italy. it is the largest publicly accessible such library in europe and includes thousands of volumes treating ceremonial magic, wicca, theosophy, spiritualism, parapsychology, and related topics. introvigne has also created an expansive internet site at http//www.cesnur.org that includes selected research papers from the cesnur conferences, opinion papers on various controversies, and special pages carrying ongoing updates concerning such groups as the church of scientology and aum shinrikyo/aleph. the catalog of the cesnu

entation des phenomenes paranormaux circle network news circle network news, founded in the early 1980s as a newsletter serving the then relatively small neo-pagan community, has grown into one of the most stable and largest circulating periodicals devoted to the concerns of contemporary wiccans and pagans. now a substantial 32-page tabloid, circle network news originates from circle sanctuary, a wicca center in rural wisconsin, and home to circle, one of the older wiccan fellowships. circle was founded in the 1970s by selena fox, the driving force behind the founding of circle sanctuary as a nature sanctuary retreat and conference center for the use of pagan worshippers of every tradition. each issue of circle network news is built around a single theme for which articles, comments, and l

otices of isolated pagans seeking pen pals. the second largest segment of each issue, the magical market place, consists of ads of products and services primarily produced by pagans for pagans. circle network news is directed totally to the pagan community and makes no attempt to build a more general reading audience, hence it provides one of the better manifestations of the world of contemporary wicca and paganism. not a newsstand periodical, though distributed through some pagan-oriented stores, it is available by subscription from circle sanctuary, p.o. box 219, mt. horeb, wi 53572. information about circle network news is also available from the circle sanctuary s website, http//www.circlesanctuary.org. sources: circle network news. mt. horeb, wis, n.d. circle sanctuary. http//www.circ

ted groups emerged. fox and alan quickly became well known in the growing neo-pagan community for their ecumenical spirit, vibrant music, and extensive networking activity. in 1977 they published their first tape of wiccan music and an accompanying songbook and organized the circle network, an international fellowship of wiccans. the expanding organization was incorporated as the church of circle wicca in 1978; the following year it issued the first edition of the circle resource guide (which now exists in several volumes. circle became the largest active fellowship of neo-pagans in north america. in 1979 circle moved to a farm near middleton, wisconsin, and in 1983 a farm was purchased near barneveld, wisconsin. there the circle sanctuary was created as an all-weather nature preserve, rit

lity, and its school for ministers, which trains pagan and wiccan leadership. fox was appointed to the assembly of religious and spiritual leaders in 1999. circle publishes several periodicals, including the sanctuary circles newsletter, the circle guide to pagan groups, and circle magazine. it may be contacted at p.o. box 219, mt. horeb, wi 53572. website: http//www.circlesanctuary.org (see also wicca) sources: circle sanctuary. http//www.circlesanctuary.org. march 8, 2000. fox, selena. circle guide to pagan groups. mt. horeb, wi: circle, n.d. the circles effect research unit (ceres) now-defunct british organization, headed by george terence meaden, concerned with the phenomenon of crop circles. the journal of meteorology used to be published by the group but has since ceased publication

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in 1997 and superseded a taste from the cauldron, the magazine of the first occult church. mourning star, like its predecessor, is edited by william starets gidney the moss-woman encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1060 (1972. in the early 1990s gidney and his wife, lady ygraine, operated the first occult church, which included in its membership a range of occult perspectives from wicca to voudou that were in fellowship with the satanism of the leaders. in the mid-1970s, the first occult church was closed and both gidney and lady ygraine affiliated with the church of satan. lady ygraine, who had previously operated two occult shops, the cauldron and the dragon s lair, also founded a new store dedicated to the left-hand path, pandora s box, in port st. lucie, florida. in 199

a(lice) encyclopedia of occultism& parapsychology. 5th ed. 1072 museum of magic and witchcraft founded in 1951 by cecil h. williamson as the folklore center of superstition and witchcraft at the witches mill, castletown, isle of man, great britain. it contained witchcraft relics, as well as reconstructed scenes of occult rituals and instruments. gerald b. gardner (1884.1964, who developed modern wicca, the neo-pagan form of witchcraft, presided at the opening ceremony. in 1952 gardner purchased the museum from williamson. in the late 1950s as gardner s health failed, scottish witch monique wilson (witch name lady olwyn) and her husband campbell wilson, both gardner initiates, began to administer the museum s affairs. they inherited the museum and gardner s papers after gardner s death in

ch the new wiccan church, originally the new celtic church, was founded in the early 1970s to practice witchcraft in the british tradition. membership is restricted to adult witches who have been initiated in the gardnerian tradition or one of the several variations of the gardnerian practice, the most well known being the alexanderian. gerald b. gardner, generally considered the father of modern wicca, established a new form of witchcraft in england in the 1950s. he instituted three degrees of accomplishment, the third being admittance into the priesthood. in the statement of belief, called the dedication, the new wiccans identify themselves with a form of traditional monotheism by affirming belief in dyghtyn, the name they give to the ultimate godhead. they follow modern wicca, however

he sparks of deity trapped in this world return to their origin. this return occurs through gnosis, occult wisdom. sloane taught that this gnostic form of satanism was the oldest religion, dating to the worship of the horned god pictured in the ancient cave paintings of europe. as developed by sloane, the religion emerged in the context of the neo-pagan revival of the late 1960s. it differed from wicca by refusing to turn the horned god into a fertility god. the coven dissolved following sloane s death in the early 1980s. ouroboros (or uroboros) ancient greek alchemical symbol of a serpent eating his tail. the mystical work the chrysopoeia of kleopatra has a drawing of the serpent ouroboros eating his tail, with the text one is all. another emblem illustrates the symbols of gold, silver, a

public program aimed at disseminating authentic information about occultism and magic that includes lectures, workshops, and conferences, and a discussion seminar on the last friday of each month. these are open to the public and run the gamut from magic to shamanism, to qabala (or kabbalah) and witchcraft. members of the society follow different traditions of magical practice including neo-pagan/wicca traditions. many find the society a place to meet others who share their magical interests but operate different magical systems. often meetings involve the working of various rituals on an experimental basis. the society has served as a catalyst for new groups to form by people who wish to follow up on a particular ritual or idea. the society also teaches a system of magic that combines ins

n theories of survival and discussed questions of identity and survival in his book survival and disembodied existence (1970. pentacle (or pantacle or pentagram) a five-pointed star formed from five straight lines of equal length, a symbol frequently used in magical rituals. when a single point projects upward, with two points on the base projecting downward, it is used in modern neo-paganism and wicca (witchcraft) groups as a symbolic invocation of positive influences. when turned upside-down, it is used by post-christian satanic groups as symbolic of the invocation of satan and evil (in the christian sense of that term. satanists frequently impose the figure of a goat with two ears pointing upward and its beard pointing downward on the reverse pentagram. the pentacle has a wide use in re

eat-like setting. the people trained in these camps, in turn, train others in their communities. they are connected to reclaiming s representative body called the wheel through their witch camp spokescouncil called the web. sources nightmare, m. macha. reclaiming tradition witchcraft. http//www.reclaiming.org/about/history-mmnm.html. may 11, 2000. reclaiming principles of unity. http//www.cog.org/wicca/ trads/reclaiming.html. may 11, 2000. the reclaiming tradition. http//www.spiralheart.org/ orgtradfiles/rectrad.html. may 11, 2000. reclaiming tradition witchcraft. http//www.aracnet.com/ ravnglas/tradition.html. may 8, 2000. records and cassettes: a selected guide (catalog) comprehensive mail order catalog issued by the yes! bookshop founded by cris popenoe. it lists records and cassette ta

leton was necessary. when she was entranced, a hand (suggestive of fraud) appeared out of the cabinet, tapped the keys, and spelled out messages which were then flashed in luminous letters on a six-foot indicator (see also ashkir-jobson trianion; communigraph) re-formed congregation of the goddess- international the re-formed congregation of the goddess-international is one expression of feminist wicca that has emerged in stages through the 1980s and 1990s. wicca emerged as a religion built around the worship of the goddess. it elevated the role of the priestess as a means of balancing the more traditional all-male leadership role in western religion. many women found wicca and magic to be a means of empowerment. in the early 1970s dianic wicca took the notion of the feminine role in the r

80s and 1990s. wicca emerged as a religion built around the worship of the goddess. it elevated the role of the priestess as a means of balancing the more traditional all-male leadership role in western religion. many women found wicca and magic to be a means of empowerment. in the early 1970s dianic wicca took the notion of the feminine role in the religion one step further and began to speak of wicca as wimmen s religion. feminist leaders began to organize all-female covens with a range of opinion from all-lesbian separatist groups to those groups that merely supplied women with a place for religious self-expression without male interference. feminist consciousness emerged within the strongest of the wisconsin-based wiccan groups, circle, but generally manifested as all-female events dur

ge of opinion from all-lesbian separatist groups to those groups that merely supplied women with a place for religious self-expression without male interference. feminist consciousness emerged within the strongest of the wisconsin-based wiccan groups, circle, but generally manifested as all-female events during gatherings in which males otherwise participated. a more separatist format of feminist wicca emerged in 1983 with the first issue of of a like mind, a periodical that became the focus of a network of goddessworshipping women. of a like mind covered such areas as women s spirituality, goddess religions around the world, nature- centered spirituality, and feminism. each issue centered upon a particular goddess and a singular theme, the subjects of feature articles, and included a numb

r the seances in 1902. sanders, alex(ander (1926.1988) known as the king of the witches, a title he gave himself during the early years of the gardnerian neo-pagan revival in the 1960s, alexander sanders became the originating point for a number of witchcraft covens that in acknowledgment of his leadership called themselves alexandrian. in light of the revelations concerning the origins of modern wicca, few alexandrian covens now remain. sanders was born in manchester, england, the son of a music hall entertainer. according to a story he told in the 1970s, when he was seven years old he discovered his grandmother in the kitchen performing a magic ritual. she was completely naked. she confided in him that she was a witch, and she initiated the young alex then and there. she subsequently gav

ic sexual acts. in 1971 sanders and maxine separated, and he largely retired. interestingly, that same year, a book, what witches do, by stewart farrar, a close associate of sanders, appeared and gave sanders his most lasting fame as a wiccan leader. farrar and his wife janet moved to ireland where they became wiccan leaders in their own right and together wrote a number of authoritative books on wicca. sanders died april 30, 1988, from lung cancer. his movement spread around the english-speaking world during the 1970s, but following the revelations of his unacknowledged use of gardner s rituals and his plagiarizing of material from eliphas levi and franz bardon, most of the covens that had identified themselves as alexandrian dropped any relationship with him. sources: farrar, stewart. wh

germany with a picnic and bonfire. couples would attempt to jump the bonfire as a sign of the strength of their relationship. neo-pagans mark the solstices as two of the major festival occasions (called sabbats. the ancient winter solstice, called yule, has survived in a radically altered form as the christian s christmas, but is now being celebrated in its own right. sources: cunningham, scott. wicca: a guide for the solitary practitioner. st. paul, minn: llewellyn publications, 1988. farrar, stewart. what witches do. new york: coward, mc- cann& geoghegan, 1971. lewis, james r. encyclopedia of astrology. detroit: gale research, 1994. spicer, dorothy gladys. the book of festivals. new york: womans press, 1937. soma a term found in the hymns of the rig-veda, one of the four sacred scriptur

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s. his key phrase gdo what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. love is the law, love under wil1' as well as his whole thelemic concept, prove him a dogmatic magician. austin osman spare and his theory of sigils/ 5 not so austin osman spare. he seems to derive from the individual-anarchistic direction so that we may describe his philosophy, without undue exaggeration, as a mixture of lao-tse, wicca and max stirner. english magic of the turn of the century was also influenced by an important young science which would actually achieve its major triumphs only after the second world war.the psychology of sigmund freud. before that. blatvatsky's isis unveiled and the secret doctrine, as well as frazer's the golden bough, had given important impulses to the occult in general. william james's

tually had magical wars with aleister crowley. he died in the influenza epidemic that rocked the world after world war i. nominalism, existing only as names. o.t.o (ordo templi orientis; 128/ practical sigil magic be ass ideas known s the thelemic current. numerous groups calling recent years. nown as the ten sephiroth and form a pattern called the tree of life. it is used by magicians for person wicca.an old english word meaning gwise. h origin he negative connotations at many hundreds of years of defamation have placed on the ociated with the knights templar and combined some fringe masonic traditions along with sex magic. aleister crowley became a member and later head of the order. he revamped it to match his magical a themselves o.t.o. have sprung up in ten sephiroth.in cabbalism (and

ry fs and robert anton wilson fs cir-cuits.just as we have evolved, so has the gcircuitry of our brains. h we have eight circuits, and each can be opened by various means. reaching a higher level allows a person greater personal and magical power, as well as greater awareness of the universe. ally pronounced gwee-cha, h it is the source for the more common word witch. many witches prefer the term wicca as it does not have all of t th word gwitch. h comments th the ame er member of the iot n a si eiser, inc, 1975. 129 1. one has only to think of the unfortunate development which occurred to a name like astarte (ishtar) in the course of centuries.an erstwhile chaldean moon goddess developed in the middle ages via the addition of the plural ending goth h into a male) demon wi n astaroth. toda

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movement including; asana and mudra in yoga, runic postures and the hand letters of the israelite priesthood. dress and ritual materials the clothing of the ritualist can vary according to rite and to tradition. it can be very elaborate such as the ritual clothes worn in the temple of solomon or even nothing at all such as in the skyclad (naked) tradition of some schools of natural ritualism and wicca. in gnostic ritualism a white robe is normally worn by the psychic and a black robe by the pneumatic. in some rites a smaller over-robe is sometimes worn. it varies in colour depending on the ritual. other materials can include altar pieces, hangings and banners of the four elements. all of these help impress the mind that this is a special occasion, and that symbols need to be processed in

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hemselves and the world in which they live. those who seek for 'scientific answers' and rational explanations for magick will also be drawn, because such explanations are included in this system (detailed in my forthcoming book, enochian physics. enochian magick, with its emphasis on individual study, may better serve those who prefer not to participate in the group ceremonies of more traditional wicca or occult organizations. although similar in theory, enochian magick is probably best practiced alone and in secret. all true religious, philosophical, occult, and magical systems lead the sincere aspirant to the same goal-a dearer understanding of the meaning of l i fe. it is sometimes described as many paths, all leading up the same mountain toward the same invisible peak. some paths slowl

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refore that i make some statement of my own position in the craft- at the time of writing this article and for the past few years i have been serving as the magister of the cultus sabbati; having received the formal passing-on of the power from two lineages of the sabbatic tradition, both of which pre-date those modern revivalist forms of witchcraft, which have become generically, nominalised as "wicca. both of my informing catenae of initiation are currently focused in essex, although the members of various cells and the resources drawn upon by them are scattered throughout a much wider area with the consequence that the zones of governance served by the cult constitute a web unsuited to definition by temporal measures. the cultus sabbati is a present recension of the craft tradition cons

sabbatic craft- a work wherein i sought to define the quintessential principles of the arte magical as they are specifically transmitted within the tradition of the sabbatic mysteries, and thus it is to this work that the interested reader may have recourse to refer in the course of this article(*in old forms of the craft where this term has been used or adopted, the pronounciation is as follows 'wicca' is pronounced 'witcha 'wiccan' is likewise 'witchan: this is a notable distinction to the pronounciation of these terms in revivalist forms of craft) of form and function within the various situations nominalised as 'workings' by the numerous practitioners of magick in all it's varied forms, there are obviously going to be numerous definitions of what actually constitutes 'work. i am myself

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raft 3- spells and chants 4- the card spell- the biggest spell of all 5- how to concoct a new you- at home in your spare time 6- your lucky numbers and how to use them 7- letters to a witch 8- the ways of a witch 9- witchcraft and you scan/ edit notes versions available and duly posted: format: v1.0 (text) format: v1.0 (pdb- open format) format: v1.0 (html) format: v1.0 (pdf- no security) genera: wicca/ wiccan extra's: pictures included (for all versions) copyright: 1970/ 1971 first scanned: 2002 posted to: alt.binaries.e-book note: 1. the html, text and pdb versions are bundled together in one zip file. 2. the pdf files are sent as a single zip (and naturally does not have the file structure below) structure (folder and sub folders) main folder- html files- nav- navigation files- pdb- pic

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90 in big spring, texas, by brian nalls when he was fifteen. it started as a high school study group. the group began having meetings once a week, and eventually started holding monthly rituals out of school as well. after high school, nalls went on to study religion in college, eventually studying with a nondenominational church in which he was ordained in 1997. he had also studied and practiced wicca, shamanism, and magic. the second stage of the group began in may of 1997 when nalls brought lucifers den online. by then, he was in southern california. starting small, it eventually expanded into a stable organization. the philosophy of lucifers den is based on anton lavey s satanism, as expressed in the satanic bible and other works. lavey s satanism is, however, regarded as a foundation

aims to recreate the pagan religions of antiquity usually not as they actually were, but as they have been idealized by romantics ever since the renaissance. there were a number of attempts at recreating pagan religions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most of which left only literary remains. one of the few groups to make a lasting contribution to the religious landscape was wicca, founded in great britain in the mid-twentieth century by gerald b. gardner, a retired civil servant. partly because wicca is focused on the worship of goddesses, it has been adopted by feminists attempting to create alternative forms of spirituality that are free from the biases of traditional male-dominated religion. building on the speculative scholarship of margaret murray and others, ga

traditional male-dominated religion. building on the speculative scholarship of margaret murray and others, gardner accepted the notion that the inquisition represented an effort by the church to destroy lingering remnants of pre-christian paganism. gardner further claimed to have been initiated into one of the last surviving traditional covens. by virtue of this claim, he was able to assert that wicca was a lineal descendant of the old religion of europe, antedating christianity by millennia. this claim has, however, been thoroughly discredited. although he was undoubtedly sincere in his desire to revive archaic paganism, gardner s claim to have been initiated into a coven with an ancient lineage was fabricated as a strategy designed to give his nascent movement greater legitimacy. instea

rope, antedating christianity by millennia. this claim has, however, been thoroughly discredited. although he was undoubtedly sincere in his desire to revive archaic paganism, gardner s claim to have been initiated into a coven with an ancient lineage was fabricated as a strategy designed to give his nascent movement greater legitimacy. instead of representing the survival of an ancient religion, wicca was a creative synthesis of elements drawn from freemasonry, ceremonial magic, aleister crowley, robert graves s notion of a pre- christian goddess religion, charles godfrey leland s witches gospel, murray s imaginative reconstruction of the old religion from inquisition records, and other sources. in contrast, anton lavey, the person usually regarded as the founder of modern satanism, never

rds, and other sources. in contrast, anton lavey, the person usually regarded as the founder of modern satanism, never claimed to be the lineal descendant of an neopagan witchcraft 185 ancient tradition. although his basic philosophy was quite different, lavey did, however, draw on some of the same sources as gardner particularly ceremonial magic and crowley resulting in certain parallels between wicca and satanism (e.g, both are involved in roughly comparable magical practices. there are also other, sociological parallels. both are, for example, decentralized, anarchistic movements. both have adopted the trappings of traditional figures regarded as scandalous by mainstream society witches in the case of wiccans and devil-worshipers in the case of satanists (in christian mythology, of cour

ts; we don t worship evil. the problem with such statements is that they imply that satanists do sacrifice babies and worship evil. wiccans will even make the assertion that satanists worship the christian devil, which is no more true than the assertion that witches worship the christian devil. in an essay that has been posted on a number of different satanic websites, satanism and the history of wicca, diane vera shows that wicca has drawn heavily from the literary satanism created by the witch-hunts. for example, wiccan terms like witch, coven, and sabbat do not witches kevin and sandie carlyon of the covenant of earth magic prepare for hallowe en, 1997 (kevin carlyon/fortean picture library) 186 neopagan witchcraft derive from pre-christian paganism. the assertion that these terms were

cuments, charles leland s arcadia: gospel of the witches (1899, draws on traditional diabolical imagery: diana greatly loved her brother lucifer, the god of the sun and of the moon, the god of light, who was so proud of his beauty, and who for his pride was driven from paradise (leland 1996, 1. and while it is true that medieval christian devil imagery incorporated aspects of certain ancient gods,wicca s horned god is derived directly from witch-hunt literature and only indirectly from any ancient, pre-christian god. although they may not be fully aware of these various connections, modern satanists have long felt that the basis of wicca s appeal lies in the paradoxical (some would say hypocritical) combination of wicca s satanic connotations and the denial of same. thus, satanists tend to

horned god is derived directly from witch-hunt literature and only indirectly from any ancient, pre-christian god. although they may not be fully aware of these various connections, modern satanists have long felt that the basis of wicca s appeal lies in the paradoxical (some would say hypocritical) combination of wicca s satanic connotations and the denial of same. thus, satanists tend to regard wicca as a ripoff of satanism (vera 1996. some satanists even go so far as to assert that, while adopting a diabolical part of a wiccan initiation: presenting the athame (ritual dagger (raymond buckland/fortean pcture library) nergal 187 veneer, wicca s core values are christian, making wicca little more than a form of christianity. vera does not, however, go so far as to assert either that wicca

as to assert that, while adopting a diabolical part of a wiccan initiation: presenting the athame (ritual dagger (raymond buckland/fortean pcture library) nergal 187 veneer, wicca s core values are christian, making wicca little more than a form of christianity. vera does not, however, go so far as to assert either that wicca is watered-down satanism or that it is christianity in pagan clothing. wicca is clearly a religion in its own right. her overarching point is, rather, that both satanism and wicca draw selectively from the same body of traditional writings about the devil and witchcraft, but only satanists explicitly acknowledge these particular source documents. wiccans should also, vera writes, stop repeating inaccurate, prejudiced stereotypes about satanists and satanism. for furt

ts. wiccans should also, vera writes, stop repeating inaccurate, prejudiced stereotypes about satanists and satanism. for further reading: leland, charles g. arcadia: gospel of the witches. 1899. facsimile reprint custer,wa: phoenix, 1996. lewis, james r.witchcraft today: an encyclopedia of wiccan and neopagan traditions. santa barbara, ca: abc-clio, 1999. vera, diana. satanism and the history of wicca [1992] revised edition, 1996. http//www.members.tripod.com/conjurefolk/w iccasat.html nephilim the biblical term nephilim, which in hebrew means the fallen ones or those who fell, refers to the offspring of the sons of god (traditionally interpreted as being angels) and human females mentioned in genesis 6:1 4. a fuller account is preserved in the apocryphal book of enoch, which recounts how

opposed to the herd mentality) f. responsible indulgence in whatever pleasures, lusts, and desires one wishes g. the ability to control existence perception h. chaos magick theory the ninth covenant s basic ethical principle is, do what you want, and in doing so, harm none that don t deserve it. this is a rather pointed recasting of the so-called wiccan rede, the core ethical principle of modern wicca, which is, and if it harm none, do as you will. see also lavey, anton szandor for further reading: the ninth covenant s official website: http//theninthcovenant.com 194 the ninth gate the ninth gate in the ninth gate, director roman polanski returns to diabolism, a theme that brought him fame as the director of rosemary s baby. the core of the plot for this 1999 film a quest for knowledge th

l manuscript of crowley s book of the law had turned up in a box in a basement in berkeley. by the time he died in 1985, grady had turned the oto into a dynamic organization with an active membership of several hundred individuals, about half of them in california. one manifestation of this was the nuit-urania coven of the new, reformed, orthodox order of the golden dawn, which practiced thelemic wicca under the leadership of (among others) the lady chandria, who succumbed to cancer in 1988. in 1988 the oto reported a membership of 700 in the usa and 1,400 worldwide. at several points, the oto has developed internal organizations that are to some extent secret and claim to carry on the traditions of the old aa. in july 1981, this internal secret society was called the knights of baphomet

c magic every year since 1986, which brings together many persons interested in the study and practice of thelemic magic. there is also an inner ritual group, involving both newer and long-term members of ogdos, that began working in 1994 and meets monthly. it is the latest of a series of such groups within ogdos, all of which have with a very eclectic approach to magic, incorporating elements of wicca, tantra, the cabala, shamanism, and so on, as they see fit. not surprisingly, the ethos of ogdos is highly individualistic and antihierarchical, since it is essentially a voluntary organization of individuals whose primary magical practice is solitary. see also magic and magical groups for further reading: ogdos homepage: http//www.cix.co.uk/ mandrake/ogdos.htm pact with the devil it is a mo

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f; the black flame. the right hand side is the shadow of the opposer, noctifer or ahriman in flesh. between the opposer/adversary set awakens. succubus publishing phosphorus inner publications 3 sorcery has gone through an awakening in the past 30 years which allows for new experimentations and developments. the significance in the last 30 years is the beginnings and critical stage of what became wicca and witchcraft. the systems originally intend produced an exciting aspect to magick and sorcery can be, explorative and in many ways continually innovative. the work of the order of phosphorus as within the the witches sabbat current deals with the direct linage of spiritual communion by each individual who seeks. thus, the only hereditary aspects are only conceptual in their need. one must

aligned correctly through initiation, will allow the reflection to move on indefinitely. thus immortality of the psyche is possible. one must be focused and move through the mental barriers from which society has bred through us. hermetic occultism within the witches sabbat is perhaps one of the most significant developments of this magickal art. before gerald gardner reinvented witchcraft as 17 wicca in the 60 s on, there were in fact many groups practicing egyptian magick and ceremonial workings, later on it was to be woven into the craft as it first was considered. charles pace, who was for a time a high priest of one of gerald gardner s wiccan covens in south london. it was pace whose magickal name is hamara t who developed a very challenging system of luciferian witchcraft from which

into the craft as it first was considered. charles pace, who was for a time a high priest of one of gerald gardner s wiccan covens in south london. it was pace whose magickal name is hamara t who developed a very challenging system of luciferian witchcraft from which he lectured at many covens throughout england. his lectures were on his luciferian cult of masks and egyptian magick in a time when wicca was being formulated. had mr. pace been able to get his material available more, wicca might not have become as unchallenging as it appears today. based off of two manuscripts, necrominon and the book of tahuti, hamara t produced much material on the luciferian gnosis, dealing with the tarot and high ceremonial sex magick with a ritual called ankh-ka. mr. pace was from the 1960 s a priest of

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them to ones benefit and ultimately focusing these tools as a means of becoming. as one enters the luciferian circle, the self is encircled in the arcana of i, which austin osman spare defined as the center of being and the infinite possibility therein. all of the daemons and angels of the self as familiars or guides are all an expression of owns being. before one becomes cloudy in the waters of wicca, the pure source must be revealed. to better explain the luciferian path in the terms of which is offered in luciferian witchcraft, liber hvhi and book of the witch moon, an assessment of the basic tools, god forms and models of belief are given here: apep the serpent-demon of chaos and the abyssic waters of the tuat. apep is the early embodiment of the sumerian tiamat or the sevenheaded dra

would bow before no one, not even a god force. iblis/shaitan understood he was unique and powerful within his being, and that by separating himself from the natural order, would become as a god. azothoz presents a cipher in poem on the nature of the adversary and becoming. lilith-az-babalon- hecate the daemonic feminine is the fountain of the witch cult, in it's dreaming and waking aspect. while wicca has taken a more sterile approach to the goddess, a luciferian sorcerer acknowledges the beauty of the daemonic goddess as a well of power and selfdeification. through babalon we drink the blood of saints and emerge as god itself. lilith is the succubus witch queen of the sabbat, whom is the very mother of us all. any within the veil of darkness are from her, we fornicate with her continuall

of gerald gardner, knowing him from some of the egyptian hermetic occult circles they associated in. pace was known in the 1960's as a priest of set and anubis, and later became a high priest of gerald gardner's coven in south london. charles created two known manuscripts of his lectures and teachings, which were based on his own sethanic cult of masks. pace was presenting a luciferian aspect of wicca which would provide an actual initiatory ground, rather than a dogmatic and unchallenging religious doctrine "necrominion" and "the book of tahuti" were two manuscripts which survived pace, authored in the late 1960's and early 70's 'necrominion' was based around the sethanic cult of masks, an ornate sexual magick rite known as "ankh-ka, the five fold kiss and material on the hermetic tarot

LUCIFERIAN WITCHCRAFT AN INTRODUCTION

he great work itself! that through my dedication to the path of witch blood, i shall know the secrets not so hidden -from the book of the witch moon, a grimoire of luciferian witchcraft, vampyrism and chaos magick by michael ford, 1999, 2001 many understand the essence of witchcraft as in relation to nature and general folk craft. while the folk magic brought from europe flourished in the form of wicca, mainly due to gerald gardner s (1886-1964) extensive writings and coven expansion. the system regarded magic as a natural process, and to build knowledge from the earth, from which is powers reside. many grasped this ideology well, given aid no doubt to the nature conscious fever of the 1960 s (1. it is considered that humanity has destroyed enough of its natural resources to begin the long

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emselves, now referred to by either their saxon epithet, elvenfolk, or simply as people of the heath or heathens, were rapidly dwindling into legend. the elven king and queen in their enchanted hill which opened up on the ancient holy festivals of halloween and beltane were fast passing out of public memory, recalled only by the wise, or as they were known in the old english tongue, the wicce and wicca, wizards and witches. the legend of the elvenfolk's ancestry still survived, however, in heavily christianized form. they were the remaining offspring of the fallen angels. neither devils, like satan and his cohorts, nor angels, but somewhere between the two. neither good nor bad, merely indifferent. it is at this point that organized christianity began to take a hand, and bore down heavily

uy them for the one instance, and then store the remainder for future use. try to keep all your magical things together, preferably locked away in a safe place perhaps a cupboard or closet reserved for the purpose, best of all a room dedicated to your craft. 3- divination finding things out the word "witch" comes from the same anglo-saxon root as "wit" and "wise" and in its original form wicce or wicca meant "a knowledgeable person" or "wise man" the knowledge in question was arcane and generally forbidden by the religious or civil authorities. any form of consultation of a witch by a layman was and still is always begun by an occult diagnosis of the situation inquired about, prior to any action being taken "finding things out" is therefore of the same primary importance to the modern witc

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are much greater. do not fear the darkness of the self; let it guide you through the shadows to the light of prometheus! this work is meant as an inspirational guide, through which the individual can gain access to the subconscious and the vast resources of the mind and its elementals. witchcraft is presented in a different form than what most perceive, to this to add as an alternative to modern wicca although not condemning it. hold no tradition which would bind you, for the witch blood speaks to those who remain of a faith all- their- own. question, become. let nothing stand in your way. the author and the publisher accept no responsibility for any misuse of any ritual or text contained herein. painted in these pages are words of dark power, given command through the mind and its vast a

essence of the form, to lucifer. it is rumored that the name lugh is derived from the latin word lux, meaning 'light. such a sabbat is a celebration of not only the hidden light (ie. morning star and wisdom) but the moon as well. lughnasadh has its roots primarily within the celtic culture which later surfaced and transferred into what is now known as the independent witches sabbat witchcraft and wicca. the essence of this sabbat is the brightness of the sun and the beauty of nature in its living aspect. lucet/lucifer is azazel the fire djinn, he who is brought unto earth wearing the emerald crown. lugh is represented as the leader of tuatha de danann which translates "people of the goddess dana. the people of ireland record a great battle in their ancient texts between lugh and tuatha de

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e individual into accepting a code and "uniformation" of like minds. this should be in progress only for the means of an end, a goal in which progression and individual evolution is plausible. if this is not so, what would be the difference between the organization minded occult student and the christian church enthusiast? the essence of witchcraft in the current age seems slip and often unclear. wicca presents nature in a beautiful and deeply moving semblance, which in itself, is not entirely the case. nature is both beautiful, positive and light filled however also destructive, murderous, predatory and black. this is a significant balance point in which individuals should be aware, and able to reflect with balance. wicca is a powerful tool for those ultimately kind at heart, who may weav

REGARDIE ISRAEL THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN

pyrights for this and most of his other books at that time to the aries press, and i purchased them in 1968 and brought out the second edition, with new material from regardie, in 1969. as sam webster points out in the epilogue to this fifth edition, this book has been the foundation for much of the "occult revival" of the last half of the twentieth century. it has provided resource materials for wicca, the new paganism, various magical groups, and for tens of thousands of serious students. and as cris monnastre points out in her introduction, it is now beginning to provide a structure into which modern psychology can flow to bring about a solution to the present world crisis which demands a dramatic expansion of consciousness and of the 'tools' of awareness. it is the actual "structured"e

g yoga. carl l weschcke, born september 10, 1930, b.s. in business administration, work toward doctorate in philosophy, d. ph. mag (honorary, certificate in clinical hypnosis. lifelong student of the occult, starting with theosophy, several years of work with crowley materials and as a correspondence student with the society of the inner light, study of jungian psychology and yoga. high priest in wicca, and administrator general aurum solis. president of llewellyn publications since 1960. david godwin, born in 1939 in dallas, texas, is a long-time student of esoteric lore. learned and knowledgeable about cabalistic practices, he has successfully mastered them and written a classic treatise on the subject entitled galwink cabalistic encyclopedia. out of print for several years, popular dema

rites and formulae, the trancendental spirit of the order into the re-created forms, thereby reincarnating the "soul of the mysteries" essentiarto the reflowering of the order. the study of magick leads one into harmony with nature and the universe at large. a major factor in the development of the neo-pagan movement was a growing concern with the environment and its abuse. magick in the form of wicca or the craft formed the spiritual link whereby this awareness could express itself. the g.d. provided much of the technology. it is interesting to note that an adept of the g.d, j.w. brodie-innes, traveled extensively in the british isles to study witchcraft. now the witches stud his order in the learning of their craft. f; eele mental arrangements and attributions employed by the modern wit

the signs were painted in their flashing colors. there is at least one group that, bein unable to decide u on a pantheon from any specific culture, chose to use the d sys.tem of nocftianat o found their tradition upon. the g.d. practice was chosen over the others as being clearer, more easily worked and more highly developed. another line of development in the modem craft is called traditionalist wicca (not to be confused with the family traditions. upon realising that the inordinate amount of enochiana and g.d. style techniques was not a later accretion as previously thought, its adherents researched still deeper into the origins of their book of shadows or grimoire. they concluded that the originator of their readition either had access to g.d. material before their popular publication o

RUBY TABLET OF SET

e judaism o federation of reconstructionist congregations and havurot o lubavitch hassidism o orthodox judaism o reform judaism. sikh/sant mat groups o eckankar o elan vital o movement for spiritual inner awareness, church of the o sikh council of north america o sikh dharma (3ho "other" groups o baha'i faith o church of satan o church of scientology o church universal and triumphant o gardnerian wicca o "i am" religious activity o native american church o rastafarians o temple of set o united church of religious science o universal church of the master o universal life church o vajradhatu o wicca introduction purpose this handbook has been prepared for the office of chaplains, department of the army, in order to provide information useful for chaplains on the beliefs and practices of cert

f the male-female aspects of nature usually is expressed as allegiance to the horned god and the great mother goddess. ritual follows the movement of the sun and moon. neo-pagans see themselves as reviving the pre-christian religion of europe and the mediterranean basin, and manifest as norse, druid, or egyptian in format. by far the wiccans compose the largest segment of the neo-pagan community. wicca or witchcraft is derived from the ancient paganism practiced in western europe, especially the british isles. magick, an essential element in modern wicca, seeks mastery of all the cosmic forces believed to control the world. witches believe in the ancient principal of "as above, so below" and in their worship seek to create a microcosm, a magical image of the whole. the universe is generall

a microcosm, a magical image of the whole. the universe is generally viewed as a sphere. the magical circle, drawn at the beginning of all magical rituals, is the outline of the microcosm intersecting the floor. witchcraft had grown slowly until the repeal of the last of england's anti-witchcraft laws in the 1950s. growth accelerated in the 1960s and 1970s. there are no less than thirty different wicca groups and hundreds of independent covens functioning in the united states. the gardnerians are one of several modern wicca groups. they trace their history to gerald b. gardner, who initiated the current wiccan revival. however, most wiccans now follow an eclectic practice which values creativity and is constantly changing and altering ritual while remaining within the basic nature goddess

network may be contacted through its newsletter, pagan military newsletter, 829 lynnhaven parkway, virginia beach, va 23452. secrecy is a major element of the existence of both witchcraft and satanism (discussed below. secrecy is protective (known members often lose their jobs, friends or status, and serves to guard the sacred mysteries of the group. satanism often confused with neo-paganism and wicca, satanism is the worship of satan (also known as baphomet or lucifer. classical satanism, often involving "black masses, human sacrifice, and other sacrilegious or illegal acts, is now rare. modern satanism is based on both the knowledge of ritual magick and the "anti-establishment" mood of the 1960s. it is related to classical satanism more in image than substance, and generally focuses on

upright position, not from bended knee, but set is also friend. xeper and remanifest! footnotes 1. even such as the temple of set 2. and its modern adherents, such as modern buddhism 3. discrepancies in use of the term "neo-pagan" occur in common parlance, such that some people who do not belong to the orthodox religions feel that "paganism" applies only to the nature oriented religions, of which wicca is an example. 4. although the distinctions in the expressed goals of each are a matter of semantics, more than any real difference in basic beliefs 5. with results that prove that their fingerpointing is "ahem, in the wrong direction 6. some consider a continuation in some physical form after death to be at the whim of the deities, possibly influenced by the conduct of one's life prior to d

owley apart from his historic task as an aeonic magus will be evaluated fairly and dispassionately, and will not be automatically considered part of that legacy (3) corruptions of the legacy of horus will not exist within the aa. the superstitions of decadent cultures, such as the hebrew and greek "cabalas" will not be a part of this order, nor will it welcome or tolerate crude paganisms (such as wicca) or insincere, pseudo- egyptian games (such as the amorc. the grade system based upon the hebrew "tree of life" and adapted from the doctrinally-corrupt golden dawn, will be replaced by a non-sexbased degree system whose levels of recognition indicate meaningful personal initiatory states of being and aeonic consequence. date: may 15, xxii html revision: nov. 10, 1998 ce subject: aeon of hor

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m aleph-zain, meaning then, therefore. the dark goddess. azael (hebrew. demon prince of water. also, amongst the watchers (see above. azarak) a name employed to designate the horned one of the witches, together with its counterpart zomelak. it made its way through major fuller s article the black arts (form, where it is given as a name for the devil, to become included in the gardnerian charge of wicca. azazel (hebrew. demon prince of air. also, amongst the watchers (see above. azi dahaki (avestan azi, meaning snake, modern farsi azidaha, meaning dragon. from earliest indo-aryan, three headed serpent, embodiment of falsehood, usurper of iran. accomplice of ahriman at the end of the world. baal, bael (goetia, 1st spirit, west semite, lord, owner) who wears a conical cap with a long band of

ears as a soldier clothed and armoured in red. procures love, makes women barren. zimimay, ziminair (goetia. demon king of the north. zomelak) a name employed to designate the horned one of the witches, together with its counterpart azarak. it made its way through major fuller s article the black arts (form, where it is given as a name for the devil, to become included in the gardnerian charge of wicca. chapter four; black magick the rites and rituals detailed within the classical grimoire of antiquity follow similar essential formulae, being that which is held in common amongst spiritist witchcraft generally. details in common include the casting of the circle, both as protection for the summoner and also as a kind of preparation for consciousness shifting. there are the usual sacrifices

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and laboratory forebears suffered from accusations of heresy, mouth platitudes of christian righteousness in one breath, while dismissing the concept of *controversy over the origin of the english word witch is valid when one considers the etymology of the term in other languages: venifica (latin, hexe (german, streghe (italian, etc. only in its english form has the word assumed a benign origin: wicca, purportedly meaning "wise" any debate must center on recent claims that advance a positive and socially acceptable meaning for a term that has in all ages and most languages, meant "poisoner "frightener "enchanter "spell-caster" or "evil woman" anthropologists have shown that even in primitive societies notably the azande, the definition of witch carries malevolent connotations. therefore

SCHLAGER NEIL WORLD RELIGIONS REFERENCE LIBRARY

n of a virgin mother. vishnu: also called krishna; the preserver-god. vodou: an african-based religion practiced primarily in haiti and in other central and south american countries. vodouisant: an uninitiated practitioner of vodou. wakan: the incomprehensibility of life and death for the sioux. wakan tanka: the world s motivating force for the sioux. wen: the arts of music, poetry, and painting. wicca: the name of a neo-pagan religion that generally worships the god and the goddess. wu wei: nonaction, or deliberate and thoughtful action that follows the dao. yahweh: one of the names for god in the tanakh. yazata: guardian angel. yin and yang: literally, shady and sunny; terms referring to how the universe is composed of opposing but complementary forces. yom kippur: the day of atonement

de lange, nicholas. an introduction to judaism. cambridge, u.k: cambridge university press, 2000. dundas, paul. the jains. 2nd ed. london and new york: routledge, 2002. flood, gavin d. an introduction to hinduism. cambridge, u.k: cambridge university press, 1996. glazier, stephen d. encyclopedia of african and african-american religions. new york: routledge, 2001. grimassi, raven. encyclopedia of wicca and witchcraft. st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications, 2000. hartz, paula. zoroastrianism, 2nd ed. new york: facts on file, 2004. higginbotham, joyce. paganism: an introduction to earth-centered religions. st. paul, mn: llewellyn publications, 2002. hirschfelder, arlene, and paulette molin. encyclopedia of native american religions: an introduction. 2nd ed. new york: facts on file, 2001. hoff

s practiced by wiccans throughout the year, including the summer and winter solstices, the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, and four additional holidays between these four. samhain (samhuinn: neo-pagan holiday celebrated on october 31. solstice: the points in the year when the day is longest (the summer solstice, generally on june 21) and the shortest (the winter solstice, generally on december 21. wicca: the name of a neo-pagan religion that generally worships the god and the goddess. 372 world religions: almanac neo-paganism part in bizarre rituals involving blood sacrifice and black magic, or magic practiced for selfish and bad purposes. neo-paganists, however, use the word pagan freely to refer to their religious beliefs. they resist stereotypes and emphasize that theirs is an earth-cent

the number of neo-pagans is difficult. the groups tend to be loosely organized. they avoid the structure and hierarchy (chain of command) of more formal mainstream religions, making it nearly impossible to count their members. a further complication is that many people who take part in neo-pagan activities also profess belief in other religions such as christianity. one group of neo-pagans called wicca, estimated that in 2000 there were some 768,000 neo-pagans, including 750,000 wiccans, in the united states, which would make it the nation s fifth-largest religion, as well as one of the nation s fastestgrowing religions. another estimate places the number of neo-pagans in the united states and canada at anywhere between one-half million and several million. characteristics of neo-paganism

n one-half million and several million. characteristics of neo-paganism neo-pagan religions are known by different names, depending on the specific religious tradition from ancient times that a particular group has reconstructed. some of the terms used to refer to these groups overlap, making discussions of neo-paganism confusing. for example, three terms often used in discussing neo-paganism are wicca, witchcraft, and magick (while the everyday word magic suggests parlor tricks and stage shows, magick emphasizes the neo-pagan belief that humans can focus their energies to influence natural forces) magick refers to a practice that many neo-pagans follow. witchcraft, or the ability to communicate with past ancestors or use charms and spells to influence natural events, is a generic word oft

day word magic suggests parlor tricks and stage shows, magick emphasizes the neo-pagan belief that humans can focus their energies to influence natural forces) magick refers to a practice that many neo-pagans follow. witchcraft, or the ability to communicate with past ancestors or use charms and spells to influence natural events, is a generic word often attached to a subcategory of neo-paganism. wicca, on the other hand, refers to a specific group. while wiccans practice witchcraft and magick, not all wiccans are witches, and not all witches are wiccans. despite this complex mix of terms and labels, neo-pagan groups tend to share a number of important characteristics: neo-pagan religions are reconstructed from ancient, pre-christian religions. wicca, for example, was reconstructed from th

owever, is not widespread. neo-paganism includes a wide range of religious traditions. other religious groups, such as native american and african shamanism, hold beliefs similar to neo-paganism. the term neo-pagan, however, generally refers to religious traditions that originated in pre-christian northern and western europe. some of these traditions include asatru, druidism, goddess worship, and wicca. asatru asatru (often written as a satru) is generally considered a neo-pagan religion, although its practitioners, called asatruars, refer to themselves as heathens rather than neo-pagans (heathen, like pagan, is a word that has strong negative connotations, suggesting someone who is uncivilized. the word, however, is related to the words heath and heather, referring simply to an open field

like pagan, is a word that has strong negative connotations, suggesting someone who is uncivilized. the word, however, is related to the words heath and heather, referring simply to an open field and to the low vegetation that covers it) they see themselves as part of a tradition separate from neo-paganism, or, in their words, not a branch of the tree but a separate tree. unlike such religions as wicca, asatru is based on a surviving historical record. the religion s followers try to follow the beliefs contained in that record as much as possible. asatru is a norse religion, meaning that it is of scandinavian origin (scandinavia is a region that includes modern denmark, finland, iceland, norway, and sweden) in the modern era the religion goes by a wide number of names: forn sior, meaning a

iendly society offers a health insurance plan to its members. goddess worship the phrase goddess worship does not refer to a particular religious group. it refers to a set of religious beliefs that celebrate feminine characteristics generally associated with women, like nurturing, child-bearing, sensitivity, and gentleness. some goddess worshippers are members of specific religious groups such as wicca. others worship goddesses independent of any specific group. a broom is used during neo-pagan weddings, called handfastings. the newly married couple will jump over a broom, which represents a threshold. the couple often has their hands bound with a cord, explaining the term handfasting. david hoffman photo library/ alamy. 382 world religions: almanac neo-paganism throughout history many cul

the full moon, and the waning moon. the waxing (or growing) moon is the goddess in her youth and vitality. she is the maiden whose sexuality is just emerging. the mother, represented by the full moon, symbolizes nurturing, procreation, and feminine power. the crone, represented by the waning moon, symbolizes wisdom and experience. it is the crone who guides humans toward death and the afterlife. wicca wicca is one of the most prominent neo-pagan religions, and one that elevates the goddess to a stature equal to that of the god. it is a form of modern witchcraft. not all people who call themselves witches are wiccans. the word witchcraft causes confusion because in the judeo- christian tradition, witchcraft is usually associated with satan. over the past two thousand years the christian ch

ced by wiccans and other groups sees the divine in the natural world, including the cycle of the seasons and the phases of the moon. most such groups have a strict code of behavior based on not doing harm to others. wiccans also obey the law of threefold return, meaning that anything one does, such as a good deed (or a bad deed) will return to them threefold (multiplied by three. the emergence of wicca as a modern religious movement can be traced to the 1950s in england and the efforts of a british civil servant and amateur anthropologist named gerald gardner (1884 1964. gardner wrote extensively on witchcraft in two widely read books, witchcraft today and the meaning of witchcraft. practitioners of wicca as gardner described it are often referred to as gardnerian wiccans. considerable con

sively on witchcraft in two widely read books, witchcraft today and the meaning of witchcraft. practitioners of wicca as gardner described it are often referred to as gardnerian wiccans. considerable controversy has surrounded gardner and his writings. he claimed that the religion had been revealed to him by a woman named dorothy clutterbuck, a well-known local witch in england. later students of wicca have disputed this claim, arguing that gardner formulated the religion on the basis of nineteenth-century occult practices combined with 384 world religions: almanac neo-paganism elements of hinduism, buddhism, and his own imagination. some wiccans credited gardner with keeping the ancient religion alive. others accused him of revealing secret wisdom that should have been kept secret among i

paganism elements of hinduism, buddhism, and his own imagination. some wiccans credited gardner with keeping the ancient religion alive. others accused him of revealing secret wisdom that should have been kept secret among initiates into the religion. wiccan beliefs and practices in 1974 a number of wiccans gathered in minneapolis, minnesota, where they drafted a statement containing the magic in wicca it s common knowledge even among the masses that witches practice magic. they may have misguided ideas concerning the type of magic performed, but the witch is firmly linked in popular thought with the magical arts. wicca is. a religion that embraces magic as one of its basic concepts. this isn t unusual. in fact, it s often difficult to discern [determine] where religion ends and magic begi

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principles that reflect this individuated perception. the pentagram is a symbol that is approximately five thousand years old and has its initial use in ancient egypt and mesopotamia, first as a potter mark, and in later egyptian dynasties as a mason s mark. symbolically, it was connected to the souls separate journey through the universe. gerald gardner (considered the founding father of modern wicca) utilized the inverted pentagram as representive of the second degree of wicca. the gnostics called the pentagram the blazing star and related it to night time magic. pagan, druids, celts, pythagoreans, greeks and romans all used the pentagram- with one point or two points upward as various symbols of perfection, truth and magic. within the paradigm presented in this book, the pentagram in i

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witchcraft and satan worship. bill schnoebelen, author of many books unmasking freemasonry, witchcraft, and the occult, was himself formerly a mason as well as a male witch. he has described the witch's "temple" as follows: in witchcraft, the "temple" is frequently not a building but rather a sacred "magic circle" laid down on the floor of a room with great ceremony. it is the sacred space of the wicca and serves the same function as a temple does to the mason.8 464 codex magica scorched by the sun 465 gods or men? is there a concerted plot to flood our consciousness with images that build world leaders into mount olympian man-gods, mythological giants on earth? internet sites www.freepressinternational.com and www.rense.com caught on to this recent trend and published a number of photogra

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6, there were approximately 250,000 wiccans in the united states] while much of the technically correct information in the movie was a fresh relief for many of us, hollywood also had filled the movie with the normal amount of special effects. you know, the kind that have nothing whatsoever to do with real magick. in the past few years, large numbers of people after seeing the craft turned towards wicca with the impression that the movie was a real reflection of what they could learn. this misconception was further in-forced by a number of new televison shows and more hollywood movies. never had a little bit of truth created so much confusion. parker torrence what is wicca "basically, wicca is an evolving religion which originated from paganism, the oldest religion in the world. it's an ear

n and follow to the letter the teachings of that order. do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ralph waldo emerson now if you are seeking a path that is not at one of these two extremes, there is hope. like the witches in the movie, you can learn and practice an eclectic form of magick. you can do this in a group, or you can do this as a solitaire. wicca is a child of paganism, and only one of its many flavors. there are structured traditions like satr or the many druidic groups. or there are just as many eclectic groups, that draw from both wicca, and nonwiccan sources. if you are very adventurous, you can create your own eclectic path, before you do that, please read the rest of this book. an old adage states, you should not break the rule

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thars in southern france is an example of society s reaction to those who mixed arcane practice with heterodox theology. in spite of persecution, the concept of witchcraft persisted and even flourished in early modern times. at least the fear of it did, as the salem witch trials richly illustrate. in the early decades of the twentieth century, schools of pagan and magical teachings were reborn as wicca. wiccans, calling themselves practitioners of the craft of the wise, would resurrect many of the old ways and infuse them with modern thoughts and practices. whatever its origin, the occult seems to be an object of permanent fascination to the human race. are we alone? is the earth the only inhabited planet? imagine the excitement if contact is made with intelligent extraterrestrial life for

worshippers who allegedly plot horrid deeds against the members of other religions in the name of their clovenhoofed and horned god. contrary to the beliefs of certain conservative christians, satanism as an actual religion is composed of a few small groups, which according to census figures in the united states and canada probably number less than 10,000 members. such religious cults as santeria,wicca, voodoo, and various neopagan groups are regularly and incorrectly identified as satanic, and it has been suggested by some that the statistics often quoted by certain christian evangelists, warning of millions of satan worshippers, quite likely consider all non-christian religions as satanic, including buddhism, hinduism, and islam. in the 1980s and 1990s, a widespread fear swept across the

ional energy. because christian churches, especially the roman catholic, are considered anathema to the prince of darkness, satanists use parodied versions of their rituals and symbols in their ceremonies. the cross is used, but it is worn or displayed with the long beam pointing downward. satanists may on occasion use the pentagram or five-pointed star, traditionally used by the practitioners of wicca or witchcraft, but as with the cross, it is inverted, resting upon a single point, rather than two. satanists insist that their parodying and inversion of other religions rites and symbols are not done strictly for purposes of blasphemy. it is their belief, they maintain, that such use appropriates the power inherent in the rite or symbol and inverts it for satan s purposes. satanists believ

on mainly practiced in the caribbean countries, especially haiti, that is comprised of a combination of roman catholic rituals and animistic beliefs involving fetishes, magic, charms, spells, curses, and communication with ancestral spirits. white magick the use of magic for supposed good purposes such as to counteract evil. wiccan someone who is a witch, a believer or follower of the religion of wicca. wizard a variant of the fifteenth century word wisard, meaning wise. someone professing to have magical powers as a magician, sorcerer, or a male witch. in general, someone who is extremely knowledgeable and clever. zoology the scientific branch of biology that studies animals in all their characteristics and aspects. from the greek zoologia, literally the study of life and from zolion, or

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thars in southern france is an example of society s reaction to those who mixed arcane practice with heterodox theology. in spite of persecution, the concept of witchcraft persisted and even flourished in early modern times. at least the fear of it did, as the salem witch trials richly illustrate. in the early decades of the twentieth century, schools of pagan and magical teachings were reborn as wicca. wiccans, calling themselves practitioners of the craft of the wise, would resurrect many of the old ways and infuse them with modern thoughts and practices. whatever its origin, the occult seems to be an object of permanent fascination to the human race. are we alone? is the earth the only inhabited planet? imagine the excitement if contact is made with intelligent extraterrestrial life for

aquatic plant-eating dinosaurs that had a long neck and tail and a small head. from the suborder sauropoda, a latin word meaning lizard foot. therianthropic used to describe a mythological creature that is half human and half animal. coined from the greek therion, meaning small wild animal, and anthropo, meaning human being. wiccan someone who is a witch, a believer or follower of the religion of wicca. zoology the scientific branch of biology that studies animals in all their characteristics and aspects. from the greek zoologia, literally the study of life and from zolion, or life form. t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d mysterious creatures 113 chapter 12 mysteries of the mind throughout the centuries, philosophers, poets, prophets

on mainly practiced in the caribbean countries, especially haiti, that is comprised of a combination of roman catholic rituals and animistic beliefs involving fetishes, magic, charms, spells, curses, and communication with ancestral spirits. white magick the use of magic for supposed good purposes such as to counteract evil. wiccan someone who is a witch, a believer or follower of the religion of wicca. wizard a variant of the fifteenth century word wisard, meaning wise. someone professing to have magical powers as a magician, sorcerer, or a male witch. in general, someone who is extremely knowledgeable and clever. zoology the scientific branch of biology that studies animals in all their characteristics and aspects. from the greek zoologia, literally the study of life and from zolion, or

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hars in southern france is an example of society fs reaction to those who mixed arcane practice with heterodox theology. in spite of persecution, the concept of witchcraft persisted and even flourished in early modern times. at least the fear of it did, as the salem witch trials richly illustrate. in the early decades of the twentieth century, schools of pagan and magical teachings were reborn as wicca. wiccans, calling themselves gpractitioners of the craft of the wise, h would resurrect many of the old ways and infuse them with modern thoughts and practices. whatever its origin, the occult seems to be an object of permanent fascination to the human race. are we alone? is the earth the only inhabited planet? imagine the excitement if contact is made with intelligent extraterrestrial life

s of the unseen world. 39 chapter exploration alchemy valentine andreae roger bacon. helvetius hermes trismegistus albertus magnus. paracelsus magick abremelin magick black magick enochian magick vodun/vodoun/voodoo white magick magi agrippa count allesandro cagliostro aleister crowley. john dee dr. faust. marie laveau eliphas levi. simon magus pico della mirandola. pythagoras count saint-germain wicca people of wicca margot adler philip emmons (isaac) bonewits raymond buckland gavin frost and yvonne frost gerald brosseau gardner sybil leek margaret alice murray m. macha nightmare starhawk doreen valiente witchcraft familiars the inquisition.the time of the burning sabbats witchcraft trials england. france germany. salem, massachusetts scotland. spain witchhunters jean bodin. henri boguet

places. m delving deeper de givry, emile grillot. illustrated anthology of sorcery, magic and alchemy. translated by j. courtenay locke. new york: causeway books, 1973. seligmann, kurt. the history of magic. new york: meridian books, 1960. skinner, doug. gthe immortal count. h fortean times, june 2001, 40.44. spence, lewis. an encyclopedia of occultism. new hyde park, n.y: university books, 1960. wicca according to the u.s. census, the number of individuals professing to be wiccans rose from the 8,000 reported in 1990 to 134,000 self-proclaimed witches in 2001. a study released in november 2001 by the graduate center of the city university of new york found that the number of adults t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 72 magic and sorce

november 2001 by the graduate center of the city university of new york found that the number of adults t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d 72 magic and sorcery manyoccult groups claim count saint- germain as their spirit guide. who subscribe to a pagan religion was more than 140,000. since the middle ages, witchcraft, the gold religion, h or wicca, the gancient craft of the wise, h have been used interchangeably to name the followers of the same nature religion. while the interchangeability of the names remains true today, even those men and women who practice wicca or witchcraft have difficulty reaching a consensus regarding what it is exactly that they believe and whether or not wicca can truly be traced back to ancient times or whe

ty of the names remains true today, even those men and women who practice wicca or witchcraft have difficulty reaching a consensus regarding what it is exactly that they believe and whether or not wicca can truly be traced back to ancient times or whether it developed as a new natural religion in the early nineteenth century and gained momentum in the mid-twentieth century. as one practitioner of wicca said, no wiccan can decide for another what wicca really is. one definite assertion that may be made about wicca is that practitioners of the religion are not satanists. they do not worship the devil or glory in the exaltation of evil. worship of and agreements with the devil presuppose his existence, and the wiccans do not believe in the satan of christianity. oberon zell (formerly tim zell

green egg) does not believe satanism can be classed as a religion, but is merely a christian heresy. according to zell, a true pagan religion is one that originated in nature and is characterized by natural modes of expression, contrasted with those religions that owe their existence to a philosophy taught by one or more great prophets and formulated in various creeds and dogmas. those who follow wicca, the craft of the wise, maintain that their faith qualifies as a true pagan religion with its beliefs and practices rooted in the processes of nature. generally speaking, wiccans believe that the sources of good and evil lie within each individual, thus universally agreeing with the eight words of the wiccan rede: gif it harm none, do what you will. h the craft is therefore concerned with th

refore concerned with the properties of the human mind, including that little-known, little-used area of the psyche termed gthe occult. h wiccans do not believe that there is anything supernatural about the manifestations and phenomena associated with this extrasensory area of the mind. they believe that psychic powers lie dormant in everyone, to a greater or lesser degree, and the disciplines of wicca are designed to develop these to the fullest. wicca is a polarized religion, embodying within its worship the male principle in the figure of the horned god and the female in that of the goddess. thus its adherents believe that wicca presents a truer picture of the nature and workings of the universal creative principle than do those religions that overemphasize either the male or the female

a is a polarized religion, embodying within its worship the male principle in the figure of the horned god and the female in that of the goddess. thus its adherents believe that wicca presents a truer picture of the nature and workings of the universal creative principle than do those religions that overemphasize either the male or the female values and relegate the other to a subordinate status. wicca incorporates both cognates of the universal creative principle. in witchcraft here and now, sybil leek defined witchcraft as a religion of a primitive and transcendent nature, gwith overtones embodying the female in her most elevated octave h together with the gadoration of creative forces. h in her view, such a religion provided g cthe total aspect of godliness, in a god which has no name o

destructible energy, which, like matter, is neither created nor destroyed but can be changed in form. because wiccans do not have a god or devil in the conventional sense of absolute good and absolute evil, they consider these qualities to be positive and negative expression of the same life-energy, neither of which are permanent forms but subject to change as situations and circumstances change. wicca conceives of spirit as part of the universal creative principle, existing as a thought form. in keeping with its transcendental nature, wicca views spirit as the convenient expression for a certain kind of matter, which is thought to contain a dynamic energy of its own. this energy is capable of t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d magic a

for a certain kind of matter, which is thought to contain a dynamic energy of its own. this energy is capable of t h e g a l e e n c y c l o p e d i a o f t h e u n u s u a l a n d u n e x p l a i n e d magic and sorcery 73 witchcraft is also referred to as the gold religion. h being transmitted by means of mental activity and can be used to transmute other forms of energy into matter. witchcraft/wicca generally accepts the doctrines of reincarnation and karma but rejects the idea of original sin. witches believe that the human spirit is at birth like a blank page upon which one fs actions and experiences write the details of one fs character. this is somewhat qualified by the belief that the ways in which individuals will react to their experiences during a particular incarnation is to a

idea that humans are free to choose good or evil but can lose this freedom through the constant and prolonged choice of one path or the other. on one side are what some religions would call gsaints h and on the other, those who habitually choose evil, with the great majority of men and women falling somewhere in between the two extremes. at this point, one can see an important difference between wicca and satanism. witches seek the good by willing the good, while those who practice black magick or who follow the gleft-hand path h have yielded control of their thoughts and actions to the flesh, that part of human nature motivated solely by the search for satisfaction of instinctual and egotistical demands. that is not to say that witches believe the material aspect of humankind is evil, bu

ivated solely by the search for satisfaction of instinctual and egotistical demands. that is not to say that witches believe the material aspect of humankind is evil, but, rather, that the striving for evil inherent in the instinctually ordered flesh must be controlled and directed by the will in such a manner that its needs are satisfied, but not at the price of others f wellbeing and existence. wicca seeks to be a polarized, or balanced, religion in which its adherents recognize that all emotions carried to an excess cause an imbalance. the popular and enduring confusion of witchcraft and satanism can be traced to two primary causes: the ignorance of those educators and journalists responsible for dissemination of public information and the practice of evangelical christian clergy of lin

cess cause an imbalance. the popular and enduring confusion of witchcraft and satanism can be traced to two primary causes: the ignorance of those educators and journalists responsible for dissemination of public information and the practice of evangelical christian clergy of linking the ancient craft of the wise with devil worship. oberon zell once observed that practitioners of the old religion/wicca/neo-paganism often find themselves in the awkward position of having a public image that was not created by them, but by their persecutors. in zell fs thought, such an injustice would be much as if the nazis had succeeded in eradicating judaism to the extent that, generations later, the common opinion of what the jewish faith was all about was derived solely from the anti- semitic propaganda

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ion of the psyche. this process of becoming is a process in the luciferian and sabbatic left hand path guild in houston, texas. this leads to an illumination of the black flame through the initiatory model of cain, the wanderer. this grimoire, containing two direct invocations to cain, is an interesting text for those interested in the more shadowed and luciferian practices of the witchcraft (not wicca. illustrated by elda isela ford, the book of cain offers both initiatory challenge and a luciferian concept of positive self-focus. those who may approach the blackened fires of cain should be cautious, for it destroys and creates. the goetia luciferian edition by michael w. ford illustrated by elda isela ford based on the manuscript of lemegethon, the lesser key of solomon the king modern m

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psycho-spiritual science from stage magic. the magicians of the golden dawn, as well as countless theurgists before them, spelled magic without the "k" like regardie, we see no reason to surrender the word "magic" to the arena of the stage magician. 3. keep in mind that this book was first printed in 1938, over a decade before gerald gardner published witchcraft today and started the religion of wicca, which is positive and life-affirming. regardie's reference to "such pathologies as witchcraff'refers to the medieval superstitions, hexes, and general hysteria that resulted in the inquisition and the salem witch trials. 4. unfortunately in modem times the "pathology of demonolatry" has a following among certain individuals who call themselves satanists. although many self-proclaimed satani

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two thousand years, been associated with occultism and essentially with rites of evil magick, or the forbidden magick, of the enemy, and of satan. and the twisting, sacred spiral formed by the serpent of the caduceus, and by the spinning of the galaxies, is also the same leviathan as the spiral of the biologists' code of life: dna the goddess of the witches the current revival of the cult called wicca is a manifestation of the ancient secret societies that sought to tap this telluric, occult force and use it to their own advantage, and to the advantage of humanity as was the original intent. the raising of the cone of power through the circle dancing is probably the simplest method of attaining results in "rousing leviathan, and has been used by societies as diverse as the dervishes in th

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ass. i could write some rituals. an `ancient book' of magick. a `book of shadows. priestesses, naked girls. yes. by jove, yes" great story, but merely a dream, created out of bits and pieces of rumor, history and imagination. don't be surprised, though, if a year or five years from now you read it as "gospel (which is an ironic synonym for `truth) in some new learned text on the fabled history of wicca. such is the way all mythologies come into being. please don't misunderstand me here; i use the word `mythology' in this context in its aboriginal meaning, and with considerable respect. history is more metaphor than factual accounting at best, and there are myths by which we live and others by which we die. myths are the dreams and visions which parallel objective history. this entire work

his context in its aboriginal meaning, and with considerable respect. history is more metaphor than factual accounting at best, and there are myths by which we live and others by which we die. myths are the dreams and visions which parallel objective history. this entire work is, in fact, an attempt to approximate history. to arrive at some perspective on what the modern mythos called, variously "wicca, the "old religion "witchcraft" and "neopaganism" is, we must firstly make a firm distinction "witchcraft" in the popular informally defined sense may have little to do with the modern religion that goes by the same name. it has been argued by defenders of and formal apologists for modern wicca that it is a direct lineal descendent of an a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on:

the popular informally defined sense may have little to do with the modern religion that goes by the same name. it has been argued by defenders of and formal apologists for modern wicca that it is a direct lineal descendent of an a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 4 ancient, indeed, prehistoric worldwide folk religion. some proponents hedge their claims, calling wicca a "revival" rather than a continuation of an ancient cult. oddly enough, there may never have been any such cult! the first time i met someone who thought she was a "witch" she started going on about being a "blue of the cloak" i should've been warned right then and there. in fact, as time has passed and the religion has spread, the claims of lineal continuity have tended to be hedged more a

be hedged more and more. thus, we find dr. gardner himself, in 1954, stating unambiguously that some witches are descendants. of a line of priests and priestesses of an old and probably stone age religion, who have been initiated in a certain way (received into the circle) and become the recipients of certain ancient learning (gardner, witchcraft today, pp 33-34) stated in its most extreme form, wicca may be defined as an ancient pagan religious system of beliefs and practices, with a form of apostolic succession (that is, with knowledge and ordination handed on lineally from generation to generation, a more or less consistent set of rites and myths, and even a secret holy book of considerable antiquity (the book of shadows. more recent writers, as we have noted, have hedged a good deal o

covens do exist, they are not witches but a sick fringe, delayed-reaction victims of a centuries-old church propaganda in which even intelligent christians no longer believe (ibid, p 32. one could protest "very well, some case might be made for the horned god being mistaken for the christian devil (or should that be the other way around, but what record, prior to the advent 50 years ago of modern wicca via gerald gardner, do we have of the survival of a mother goddess image from ancient times" wiccan apologists frequently refer to the (apparently isolated) tenth century church document which states that "some wicked women, perverted by the devil, seduced by the illusions and phantasms of demons, believe and profess themselves in the a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: ww

f night to traverse great spaces of earth, and to obey her commands as of their mistress, and to be summoned to her service on certain nights (quoted in valiente, witchcraft for tomorrow, hale, 1978, p 32) i do not doubt that bits of pagan folklore survived on the continent through the first millenium- northern europe remained overtly pagan until the high middle ages. but what has this to do with wicca? farrar, for his part, explains the lack of references to a goddess in the testimony at the infamous witch trials by asserting that "the judges ignored the goddess, being preoccupied with the satan-image of the god (what witches do, p 33. but it is the evidence of that reign of terror which lasted from roughly 1484 to 1692 which brings the whole idea of a surviving religious cult into questi

n early church law, the canon episcopi, which said in effect that belief in witchcraft was superstitious and heretical, the inquisitors cavilled by arguing that the witchcraft of the canon episcopi and the witchcraft of the inquisition were different" the evidence extracted under the most gruesome and repeated tortures resemble the wiccan religion of today in only the most cursory fashion. though wicca may have been framed with the "confessions" extracted by victims of the inquisitors in mind, those "confessions- which are more than suspect, to begin with, bespeak a cult of devil worshipers dedicated to evil. one need only read a few of the accounts of the time to realize that, had there been at the time a religion of the goddess and god, of seasonal circles and the book of shadows, such w

er priest, father cornelius loos, who observed, in 1592 that "wretched creatures are compelled by the severity of the torture to confess things they have never done, and so by cruel butchery innocent lives are taken (ibid, p 16. the "evidence" of the witch trials indicates, on the whole, neither the satanism the church and state would have us believe, nor the pagan survivals now claimed by modern wicca; rather, they suggest only fear, greed, human brutality carried out to bizarre extremes that have few parallels in all of history. but, the brutality is not that of `witches' nor even of `satanists' but rather that of the christian church, and the government. a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 7 what, then, are we to make of modern wicca? it must, of course

actices and beliefs, but as the folk magic and medicine that stretches back to early, possibly paleolithic tribal shamans on to modern china's socalled "barefoot doctors. in another sense, we can also say that ceremonial magick, as i have previously noted, has had a place in history for a very long time, and both these ancient systems of belief and practice have intermingled in the lore of modern wicca, as apologists are quick to claim. but, to an extent, this misses the point and skirts an essential question anyone has the right to ask about modern wicca- namely, did wicca exist as a coherent creed, a distinct form of spiritual expression, prior to the 1940s; that is, prior to the meeting of minds between the old magus and venerable prophet of the occult world aleister crowley, and the fi

extent, this misses the point and skirts an essential question anyone has the right to ask about modern wicca- namely, did wicca exist as a coherent creed, a distinct form of spiritual expression, prior to the 1940s; that is, prior to the meeting of minds between the old magus and venerable prophet of the occult world aleister crowley, and the first popularizer, if not outright inventor of modern wicca, gerald brosseau gardner? there is certainly no doubt that bits and pieces of ancient paganism survived into modern times in folklore and, for that matter, in the very practices and beliefs of christianity. further, there appears to be some evidence that `old george' pickingill and others were practicing some form of folk magick as early as the latter part of the last century, though even th

in the occult revival of the late nineteenth century, including perhaps even crowley and his friend bennett. it seems possible that gardner, about the time of meeting crowley, had some involvement with groups stemming from pickingill's earlier activities, but it is only after crowley and gardner meet that we begin to see anything resembling the modern spiritual communion that has become known as wicca "witches" wrote gardner in 1954 "are consummate leg-pullers; they are taught it as part of their stock-in-trade (witchcraft today, p 27) modern apologists both for aleister crowley and gerald gardner have taken on such serious tones as well as pretensions that they may be missing places where tongues are a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 8 firmly jutting ag

es of postgardnarian wiccans, especially in america since the 1960s, along with a certain feminist revisionism. this has succeeded to a considerable extent in converting a libertine sex cult into a rather staid neopuritanism. the original gardnarian current is still well enough known and widely enough in vogue (in britain and ireland especially) that one can venture to assert that what gardnerian wicca is all about is the same thing crowley was attempting with a more narrow, more intellectual constituency in the magickal orders under his direct influence. these orders had flourished for some time, but by the time crowley` officially' met gardner in the 1940s, much of the former's lifelong efforts had, if not totally disintegrated, at least were then operating at a diminished and diminishin

that kenneth grant and aleister crowley were discussing relatively radical changes in the ordo templi orientis at approximately the same time that gardner and crowley were interactive. though wiccan writers give some lip service (and, no doubt, some sincere credence) to the notion that the validity of wiccan ideas depends not upon its lineage, but rather upon its workability, the suggestion that wicca is- or, at least, started out to be, essentially a late attempt at popularizing the secrets of ritual and sexual magick crowley promulgated through the oto and his writings, seems to evoke nervousness, if not hostility. a true history of witchcraft get any book for free on: www.abika.com 9 we hear from wiccan writer and leader raymond buckland that one "of the suggestions made is that aleist

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tury, and their influence continues unabated into the new millennium. most prominent among them were aleister crowley, dion for- tune and arthur edward waite. each of these three not only founded new occult orders, but wrote innumerable teaching texts on golden dawn magic. their writ- ings formed the basis for the ritual techniques and many of the occult beliefs cur- rent in the pagan religion of wicca, or witchcraft, as well as those used by most practitioners of ceremonial magic and enochian magic. there is no attempt made here to discredit the magic of the golden dawn, which has exerted such a powerful influence on the modern west. new millenni- um magic is an attempt to understand the essential principles of magic through which golden dawn magic, and all other types of magic, operate

essive neighbors. cults of female gods, existing away from the center of societies, can still be observed. remnants of goddess worship are evident in the adoration of the virgin mary among christians, the veneration of the matronit and shekhinah among jews, the worship of shakti among hindus. the women's movement has sparked a revival of interest in the goddess. the contemporary pagan religion of wicca wor- ships the earth mother in her many guises. as for the worship of god as a child, christianity is the most obvious example. in the middle ages, jesus was often depicted as a babe in arms with a wise adult head, or as a slender effeminate figure with a narrow waist and broad hips. child- god cultures are characterized by an ambivalence between the active and passive impulses. no question

ent of a special house for prayer is the outgrowth of a fixed society rooted to the soil by agriculture. in ancient times and among prim- itive hunting and foraging tribes, devotions were often tied to special days of the year, and a temporary temple of dancing human bodies and flaming bonfires, or colored lines drawn in the sand, was erected as the focus for magical forces. the modern rebirth of wicca (a conscious attempt to revive the deification of nature) shows a regression to the nomadic type of magical worship, where the temple is formed by convening a group of worshippers, often but not necessarily thirteen in number, on the eight major feast days of the year, called sabbats. wor- ship takes place (ideally) out-of-doors with only the magic circle to act as the walls of the psychical

man skin. so is a number. the circle used in ritual magic is a symbolic expansion of the personal self of the magus-an extension of his or her magical identity, which is represented by the magical name. to invoke something into the circle is to invoke it into the self. traditionally the ritual circle was used as a barrier of protection against hostile or disruptive spirits and energies; in modern wicca, the circle is believed to concentrate magical potency. many modern occultists are unwilling to acknowledge to themselves that there are dangerous spiritual beings or forces, and consequently dismiss or downplay the use of the circle as a protective barrier. desire, magical: the inner urge or need to accomplish a specific intention that pro- vides the motivating energy for ritual work. the m

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