a video detailing some more about my tradition of Wicca…in response to QuestionChrist/Pete who is researching about Wicca. www.youtube.com

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Product DescriptionUnderstanding the Mystery Teachings of Witchcraft is essential for anyone wishing to enrich their Craft. World-renowned author and scholar Raven Grimassi guides readers down the well-worn path to these Mystery traditions by exploring their roots in myths, legends, verses, and lore.
Witchcraft: A Mystery Tradition provides a cultural and mythical context that helps readers gain insight into these Mystery themes. Drawing upon the long-standing traditiona… More >>
Witchcraft: A Mystery Tradition

In the middle of the 20th century, a retired English government employee named Gerald Gardner claimed that he had been initiated into an archaic nature religion which was a survival of indigenous European faiths. The followers of this religion were using the name New Forest Coven. Gardner began his efforts to reestablish and revive the ancient religion by putting together a volume named “Witchcraft Today,” where he attempted to reconstruct the fragments of remaining spiritual philosophy and practice from the New Forest Coven.

Gardner designated the spiritual system as “witchcraft,” and …

Starhawk’s New Moon Chant for Diana: “Waxing, waxing, growing, growing, Diana’s power is flowing, flowing.”

Growth of the pagan movement during the mid 20th Century was strongly supported by the rapidly escalating feminist movement of that time. The 1950s marked a 100 years of campaigning for women’s rights and the refusal to be treated by society as second rate citizens. Women were asserting their rights and finding their voices. Some went as far as to cut men out of their lives totally.

Commune-style, female only communities emerged. These communities were …

Modern Witchcraft is both the product of evolution and invention. For a thousand years, traditional witches had to remain underground for fear of persecution, torture and death. Whilst many books were published on the topic of Witchcraft during the Middle Ages, the content was without exception, aimed at sketching the Craft as an evil, maleficent practice. The grotesque image of the Craft was fed by unadulterated lies and fabrications by those who claimed to be experts. These self-proclaimed experts also happened to be lackeys of Rome and supporters of that …