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ariel05 Cro-Magnon Man

Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Utah
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:24 am Post subject: 6. Witchcraft for Tomorrow, by Doreen Valiente |
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A book about witchcraft c. 1978, before it was taken over by Wiccans.
It's a good overview of this, going into history and various practices. There's some detail, but not all that much. I will probably be reading other of her books, and I expect she would go into more specific detail on procedures, etc., in those.
I can see that this was an extremely influential book for other writers in the genre, based on the echoes I've seen in almost every other book written about witchcraft and Wicca.
In fact, in the intro she explains how she wrote this book in response to others' plagiarism of her earlier writings, and she wanted to set the record straight. |
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shaw Java Man

Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 1025
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:39 am Post subject: |
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I didn't know there was witchcraft apart from Wicca.
Tell me more. |
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ariel05 Cro-Magnon Man

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Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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| shaw wrote: | I didn't know there was witchcraft apart from Wicca.
Tell me more. |
I did a quick google on this, because it's not something I can easily put into words (I'm still learning the differences myself).
This webpage probably sums it up the best:
http://www.enchantedoak.com/tradwicca.html
And looking at this page, it would appear Valiente's book is a sort of in-between mutant of Wicca and more traditional Witchcraft, since much of her influence is from Gerald Gardner. Apparently I still have quite a bit to learn.  |
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