The Meaning of Witchcraft

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Weiser Books, 2004 M03 1 - 288 páginas
Thought to be the father of modern witchcraft, Gerald Gardner published The Meaning of Witchcraft in 1959, not long after laws punishing witches were repealed. It was the first sympathetic book written from the point of view of a practicing witch. The Meaning of Witchcraft is an invaluable source book for witches today. Chapters include: Witch's Memories and Beliefs, The Stone Age Origins of Witchcraft, Druidism and the Aryan Celts, Magic Thinking, Curious Beliefs about Witches, Signs and Symbols, The Black Mass, Some Allegations Examined. The Meaning of Witchcraft is a record of witches' roots-and a tribute to a founding pioneer with the courage to set that record straight.

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THE WITCH CULT IN BRITAIN
1
WITCHES MEMORIES AND BELIEFS
15
THE STONE AGE ORIGINS OF WITCHCRAFT
29
SOME RELIGIOUS IDEAS OF EARLY BRITAIN
39
DRUIDISM AND THE ARYAN CELTS
57
WITCHCRAFT IN ROMAN AND SAXON TIMES
69
MAGIC THINKING
83
MAGIC THINKING CONTINUED
97
THE BLACK MASS
169
SOME ALLEGATION EXAMINED PART I
195
SOME ALLEGATION EXAMINED PART II
207
SOME ALLEGATION EXAMINED PART III
213
THE FUTURE
237
THE MAGICAL LEGEND OF THE WITCHES
245
THE STEDINGERS
247
SIGNIFICANT DATES IN THE HISTORY OF THE WITCH CULT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BRITAIN
251

WHY?
111
CURIOUS BELIEFS ABOUT WITCHES
135
WHO WERE THE GODS OF BRITAIN?
143
SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
157
THE FORGERIES OF THE CANON EPISCOPI AND THE MALLEUS MALEFICARUM
259
APPENDIX V
267
BIBLIOGRAPHY
269
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Gerald Brosseau Gardner (1884-1964), was instrumental in bringing the contemporary Pagan religion of Wicca to public attention, writing some of its definitive religious texts. He introduced a string of High Priestesses into the religion, including Doreen Valiente, Lois Bourne, Patricia Crowther, and Eleanor Bone, from whom the Gardnerian community spread throughout Britain and subsequently into Australia and the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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