The meaning of 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Gerald Gardner published The Meaning of Witchcraft in 1959, not long after laws punishing witches were repealed.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 a 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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ContentsI The Witch Cult in Britain
II Witches' Memories and Beliefs
III The Stone Age Origins of Witchcraft
IV Some Religious Ideas of Early Britain
V Druidism and the Aryan Celts
VI Witchcraft in Roman and Saxon Times
VII Magic Thinking
VIII Magic Thinking (Continued)
IX Why?
X Curious Beliefs About Witches
XI Who Were the Gods of Britain?
XII Signs and Symbols
XIII The Black Mass
XIV Some Allegations Examined, Part I
XV Some Allegations Examined, Part II
XVI Some Allegations Examined, Part III
XVII The Future
Appendix I The Magical Legend of the Witches
Appendix II The Stedingers
Appendix III Significant Dates in the History of the Witch Cult, with Special
Reference to Britain
Appendix IV The Forgeries of the Canon Episcopi and the Malleus Maleficarum
Appendix V
Bibliography
Originally published: London : Aquarian Press, 1959
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