The Witch Book

Raymond Buckland

Description

A look at Witches, Witchcraft and the Wicca tradition from the author of Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft

From Abracadabra to Aleister Crowley to Gardnerian Witchcraft to Rosemary's Baby to sorcery and Zoroaster, The Witch Book by the late, great Raymond Buckland is unmatched in its coverage of witchcraft’s historical, practical, and cultural aspects.

A student of the late Wicca pioneer Dr. Gerald Gardner, Raymond Buckland has been widely credited with introducing Wicca to the United States. He was one of the world’s foremost experts on Witchcraft, Wicca, and Earth religions.

With 560 entries, a resource section, and 114 photos and illustrations, this is an exhaustive exploration of Witchcraft, Wicca, paganism, magic, people, places, events, literature, and more. It shows how, in pre-Christian and early Christian times, Witchcraft (with a capital “W”) was a magical and healing practice associated with early spirtual beliefs, including how the word "Witch" comes from the Old Anglo-Saxon wicce or wicca, meaning a “wise one”: the wiseman or -woman of the common people who had knowledge of herbs, healing, augury, and magic.

It also tackles how Witchcraft and paganism were erroneously linked with Satanism, black magic, and pop-culture distortions. It defines both the darker Christian concept and the true concept of Wicca, concentrating on the Western European and later New World versions of Witchcraft and magic. The Witch Book is a broad and deep look at witches, witchcraft and the Wicca tradition.

Sujets

• Witchcraft
• Spirituality
• Wicca

Informations

• Publié par: Visible Ink Press
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2001
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781578597918
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 25 Mo

Extrait

Table of Contents
Introduction Raymond Buckland
Acknowledgments
A
Abracadabra
Absent Healing
Adept
African Witchcraft
Afterlife
Air
Altar
Altar Candles
Altar Cloth
Amber
Amulet
Anderson, Victor
Angelica
Animism
Ankh
Anointing
Aphrodite
Aquarian Tabernacle Church
Aradia
Arianrhod
Arnold, Charles
Artemis (Diana)
Aspergillum
Astral Plane; Astral Body
Astrology
Atham
Aura
Autumnal Equinox
Avebury
B
Balefire; Bonfire
Banish
Banshee
Baphomet
Barrett, Francis
Bath
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (movie)
Bell
Bell, Book and Candle
Bell, Book and Candle (movie)
Bell Witch
Beltane
Bewitched (television series)
Bible
Bigghes
Binding
Birthstone
Black Magic
Blair Witch Project, The (movie)
Blasting
Blessed Be
Blood
Bloodstone
Bodin, Jean (1529-1596)
Boleen; Bolline
Bone, Eleanor Ray
Book of Shadows
Bracelin, Jack L.
Breac, Aidan (1897-1989)
Broomstick; Besom
Bruja; Brujo
Buckland, Raymond (1934- )
Budapest, Zsusanna (1940- )
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (movie and television series)
Burin
Burning Times
Burn, Witch, Burn! (movie)
Burned at the Stake (movie)
C
Cabot, Laurie
Cagliostro, Conte di Alessandro (1743-1795)
Cakes and Wine/Ale
Candle Magic
Canon Episcopi
Caul
Cauldron
Cave Art
Celts; Celtic Witchcraft
Censer; Thurible
Ceremonial Magic
Cerne; Cernunnos
Chakra
Chalice
Channeling
Chanctonbury Ring
Chants
Chap Books
Charge of the Goddess
Charm
Charmed (television series)
Church of All Worlds
Circe
Circle
Circle Wicca; Circle Sanctuary
Circumambulation
Clutterbuck, Dorothy (1880-1951)
Compendium Maleficarum
Cone of Power
Confessions
Conjuration
Conjure Man/Woman
Conqueror Worm, The (movie)
Consecration
Cords
Corn Dolly
Council of American Witches
Coven, Covenstead, Covendom
Covenant of the Goddess
Cowan
Craft, The
The Craft (movie)
Crone
Cross
Crossing the Bridge
Crossroads
Crow; Raven
Crowley, Aleister (1875-1947)
Crowther, Patricia and Arnold
Crucible, The (movie)
Cunningham, Scott (1956-1993)
Cunning Man Murrell (1780-1860)
Curandera; Curandero
Curse
D
Dance
Day of Wrath (movie)
Dee, John (1527-1608)
Degree System
D j Vu
Demeter
Demons; Demonology
Deosil
Devils, The (movie)
Devil s Bride, The (movie)
Devil s Mark
Dianic Wicca
Digitalis
Divination
Doppelg nger
Dorset Oozer
Dragon s Blood
Drake, Sir Francis (1543-1596)
Drawing Down the Moon/Sun
Druids
Dunwich, Gerina
Dunwich Horror, The (movie)
E
Earth
Egg Tree
Egyptian Way
Eke Name
Elder
Elder Tree
Elementals
Elements
Elf Darts/Shot
Enchantment
Endor, Witch of
English Witchcraft
Esbat
Evil Eye
Evocation
Exorcism
Eye of Horus
Eye of the Demon (movie)
F
Faery-Faith Tradition
Fairies
Fairy Ring
Familiar
Farrar, Janet and Stewart
Fascination
Fertility
Fetish
Fian, John
Fire
Fire Magic
Flagellation
Flying Ointment
Foliate Mask
Folk Dances and Rhymes
Fortune, Dion (1891-1946)
Fox, Selena
Frazer, Sir James George (1854-1941)
French Witchcraft
Freyav
Frost, Gavin and Yvonne
Futhorc
G
Gaia
Gardner, Gerald Brouseau (1884-1964)
Garlic
Garter
German Witchcraft
Glamor
Gnomes
Goblet
Gods and Goddesses
Gowdie, Issobell
Graves, Robert (1895-1985)
Gray Magic
Great Rite
Green Man
Green Witch
Grimoire
Gris-gris
Grove
Gwydion
Gypsies
H
Hag
Hag Stone
Hand of Glory
Handfasting; Handparting
Hare
Healing
Hecate
Hedge Witch
Helms, Senator Jesse
Herbs
Hereditary Witchcraft
Hermetica
Herne
Hex Sign
Hexagram
High Magic s Aid
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus (movie)
Holy Water
Holzer, Hans (1920- )
Hopkins, Matthew
Horne, Fiona
Horned God
Horned Helmet
Horses
Horseshoe
Huebner, Louise
I
Image Magic
I Married a Witch (movie)
Imbolc
Imprecation
Incantation
Incense
Incubus and Succubus
Initiation
Inquisition
Invocation
Irish Witchcraft
Iron
Ishtar
Isis
Italian Witchcraft
J
Jack o Lantern
Janicot
Jewelry
Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
Judith, Anodea (1952- )
Juno
K
Kabbalah (also spelled Kabala, Cabala, Qabalah)
Kali
Karma
Kelley, Edward (1555-1593)
Kerridwen
Key of Solomon
Kiss
Knights Templar
Knot Magic
Kundalini
Kyteler, Dame Alice
L
Labrys
Lancre, Pierre De (1553-1631)
Leek, Sybil (1923-1983)
Left Hand Path; Right Hand Path
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1901-1971)
Levi, Eliphas Zahed (1810-1875)
Levitation
Ley Lines
Libation
Ligature
Lilith
Lord s Prayer
Loudun Nuns
Love Magic
Low Magic
Lughnasadh
Lycanthropy
M
Macbeth
Maciste All inferno (movie)
Magic(k); Magician
Magic Squares
Magical Alphabets
Magus
Maiden
Maid of Salem (movie)
Malleus Maleficarum
Mana
Mandrake; Mandragora
Martello, Leo Louis (d. 2000)
Mather, Cotton (1663-1728)
Increase Mather (1639-1723)
May Day
Measure
Medea
Meditation
Meeting Dance
Mendes, Goat of
Mephisto Waltz, The (movie)
Merlin
Michelet, Jules (1798-1874)
Midvinterblot (movie)
Mirror
Mistletoe
Moon
Morgan Le Fay
Morr ghan
Morris Dancing
Mother Redcap
Mother Shipton (1488-1561)
Mugwort
Murray, Margaret Alice (1863-1963)
Museums of Witchcraft
Mystery Religion
N
Names of Power
Natural Magic
Necromancy
Necronomicon, The
Neo-Paganism
New Age
Nudity
O
Oath of Secrecy
Occult
Offering
Ogham
Oil
Old Religion
Omen
Oracle
Ordeal
Order of the Garter
Origins of Witchcraft
Osiris
Owl
P
Pact with the Devil
Pagan; Paganism
Pan
Paracelsus (1493-1541)
PectiWita
Peine Forte et Dure
Pendderwen, Gwydion (1946-1982)
Pennsylvania Dutch Witchcraft
Pentacle
Pentagram
Phallic Worship
Philtre
Pickingill, (Old) George (1816-1909)
Pins
Planetary Hours
Planetary Rulers and Attributes
Poison
Polytheism
Popes
Poppet
Potion
Potter, Harry
Powwow
Practical Magic (movie)
Prayer
Priapus; Priapic Wand
Priest/Priestess
Prophecy; Prophesy
Puck
Q
Queen of the Sabbat
R
Rais, Gilles de (1404-1440)
Ravenwolf, Silver
Regardie, Francis Israel (1907-1983)
Reincarnation
Remy, Nicholas (1530-1612)
Retribution
Rings
Rite; Ritual
Rollright Stones
Robin Goodfellow
Rosemary s Baby (movie)
Royalty
S
Sabbat
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (television series)
Sacrifice
St. Agnes Eve
St. John s Wort
Saints
Salamanders
Salem Witch Trials
Salt
Salute
Samhain
Sanders, Alex (1926-1988)
Satan; Satanism
Satyr
Score, John (?-1979)
Scot, Reginald (1538-1599)
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)
Scottish Witchcraft
Scourge
Scrying
Seal of Solomon
S ance
Seax-Wica
Selene
Self Initiation
Serpent
Sex Magic
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Shape-shifting
Sheelagh-na-gig
Sherwood, Grace
Sigil
Silver
Sixth Sense
Skyclad
Slater, Herman (1938-1992)
Smudging
Solitary Witch
Sorcery
Spell
Spirit
Spiritualism
Spring Equinox
Staff
Stonehenge
Stones and Stone Circles
Storm Raising
Streghe, Le (movie)
Suffumigation
Summer Solstice
Summers, Montague (1880-1948)
Summoner
Swastika
Swimming a Witch
Sword
Sympathetic Magic
T
Talisman
Tantra
Tarot
Tedworth Drummer
Theism
Third Eye
Thirteen
Thoth
Threefold Law
Toad
Tools
Torture
Traditions
Transmigration
Trees
Triangle
Trident
Triple Goddess
U
Uncrossing
Unction
Undines
Unguent
Unicorn
V
Valiente, Doreen (1922-1999)
Venefica
Vervain
Virgin Witch, The (movie)
Visione del Sabba, La (movie)
Voodoo
W
Walpurgisnacht
Walton, Charles (1871-1945)
Wand
Waning; Waxing
Warding
Warlock
Warts
Washes
Watchtowers
Water
Water Witch
Weatherworking
Weighing against the Bible
Weir, Thomas (1600-1670)
Wells
Weschke, Carl Llewellyn
Weyer, Johann (1515-1588)
Wheel of the Year
White Handled Knife
White Magic
Wicca
Wiccaning
Wiccan Rede
Wicker Man, The (movie)
Widdershins
Wild Hunt
Williamson, Cecil (1909- 1999)
Willow
Wilson, Monique
Winter Solstice
Witan
Witch; Witchcraft
Witch Balls
Witchboard (movie)
Witchboard 2: The Devil s Doorway (movie)
Witch Bottle
Witchcraft (1916) (movie)
Witchcraft (1964) (movie)
Witchcraft (1988) (movie)
Witchcraft 2: The Temptress (movie)
Witchcraft 3: The Kiss of Death (movie)
Witchcraft 4: Virgin Heart (movie)
Witchcraft 5: Dance with the Devil (movie)
Witchcraft 6 (movie)
Witchcraft 7: Judgement Hour (movie)
Witchcraft and the Armed Services
Witchcraft through the Ages (H xan) (movie)
Witchcraft Today
Witch Doctor
Witchery (movie)
Witches, The (1966)
Witches, The (1990)
Witches Brew (movie)
Witches in Movies and on Television
Witches in Literature
Witches in Myth, Legends and Fairy Tales
Witches in Pop Culture
Witches Cradle
Witches League for Public Awareness
Witches Mountain, The (movie)
Witches of Eastwick, The (movie)
Witches of Salem, The (movie)
Witchfinder General
Witch Fire (movie)
Witch from Nepal, The (movie)
Witch Hat
Witching, The (movie)
Witchmaker, The (movie)
Witch Prickers
Witch s Curse, The (movie)
Witch s Ladder
Witch s Mirror, The (movie)
Witch Trap (movie)
Witch Who Came from the Sea, The (movie)
Witch without a Broom, A (Una Bruja Sin Escoba) (movie)
Witch Who Turned Pink (movie)
Wizard
Wizard of Oz, The (movie)
Woden
Woman Who Came Back, The (movie)
Women s Mysteries
Words of Power
Working Tools
Worship
Worst Witch, The (movie)
Wortcunning
Y
Yarrow
Yggdrasil
Yin; Yang
Yoni and Lingam
Z
Zell, Tim and Morning Glory
Zodiac
Resources
Index
Introduction
Raymond Buckland
The subject of Witchcraft has fascinated people for thousands of years. In pre-Christian and early Christian t