Full Description
This volume is a complete resource to the study and practice of modern, non-denominational Wicca. The book is an illustrated, self-study course for the solitary or group. Included are rituals; exercises for developing psychic talents; information on all major "sects" of the craft; and sections on tools, beliefs, dreams, meditations, divination, herbal lore, healing and ritual clothing.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition . . . xiii
Introduction . . . xvii
Lesson One: The History and Philosophy of Witchcraft . . . 1
Lesson Two: Beliefs . . . 19 Deities.
Lesson Three: Tools, Clothing, and Names . . . 41
Lesson Four: Getting Started . . . 61
Lesson Five: Covens and Rituals . . . 79
Lesson Six: The Sabbats . . . 97
Lesson Seven: Meditation, Dreams, and the Minor Sabbats . . . 111
Lesson Eight: Marriage, Birth, Death, and Channeling . . . 137
Lesson Nine: Divination . . . 157
Lesson Ten: Herbalism . . . 187
Lesson Eleven: Magick . . . 221
Lesson Twelve: The Power of the Written Word . . . 247
Lesson Thirteen: Healing . . . 267
Lesson Fourteen: Getting Set Up . . . 281
Lesson Fifteen: Solitary Witches . . . 297
And Now ? . . . 307
Appendix A: Wiccan Denominations . . . 309
Alexandrian Wicca. American Celtic Wicca. Australian Wicca. Church of Y Tylwyth Teg. Church of the Crescent Moon. Circle Wicca. Coven of the Forest, Far and Forever. Deboran Witchcraft. Dianic Feminist Wicce. Frost's Wicca. Gardnerian Wicca. Georgian Wicca. Maidenhill Wicca. Northern Way. Nova Wicca. Pecti-Wita. Seax-Wica. Thessalonian Tradition.
Appendix B: Answers to Examination Questions . . . 315
Appendix C: Music and Chants . . . 325
Recommended Reading List . . . 335
Index . . . 339
