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Folklore of the Scottish Highlands
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Mystical, revealing details of ancient and olde Scottish Highland Pagans written in a balanced sympathetic and objective manner by a Gaelic-speaking archaeologist and magical practitioner.
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Folklore and Odysseys of Food and Medicinal Plants
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Pen-and-ink illustrations of ancient Pagan glyphs and plants decorate this exploration of ancient, medicinal herbal lore and the magical uses of food.
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Greek Magical Papyri
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The title word “Demotic” isn’t a typo of demonic: That material is Coptic. The illustrated main corpus is a collection of 2nd-century B.C.E. to 5th-century C.E. Egypto-Greco-Roman magical spells, rituals, and invocations from ancient papyrus spellbooks, many of them found in the tomb of a magic man in Thebes. Also known as the Papyri Graecae Magicae, or PGM.
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Witchcraft Today
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An expanded edition of the 1954 classic by the father of the modern Witch renaissance. Covers myriad magical topics, including Picts, pixies, Pagan persecution, cauldrons, and Kabbalah, and includes a biography of Gardner and contributions from some Wiccan elders regarding the Olde Religion's past, present, and future.
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- beliefs
- nonfiction
- theology
- spells
- animism
- Olde Religion
- elders
- practices
- magical
- Wicca
- Witchcraft
- Pagans
- Witch
- Rites
- ancient
- customs
- authentic
- paganism
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Spiral Dance
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An eclectic primer about ancient and modern Goddess-worship and Pagan cosmology; written by a contemporary magical practitioner and co-founder of the Reclaiming trad.
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- history
- eclectic
- God
- feminism
- esbats
- deity
- sabbats
- Goddess-worship
- cosmology
- modern
- Pagan
- moon
- religion
- primer
- magic
- ancient
- persecution
- theology
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Meaning of Witchcraft
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Authentic beliefs, customs, history, practices, and theology of followers of the Olde Religion; written by a public, trained High Priest who ran the Witch Museum on the Isle of Man and is responsible for the Craft’s popularity today.
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- Gardner
- Gardnerianism
- Isle of Man
- history
- meaning of Witchcraft
- customs
- Manx
- nonfiction
- traditional material
- Olde Religion
- beliefs
- practices
- museum
- Witch
- theology
- ancient
- authentic
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Goodly Spellbook, The
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Illustrated, definitive, fascinating guide to Witchcraft that explains how everyone can use common ingredients to work effective magic to help themselves, others, and the planet; written by trained, experienced Gardnerians.
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