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Liber XXXIV · Witchcraft & Wicca

Liber XXXIV

Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism

From the witch trials to Gardner, the sabbats and modern Paganism.

This section brings together two very different histories that share a name. The first is the history of the witch in European belief and law, culminating in the trials of the early modern period. The second is the modern religion of Wicca and the wider Pagan revival, which emerged in mid-twentieth-century England with Gerald Gardner and Doreen Valiente and spread worldwide. Articles also cover traditional and folk witchcraft, the Wheel of the Year, Druidry and Heathenry, always distinguishing historical evidence from later myth.

Chapters

  1. Introduction2 articles
  2. I.Druidry3 articles
  3. II.Gods & Goddesses3 articles
  4. III.Heathenry & Runes4 articles
  5. IV.History of Witchcraft4 articles
  6. V.Traditional Witchcraft4 articles
  7. VI.The Wheel of the Year4 articles
  8. VII.Wicca4 articles
  9. VIII.Witch Trials5 articles

The primary texts

All 5

On the shelf

All 125 books
Cover of An ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present An ABC of Witchcraft Past and PresentDoreen Valiente Cover of America Bewitched: The Story of Witchcraft After Salem America BewitchedOwen Davies Cover of Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches Aradia, or the Gospel of the WitchesCharles Godfrey Leland Cover of Azoëtia: A Grimoire of the Sabbatic Craft AzoëtiaAndrew D. Chumbley The Black ToadGemma Gary The Black ToadGemma Gary Cover of Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain Blood and MistletoeRonald Hutton Cover of Bonewits's Essential Guide to Druidism Bonewits's Essential Guide to DruidismIsaac Bonewits Cover of The Book of Druidry The Book of DruidryRoss Nichols Cover of Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft Buckland's Complete Book of WitchcraftRaymond Buckland Cover of Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation Caliban and the WitchSilvia Federici Children of CainMichael Howard Children of CainMichael Howard Cover of Compendium Maleficarum Compendium MaleficarumFrancesco Maria Guazzo Cover of Contemporary Paganism: Listening People, Speaking Earth Contemporary PaganismGraham Harvey The Crooked PathKelden The Crooked PathKelden Cover of Cunning Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic Cunning Folk and Familiar SpiritsEmma Wilby Cunning-FolkOwen Davies Cunning-FolkOwen Davies Cover of Daemonologie DaemonologieKing James VI and I Cover of Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief Demon LoversWalter Stephens DemonolatryNicolas Remy DemonolatryNicolas Remy Cover of The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England The Devil in the Shape of a WomanCarol F. Karlsen Cover of The Devils of Loudun The Devils of LoudunAldous Huxley Cover of The Dictionary of Demons: Names of the Damned The Dictionary of DemonsMichelle Belanger Cover of The Discoverie of Witchcraft The Discoverie of WitchcraftReginald Scot Cover of Doreen Valiente: Witch Doreen ValientePhilip Heselton

Chronology

The full timeline