I found, too, what it was that made so many of our ancestors dare imprisonment, torture and death rather than give up the worship of the Old Gods and the love of the old ways. I discovered the inner meaning of that saying in one of Fiona MacLeod’s books: “The Old Gods are not ...
Thought to be the father of modern witchcraft, Gerald Gardner published The Meaning of Witchcraft in 1959, not long after laws punishing witches were repealed.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 an invaluable ...
TheMeaningofWitchcraft-Wicca,czarostwo,neopogaństwoTHEMEANINGOF WITCHCRAFT By G.B.GARDNER Introduction by Dr.LeoLouisMartello MAGICKALCHILDE,INC. 35W.19 thSt. GARDNER GRANDOLDMANOFWITCHCRAFT By DR.LEOLOUISMARTELLO GeraldB.Gardner‘sbiographyhasbeenpublishedmanytimes,includingachapteronhiminmyownWitchcr...
witch From the Anglo-Saxon wicca, meaning “the wise one;” a person who practices witchcraft. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch to new thesaurus Noun 1. witch - a female so...
“Witch” of Endor, of theBible, was actually aSpiritualisttype ofmedium. The actual meaning of the word Witch is linked to “wisdom,” and is the same root as “to have wit;”“to know.” It comes from the Anglo-Saxonwicce(f) orwicca(m) meaning “wise one,” Witches being both...
witch (witʃ)noun a woman who is supposed to have powers of magic,usuallythrough working with the devil.bruja ˈwitchcraftnoun magic practised by a witchetc.brujería ˈwitch-doctornoun in some African tribes, a person whose profession is to cure illness and keep away evil magical influenc...
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originate in ancient British Witchcraft traditions. He also wrote “The Meaning of Witchcraft,” nearly five years after “Witchcraft Today,” soon after the English laws making witchcraft a crime were repealed. The text was the first of its kind, portraying the craft’s practice in a positive...
In pre-Christian and early Christian times, Witchcraft (with a capital "W") was a magical and healing practice associated with the pagan religion. Good witches were pretty much the norm. The very word "Witch" comes from the Old Anglo-Saxon wicce or wicca, meaning a "wise one;" the wi...