The Rebirth of Witchcraft - Couverture souple

Valiente, Doreen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0709083696 ISBN 13 : 9780709083696

Editeur : Robert Hale Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

The Rebirth of Witchcraft Since 1951, when the last of the Witchcraft Acts was repealed, many books have been written about the reappearance of witchcraft and the development of a pagan theology. This book traces the lineage of the witchcraft from its forerunners through to modern feminist neo-paganism and the new wave of interest in ecology and holistic medicine. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This classic work is now available for the first time in paperback. Since 1951, when the last of the Witchcraft Acts was repealed, many books have been written about the reappearance of witchcraft and the development of a pagan theology. Churchmen have denounced it. Sociologists have wondered at it. Journalists have penned sensational stories about it. But until the publication of this book, no one had told the real story of it from the inside as frankly as it is told here. Doreen Valiente, one of witchcraft's most widely known figures, was a close friend of the late Gerald Gardner, generally regarded as the founder of present-day witchcraft. Initiated by him and for a time High Priestess of his coven, Doreen Valiente helped him rewrite his seminal "Book of Shadows". She records the break with Gardner that split his coven, the controversy surrounding Alex Sanders, "King of the Witches" and memories of many other witches whom she has known, including the lady called 'Dafo', Robert Cochrane, Leslie Roberts and Sybil Leek. Doreen Valiente took part in many witchcraft rituals and had strange psychic experiences as a result. Described here are the clairvoyant communications she received purporting to come from 'John Brakespeare', an eighteenth-century witch. "The Rebirth of Witchcraft" traces the lineage of the present-day witchcraft from its forerunners through to modern feminist neo-paganism and the new wave of interest in ecology and holistic medicine.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Doreen Valiente lived in Brighton, Sussex. She was the widow of a freedom fighter from the Spanish Civil War. Of British descent herself, her family came from Cerne Abbas, Dorset, famous for its hill-figure of a giant god of fertility. She was a firm believer in witchcraft, having been initiated into four different branches of the Old Religion in Britain. Author of An ABC of Witchcraft: Past and Present, The Rebirth of Witchcraft and Witchcraft: A Tradition Renewed (all published by Robert Hale), she also wrote poetry. She made many television and radio appearances, discussing witchcraft and folklore and displaying items from her collection of witchcraft objects. Doreen Valiente died in 1999.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Robert Hale Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0709083696
• ISBN 13: 9780709083696
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224