Il grimorio della strega. Incantesimi, invocazioni, amuleti e divinazioni

This is a book I had been meaning to read for some time. Thankfully, it's very short and I managed to read it in entirety yesterday. This book is considered important to modern Witchcraft from a historical standpoint. I, however, did not like it and consider it to be a fine example of primitive and

Aradia is considered the foundation text for modern witchcraft, especially British Traditional Wicca. It was from this book that Aleister Crowley “borrowed” the invocation of Diana and Aradia for his Thelemic text The Book of the Law, which Gerald Gardner paraphrased for his own original BOS that Do Leggi tutto

I don't see this book being very popular with many pagans. It's revered by 'some' witches, who find inspiration in it's poetic tale. Too many pagans these days are too literal to enjoy what I consider a piece of art. In Australian slang, it's a bit of creative bullshit. You get out of it what you lik Leggi tutto

A Classic... But Horribly Creepy This book's first sentence describes incest with reverence, and sexual assault and rape pervade through this book. It is horribly dated and uncomfortable to read. I wanted to love this book but could scarcely find select passages of phrases that I found to live up to Leggi tutto

This did not give me the info I had hoped for about Paganism. As a follower of Diana/ Artemis I had high hopes. But this book greatly disappointed. Maybe the author was trying to show off a bit pre spiritualism days. An he thought he'd show off his writing ability which in honesty, did nothing for m Leggi tutto

I was excited to read this, but ultimately disappointed. I went into this book knowing that it was highly influential in the construction of Wicca and that its claims to be an accurate/anthropological presentation of an Italian witch cult were false, so I only hoping to be entertained and I just was Leggi tutto

There's a problem with 19th century religious studies texts is the blatant "my research is better, and oh by the way, read this other work I've written." Not only that, he admits that he's rewritten a lot of the translated texts, to keep with his "feeling" of what the "intent" of the Italian was. Hi Leggi tutto