Il libro delle streghe. Un moderno libro delle ombre per la pratica della stregoneria

The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-paganism by Raymond Buckland is exactly what it sounds like. Buckland provides encyclopedic entries on many topics related to witchcraft. He explains the misconceptions and misinformation that exists about witchcraft, wicca, and neo-paga Leggi tutto

This book seems like a more modern attempt at Doreen Valiente's "An ABC of Witchcraft" with more focus on Wicca than most anything else. I can't fault Buckland on that TOO much because he was a Wiccan. Still, I think Valiente did it better. Most of the book seems factual, but there are points where

Heavily colored by Buckland's opinion, most of the entries are only mentioned in light of how he views Wicca, and if it is useful to Wiccans. He stretches history to connect it to modern Wicca. Entries on people have clear bias, you can really tell if he hates a person. In short he traces nearly eve Leggi tutto

I didn't finish the book (I stop at page 15) because it wasn't really helpful for me. I didn't like the way it was organized (in alphabetical order) and I really felt like I was missing the key and basic information. Also, most of what was said (in the part I read) was already stuff I knew from othe Leggi tutto

Il primo libro che non deve mai mancare nella biblioteca di un neopagano, strega, druido, come volete chiamarvi fate voi. E' un libro che insegna ogni cosa, a prescindere da quello in cui credete e l'etichetta che la società, i gruppi e voi stessi si crea. Consigliato, ma da usare con saggezza e non Leggi tutto

A decent book with a fair amount of Witchcraft and occultic history and information definitely worth having on the Shelf

A pretty good reference book.

Il libro è impostato come se fosse il programma di un corso sulla Wicca in generale (si evidenzia in particolar modo la tradizione Sassone, anche se ci sono cenni di altre tradizioni, come spiega l'autore). I capitoli prendono il nome di lezioni, al termine delle quali ci sono veri e propri esercizi Leggi tutto

Excellent source of information with accurate and in depth information from Abracadabra to Zodiac. This is an Encyclopedia, so it does read as such. Again, Raymond Buckland has proven that he has much knowledge to share.

This encyclopedia was just what I needed for research purposes.