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Wicca, the Religion of Self-expression

Wicca is a simple religion. It is direct. There is little elaboration and above all it is what you make of it. We frequently call it a ‘do-it-yourself’ religion and that really describes the Craft in a nutshell. Lees verder

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Review: Pagan Britain

Professor Ronald Hutton explores pre-Christian ritualistic behaviour by the oldest inhabitants of the archipelago. Lees verder

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“Use the Magick, Make a Change” – Magickal Philosophy Taloch Jameson

Taloch is not only a singer, songwriter, and the beating heart The Dolmen, but he is also a serious esoteric scientist, occult seeker, a cunning man, and Witch. The antler-crowned celebrant at Stonehenge seasonal observances is coming to The Netherlands again. Lees verder

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Review: Pagan Planet

Nimue Brown has edited a large number of essays for this anthology from diverse practising Pagans presenting a wide view on the subject of Paganism and their relationship with the Earth. Lees verder

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Review: Pagan Dreaming

Nimue Brown discusses ‘The Magic of Altered Consciousness’. From ‘personal dreaming’ to ‘ancestral dreaming’ she shows how dreaming takes us into different levels of consciousness. Lees verder

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Review: The Gods Within

Describes the how and why of using evocations. The aim is to evoke feelings, images and ideas from within the psyche of the individual”.And 15 different Graeco-Roman, Egyptian and Celtic gods and goddesses are reviewed. Lees verder

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Review: Lifting the Veil

A book written to fill an existing gap in the currently available knowledge on trance, prophesy, deity-possession, and mediumship within the neo-Pagan and Wiccan communities. Lees verder

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Review: Wicca – History, Belief, and Community in Modern Pagan Witchcraft

Divided into three parts Doyle White briefly covers Wiccan History from the origins to the present day. Notable authors and practitioners are discussed as well as the impact of the social movements; Wiccan theology, ritual practice and Rites of Passage and so on and the Wiccan community and culture. Lees verder

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Review: Llewellyn’s 2016 Witches’ Companion

Two articles per month and four extra give Wiccans and other Pagans food for thought on contemporary issues for the full year 2016. Lees verder

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Paganism as a cultural phenomenon in Europe

People have difficulties in defining religion. It is even more difficult to define a pagan religion. The very term paganism is also very unclear. Morgana wrote a paper discussing paganism as a cultural phenomenon. Lees verder

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