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Review: Doreen Valiente Witch

Philip Heselton is perhaps the most qualified person to write the biography of Doreen Valiente. Although quite a lot is already known about Doreen’s life, Philip presents us in his inimitable style an in-depth account. Here we see her not only as a witch but as patriot and freedom fighter. Lees verder

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“Laat de verschillen maar duidelijk zijn.” Een interview met Bran

Bran was aangesloten bij Gardnerian wicca maar heeft zijn aandacht verlegd naar een vorm van boeddhisme. Hoe kijkt hij terug op wicca en wat kan hij meegeven aan heksen van nu? Lees verder

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Wicca in Norway

Lene translated and updated an article by Stein Jarving about Wicca in Norway. How did it come to Norway, how did it adapt there and what are recent developments? Lees verder

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Review: The Witches’ Heart

The book is the perfect teaching tool for covens to use with their students, or for individual seekers. It explains the basics of Circle, the seasonal holidays and a wide variety of magickal workings that will intrigue both sages and seekers. 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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Activism, interfaith and tradition – a pagan perspective; an interview with Morgana

Morgana is a Pagan activist, a PFI international coordinator and a Gardnerian Priestess. Less is known about her interfaith initiatives and her role in academic study of Paganism. Lees verder

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Review: Celebrating Planet Earth

In this book some of the ‘urban myths’ are dispelled between (neo) pagans and Christians. Discussed are major attributes of both paths and how we perceive each other. Can Christians and Pagans engage in shared ritual? An ‘interfaith experiment’ suggests they can. Lees verder

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Review: All Acts of Love and Pleasure

This book wants “to act as a guide to existing initiatory covens who want to make their practice more inclusive… Inclusive Wicca is about including all participants regardless of sexual orientation, disability, or other differences, not by erasing or ignoring the distinctions but working with them.” Lees verder

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The Collective Individual

Two major paradoxes in Wicca are that it strives towards a ‘group’ feeling when it is basically a path of individual development, and that it is supposedly concerned with a mystical (read esoteric) path when many aspects seem to be becoming exoteric and public. Lees verder

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Microaggressions and the Youth in the Craft

Every time we treat a younger person in a less-than-human way or less capable, without considering his individual skills, we are discriminating against youth – and perpetuating a type of discrimination that has been perpetuated for centuries. Lees verder

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