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[FARRAR, Janet & Stewart] The Witches' Way. Principles, Rituals and Beliefs of Modern Witchcraft
[FARRAR, Janet & Stewart] The Witches' Way. Principles, Rituals and Beliefs of Modern Witchcraft
Additional contributions (Appendices) by Doreen Valiente
London: Robert Hale, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 349 pp. Bookplate of Crowley collector and scholar Nicholas C. Bishop-Culpeper to front pastedown. Black cloth with silver spine titles. Two b&w plate sections plus additional illustrations in text. Near fine like dust jacket.
A comprehensive work on the practices, rituals and beliefs of modern witches since Gerald Gardner's influential (and unpublished) "Book of Shadows" triggered the revival movement in the 1950s. The book gives in full the first, second and third degree initiation rites, the consecration rites, and the many non-ritual passages of the "Book of Shadows" with detailed notes and comments.