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Ed fitch, author of magical rites from the crystal well i read buckland s complete book of witchcraft with much pleasure. One of modern wiccas most recommended books, this comprehensive text features a stepbystep course in witchcraft, with information on rituals, beliefs, history, and lore, as well as instruction in spellwork. Raymond buckland, author and high priest of wicca obituary. Bucklands complete book of witchcraft has influenced and guided countless students, coven initiates, and solitaries around the world. Raymond buckland 31 august 1934 27 september 2017 whose craft name was robat, was an english writer on the subject of wicca and the occult, and a significant figure in the history of wicca, of which he was a high priest in both the gardnerian and seaxwica traditions according to his written works, primarily witchcraft from the inside, published in 1971, he was the first person in the. Spells and rituals for every purpose llewellyns practical magick series, and more on. There are, still in existence, cave paintings of such rituals, together with the spearstabbed clay models of bison and bear.
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