An ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present - Doreen Valiente 2018

An ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present - Doreen Valiente 2018

Preface to the 1994 edition

Introduction

Airts, the Four

Alphabets, Magical

Amulets

Antiquity of Witchcraft

Apuleius, Lucius

Aradia

Artemis

Astral Plane, The

Astrology

Athame

Atho, a Name of the Horned God

Atlantis, Traditions Derived from

Australia, Witchcraft in Present-day

Avalon, the Ancient British Paradise

Baphomet

Basic Beliefs of Witches

Bellarmine Jugs, their connection with Witchcraft

Bible, Reference to Witchcraft in the

Black Fast, The

Black Mass, The

Bonfires

Book of Shadows

Brocken, The

Broomstick or Besom, The

Bune Wand

Burning at the Stake as a Punishment for Witches

Canon Episcopi

Cats as Witches’ Familiars

Cauldron

Cave Art, Religious and Magical

Ceremonial Magic, its difference from Witchcraft

Chanctonbury Ring

Cimaruta

Circle, Magic

Cotswolds, Witchcraft in the

Coven

Crossroads as Witches’ Meeting Places

Crowley, Aleister

Dancing, its Use in Witchcraft

Dee, Dr John

Demonology

Devil

Devil’s Mark

Diana

Digitalis

Divination

Dorset Ooser

Drake, Sir Francis

Druids, their Links with Witchcraft

Eastern Links with European Witchcraft

Elements, Spirits of the

Esbat

Evil Eye

Evocation

Fairies and Witches

Familiars

Famous Curses

Fertility, Worship of

Fire Magic

Flagellation, its use in Folk Rites

Flying Ointments

Fossils used as Charms

Four Powers of the Magus

Gardner, Gerald Brosseau

Garters as Witches’ Signs

Green Man, The

Gypsies and Witchcraft

Halloween

Hauntings Connected with Witchcraft

Hecate

Herbs used by Witches

Hills associated with Witchcraft

Holed Stones

Hopkins, Matthew

Horned God, The

Horses and Witchcraft

Hypnosis, Witchcraft and

Images used in Magic

Incense, Magical Uses of

Incubi and Succubi

Initiations

Invocations

Janicot

Kyteler, Dame Alice

Lammas

Laws against Witchcraft

Leland, Charles Godfrey

Lilith

Love charms

Magic

Mandrake

Manson, Charles

Moon Worship

Mother Shipton

Murray, Margaret Alice

North Door, The

Nudity, Ritual

Numbers, their Occult Significance

Old One, The

Palmistry

Pan

Pentagram, The

Persecution of Witches

Phallic Worship

Quintessence

Reincarnation

Ritual Murder

Royalty, its connections with Witchcraft

Sabbat

Scrying

Stones and Stone Circles

Summers, Montague

Tarot Cards

Torture used on witches

Trees and Witchcraft

U.F.O.s

United States of America, Witchcraft in Present-day

Upright Man, The

Vampires

Werewolves

Witch Balls

Witchcraft

Witches’ Ladder, The

Witch of Scrapfaggot Green, The

X—the Sign of the Cross

Yule

Zodiac, The