Why read Mastering Witchcraft?

Book cover of Mastering Witchcraft: A Practical Guide for Witches, Warlocks, and Covens

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An enduring classic since its publication in 1970, Mastering Witchcraft is one of the best how-to manuals for those wishing to practice traditional European Witchcraft as a craft rather than a New Age religion. Starting from first principles, Huson instructs the novice step by step in the arts of circle…

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1 author picked Mastering Witchcraft as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Melusine Draco

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This is the book that taught most of my generation of witches their first steps to becoming a witch. "Among those who understand the darkness which is no darkness to them anymore, are those that tread the way of witchcraft. They of their own accord have walked beyond the ring of firelight and learned the paths of the wilderness beyond." Which was heady stuff for those who wanted to learn about ‘real’ witchcraft of the time; the book having been described as one of the main motivators of the so-called ‘occult explosion’ of the 1970s and still in print today.

From Melusine's list on The best books for real old-fashioned witchcraft.