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Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft.


Buckland's Book Of Saxon Witchcraft

Raymond Buckland Raymond Buckland (b. 1934), according to his written works, was the first person in the United States to openly admit to being a practitioner of Wicca. In 1963 Buckland had his first and only meeting with Gerald Gardner and was initiated into Gardnerian Wicca which he introduced to  

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Buckland's Book Of Saxon Witchcraft was one of the first books to serious explore Wicca and was written to correct abuses that Raymond Buckland (one of the fathers of the modern Wiccan movement) saw occurring in covens. It was Buckland's purpose to offer Wiccan seekers an informed and informative introduction to Saxon witchcraft (Seax-Wicca) which could be practices alone and did not need a group or coven cov·en  
n.
An assembly of 13 witches.



[Perhaps from Middle English covent, assembly, convent; see convent.
 support. This 30th anniversary edition (originally published as "The Tree: The Complete Book of Saxon Witchcraft") once again makes available to interested readers authoritative descriptions of Saxon deities and explanations of their primary beliefs; an introduction to the magical runic (jargon) runic - Obscure, consisting of runes.

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 Saxon alphabet; a selection of original Pagan songs; a selection of Seax-Wiccan recipes for intoxicants; instructions for initiation ceremonies, the eight Sabbats, marriage, birth, and death rites; an explanation of the art and practice of Saxon Galdra or magic, and the divination divination, practice of foreseeing future events or obtaining secret knowledge through communication with divine sources and through omens, oracles, signs, and portents.  and herbal lore used for protection, love potions Love potion can refer to many things:
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, and healing; and the Seax-Wicca Rite of Self-dedication, allowing individuals to form their own covens and initiate themselves into the Craft. Very highly recommended for Metaphysical and Wiccan Studies collections.
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Marcelo Gutierrez (Member): Excellent book for tradition 6/24/2009 8:07 AM
Hi<br><br>This book offers all the necesary to practice the Seax Wica Tradition, A Buckland creation but if you has the Big Blue Book near your formation is complety. If not search in the web or visit www.seaxwica.org for complementary information (in spanish but the last veridic information for seax wica today)

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Date:Apr 1, 2005
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