Description
In this one-of-a-kind guidebook, award-winning Wiccan author and scholar Raven Grimassi presents an insightful portrait of the spirit of the Witch. He explores the spiritual element of the rituals, practices, and beliefs of Witchcraft, and how these elements apply not only to the seasons of nature, but also to the mystical seasons of the soul.
Literate and positive, Spirit of the Witch examines the oral tradition of Witches, as well as the cultural, literary, anthropological, and historical roots of Witchcraft. Revealed within these pages is the fascinating secret life of the Witch--guardian of the sacred mysteries, channel of magical forces, and keeper of the doorway between worlds.
Author: Raven Grimassi
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Published: 10/08/2003
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780738703381
ISBN10: 0738703389
BISAC Categories:
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Witchcraft (See Also Religion | Wicca)
- Religion | General
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Magick Studies
About the Author
Raven Grimassi was a Neo-Pagan scholar and award-winning author of more than eighteen books on Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-Paganism. He was devoted to the study and practice of witchcraft for over forty years, and was co-founder and co-director of the Ash, Birch, and Willow tradition.
Grimassi's background included training in old forms of witchcraft as well as Brittic Wicca, the Pictish-Gaelic tradition, Italian Witchcraft, and Celtic Traditionalist Witchcraft. Raven was also a member of the Rosicrucian Order, and studied the Kabbalah through the First Temple of Tifareth under Lady Sara Cunningham.
Raven lived in New England with his wife and co-author Stephanie Taylor-Grimassi. Together, they directed The Fellowship of the Pentacle, a modern Mystery School devoted to preserving pre-Christian European spirituality.
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