Author: ian.adams
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Gerald Gardner: Father of Modern Wicca
Gerald Brosseau Gardner stands at the threshold of modern Wicca like a figure half in history and half in legend. To many witches, he is remembered as the “Father of…
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The Pagan Worldview: Seeing the Sacred in a Living World
A worldview is the deep pattern beneath belief. It is the way a person understands reality before any particular doctrine, ritual, or moral teaching is added. It shapes what we…
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The Wiccan Rede: Counsel, Consequence, and the Ethics of the Witch
The Wiccan Rede and the Threefold Law are among the most repeated teachings in modern Wicca, yet they are also among the most misunderstood. Many new Wiccans first encounter them…
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The Witch’s Book of Shadows
A General Overview and a HearthCraft Wicca Teaching In Wicca, few objects carry as much mystery, imagination, and practical importance as the Book of Shadows. To outsiders, the phrase may…
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The Charge of the Goddess: Authorship and History
The Charge of the Goddess is one of the central liturgical texts of modern Wicca. In Gardnerian and Alexandrian practice especially, it functions as a sacred address from the Goddess…
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The Revered: Honoring the Ancestors of the Craft in HearthCraft Wicca
In HearthCraft Wicca, we use The Revered as the official title for those witches, teachers, writers, founders, priestesses, priests, organizers, and public voices whose work has been vital to the…
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Cinnamon: Hearth Spice, Folk Medicine, and Magical Fire
Cinnamon is one of those rare herbs that belongs equally to the kitchen, the apothecary, the household shrine, and the magical cupboard. It is familiar enough to feel ordinary, yet…