Cults are groups that trade a sense of salvation and belonging for the ability to think for oneself. Most Wiccans, Witches and pagans come to the Craft individually through reading and communing with nature. They often will remain solitary in their beliefs but other will also find like-minded people to celebrate seasonal cyles or monthly moons with. Witches are extremely individualistic, self sufficient and defend the right of free will without hesitation. A bible is supposedly the word of a deity revealed through a prophet.
Witchcraft is a Pagan folk-religion of personal experience.
Witchcraft in the old times was much the same as the beliefs of the Essenes, Gnostics, Druids, and many other religions. This approach was taken because the power and knowledge could be misused in the wrong hands. Therefore, by using only the spoken word, the old masters could ensure those who wished to follow the path had a true understanding and their hearts were in the right place as their knowledge of the mysteries grew. Unfortunately, when the medieval church began its attempts to convert and eliminate rival belief systems, the teachers were either killed outright or went underground resulting in much of the ancient knowledge being lost. This book contains rituals, discoveries, spells, poetry, herb lore, etc.