The flame in the cauldron
Subtitle: a book of old-style witchery
By: Orion Foxwood ; foreword by Raven Grimassi ; cover design by Martin Bridge
Contributors: Grimassi, Raven, 1951- writer of foreword; Bridge, Martin (Illustrator), book designer
Publisher: Weiser Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
ISBN-13: 9781578635368
Subjects: Witches; Folklore; Charms; Witchcraft
Description: "Few words entice and incite like the word witchery. Thousands of self-identified witches, pagans, and magical practitioners embrace the word, but seldom go beyond the practice of the well-accepted and learned forms of "traditional" witchcraft to explore the path of old-witchery. Orion Foxwood invites readers to walk on the path of old-style witchery, a nature-based practice that is as old as the swamps and as wild as the woods. For the first time, Foxwood reveals some of his own deeply personal rituals and spells directly from his own grimoire of witchery; he highlights the differences (and similarities) between Wicca, "traditional" witchcraft, and old style witchery. By weaving his own path to witchery throughout the book, he gives readers examples of how to identify the way toward this path. There is a revolution among the Pagan and Witchcraft communities, a movement away from prescribed ritual and neopagan practices and a reaching back toward what Foxwood says is in the heart of any true witch: a thundering call deep within their very blood to become a healer, a reckoner, a protector of magical arts, and a guardian of the wild woods"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145).
Table of contents: title: Chapter one: A view on traditional witchcraft and its practices; title: Chapter two: The witch-blood and the witch-knowing; title: Chapter three: Ttreading the mill of magic; title: Chapter four: Tapping the essence; title: Chapter five: The living gods of the old art; title: Chapter six: The conjuration of the witch-flame; title: Chapter seven: A magical meeting place of witchery, faery, and conjure; title: Chapter eight: Thoughts on the usefulness of these three practices; title: Chapter nine: Recommendations to the seeker; title: Chapter ten: Charms, spells, additional teachings, and other workings.