Traditional Witchcraft

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Traditional Witchcraft is a term used to refer to a variety of contemporary forms of witchcraft. According to British Traditional Witch Michael Howard, the term refers to "any non-Gardnerian, non-Alexandrian, non-Wiccan or pre-modern form of the Craft, especially if it has been inspired by historical forms of witchcraft and folk magic".[1] Another definition was offered by Daniel A. Schulke, the current Magister of the Cultus Sabbati, when he proclaimed that Traditional Witchcraft "refers to a coterie of initiatory lineages of ritual magic, spellcraft and devotional mysticism".[2]

In 1981, three pseudonymous authors published Wicca: The Ancient Way, in which they used Traditional Witchcraft to refer to Gardnerian Wicca.[3]

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Howard 2011. p. 15.
  2. ↑ Schulke 2006.
  3. ↑ Doyle White 2010. p. 197.

Bibliography

Academic sources
  • Doyle White, Ethan (2010). "The Meaning of "Wicca": A Study in Etymology, History and Pagan Politics". The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies 12 (2): 185–207. 
  • Doyle White, Ethan (2011). "Robert Cochrane and the Gardnerian Craft: Feuds, Secrets, and Mysteries in Contemporary British Witchcraft". The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies 13 (2): –. 
  • Hutton, Ronald (1999). The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198207443. 
Non-academic sources
  • Howard, Michael (2011). Children of Cain: A Study of Modern Traditional Witches. Richmond Vista, California: Three Hands Press. 
  • Schulke, Daniel S. (November 2006). "Way and Waymark". The Cauldron 122. 
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