Gardner, Gerald B.
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This is the book that started it all. Although many books on witchcraft were published in the first half of the twentieth century, most were written from the perspective of non-witches who were often indifferent or hostile to magical religion. Gardner, himself an initiated witch, unleashed this study of the old religion from the inside in 1954, beginning a movement which continues to gather momentum today. Although he is controversial both within and outside of the Wiccan community, without Gardner there probably wouldn't have been a Starhawk, or Silver Ravenwolf, or Janet and Stewart Farrar. To anyone interested in the early history of modern Wicca, this is the single most essential book. $17.95