Item #66964 The Witches' Way: Principles, Rituals and Beliefs of Modern Witchcraft. Janet FARRAR, Stewart, Doreen Valiente, Stewart.

The Witches' Way: Principles, Rituals and Beliefs of Modern Witchcraft.

London: Robert Hale, 1985. Second Printing (with revisions). Hardcover. Large octavo. xii + 350pp, two xvi page b&w photo inserts. Black cloth gilt-lettered on spine. Glossary, bibliography & index. B/w plates & illustrations. The authors, Janet Farrar (b. 1950) and Stewart Farrar (1916 – 2000) met when they were initiated into Alexandrian witchcraft by the tradition's founders, Alex and Maxine Sanders in the early 1970s. They went on to marry and co-author a number of books on witchcraft and modern neo-paganism. "The Witches Way" continues along the lines of "Eight Sabbats for Witches." It "gives in full the first, second and third degree intiation rites, the consecration rites, and the many non-ritual passages of the "Book of Shadows" with detailed notes and comments." A bare hint of shelf wear, book shop label on pastedown, else a tight, clean near Fine copy in near Fine condition (Dust jacket not clipped, now in mylar cover). Item #66964
ISBN: 0709012934

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