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All rights reserved, all wrongs returned Three Fold! Krone, WSI-Font Collection Genji, Emerald City Fontworks Wellsley, J. Fordyce Veve, Scriptorium Fonts Witchcraft, Typearound Font WoolBats, Curtis Clark Movie images are from http://www.spe.sony.com/movies/thecraft/ In 1996, “The Craft” was released in theaters and a G hat is Wicca? r new standard for movies about witchcraft was i established. This was in part due to the technical advice m of Pat Devin, an Elder and the first officer of the o Southern California local council of C.O.G. (Covenant i W r "Basically, Wicca is an evolving religion of theGoddess) established in California in 1975, an e incorporated, religious, non-profit organization. which originated from paganism, the oldest [ In 1996, there were approximately 250,000 Wiccans in the United States. ] o religion in the world. … It's an earth- f While much of the technically correct information in oriented religion which has a e the movie was a fresh relief for many of us, Hollywood c consciousness towards ecology, not l also had filled the movie with the normal amount of e special effects. You know, the kind that have nothing domination of the earth. We are part of c t whatsoever to do with “real magick.” In the past few everything that is going on around us. i years, large numbers of people after seeing “The c Craft” turned towards Wicca with the impression that Humans have a responsibility for their M the movie was a real reflection of what they could learn. actions and how they treat the earth, a This misconception was further in-forced by a number plants, animals, birds, fish and even rocks.” g i of new Televison shows and more Hollywood movies. c ~Pat Devin Never had a little bit of truth created so much k confusion. ~ Parker Torrence G r i m content ( this work is dedicated o The Joy of Magick … … 5 i with love to my Lady Wolfrose r Picking Your Path … … 7 e o Reality & Responsibility … … 9 f e The Wheel of the Year … … 11 c l Archetype Gods & Goddesses … 13 e c Elements & Watch Towers … “Whatever you t … 16 i c Tools & Your Altar … … 19 send out, comes M The Art of Magick … … 23 a back times three!” g At the Crossroads … … 41 i c k G r i the Joy of Magick( m reetings, and welcome to the “Grimoire of What should you learn/know first? o Eclectic Magick, yes i ” and this is a book This is just my opinion, but I believe that the r about real magick! single most important thing you can learn in e G regards to magick, is the Wiccan Rede and o why f What is Magick, & read this book? the Three Fold Law! e Bide the Wiccan Rede ye must, c “Magick is the Science and Art of causing Change l In perfect love, in perfect trust. e to occur in conformity with Will.” ~ Aleister Crowley c Eight words the Wiccan Law Fulfill: t Or in more modern terminology: i “An ye harm none, do what ye will.” c Magick is the methodology of attracting to one’s Lest in thy self-defense it be, M self, those events required for the achievement of Ever mind the Rule of Three. a a goal. Read this book if you want to know the g Follow this with mind and heart, truth about casting a circle, and crafting a spell. i Read this book if you want to learn how to achieve And merry ye meet and marry ye part c k your goals. Read, and discover the Joy of Magick! G the Joy of Magick ( r i he witches in the movie were not Wiccan, m but there are many Wiccan elements in o the rituals that they use. I am not i T r Wiccan, but I draw from Wiccan sources for my e rituals. You do not have to be Wiccan to o practice magick, but you do need to f understand that Wiccan or not, you are still e governed by the Three Fold Law of Return. c l “Whatever you send out comes back times three!” e “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.” c t i Call it what you like, use whatever words you c wish, but understand all things move in a circle M and you always get back what you put out. It a might not be tomorrow, or next year, but g somewhere down the road it will come back to i c you three fold. Both the good and the bad. Are k you ready? This too is the Joy of Magick! G r i picking your path ( m n the movie The Craft, the schoolgirls portrayed are not Wiccan. If o i you desire to become a Wiccan, contact a Gardnerian coven (or r Isome other Tradition). Apply for admission, learn and follow to the e letter the beliefs and teachings of that Tradition. If you desire to become a Ceremonial Magician, contact the OTO (or some other Order). Apply o f for admission, learn and follow to the letter the teachings of that Order. “True magick e “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” c ~Ralph Waldo Emerson l isn’t black or e c Now if you are seeking a path that is not at one of these two extremes, t there is hope. Like the witches in the movie, you can learn and practice white. The i c an eclectic form of magick. You can do this in a group, or you can do this as a Solitaire. only evil, is M Wicca is a child of Paganism, and only one of its’ many flavors. There are a structured Traditions like Ásatrú or the many Druidic groups. Or there are in the heart g just as many eclectic groups, that draw from both wicca, and non-wiccan i sources. If you are very adventurous, you can create your own eclectic c path, before you do that, please read the rest of this book. An old adage of the user.” k practice magick that is a reflection of their G picking your path ( personalities. If a person is self centered and r i self serving, magick will not change them. m states, “you should not break the rules, until after Personally I would not want them in any you first know how to use them correctly.” This is group I was working in. o even more true when it comes to the practice of i magick! With the practice of magick, comes r responsibility for ones own actions (more on e this in the next section). Your first ollywood, television and the hard-copy o responsibility should be to find a path that is entertainment industry like to spew forth the f suited to your needs. Do you need the misinformed concept that there are Good and e H structure and discipline of a Coven or Evil forms of magick. In my opinion that is on the c Order? Do you need to belong to something same level as saying every head of every country is l a perfect person, and has never ever done (or even with a history and a set of (never changing) e traditions? Or do you need the freedom that c thought) anything moral or ethically wrong. If that t an eclectic solitaire path would provide? was true about politicians, then we would have i world peace, no human rights violations, I am a simple Pagan and I walk an eclectic c unemployment and crime would be at zero. solitaire path. I have, and do work with M The reality of magick is, it just exists. Like air or small groups from time to time, and I have had some formal training. My reasons for a water. It takes on the form and color of the person g using it. If your desire is to do harm, (society may this path are simple, I spent twenty years of my life in the Navy at a time when there i call it evil,) and if you employ magick to do it, well c remember the Three Fold Law! Most people were very few Pagans in the military. It fit k my needs. G r i reality and responsibility m “It is better to rush upon this blade than o i r enter this circle with fear in your heart” e o f veryone at one time of another has wanted to (without the use of an aircraft). These are e twitch their nose, or blink their eyes, and have the dreams of the young and the science of c their house and children clean, and find a new the Hollywood special effects artist.