Product Description

Most books written on Witchcraft are by non-witches. They discuss Witchcraft not as it really is but as it has been defined by the Catholic and other Christian Churches. Many are blatantly deceptive or totally ignorant of the truth.

Dr. Leo Louis Martello writes about the roots of the Old Religion as practiced today by witches of many different traditions. He shows the differences between true Witches, Old Religionists, Pop Witches, Christian-defined Witches and Satanists.

Witchcraft, or the Old Religion, is probably the only one that has not discriminated against women. In many branches the Goddess is superior to the male God, in others they are equal.

Dr. Martello is an initiated Witch and elder in three other witch traditions besides his own. His views as both theorist and activist have often been controversial. He is founder of the Witches Liberation Movement, director of WICA (Witches International Craft Associates) and the Witches Anti-Defamation League.

Dr. Martello believes that Witchcraft, the Old Religion, may be the faith of the future. Sacred cows are being challenged. Old terms are being updated. Modern witches are fighting for their civil rights.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #486452 in Books
• Published on: 1998-09-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Customer Reviews

The Best
This is the best book on Witchcraft I have ever read. Instead of presenting the beliefs and practices, it presents the history and substance of the religion. Because it is not a "Wicca for beginners" book, but rather a "Wicca for outsiders," the information within is completely free of fluff. It is also highly critical of Christianity, which is refreshing in this age of selling short your beliefs in order to avoid sounding offensive. This is the best book I have seen as far as asserting that Wicca actually HAS a historical basis.

This Book Changed My Life
I can not recommend this book highly enough for the seeker of truth in Witchcraft.
I found this book many years ago at a store in Tampa Florida. Before, I had always been interested in the Occult. When school assignments on book reports were due, I'd always gravitate toward Occult topics.They fascinated me and I wanted to share them with the class so they'd not be afraid of the dark.

Raised in a Christian household I was fed the standard lie. Witchcraft is of the Devil. It's evil and shall damn my soul. I never quite accepted that, because I always felt a kinship with nature. Then, long after I'd moved from that house and on my own in Florida, I was browsing a bookstores shelves and the spine of this title, stationed on the bottom shelf in the Witchcraft section, literally jumped in bold orange colors, right to my attention all the way from down there.

I knelled down and drew the book out from between the stacks and saw the cover depicted here at Amazon. I sat there on the floor of that shop and read to the second chapter without realizing how many pages I'd turned or the time that had passed or that I was very possibly blocking the way for others to walk around. But it was a lonely shop that day and there were few people there.

I bought the book and read it straight through before the end of the night. But before I'd left the shop, during the purchase, the cashier told me that if I was interested there was a Witchcraft study group close by and accepting new students for a class to begin in a few days time. I took the name and number of the High Priest teaching the course. Ron Parshley, also known to the Craft as Lord Sylvanus. )))O((( Goddess Rest His Soul. (http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usfl&c=passages&id=3719) And it was after that, that I claimed the name I'd always felt was truth in my spirit. Witch.

If you are a seeker of the true light in what Christian lies has attempted to obscure within the darkness of their deceit, read this book. And free the truth of the Old Religion.
"We Are Everywhere." And then some. ;)

Thought provoking....
This book is highly opinionated and NOT for the closed minded.It states the true history of witchcraft as a religion and spiritual practice, not what christians have deluded themselves in thinking it as.It brings up many facts to provide support for it's controversial subject matter.This is a book that is educational and a true test for christians saying witchcraft is evil.