Product Description

Elizabeth Guerra and Janet Farrar have collaborated to record and explore Stewart Farrar's life and career in detail. This book tracks Farrar's development from an eager and talented adolescent to a gifted journalist and television, radio and film script writer and finally to his later life as a practitioner of Wicca and author of many nonfiction books and science fiction novels. In 1969, at the age of 53, Stewart met Alex Sanders - the infamous "King of the Witches" - and his wife Maxine while interviewing the couple for Reveille. The encounter introduced him to a world of Witchcraft and magic and changed the course of his life. Stewart Farrar found Witchcraft by accident but devoted the rest of his life to the subject by educating others. He became one of the most prolific and much loved writers on the subject, and in doing so, helped to make Wicca a viable and accessible spiritual path for many.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1370690 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 232 pages

Customer Reviews

Cheers!
Finally, the other side of the story. From the amazing foreward by the publisher himself, R.J. Stewart, to the unpublished poetry of Janet and Stewart Farrar, this book is a delight to read. Many of us knew Stewart Farrar through his many writings on Wicca. Most practicing pagans use material written by Stewart, whether they realize it, or not. Now, we get to meet the man behind that in this biography. Liz Guerra, chosen by Stewart's widow Janet, pens the story of her late husband, weaving his life's journey that's simply a joy to read. With access to his archives, Ms. Guerra weaves a lovely tale of the man, who helped put Wicca on the map. And, most importantly, in the hands of anyone who read his books. We get a sense of this man, as Ms. Guerra deftly spins his story with-in a charming historical framework. Her easy-to-read work will be a joy to most readers seeking out an important piece of Craft history. While Ray Buckland physically brought the Craft to our shores, Stewart did so literally.

Moving, Enlightening, Well Written, and Honorable
I found this to be a well written biography. I felt as if I knew Stewart personally from the background information and character observations that were written about him by Miss Guerra. Guerra's sources and researched information were carefully written for the world to see. I even felt like I knew Janet and her experience through working with Stewart and eventually falling in love with him. The whole book was not only a history lesson of that time, but a love story. A story of the human condition of finding spirituality and forgiveness as well as the ever continuous chore of growing as a spiritual being in a human body.

I was so moved by the book that I have started telling all of my friends about it, and I am ordering it for the main library at Yale University. It is a book well worth having as a research tool for scholars and a piece of literature that is sure to be a classic in due time.

It makes me hopeful for a follow up on Janet and Gavin's progress with Stewart's legacy they have inherited. I must say...the book has enlightened me on so much in the area of work that Stewart progressed and evolved into. I hope Miss Guerra will keep up her research and have a follow up on this legacy.

an excellent glimpse into the history of Wicca
This is a must read biography of the man who who along with his wife(Janet Farrar) wrote some of the first and best books on witchcraft and what it is. After reading his biography, I really felt like I knew the man that Stewart Farrar was. Elizabeth Guerra obviously did a lot of research on this book and her efforts paid off. I can't believe this is her first book published. I look forward to her future works.