As part of the BEGINNER'S GUIDES series, this provides clues to those mysterious features known as leylines which cross the land in many parts of the world. It reveals their mystical side, a hidden nature of energy and spirit which acts as a gateway to the faery realm and shamanic visions.

Leylines: A Beginner's Guide

Heselton, Philip

Religion & Spirituality

Hodder&Stoughton

Doreen Valiente Witch

Heralded as one of the greatest figures in the history of modern witchcraft, Doreen Valiente made an unparalleled contribution to contemporary spiritual practice. This book tells her fascinating story, from her earliest encounters with the Craft to her work with Gerald Gardner and her emergence as one of the foremost thinkers in the revival of Paganism and witchcraft. Revealing previously unknown details drawn from first-hand testimony and her personal papers, Doreen Valiente Witch reveals how Valiente's singular vision captivated millions of modern witches and Pagans around the world. Published in association with the Centre for Pagan Studies and the Doreen Valiente Foundation. Praise: "Doreen Valiente is the mother of the modern witchcraft movement."―Christopher Penczak, bestselling author of The Inner Temple of Witchcraft "Doreen Valiente is a shining star, a heroine, and role model for the witchcraft community."―Judika Illes, author of Encyclopedia of Witchcraft "Doreen Valiente has been called the mother of modern witchcraft and that is no exaggeration. She helped open the path that many of us walk some variation of today, and led the way with a grace and strength we could all hope to emulate."―Deborah Blake, author of Everyday Witchcraft "I am thrilled to see at last a well-researched biography of Doreen Valiente...This is a must read for the historical and personal perspective on the modern adaptations of the Old Religion."―Ann Moura, author of the Green Witch series "Doreen Valiente was a seminal influence on the modern magical world. Her lasting contributions to our community are both valuable and vast."―Tess Whitehurst, author of Holistic Magic "An amazing story of a strong and powerful-minded woman who truly took her own spirituality by the reigns...The best way to describe this book is that it is not just a biography, but it is a public service and a true gift to the Craft community."―The Wild Hunt "It is a wonderful read...Philip Heselton writes beautifully and has researched with his usual care...Above all, he paints Doreen to the life, with accuracy and affection."―Ronald Hutton, Professor of History, University of Bristol

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Llewellyn Publications

A personal biographical account of the life of Doreen Valiente, described by Professor Ronald Hutton as "the greatest single female figure in the modern British history of witchcraft". Author Philip Heselton draws on first hand testimony and Doreen's own personal papers to reveal previously unknown details of her life with fascinating and sometimes startling insights. Adding to the still-emerging story of how an underground cult, described by some as Britain's only living indigenous religion, became a worldwide spiritual movement in the course of a few decades. While Gerald Brosseau Gardner is credited with breathing life into modern witchcraft, it was his High Priestess Doreen Valiente who made it truly accessible to the wider world.

Centre For Pagan Studies Ltd

A personal biographical account of the life of Doreen Valiente, described by Professor Ronald Hutton as "the greatest single female figure in the modern British history of witchcraft". Author Philip Heselton draws on first hand testimony and Doreen's own personal papers to reveal previously unknown details of her life with fascinating and sometimes startling insights. Adding to the still-emerging story of how an underground cult, described by some as Britain's only living indigenous religion, became a worldwide spiritual movement in the course of a few decades. While Gerald Brosseau Gardner is credited with breathing life into modern witchcraft, it was his High Priestess Doreen Valiente who made it truly accessible to the wider world.

The term Earth Mysteries covers a wide range of topics including ley lines, dowsing, folklore and ancient sites. Here the author explains the use of analytical and intuitive methods to help investigate these phenomena. This book explains the role of earth energy; how to interpret folklore and legends attached to ancient sites; the purpose of such structures as stone circles; and more.

The Elements of Earth Mysteries (Elements of Series)

Element Books Ltd.

Earth Mysteries

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Magical Guardians: Exploring The Nature And Spirits Of The Trees

Capall Bann Pub

Wiccan Roots: Gerald Gardner and the Modern Witchcraft Revival

This book appeals on so many levels, it is certain to become a classic. It is highly recommended Pagan Times This book, along with Wicca Roots, should be required reading for any professed Wiccan. This is no hardship, as it reads like a detective story and kept me turning the pages! Silver Wheel Here is the story of how retired civil servant, Gerald Gardner (1884-1964) discovered a witch coven in the New Forest in the late 1930s. It contains much genuinely new material in its attempt to chronicle the origins of the modern witchcraft revival. It tells of newly-discovered members of the coven who practised herbal magic, including the author of girls' school stories crammed full of pagan imagery, and the true matriarch of the coven - a ritual magician whose sword is still used in witch rituals. The crucial and intimate role played by Gardner's first High Priestess, Edith Woodford-Grimes (Dafo) is revealed. The tale is unearthed of how Gardner's enthusiasm for naturism brought him into contact with such influential occult world figures as Harry 'Dion' Byngham, Ross Nichols, Cottie Burland and Dion Fortune. Gardner's discovery and re-erection of the half-timbered witch's cottage is recounted, and how he became an ordained minister of the Ancient British Church in the process. For the first time, the true story is revealed of Gardner's friendship with one of the most controversial magical figures of the last century, Aleister Crowley. There is a full account of the setting up of the world's first Museum of Magic and Witchcraft, including Gardner's co-operation and subsequent split with Cecil Williamson, film producer and wartime intelligence officer. The sources from which the secret Book of Shadows was compiled are identified, including an older core of material. The author's frank conclusion suggests how the original coven in the New Forest may actually have started less than 80 years ago. As well as being a major step forward in chronicling the history of modern witchcraft, this book provides a fascinating insight for all who would like to learn more about the origins of what Professor Ronald Hutton has described as "the only religion that England has ever given the world".

Gerald Gardner And the Cauldron of Inspiration: An Investigation into the Sources of Gardnerian Witchcraft

New Age & Spirituality

Holmes Pub Group Llc

A Life of Gerald Gardner Volume 2. From Witch Cult to Wicca by Philip Heselton From the author of the highly acclaimed "Wiccan Roots", this is the first full-length biography of Gerald Brosseau Gardner (1884-1964) - a very personal tale of the man who single-handedly brought about the revival of witchcraft in England in the mid 20th Century. From Gerald's birth into an old family of wealthy Liverpool merchants, through an unconventional upbringing by his flamboyant governess in the resorts of the Mediterranean and Madeira, it tells how, having taught himself to read, his life was changed by finding a book on spiritualism. During a working life as a tea and rubber planter in Ceylon, Borneo and Malaya, he came to know the native people and was invited to their secret rituals. But it was only on his retirement to England, settling on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, that destiny took him firmly by the hand. Through various twists and turns involving naturist clubs and a strange esoteric theatre, he became friends with a group of people who eventually revealed their true identity - they were members of a surviving witch coven. One evening in 1939, as the hounds of war were being unleashed, he was initiated into the 'witch cult' by these people, who called themselves 'the Wica'. Gardner was overwhelmed by the experience and was determined that the 'witch cult' should survive. This book chronicles his efforts over the remaining quarter century of his life to ensure not only that it survived but that it would become the significant player on the world religious stage that it now is - "the only religion that England has ever given the world", in the words of Ronald Hutton, Professor of History at the University of Bristol, who calls it "... a very fine book: humane, intelligent, compassionate, shrewd, and based upon a colossal amount of primary research". Born in 1946, Philip Heselton is a geographer and retired local government officer who has written extensively on Earth Mysteries and our spiritual relationship with the landscape. He has also carried out extensive research into the story of the modern witchcraft revival, chronicled in his books, "Wiccan Roots" and "Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration". Hutton has described him as being "... the most interesting, valuable and enjoyable author who has yet written on what is becoming one of the greatest riddles in the history of modern religion: the origins of pagan witchcraft. ... Nobody has ever done more than Philip Heselton to reveal the world of magic, paganism, naturism and faerie that lay behind the garden gates of inter-war English suburban villas; and perhaps only he could have done it at all."

Witchfather: A Life of Gerald Gardner, Vol 2: From Witch Cult to Wicca

Professionals & Academics

Thoth Pubns

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Leylines: A Beginner's Guide

Doreen Valiente Witch

Doreen Valiente Witch

Doreen Valiente Witch

The Elements of Earth Mysteries (Elements of Series)

Earth Mysteries

Magical Guardians: Exploring The Nature And Spirits Of The Trees

Wiccan Roots: Gerald Gardner and the Modern Witchcraft Revival

Gerald Gardner And the Cauldron of Inspiration: An Investigation into the Sources of Gardnerian Witchcraft

Witchfather: A Life of Gerald Gardner, Vol 2: From Witch Cult to Wicca