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The Samhain Song Press
Ultimate Grimoire
and Spellbook
Of
Real Ancient Witchcraft
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Being a Most "Un-Fluffy" Compilation
of Magickal Spells, Incantations, Herbal Lore
and Cures Gathered from Ancient and
Reliable Sources
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Traditional Sources /
The Ultimate Grimoire and Spellbook
Of Real Ancient Witchcraft
/Compiled from Various Traditional
Sources.
First
Samhain Song Press
Edition
ISBN 978-1-4357-4201-7
1. Spells. 2. Wicca. 3. Witchcraft. 4. Herbalism.
4. Magic 6. Magick. 7. Title
Legal Disclaimer:
All information in this book is provided for
educational purposes only, as a folklore reference, and is not to
be construed as medical advice, or to diagnose, treat, prevent
or cure any disease, or as a substitute for competent medical
care
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PUBLISHER'S PREFACE
One of the hottest debates raging in the 21st Century Neopagan
community concerns the definition of two basic terms –
Wicca
and
Witchcraft
. Most followers of the peaceful, earth-centered, Goddess-
worshipping Wiccan religion (ala Starhawk, Silver Ravenwolf, Scott
Cunningham and their followers) consider themselves, by their own
understanding of the term, to be practitioners of witchcraft as well.
Religious Wiccan mostly view the two terms as essentially synonymous.
The other side of the debate is argued by a separate, perhaps a shade
"darker" subset of the pagan community, folks who call themselves simply
Witches
(never
Wiccans
!), and who often believe that the witchcraft they
practice is not a religion at all, but rather a supernatural path to personal
power, a system of magickal beliefs and practices designed to bring their
minds, bodies and spirits into alignment with the sometimes violent, always
morally-neutral fundamental forces of nature. Such natural spiritual
alignment empowers them to bend and shape reality in conformity with
Will, sometimes to cure and create, other times to curse or destroy, as
appropriate to the situation at hand. These Witches generally view religious
Wicca as a naïve modern creation, a "fluffy bunny"
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social movement
closely akin to the crystal-waving New Age groups that have flourished
throughout America and Europe since the 1930s.
It is not my goal in this brief preface to take sides in the modern
Wicca
VS
Witchcraft
debate, only to recommend
The Samhain Song Press Ultimate
Grimoire and Spellbook of Real Ancient Witchcraf
t as an invaluable resource for
your personal research into the question. Note before proceeding that every
word you will read in the chapters ahead was penned prior to the year 1900
– half a century or more before Gerald Gardner's 1950's release of
Witchcraft
Today
, the book that is credited with having launched the modern Wiccan
tradition. Note also that the classic 19th Century works featured in this
omnibus collection both mine and preserve living veins of ancient wisdom,
folklore, superstition and popular belief that were already passing out of
existence when these works were composed, and which by Gardner's post
WWII writing days, had been long driven by modernization into cultural
extinction.
But fear not!
The Samhain Song Press Ultimate Grimoire and Spellbook of Real
Ancient Witchcraft
is no dull work of ethnology! This is a true
spell book
filled
with clear instructions for making magick happen, for cursing and curing,
for binding a lover, for recovering stolen objects and for punishing the thief,
for conjuring prophetic dreams, and every other imaginable application of
the supernatural arts. This is a book of real ancient witchcraft. It is at once a
practical guide to wielding magick the way our ancient ancestors understood
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it, and a mesmerizing window granting us an accurate vision of their times
and way of life. How the view through that window impacts your personal
position in the
Wicca
VS
Witchcraft
debate is entirely up to you.
For those Wiccans/Witches/Pagans who find Christianity distasteful or
troubling, be warned that some sections of this book, especially those taken
from John George Hohman’s
Pow-Wows; Or, Long Lost Friend
, make
extensive use of Christian language and imagery – but keep in mind when
you study these passages that the Christianity practiced by Pennsylvania
Dutch Pow Wow magicians is by no means the same Sunday morning
moralism espoused by your squeaky-clean Protestant neighbors or even the
robed priests manning the altar at the Catholic Cathedral downtown. Like
the Afro-Caribbean religions of Voodoo, Santeria, et al, Pow Wow (and all
other, genuinely preserved European magickal traditions) survived
centuries of Christian persecution by "embracing the enemy," painting the
ancient gods and spirits in the colors, names and stories of the Mother
Church, while secretly maintaining the inner integrity of the original
system. When you read these passages, see past the veneer to the truths
contained inside. Change "Jesus" to "Zeus" or "Thor" and "The Virgin Mary"
to "Hera" or "Freya," and the spell will still work. Real gods are not picky
about the names by which mortals invoke them!
Finally, please be aware that much real ancient witchcraft was, to put it
frankly, quite
grotesque
. Some spells in this volume call for the flesh of
human corpses or the body parts of animals. Any 21st century magick user
worth his or her salt, and with a copy of any "Wicca-101" table of
correspondences in hand, ought to be able to dream up a dozen non-lethal,
safe and legal substitutions for any such spell ingredient. There's more than
one way to skin a cat, as the saying goes, and only whacko teenage Satanists
and other low self-esteem losers actually do such things anymore. It's the
21st Century, folks --
Improvise!
Cats are sacred to the Goddess in just about
every ancient culture on Earth. Skin one and you will pay…
Witch
or
Wiccan
– be smart! Don't risk Divine Disembowelment!
Happy spellcasting!
Hrafen Starbourne, Editor
Samhain Song Press
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The term "fluffy bunny is used within Neopaganism as derogatory label for
Wiccans and other religious Neopagans who tend to focus primarily upon the most
accessible or emotionally uplifting aspects of the faith, while downplaying the more
serious, traditional aspects, often expressing their beliefs in a New Age or "sweetness
and light" manner.
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