KEMP: WITCHCRAFT & PAGANISM TODAY * 1993 1ST EDN HC W/ D/J * OCCULT WICCA MAGICK

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ANTHONY KEMP.
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ITCHCRAFT AND PAGANISM TODAY.
London: Brockhampton Press.
SECOND EDITION.
1995 [1993].
ix (9) + 210 pages with Index.
ILLUSTRATED WITH B&W PLATES.
Large octavo (9 1/2 by 6 inch) hardcover with d/j, boards printed the same as the d/j.
Light rubbing & minor edgewear to d/j, a touch of light soiling top edge, paper is browning,
VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD D/J.
A balanced and objective look at modern Witchcraft, Wicca, or Neo-Paganism, clearly distinguishing it from Satanism and showing how it relates both to the Pagan religions of the past and to the occult revival of the late-19th and early-20th century.
CONTENTS:
FORWORD. • INTRODUCTION.
1.) THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. • 2.) THE REVIVAL. • 3.) THE ETHICS OF WITCHCRAFT AND THE REALITIES OF MAGIC. • 4.) THE PAGAN DEITIES. • 5.) ENTRY INTO THE CRAFT. • 6.) THE PRACTICE OF THE CRAFT. • 7.) SOCIOLOGY OF WITCHCRAFT. • 8.) THE PAGAN YEAR. • 9.) WITCHCRAFT AND SEX MAGIC. • 10.) THE AGE OF AQUARIUS.
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING. • USEFUL ADDRESSES. • INDEX.
[ceremonial ceremonial sex magic magick golden dawn o.t.o. oto occult occultism esoterica metaphysics metaphysical religion religious neo-pagan paganism wicca wiccan witchcraft secret societies freemasonry masonic masonry medieval mediaeval renaissance philosophy cabala kabbalah qabbalah alchemy alchemical angelology demonology satanism church of satan anton lavey illuminati new world order nwo aleister crowley gerald gardner voodoo hoodoo voudon haiti hatian new orleans santeria druidism spellcasting herb lore season rites sabbats]
A VERY SOLID, QUITE NICE COPY OF THIS SCARCE, VINTAGE SECOND EDITION.