Power of the Witch: A Witch's Guide to Her Craft - Hardcover

Cabot, Laurie; Cowan, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718134257 ISBN 13: 9780718134259

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 1990

Synopsis

"Power of the Witch" is an extraordinary account of the beliefs and practices of a contemporary witch, known as the "offical witch of Salem". After the disappearance of the ancient matriarchal societies, witchcraft endured bitter presecution from the middle ages to the 17th century and still encounters ignorance, fear and loathing today. Breaking her faith's tradition of secrecy, Laurie Cabot refutes its roots and history, its rich and powerful feminine mythology, and its kinship with the earliest magic and with nature. She explains the weird and wonderful techniques to work magic - preparing potions, casting spells, charging objects - and reveals it to be very much a practical craft and one focused on healing, protecting and neutralizing harm.

About this title

About the Author:

Laurie Cabot, known as the "official Witch of Salem," has been a practicing Witch for more than 40 years. She conducts classes and seminars on Witchcraft as a science and, as founder of the Witches' League for Public Awareness, makes frequent media appearances on behalf of that organization. Cabot has two daughters, Jody and Penny, and lives in Salem, Massachusetts.

Tom Cowan attended a Jesuit seminary and received a PhD in history from Saint Louis University. He has been a student and teacher of religions and mysticism since the 1960s. He frequently lectures and conducts workshops nationwide on various aspects of spirituality, Celtic shamanism, dreamwork, and creativity. The author or coauthor of more than 25 books, he lives in Highland, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0718134257
• ISBN 13: 9780718134259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304