Modern Wicca

by Michael Howard

  Website: www.equinoxpub.com

  Quest

  BCM/SCL Quest

  London, WC1N 3XX

  Silver Wheel

  P.O. Box 12

  Earl Shilton

  Leicestershire, LE 9 7ZZ

  White Dragon

  103 Abbotswood Close

  Winyates Green

  Redditch

  Worcestershire, B98 OQR

  The Wiccan

  17 Brookfield Drive

  Rhos-on-Sea

  Colwyn Bay, LL28 48W

  Wales

  (initiates only)

  United States

  Circle

  P.O. Box 9

  Barneveld, WI 53507

  Website: www.circlesanctuary.org/circle

  The Hidden Path

  P.O. Box 4216

  Hopkins, MN 55343

  (Gardnerian initiates only)

  New Witch

  P.O. Box 687

  Forest Grove, OR 97416

  Website: www.newwitch.com

  PanGaia

  P.O. Box 687

  Forest Grove, OR 97116

  Website: www.pangaia.com

  SageWoman

  P.O. Box 687

  Forest Grove, OR 97116

  Website: www.sagewoman.com/share.htm

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  ———. Wiccan Roots: Gerald Gardner and the Modern Witchcraft Revival. Berkshire, UK: Capall Bann, 2000.

  ———. “A Look Inside Dorothy Clutterbuck’s Diaries.” The Cauldron 95 (February 2000).

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  ———. “Mother Sabine and the New Forest Coven.” The Cauldron 106 (November 2002).

  ———. Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration. Berkshire: UK: Capall Bann, 2003.

  ———. “Gerald Gardner and Witchcraft Today.” The Cauldron 111 (February 2004).

  ———. “Barbara Vickers—Gerald Gardner’s First Initiate.” The Cauldron 128 (May 2008).

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  ———. The Flying Sorcerer: Francis Barratt. Mandrake of Oxford, 1992.

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  ———. Diary of a Witch. London: Leslie Frewin, 1975.

  ———. The Complete Art of Witchcraft. London: Leslie Frewin, 1975.

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  ———. “Gerald Gardner and the New Forest Coven.” The Cauldron 96 (May 2000).

  ———. “The Alex Sanders Story.” The Cauldron 97 (August 2000).

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  ———. “Witchcraft and Magic in the Rochford Hundred.” Folklore Vol. 76 (Autumn 1965).

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  ———. Firechild: The Life and Magic of Maxine Sanders ‘Witch Queen’. Oxford: Mandrake Press, 2008.

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  ———. “Gerald Gardner in the Circle.” The Cauldron 120 (May 2006).

  ———. “The Scottish Roots of Wica.” The Cauldron 121 (August 2006).

  ———. “Doreen Valiente and the Golden Dawn.” The Cauldron 124 (May 2007).

  ———. “The Coven of Atho.” The Cauldron 126 (November 2007).

  ———. “Wicca or Wica.” The Cauldron 129 (August 2008).

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  ———. Dreaming the Dark. San Francisco: Beacon Press, 1992.

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re Witchcraft Lives. London: Aquarian Press, 1962.

  ———. ABC of Witchcraft. London: Robert Hale, 1973.

  ———. Witchcraft for Tomorrow. London: Robert Hale, 1978.

  ———. The Rebirth of Witchcraft. London: Robert Hale, 1989, 1998.

  Waldron, Dr. David. The Sign of the Witch: Modernity and the Pagan Revival. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2008.

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  ———. “Aleister Crowley: An Interview with Cecil Williamson.” Talking Stick 9 (Winter 1992).

  Wilson, Joseph B. “Warts & All”: Parts 4 and 5, The Cauldron 115 (February 2005) and 116 (May 2005).

  Books by Michael Howard

  Candle Burning: Its Occult Significance. Aquarian, 1975 and 1980.

  The Runes & Other Magical Alphabets. Thorsons, 1978.

  The Magic of the Runes. Aquarian Press, 1980.

  The Wisdom of the Runes. Rider, 1985.

  Practical Magic. Javelin, 1986.

  Traditional Folk Remedies. Century, 1987.

  The Occult Conspiracy. Rider, 1989, and Inner Traditions USA, 1989.

  Understanding Runes. Aquarian Press, 1990.

  Earth Mysteries. Robert Hale, 1990.

  Incense and Candle Burning. Aquarian Press, 1991.

  Angels & Goddesses: Celtic Christianity & Paganism in Ancient Britain. Capall Bann, 1994.

  The Mysteries of the Runes. Capall Bann, 1994.

  Witchcraft & Shamanism (Contributor). Llewellyn Publications, 1994.

  The Pickingill Papers: George Pickingill and the Modern Wicca Revival (Editor). Capall Bann, 1994.

  The Sacred Ring: The Pagan Origins of British Folk Festivals and Seasonal Customs. Capall Bann, 1995.

  Day of the Magus. Capall Bann, 1996.

  Finding Your Guardian Angel. Thorsons, 1996.

  A-Z of Traditional Herbal Remedies. Senate, 1997.

  The Pillars of Tubal Cain, with Nigel Jackson. Capall Bann, 2001.