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flyingmojo
post Nov 20 2005, 08:54 PM
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I have been been pulled back and forth between Wicca and the Golden Dawn Kabbala for some time now. I know many combine the 2, but I have problems with that.

Recently, I gave up on Wicca, believing that a pure, non-diluted and non-tained stream of the Old Ways was simply not accesible to the public (excluding the Cultus Sabbati, but alas, I'm not rich! [sigh]). No offense, but modern neo-pagan Wicca just doesn't do it for me.

However, after stumbling across this site, and discovering R. Artisson's book, I might have to eat my words. Needless to say, the book, The Witching Way of The Hollow Hill, is on the top of my "To Get" list. Anybody out there know of this worK?

Here's the URL: http://www.thecrookedheath.com/elder/hallpage.htm

Let me know what you think.


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post Mar 19 2006, 11:36 PM
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There is also something called Old Tradition Craft (OTC). I know a couple of practicianers of this but haven't ever found references to it online. There have been a few privately printed books on it though.
Sibyl Leek wrote a number of books on witchcraft mostly in the '60s. She was initiated in the Horsa coven which operated in the New Forest. She was not wiccan, but wiccanized elements of her teaching later on in order to promote them. Some of her books were largely written by her students I am told. She had a valid lineage in witchcraft, but was parallel rather than descended from Gardner. After she died, different people claimed to be her successor. She had a son, a nephew and a female student that have been put forth as her successor. The best claim to being her successor is Zwotikos. He was initiated as a HP by her in front of wiccan VIPs who wrote about it in the Cauldron around that time. But Zwotikos happened to be gay and gay men weren't popular during the 1970s so he is almost entirely forgotten. He did initiate a dozen or so into the Horsa tradition before he died though. Part of my training is OTC and part is Horsa. I'm also Gard and Lexie.
The trouble with the traditional or pre-Gard stuff is that it is largley underground and it is hard to find. Once you find it, is that teacher genuine or a fake? You'll have to research to find it and research even after you've found it.


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