The Witch Book: The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-paganism

Happy young lady

This book is amazing and I love it. Only problem I have is how it was packaged. The book was delivered in a thin bubble envelope package that didn’t protect it very well. Other then that there is a lot of useful information in this encyclopedia! If you are curious about witchcraft or are a “baby” witch, this book should be in your library!

Need some kind of encyclopedia for the subject this did the job.

I have had the opportunity to read this book over the past several months and I must say I really enjoyed reading it . I was able to understand what the author was saying and put to practical use . I find that I reference this book quite often .

Let's first start by saying that I'm an agnostic and practice no religion. I simply am interested and want to learn.Paganism/witchcraft/the occult has been my interest for quite a while, so I wanted to learn a bit more about it. An encyclopedia to witchcraft seemed like a good choice. There are very many entries here, ranging from events to items to ideas and people, which seemed quite thorough. They are fun and informative to read, but at some point the objective quality of an "encyclopedia" begins to break down.Entries related to Satanism tend to get very subjective, with little to no evidence being produced to support statements, whereas entries related to famous Wiccans/practitioners tend to become fan-service. Instead of deriding Satanism or Anton LaVey, it would have been more productive to cite instances where his community turned against him, or public notions degraded, or the group as a whole was condemned by some other entity. Buckland seems to have a difficult time in preventing his personal biases from tainting his entries, which makes me question a vast majority of how truthful the book is.I would vote that this book is good for a cursory look at the subject, and perhaps a fun read on some items here and there, but a completely objective and historical encyclopedia it is not.

Very pleased.

This book had several imperfections not listed on the sales page.

This book was not what I was expecting but it is a great reference book. I am a huge fan of Raymond Buckland's work and it is great to be able to get hi books at reasonable price.

this book has helped me so much in my wiccan course work . full of information i just flick through it to find many interesting things and facts. a briliant ref book .

Good

AWESOME.. FREAKS THE IN LAWS OUT LOL

This book is awesome and full of so much information from all over. I really enjoyed it and would recommend.