An Underground Classic of 20th Century Witchcraft!
Once intended as a sequel to "The Sorcerer's Handbook" by Joshua Free (while writing as "Merlyn Stone" in the 1990's), his "notebooks" composing the historically legendary "1998 Book of Shadows" -- and now "The Witch's Handbook" -- were only released privately to members of his own coven in Colorado, and thereafter circulated in the underground.
Among the many facets explored within these pages, you will also encounter the complete structure of the original century-old "Book of Shadows" -- illuminated for the first time with a new revolutionary never-before-published presentation of concise descriptions and references that uncover influential behind-the-scenes sources of many contemporary Wiccan and traditionalist Witchcraft movements.
Rites of Initiation, Elemental Consecrations, Sacred Tools, Herbs, Sabbat Ceremonies, Ritual Magic, Spellcraft... It's all here!
From the Key of Solomon, to the Rites of the Golden Dawn and OTO, to the Aradian Gospel of Witches, to the relatively modern innovation of a "Neopagan Eightfold Year" by three men: a Druid (Ross Nichols), a Magician (Aleister Crowley) and a Witch (Gerald Gardner) -- an underlying story unfolds beneath and back of the 20th Century Witchcraft revival and no stone or pentacle is left unturned in this effective, yet candid, complete practical guide to the true "Arts of Witchcraft."
Long-standing and returning fans will celebrate the release of this special paperback pocket edition of "The Witch's Handbook" as a missing link of the once proposed "Merlyn Stone" (Merlyn's Magick) trilogy from the 1990's, which includes "The Sorcerer's Handbook" and "The Druid's Handbook" (also available as a pocket edition in 2022) -- both of which have already been widely accepted in the underground "New Age" scene.
This special pocket paperback reissue (of the original hardcover release in 2021) is dedicated by the author to Fairuza Balk and, as a bonus, features Joshua Free's tribute to "The Craft" movie, including his previously unpublished treatment of its practical magick and witchcraft as "Nancy's Book of Shadows" (as found in the Appendix).
Free, Joshua: - JOSHUA FREE is a mystic philosopher, world-renowned underground occult expert and prolific author of over 50 books on ancient history, esoteric archeology, alternative science, practical occultism, and NexGen Systemology since 1995. He has been involved with practical Earth Magick since he was 12, starting with his first initiation into Pheryllt Druidism in the mid-1990's and is Bard of the Twelfth Chair at New Forest Centre for Magickal Studies. He independently founded Mardukite Ministries (Mardukite Zuism) in 2008, and is the Director of the Mardukite Research Organization (now Mardukite Academy) along with its advanced New Thought division, The Systemology Society. In 2020, he relocated his HQ to the Colorado San Luis Valley and launched the Founding Church of Mardukite Zuism and Mardukite Academy of Systemology.
Gardner, Rowen: - ROWEN GARDNER is an Alumni member of the Mardukite Chamberlains and one of several esteemed Publication Officers of the Joshua Free Imprint, working remotely from the U.K. In addition to writing under another pseudonym, they have contributed forewords and editing efforts to several titles by Joshua Free, including Novem Portis, The Druid's Handbook, The Witch's Handbook and the Draconomicon series.
