The Witch's Bible

Before the fluffy bunny wicca of Silver Ravenpoof, there was WICCA. REAL WICCA, with hair growing out of it! The Frosts were the pioneers of wicca in America, peddling their "Magic Power of Witchcraft" book in comic books with ads for Sea Monkeys. If you wanted to study wicca back in the 1970's, you went to the Frosts books or mail order school. There really wasn't much else out there. This whole idea of the Frost's Wicca being an "abberation" is ludicrous. For a while, it WAS WICCA, period. The publisher of TWB went bankrupt shortly after its publication (who says Witchcraft isn't bad luck?), and it has been re-published and retitled as "The Good Witch's Bible", which only makes the book's title ironic when you read it.OK, now I'll let the book speak for itself. I'm quoting from the new edition. Page 73 (a description of a wedding ritual) : The woman cuts the man's forearm so that she draws blood. (The easiest way to produce the necessary cut is to pinch the flesh with one hand and cut with the other.) ... Man and woman each cut themselves; the man allows his blood to fall on hers. [If all the sex doesn't give you AIDS, that one ritual should]Page 159 says: "It is inherent in Wicca belief that marriage is mainly a matter of the mind, not of sex. Can you allow the woman you live with to have sex with another in the perfect faith that she will return to you and you will feel more, not less, loving toward her? This tenet is obviously the reverse of the Judeo-Christian [sic] 'thou shalt not.'...our rule is that twice a year every male and female in the coven will live with a female or male other than the spouse for one full lunar month. It is usual for the males to change homes, though in many cases, if more convenient, the women agree to change." [So, wife swapping is part of Wicca, even if they don't call it this! ]Page 66 "The physical attributes of male and female virginity are destroyed at the youngest possible age, either by the mother or by a doctor. In the female case, the hymen is painlessly broken surgically. In the male case, the mother makes absolutely sure that the foreskin can be drawn fully back by cutting the underside attachment membrane" [But even more twisted are the following instructions on how to deflower a girl who wasn't born into Wicca. It is done at menstration, which happens around age 11 or 12.] Page 66:"At the last sabbat or eshbat before the initiation, the female novice is given the sacred phallus and the instruction sheet in Table 5 so that she can learn to insert and remove the phallus quickly and comfortably. She is also taught how she should lie and what she should do during the initiation ceremony...Throughout the fast the female novice wears her phallus, and at some time during the fast the novices are given a demonstration of introitus by a couple selected by the coven. The novice makes her own decision on contraception or lack of it. If she needs advice or help, the sponsor is the one to give it. (T

I was introduced to this book in the late seventies when my life was shattered by drugs. The insights and beliefs into the wiccan way of life serve me to this day.

I'm just a beginer in witchcraft, but this book helped me alot! I'm solitary, so I couldnt ask anyone for help, nor could I find another witch. So I saw this book, Thats what I needed! It helped me alot! I learned more then I could just asking around, and I wouldnt be thought of as "evil" to neighbors (gossip is evil). If you want help starting out, this is the book for you! Blessed Be!