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 Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:43 pm
alright, i check daily to see if there is any new threads... well i decided i would make one. how many of you have heard of the "big Blue Book"? for those of you who have no idea what i am talking about it is Buckland's Complete Book Of Witchcraft. its a great book to own if you dont own it i suggest that you go out and buy it. one of my co-workers showed the book to me one night and i read a lil of it and i had to go buy it, granted i own a lot of books on the craft and i figured one more wouldnt hurt and let me tell it didnt....
*EDIT*yes i am still here even though no one has seen me in forever i just dont post anymore... but i check daily...
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:22 pm
tempted to bump but so unsure.....
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:37 pm
don't own it but I have read it, some of the enteries were funny I thaught. I like the entry on lycathropes.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:03 pm
I don't own it, but I took it out of the library once. I never really got to read it compltely, but what I did read seemed quite good. I find it kind of strict though, and very traditional. If you're into the traditional ways of things, like practcing skyclad and using very specific quarter calls then by all means use it.
In my opnion, Buckland is one of the great authors that everyone should read at least once.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:22 pm
he also list a few of the other types that are out there...he is a great author and i do agree that every one should at read somethin of his...
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Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:38 pm
I read it over at BnN a while back and I can't say it impressed me that much. I think something about his style didn't appeal to me and there were other 101 books that struck me as better written. I would start people out with "Introduction to Paganism" by Joyce & River (Higgin-somethingorother) as it probes better some of the deeper theological and philosophical questions you should be asking yourself without going into a specific pathway. I honor the guy though for being the one to bring Wicca to America and break it out of its coven-bound shell. Without movers like him, Wicca wouldn't be as open as it is today (for better or worse).
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