BASIC TECHNOLOGIES OF WITCHCRAFT
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BASIC TECHNOLOGIES
OF WITCHCRAFT
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BASIC TECHNOLOGIES OF WITCHCRAFT
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This is the outline for a collection of four semi-formal training
sessions for people interested in starting out in "The Craft" or
Neopaganism. It is intended to give enough grounding to effectively
participate in ritual, with the expectation that those that are really
dedicated, skilled, and/or interested will undertake further study.
Since this is for beginners, there are no textbooks, no required
reading, and the course only deals with such material as can be taught
in four 1-1/2 to 2 hour informal sessions.
I. DAY ONE: Neopagan Traditions
The first day's material is a basic overview of Neopagan history and
tradition, intended to make people more comfortable with the subject.
A. History of The Craft
Examine two topics to show how they influence the modern witch:
how Neopagan witchcraft grew out of and borrows from the
Gardnerian Reformation, and how our Craft Law developed from a
variety of traditions and needs.
1. Origins, Ancient (?) and Modern
Fact before theory: discuss the evolution of witchcraft
from Gardner onwards, then overview the evidences that
witchcraft is a pre-Christian and (possibly) pre-historic
religion.
a. The Gardnerian Reformation
Discussion of Gerald Gardner and both the original and
modern versions of Gardnerian Witchcraft (with a quick
side-line into its off-shoot and competitor, Alexandrian
Witchcraft).
b. The Church of All Worlds and Neopaganism
History of the Church of All Worlds and its contri-