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Summary: INCOMPLETE
Review: I very much enjoyed Mr. Grimassi's "The Wiccan Mysteries" and was looking forward to reading his "Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft." However, I was very disappointed to find very few of my favorite wiccan authors (i.e. Laurie Cabot, Gerina Dunwich, and other "non-Llewellyns") listed among this who's who of the witchcraft world. In my opinion, to be a definitive encyclopedia of wicca and witchcraft, ALL prominent members of the wiccan community should be included, and not just the ones who write books for Llewellyn. For a more better resource of pagan biographies, I would have to recommend Raymond Buckland's "The Witch Book" (Publisher: Visible Ink Press).
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Summary: INCOMPLETE
Review: I very much enjoyed Mr. Grimassi's "The Wiccan Mysteries" and was looking forward to reading his "Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft." However, I was very disappointed to find very few of my favorite wiccan authors (i.e. Laurie Cabot, Gerina Dunwich, and other "non-Llewellyns") listed among this who's who of the witchcraft world. In my opinion, to be a definitive encyclopedia of wicca and witchcraft, ALL prominent members of the wiccan community should be included, and not just the ones who write books for Llewellyn. For a more better resource of pagan biographies, I would have to recommend Raymond Buckland's "The Witch Book" (Publisher: Visible Ink Press).
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Summary: A Must Have for Your Reference Library
Review: If encyclopedias were a work of art...Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft would be a masterpiece.Raven Grimassi has filled the void in wicca and witchcraft reference material. Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft is packed with 470 pages of knowledge, everything from pantheons, histories, historical and sacred sites, invocations and rites to biographies of some of the most influential practioners, past and present. You could read ten books and still not get as much information as you will find inside the covers of the Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft. This reference work would be a plus with classes, covens or a private library. Use it for reference or use it for enjoyment. Either way you go you will become enlightened. I cannot find a more useful tool then the Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft. It is a must have for personal use, reference in your practices and beliefs, covens, circles or groves. It would be a wonderful addition to classrooms and libraries.
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Summary: Essential Encyclopedia
Review: Raven Grimassi has collected together in this one volume some of the basic elements of Wicca and Witchcraft as well as some biographies of the movers and shakers within our community. Mr. Grimassi covers many areas of beliefs, such as the various Gods/Goddesses and their stories. He also covers such items as tools, books referencing Wicca and Witchcraft, trees, animals, organizations and so much more. He has entries related to history, myths, legends, shamanic material and so much more that the book becomes a text book as well as a reference book. The information is general, but covers much of what a researcher might want to know about each subject and how it relates to Wicca and Witchcraft. What I found interesting were his bios of people who have either founded or were an influence to our Spiritual paths. From Aleister Crowley to Oberon (Tim) Zell to Doreen Valiente to Carl Weschcke, he provides information as to who these people were in a brief but insightful manner. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the backgrounds of some of the people who have written our books or founded our organizations or have had some influence on what we know today as Wicca and Witchcraft. This is a good book for those who are constantly referencing this kind of material, as Mr. Grimassi has put much of what we have to usually look in many volumes for into one convenient location. This is a wonderful collection of information that will be pulled off the shelf again and again.
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Summary: Award Winning!!
Review: Raven Grimassi's Encyclopedia Of Wicca & Witchcraft deserves ongoing mention as a 'must' reference work for any regularly researching modern Wicca and Witchcraft: it is the first to be written by a Craft Elder, and provides a compendium of connections between different religious concepts and the Wiccan practice. From history to rites and rituals, this defines terminology, references Web sites, and provides an important, far-reaching gathering of details.
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Summary: A very valuable addition to the Wiccan library
Review: Raven Grimassi's Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft has been hard for me to put down since I first received my copy of it. This book of so full of educational Pagan material that I know it will become a primary Wiccan reference tool for me for years to come. This wonderful book is packed full of interesting information on all subjects of Witchcraft. For example, from within these pages I finally learned of Alexander Sanders' admission that he fabricated the story of his grandmother initiating him into Witchcraft. Raven: this is one happy reader of your books, and I am eagerly awaiting your next addition to my library. P.S. Raven should get a raise!
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Summary: The A-Z of Wicca....... Blessed Be!
Review: The best book I have read, an incredible amount of information about Wicca and Witchcraft, full of facts and information not found in other books. This book lists gods and goddesses, tools, rituals, the FULL wiccan rede plus loads more of hard to find facts and information..... Three words GET THIS BOOK!!!
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Summary: Reference work; not stand alone
Review: This book is a decent encyclopedia work. However, it shouldn't be one's ONLY reference work, as it excludes some of the most notable Witches while expounding pages and pages on some people some of us have barely heard of. It does seem to list primarily Llewellyn authors, but that is to be expected in a Llewellyn book. (One particularly notable absence is that of Salem Witch, Laurie Cabot, a very politically and publicly active Witch. It doesn't strike me as being her style at all to ask to be 'left out' of an encyclopedia with biographies of famous Wiccans.) If you get it, get some other encyclopedia type works as well (other reviewers have mentioned some good titles) to round out your reference section on Wicca and Witchcraft. I'm not keeping my copy, I have several better texts.
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Summary: Just got it the other night and...
Review: This book is very useful to have near by and I recommend it to anyone who is interested in Wicca/Witchcraft. Like how the person below me said (aqua illusion), this book should go right along with Rosemary Ellen Guilley's 'Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft.' Both books have their strengths and weaknesses, but together, they can give you a pretty good idea on what the Craft is about. I also recommend Gerina Dunwich's 'Wicca A-Z.' This book is more like a dictionary of Wiccan terms, opposed to the encyclopedias that I mentioned above. The encyclopedias have biographies and stuff like that, but 'Wicca A-Z' has words like athame and handfasting and gives you a pretty good defintion afterwards.
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Summary: Award Winning!!
Review: This book was awarded best non-fiction book for 2001 by the Coalition of Visionary Retailers, at the International New Age Trade in Denver this year. It's great to see a Wicca title receive such recognition. The Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft is the definitive work on modern Wicca/Witchcraft, compiled by an initiated witch who has practiced the Craft for over 25 years. This is the first book to go into such a great depth of information, and is highlighted by the insights of a long term practitioner. The encyclopedia is a must for any witch's library and will be of invaluable service to anyone researching the religion of Wicca/Witchcraft or just seeking to understand it on a deeper level. This is a complete book covering the witches' tools, beliefs and practices, connections to European paganism, deities, aspects of magick, and much, much more!
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