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Summary: It's an o.k. book to someone who is new to metaphysics.
Review: This is a good book for someone who has just begun a search for alternative spirituality. It has basic techniques which would be of little or no use to a more advanced practitioner. But over all an excellent book for beginers.
Rating: 
Summary: An okay book, but kind of a flat, study guide type.
Review: This book reads like a college lecture, but it does delve into a couple of areas that some of the other Wicca "primers" don't. It does have lots of information, but not any personal touches. It is also geared more towards covens than solitaries, but I still think it is worthwhile to add to one's library as a basic reference book
Rating: 
Summary: Welcome To Buckland 101
Review: This book is dry, flat, and quite boring. Buckland droans on like a stale college professor. If information about witchcraft is what your after steer clear of this book. His rituals and most information is geared for covens and not solitaries. Needless to say if you need a sedative, this will do the trick
Rating:
Summary: It's a good beginers book.
Review: I really liked this book because it helped me get started on the religon. It gave me good instructions on how to start my own wicca life. I would recomend it to any young reader who is interested in becoming a Witch, Warlock, or Wizzard
Rating: 
Summary: It is an excellent reference book for anyone.
Review: This was the first book I bought when I began my search. I found it to be very helpful and insightful. Raymond Buckland is an excellent teacher, especially for those who know how to listen. It is a good thing to respect the knowledge and wisdom of earlier generations. I still use it as a reference book and recommend it to those just starting out. He gives a good overview of many subject areas
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Summary: This is NOT a good book
Review: I'm sure that there are worse introductions to Witchcraft, but this is probably one of the worst. Buckland doesn't stop at plugging the tradition he created, Seax Wicca. He commits the crime of being boring. If you want to read an introduction to Witchcraft, read Scott Cunningham's Wicca or Silver Ravenwolf's To Ride a Silver Broomstick. If you want to find out about Seax Wicca, try Raymond Bucklan
Rating:
Summary: It's not that bad...
Review: Sure, there are better books out there... there always will be.
The important thing is that it gives people who are unsure or
just curious a starting block. It is helpful from the beginning,
and I still find myself going back to this workbook for tips or
pointers. Respect must be given to Buckland for coming out
in the media when it still wasn't safe. (Some places it still isn't)
A good, strong start for those interested..
Rating:
Summary: This book was very good to get some basic knowledge.
Review: This book allows each reader to get a little of the basic knowledge that is needed to pursue their own paths, if that path deals with magic
Rating:
Summary: There are much better books
Review: If you want a complete book of witchcraft, check out To Ride A Silver Broomstick
by Silver Ravenwolf. It is much better, much easier to comprehend, and more geared to human level. Buckland seems sturgent and unrepeled in his view, it is also too Saxon oriented
after all he is seax wicca. Buy to ride a silver broomstick if you want a book!
Rating:
Summary: How could you rate it any lower?
Review: This book is practically the centerpiece for any practicing Witch of these days. Most Wiccans I know have only bits of historical knowledge, and anyone that rates this book lower than 5 stars needs to consider the fact that they probably did not go through the book properly. Compared to any other authors of today, Buckland is singlehandedly the most accomplished and experienced. Thanks, everyone, for slapping him in the face by not giving his work the rating it deserves. If it wasn't for Buckland, you probably would not be Pagan, or know anything other than the lies that have been a current for centuries.
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