Index

A

Abracadabra, 163

Adya Kali, 23, 160

Alchemical symbolism, 146–7

Andate, 115

Andraste, 115–16

Andredsweald, 186

Ankh Cross, 57, 102

Antinomianism, 44

Apuleius, Lucius, 183

Aquarian Age, 11–13, 22, 109, 131–2, 151

Aradia, 23, 63, 164, 199

Ariège, 32

Astral projection, 34

Athame, 78–9, 81, 155, 164–5

Atlantis, 69, 76, 107, 151, 191

Aura, 67, 107–9

Avebury, 29, 68, 99

B

Baphomet, 115, 144, 145

Bardic doctrines, 37–8, 113–14, 117–18, 122

Belinus, 114–15

Beni Udhra, 142

Bennett, Allan, 15–17

Blake, William, 113–14, 127

Blavatsky, Madame H. P. 139–40

Boadicea, 115, 117

Bord, Janet and Colin, 68, 199

Borderline energy, 70–3, 81, 109, 200

Bossinney Mound, 76

Bracelet, priestess’s, 105

Brighton, 13

Brimham Rocks, 131

Broomstick, witch’s, 80–1

Buddhism, 16, 24, 25–6, 29, 44, 45, 54, 137, 175–6

C

Cabbala (Qabalah), 28, 58, 66, 110–13, 140

Callanish, 68

Canewdon, Essex, 15, 18

Canon, The, 112–14

Cassius, Dion, 115–16

Castaneda, Carlos, 22, 31

Castletown, Isle of Man, 13, 188

Cauldron, witches’, 83–4, 87–8, 165

Cave of the Bats, 53–4

Caves, 74

Celtic Cross, 68, 118

Celtic festivals, 171, 192

Cernunnos, 26, 164

Chakras, 137

Charpentier, Louis, 12, 72

Chartres Cathedral, 12, 72

Cogul, cave-painting at, 74

Colours, significance of, 102–3, 170, 177

Colquhuon, Ithell, 16–17

Cone of Power, 73

Copataine (witches’ hat), 106

Cottrell, Sir Leonard, 54

Crowley, Aleister, 14–17, 42–5, 86, 115–16, 145–7, 163, 181

Crystal, 86, 89

Culling, Louis T., 146, 199

D

Daniken, Erich Von, 38

Devil’s Door, 62

Devil of the Coven, 104, 105, 176

Dexter, T. F. G. 47

Diana, 23, 25, 32, 63, 104

Dragons, 72, 126

Druids, 37–8, 113–14, 117–19, 130–1, 171

E

Easter, 35

Ecstasy, 31

Egypt, 25, 27, 29, 44, 57, 58, 82, 104, 110, 185–6

Elders, 177

Elements, four, 79–80, 159, 164

Eliade, Mircea, 31

Epping Forest, 115

Epton, Dr. Sidney, 132

Esbat, 41, 51–2, 168, 171

Ewen, C. L’Estrange, 49, 199

F

Faerie, World of, 35, 104, 176

Fairy rings, 74

Fates, the Three, 39–40

Fire worship, 47–8

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria), 31, 34, 35

Foliate mask, 60

Folksongs, 191–2

Fortune, Dion, 29–30, 87, 128–9, 130, 135–6, 142, 199

Freemasonry, 18, 28, 116, 117, 145

Futhorc, 119

G

Gaia Hypothesis, 132–3

Gardner, Gerald, 13–17, 21, 39, 41, 43, 49–50, 58, 71, 73, 78, 79, 86, 98, 107, 109, 121, 133, 147–9, 188, 199

Garrison, Omar, 141

Garter, witches’, 74, 84–5, 96, 103, 165

Gematria, 112, 114, 116

Geomancy, 126, 129

Glastonbury, 62, 69, 126, 130

Godiva, Lady, 100–1

Golden Dawn, Order of the, 12–13, 16–19, 73, 97, 200

Gowdie, Isabel, 102

Grave-goods, 82–3

Graves, Robert, 110

Great Conjunction, 12

Great Rite, 180

Great Year, 11

Grimoires, 58

Guldenstubbe, Baron De, 71

Gundestrop Bowl, 26

H

Hand of Glory, 70–1, 107–8

Harappa, 23

Harner, Michael J. 33–4

Hawkes, Jacquetta, 62

Hawkins, Gerald S, 113

Hecate 40, 127

Hexagram, 60

Hitler, Adolf, 15, 41, 57, 73, 121

Hood, Robin, 52

Howe, Ellie, 16

Hughan, W. J. 18

I

I Ching, 27–8, 68, 143, 169

Incense, 156

India, 23, 29, 44, 61, 185–6

J

Jennings, Hargrave, 18–19, 136

Jung, Carl Gustav, 28, 30, 67, 68, 89, 132, 146

K

Karezza, 142

Karma, 37, 39

Kellner, Karl, 145

Key of Solomon (grimoire), 78, 79

King, Francis, 12, 14, 15, 34, 145, 200

Kirlian photography, 107–9

Knights Templars, 144–5

Knots, magical, 85, 188–9

Knowlton, 62

Koch, Rudolph, 63

Krishna, 25, 138–9, 141

L

Leland, Charles Godfrey, 100, 164, 199

Lethbridge, T. C. 200

Levi, Eliphas, 70, 115–16, 144

Ley Hunter, The (periodical), 126, 127

Leys, 56, 69–70, 125–9

Lilith, 63

Lithomancy, 93–7

Lockyer, Sir Norman, 56, 69

London Stone, 63

Lovelock, Dr. James, 132

Lytton, Bulwer, 70

M

Magic, ceremonial, 58–9, 66–7, 79

Magic, definition of, 73

Magic mirror, 89–90

Magical squares, 111

Magnetism, 72

Maithuna, 137, 150–1

Maltwood, Mrs. K. 126

Mandala, 46, 68–9, 118, 138, 162

Mano Cornuta, 64

Mano in Fica, 64

Marcahuasi, 131

Marshack, Dr. Alexander, 54

Masks, 105–6

Mathers, S. L. MacGregor, 28, 73

Mazes, 75–6

Merlin, 18, 52, 53

Mesmer, 70

Michell, John, 56, 69, 199–200

Middleton, Thomas, 40

Mitchison, Naomi, 102

Mithraism, 37, 114

Mohenjo-Daro, 23

Moon, 27, 39–41, 51–2, 54–5, 88, 167

Morgan, Richard Williams, 130–1

Morris dancers, 103, 105–6

Murray, Margaret, 26, 84, 103, 139, 199

N

Necklace, priestess’s, 104–5, 160

New Forest, witches’ coven in, 15

Northall, G. F. 103–4

North, as place of power, 71–2, 159

North side (of churches), 61–2

Notre Dame Cathedral, 26, 36

Nudity, ritual, 49, 73, 98–9, 101, 102, 107, 141

O

Odin, 119, 121

Officer, 176–7

Ogham alphabet, 116–18, 119

Ordo Templi Orientis, 145, 147, 148

Orgone energy, 70, 101

Ouroboros, 67

Padma Sambhava, 143–4

Pan, 25–6, 138, 163–4, 200

Paulinus, Suetonius, 119

Pentagram (magical sign), 57–8, 59–60, 166–8

Pentagram (periodical), 21

Peukert, Dr. Will-Erich, 34

Phallic wand, 81, 165, 175

Phallus, artificial, 139

Pi (mathematical ratio), 110, 116–17

Pickingill, ‘Old George’, 15–20

Pilgrimages, 127, 130

Place-names, 125

Plato, 200

Pliny, 78–9, 98–9

Porta, Giovanni Battista, 33

Purce, Jill, 76

Pythagoras, 57, 183

Q

Quayne, Jonathan, 143

Queen of Elphame, 176

Queen of the Sabbat, 23

R

Ragon, J. B. 18, 19

Randolph, Paschal Beverly, 136

Ravity, Dr. Leonard J. 55

Rawson, Philip, 139, 200

Regardie, Israel, 67, 97, 200

Reich, Wilhelm, 42, 70, 101

Reichenbach, Baron Von, 70, 71

Reincarnation, 37–9

Rollright Stones, 29

Round Table, King Arthur’s, 52, 76

Runic alphabet, 119–22

Russell, Bertrand, 63

S

Sabbat (in music), 32

Sabbat (paintings of), 32, 71, 79

Sabbats, 23, 25, 31–2, 47–51, 56, 105, 119, 166, 170–2

Sacred Marriage, 69, 112, 116

Satan, 25, 36–7

Satanists, 20, 36, 58

Screeton, Paul, 56, 126, 200

Scrying, 86–92

Seal of Solomon, 59

Sellon, Edward, 136

Seven (magical number), 182–6

Shah, Idries, 24

Shakespeare, 40, 75, 84

Shamanism, 31, 33–5, 83, 84–5

Shambala, 143, 151

Sherwood Forest, 52

Shiela-na-Gig, 61

Smith, Clark Ashton, 78

Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (S.R.I.A.), 18, 19

Socrates, 200

Solanaceae, 33

Spence, Lewis, 78, 101, 107, 118

Spiritualism, 71

Stirling, William, 112–14

Stonehenge, 29, 56, 69, 99, 113, 115

Streaking, 100

Sufis, 142, 143–4, 145

Summers, Montague, 33

Swastika, 57

Swords, magical, 81–2

T

Tantra, 23, 24, 44, 45, 136–8, 139, 147, 149

Tantrics, 23–4, 44–5, 60, 61, 137–8, 142, 150–1

Tarot cards, 80, 97, 164, 169

Thirteen, 51–4, 64–5, 166

Thorn, Alexander, 99, 115, 116–17

Tibet, 24, 28, 39, 83, 110, 143, 185–6

Tides, 55–6

Tilopa, 162

Tintagel, 75, 76

Tokens of the Sabbat, 64

Toledo, 64

Troubadors, 141–2

Tryfoss, 55

Tutankhamen, 82

U

United Nations, 22

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 22

V

Val Camonica, Italy, 26

W

Ward, W, 136

Watkins, Alfred, 56, 69, 125–6, 128, 200

Watts, Alan, 149

Weald, The, 115, 186

Weapons, magical, 79–80, 81–2, 164–5

White Goddess, 191

Wiccan Rede, 41

Wiccan, The (periodical), 15, 16, 18

Wild Hunt, 51, 63

Wilkinson, Louis (Louis Marlow), 15, 34

Williamson, Cecil H. 13

Wishaw, Mrs. E. M. 53

Witch balls, 91–2

Witch, origin of word, 121–2

Witch’s Foot (sign), 63

Woodroffe, Sir John, 44, 136, 140, 141

Woolley, Sir Leonard, 54

Words of Power, 58, 66–7, 95–6, 163–4

X

X-shaped Cross, 161, 166–7, 179

Y

Yab-Yum statues, 150

Yamantaka, 24

Yang and Yin, 27–8, 60, 113, 143, 167

Yantras, 59, 137

Z

Zodiac, 11, 40, 126, 184

Zoroaster, 36–7