Contents

Introduction: The Transformative Power of Witchcraft

Part One: The Origins of Modern Witchcraft

Chapter One: Gerald Gardner and the New Forest Witches

Chapter Two: Theories and Other Witchcrafts

Chapter Three: Rituals and the Literary Influence

Part Two: The Cone of Power

Chapter Four: Energy and the Magick Circle

Chapter Five: Raising the Cone of Power

Chapter Six: Operation Cone of Power

Part Three: Dedications, Initiations, and Elevations

Chapter Seven: Initiations, Today and Yesterday

Chapter Eight: Dedications and Degree Systems

Chapter Nine: Creating Initiation and Elevation Rituals

Chapter Ten: Rituals for the First, Second, and Third Degrees

Part Four: Drawing Down the Moon

Chapter Eleven: Drawing Down Deity

Chapter Twelve: Possession In History and Literature

Chapter Thirteen: The Ritual of Drawing Down the Moon

Chapter Fourteen: Alternative Drawing Down Rituals

Part Five: The Great Rite

Chapter Fifteen: The Great Rite, Present and Past

Chapter Sixteen: The Great Rite in Token

Chapter Seventeen: The Great Rite in Truth

Appendix One: The Charge of the Goddess

Appendix Two: The Charge of the God

Acknowledgments and a Final Note

Glossary

Bibliography