Buckland's Complete Book of Witchcraft

I once owned a copy of this book when I was a teen. It had hilarious consequences! Long story short, I gave it to a friend, and his mother—whom he didn’t even know was very religious—found it, freaked out, burned it, grounded him, and tried to get him an exorcism. (The Methodist minister she contact......more

"The Big Blue Book." Where to begin? This (fortunately) was NOT the first book I read on witchcraft. I took a class at a local shop that taught out of this book though and I feel like it's a little too S&M for me. I felt as if the whole time I was reading the book Buckland was telling me: This is ex......more

Feb. 18 -- 3/4’s done with the book. I’m mostly done with this book. A lot of it I skimmed over as his suggestions are not pertinent to how I practice, which is alone and clothed, nor did I listen to his suggestions on how to ruin my stove by making my own athame. While I understand the magic and con......more

I'll start by saying that I am not Wiccan. I've no real interest in Wicca anymore because it's become as lopsided as Christianity, but at the opposite end. But, "Uncle Buckey's Big Blue Book" is designed for someone who wants a serious, orderly, introductory study into the esoteric arts of the occult......more

Has some useful/interesting information, but I was put off by his attitude and arrogance. Would recommend this to newbie pagan folks, but only to those who can take everything with a grain of salt and with well-honed BS radar.......more