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Bought it, read it and promptly sold it on. It says its about traditional witchcraft or Old Craft, but, in truth, it is more about non-Gardnerian witchcraft (and a lot to do with those of the Cochrane tradition, from what I can gather).

To me, Traditional Witchcraft refers to those who practice a craft passed down in a family from generation to generation and I doubt there are many who could write on that particular subject with proven authority. Unless, of course someone is referring to a show more Traditional Witch of the Wicca Path, in which case they are talking about an initiate of an Alexandrian or Gardnerian tradition, who has inherited that path from their parents (a distinct possibility these days given Wicca is now over 50 years old).

I did like the book to some extent, as it amalgamated a lot of what I had read about those outside the Gardnerian and/or Alexandrian strains. I am not keeping it as there is no information that I cannot source from elsewhere.

Have to say that I found the bibliography a little lacking. When I wanted to double check some of what was written, the bibliography gave me nowhere to go.

Another review can be found at: http://www.twpt.com/10082004.htm show less