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Another influence was the neo-Sufi author Idries Shah, particularly his theories concerning possible connections between witchcraft and various near-eastern cults such as the Yezidi, Mandaeans, Sufis and Zoroastrians. [4] [14] Chumbley addressed these themes, citing Shah's work, in his book Qutub: The Point (1995).
Michael Howard (1948–2015) was an English practitioner of Luciferian witchcraft and a prolific author on esoteric topics. From 1976 until his death he was the editor of The Cauldron magazine. Born in London , Howard developed an interest in supernatural subjects through fiction literature, later exploring Tibetan Buddhism after a near death ...
A Community of Witches: Contemporary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the United States is a sociological study of the Wiccan and wider Pagan community in the Northeastern United States. It was written by American sociologist Helen A. Berger of the West Chester University of Pennsylvania and first published in 1999 by the University of South ...
The Wiccan Web: Surfing the Magic on the Internet is a 2001 book by Patricia Telesco and Sirona Knight published by Citadel Press, an imprint of Kensington Publishing.The book focuses on online Wiccan culture in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and is structured as a how-to guide for users new to technology.
The 2014 Pew Research Center's Religious Landscapes Survey included a subset of the New Age Spiritual Movement called "Pagan or Wiccan," reflecting that 3/4 of individuals identifying as New Age also identified as Pagan or Wiccan and placing Wiccans and Pagans at 0.3% of the total U.S. population or approximately 956,000 people of just over ...
To date, he has self-published over 27 books on the occult such as Bible of the Adversary, Luciferian Witchcraft, and Apotheosis. Ford is the owner of Luciferian Apotheca, a Left-Hand Path Occult Shop opened in 2007 that still operates as of 2023. [6] Luciferian Witchcraft was a top seller on Lulu.com. [7]
In February 1964 Sybil Leek announced the formation of the Witchcraft Research Association, with herself as its first president. [1] The historian Ronald Hutton suggested that its creation had been influenced by two recent events: the death of prominent Wiccan Gerald Gardner and a lecture tour by the historian Russell Hope Robbins in which Robbins had publicly criticised the Witch-cult ...
Wiccan organisations are groups formed by Wiccans, particularly in North America. While in Europe Wicca is most often organised into independent covens , in the United States some covens choose to combine to form a Wiccan church or other organisation.