Pop! Goes the Witch: The Disinformation Guide to 21st Century Witchcraft

Book Overview

Fiona Horne--bestselling author and popular media personality--has compiled the ultimate insight into modern Witchcraft. Continuing the successful, oversize Disinformation Guide anthology format, an allstar cast of Witches and Wiccans cover an amazing array of topics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0972952950
• ISBN13: 9780972952958
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Disinformation Company
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Caroline Tully, review

"Even with such a plethora of diverse voices within this book, its 311 fascinating pages are successfully brought together into a coherent whole that displays honesty, creativity and an obvious love of the Craft. Highly recommended."

Fiona Horne's Witchcraft Disinformation

After a horrible performance in Sci Fi's Mad Mad House, it would seem obvious that readers would stay away from books by Fiona Horne. What the reader quickly discovers is that Fiona Horne did not write "Pop!", or at least the entire thing. Instead she called upon a variety of well known authors to contribute essays including Phyllis Currot, Christopher Penczak, Ray Buckland, and Iya Ta'Shia and David "Avocado" Wolf who co-stared in Mad Mad House. From beginning to end, Fiona presents essays from a variety of authors on a variety of topics. Chapter one provides essays dispelling myths about Wiccans, the history of Wicca, and the differences between Wicca and Satanism. The first Chapter is always important because it sets a tone for the rest of the book. "Pop!" starts out great and doesn't quite. The next two chapters deal with magick and healing. Essays in these sections also include topics such as spells, divination, totem spirits, and the philosophy of healing. There are also a few articles that accurately describe the daily life of a modern Witch. I thought Fiona's article, "How Spells Work", was interesting and gave a number of helpful spells, but never really told how spells work. Next we enter what I think is the most interesting section of the book. Among other things, the reader learns the religious rights of Wiccans, paganism in pop culture, and the similarities and differences between Witchcraft and a number of other religions. A particularly interesting article titled "Invoking Buffy", introduced an interesting idea of using pop icons as god-forms. A group of interesting articles discusses the similarities between Wicca and Christianity, Voodoo, Aboriginal magick, and Bali magick. The next section, "Gender Bending", discusses Wicca's view on sexuality and love. Included in this chapter are topics such as how to deal with lovers who are not Wiccan, homosexuality, sex magick, and males in Witchcraft. An interesting article by Christopher Penczak, "Coming Out of Two Closets", describes the life and path of a gay Witch. The last parts of "Pop!" include an interviews with Ly De Angeles and Wendy Rule as well as "The Meaning of Witchcraft to Me" by Ray Buckland. The final section includes an index of traditions, websites, recommended reading, and glossary. More than any other contributor, I thought Phyllis Currot's articles were very informative, well researched, and well written. I think Fiona picked a great bunch of contributors and successfully achieved an accurate 21st century guide to Witchcraft. Highly recommended!

Pop! Goes the Witch

This work serves as an excellent introduction to the world of modern wicca. It is 307 pages packed full of every thing you could want to know about witchcraft in the 21st century and then some. I found this work easy to understand and it provides valuable insight into the workings of modern day covens as well as the path of the lone practitioner.I found the indexes of wiccan and pagan traditions very informative and the listing of web sites and other resources very concise. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about modern witchcraft and it is a must for the serious student of the occult.

A very interesting and informative anthology!!

Please note that Fiona Horne both edited and contributed to this book, as many articles are written by others. It has many good articles in it from other Pagans and those who walk Paths similar to Pagan in style, including Iya Ta'shia and David Wolfe (Avocodo) from the Mad Mad House series. This is a good compilation of material and DISINFORMATION ROCKS. I highly recommend this fantastic book. Fiona plays a big part in the evolution of human consciousness.

Great Coffee Table Book

I just got a copy of this book from my local bookstore and I have got to say that it's the perfect collection of short readings and makes a great coffee table book for any Wiccan household!