What Witches Do: A Modern Coven Revealed

by Stewart Farrar

Book Overview

In the living room of a London flat, a man stands naked and blindfolded. His wrists are bound together behind his back with red cord, which is looped round his neck and holds his arms up to make a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0919345174
• ISBN13: 9780919345171
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: Phoenix Publishing (WA)
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

The Best of the Best

This book tells the truth of Witchcraft, and is untainted by the revisionist trend of the past few years. I'm surprised that some well-meaning but clueless 20- or 30-something hasn't tried to force the title to become What Wiccans Do. If you want to find the roots of the Neo-Pagan revival, if the word Wiccan used as anything but an adjective offends you, then you need to read this book, and then find a coven that worships the Old Gods as described herein.

A Great Book That Is A Must!

Look into the eyes of Mr. Farrar and see how moderen witchcraft was in the Alexandrian tradition (before he discovered Alex's lies). In the book you can see how a moderen coven is working. Mr. Farrar lets all the readers know what truly happened after every chapter and tells the readers what witches truly do through his eyes. This book is well worth the money and time.

British Traditional Wicca

This is the most comprehensive, detailed, and informative book I have ever read and will probably ever read about the British Tradional Wiccan traditons of Wicca. I would guess this will be the most anyone who reads this book will ever know about these oathbound traditions short of joining a British Traditional Coven themselves.

Excellent Introduction

This was one of the first books to accurately show how Traditional Wicca operates. Farrar, at the time, was an Alexandrian initiate. While admittedly the work of a stary-eyed newbie initiate who believed Alex Sanders was almost perfect (something many of us downline from Sanders have learned wasn't the case. Alex was brilliant, talented, and flawed), it gives one a good view of the feel of structured Traditional Wicca. Even today, 30 plus years later, it's still a good intro, and much better than much of the eclectic ... put out by Llewellyn. If after reading this you're intrigued by how Wicca is portrayed, then you should look into British Traditional Wicca, i.e. Alexandrian or Gardnerian Wicca.

My Introduction to British Traditional Witchcraft

After reading Starhawk, some non-descript stuff on "family wicca," and some other new-agey-witchy stuff, I asked somebody a "real" witch to teach me about Wicca. He demurred, but gave me a reading list, with this book at the top. I started reading WHAT WITCHES DO on a cross-country business trip. Within the first chapter I was hooked. This had the ring of authenticity that I was seeking. Farrar's book provides a good introduction to the British Traditional Craft. It presents an overview without assuming that the reader already knows anything about Wicca. A great book to give to somebody open-minded who wants to understand the traditional craft. If reading this book leaves you salivating for more, Stewart & his wife Janet have written THE WITCHES WAY and EIGHT SABBATS FOR WITCHES. These contain more than enough information to satisfy those interested in more details.