Happy 2011 to everyone who has been following our LJ over the years. Witchcraft Ltd ended the year with a burst pipe and a flood - luckily, not too much damage was done and we have sorted out any remaining problems. We have begun the year on a more positive note, with new students enrolling on the courses, and quite a few peope finishing the Basic ( Read more... )

Just a reminder that we are running a range of courses in Glastonbury this year, including the Basic Practical Magic course below. It now has a follow-on course - Advanced Practical Magic. We're also running courses in Tarot, Herbcraft and other subjects ( Read more... )

Paul Weston's work Aleister Crowley and the Aeon of Horus (Avalonian Aeon Press, available through Witchcraft Ltd) covers an extremely wide span, from Crowley's influences to those whom he in turn influenced - which turns out to be a pretty impressively varied bunch of people, including Timothy Leary, Dennis Wheatley, Thelemic rocket scientist Jack ( Read more... )

Last year, we attended the Day for Doreen (Valiente) organised by the Centre for Pagan Studies, and this year's event was equally interesting. This time, we drove, managing to park just around the corner from the Conway Hall, and caught up with a number of people. The first talks were by Philip Heselton, giving a bio of Gerald Gardner, and Ronald ( Read more... )

We have reached the point where our herb operations and our Vodoun/Botanica activities BOTH need more room to expand, and with the Grail Art Gallery swallowing up all the great artwork that we have never had room to display at the Cat & Cauldron, now is the time to get the Witchcraft Shop into the High Street ( Read more... )

When we started this blog, a number of people kept asking me when we were going to bring out the Diary of a Witchcraft Shop as a book ( Read more... )

All too often, dissent within paganism gets termed 'bitchcraft.' It's a great word, and sometimes highly apt (hell, I can bitch with the best of them). But sometimes it's assumed presence is used as an excuse for people being reluctant to speak out and confront actual abuses, for a variety of reasons ( Read more... )

So, what should you look out for in a magical working group:

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I've been having a debate on Facebook recently about 'covens we have known' and some interesting aspects of practice are emerging ( Read more... )

Phil Baker's biography of Dennis Wheatley (Dedalus Ltd) is an excellent read, being accessible, informative and wry. I really knew very little about Wheatley's life, whilst being reasonably familiar with his literary output, and so could approach this bio with pretty much a blank slate in terms of expectations. Born in 1897, Wheatley's origins were ( Read more... )