Raymond Buckland

Explore the life of Raymond Buckland, the father of American Witchcraft, in this extensively researched biography based on his own unpublished memoirs. Casting new light on one of the first modern self-identifying witches in the US, Jason Mankey invites you deep into Buckland s life. Known for bringing Wicca to America and sharing it through his writing, Buckland penned more than forty titles, placing him among the most prolific occult authors of all time. Drawing on exclusive access to Buckland s unpublished memoirs, personal letters from Gerald Gardner, and firsthand accounts, Mankey reveals intimate details of Buckland s remarkable journey. From his Romany roots and his childhood during WWII to his many media appearances and little-known hobbies, such as flying ultralight aircraft, this biography covers it all, including a special section on the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft. Features brief remembrances from Alaric Albertsson, Selena Fox, Silver RavenWolf, Thorn Mooney, and others. Includes a twelve-page color insert featuring photos of Buckland, his family, and memorabilia.

The practice of Wicca is more popular than ever. While some Wiccans are unable to find a coven, others simply prefer to practice alone. Either way, solitary practice is a wholly authentic choice, steeped in traditions even older than those of organized covens. Known as the Father of American Wicca, Raymond Buckland provides this indispensable, comprehensive guide to the solitary practice of Wicca through every season of life. From becoming a Witch to improving your life through magic to mastering spells, rites, traditions, and celebrations, this thoroughly modern handbook includes information on:- The advantages and drawbacks of practicing solitary Wicca- Constructing the tools and sacred space needed to create magic every day- Using dreamwork, tarot cards, crystal balls, astrology, and other divinations- Maintaining ethics without the guidance of a coven- Developing the power to heal and to ward off negativity Let Wicca for One be your guidebook and inspiration as you travel the time-honored path of the solitary practitioner.

"Wicca for Life is a step-by-step guide to Wicca as a lifestyle: practical, easy to read, and no-nonsense in its tone. Buckland demystifies topics such as initiation and spellcrafting, and gives down-to-earth advice on how to embrace Wicca as a spiritual path for today. This book will be valuable on anyone's shelves as both a reference tool and as a handbook to living a fulfilling magickal life." --Shelley Rabinovitch, author of The Encyclopedia of Modern Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism Wicca for Life presents a comprehensive guide to Wicca for both established followers and newcomers to the Craft, designed to carry the modern Witch through every season and aspect of life. From Wicca's ancient beginnings to its current practice worldwide, Wicca for Life encompasses the rites, rituals, and customs every practitioner needs to know. Written by Raymond Buckland, the leading U. S. authority on Wicca, this essential resource has been exhaustively researched and organized to provide guidance for Witches at all levels of skill and experience. Wicca for Life features a detailed reference to color symbolism, magical alphabets, chants and songs, and the magickal properties of herbs, as well as advice on how to: - Develop natural psychic abilities and healing tendencies - Focus powers and sharpen Wiccan wishing - Block curses and open up channels for positive energy - Learn to balance the dimensions of home, using elements of feng shui - Cope with crises and ward off negativity - Improve relationships with family, friends, and lovers Within these pages, a Witch can begin the journey into the ways of the Craft or discover new ways to enrich the daily practice of life-affirming Wiccan magick.

A review of the development of Witchcraft from earliest Pagan time through to modern times. The misconceptions about Witchcraft, over the centuries, are compared with the actual beliefs and practices as described by the Witches themselves.

Raymond Buckland produced a set of divination and meditation cards based on the engravings of alchemists and alchemy found in ancient books of magic, redoing the illustrations and coloring them to suit the purpose of the deck of cards. Here he has taken those illustrations in their uncolored form to allow others to exercise their imaginations and to themselves meditate by coloring the cards.

An exciting guidebook, or "how-to", for those who have the interest but not the knowledge to experiment with the many different aspects of the paranormal. Basic instructions on all of the major fields, from astrology to the tarot and 23 other systems in-between; arts and sciences seldom dealt with in such detail in one book. Discover for yourself the drama of the fourth dimension where past, present, and future are the schoolrooms, where space and time are the teachers, and YOU are the pupil

Prince Honor , a talented Spiritualist medium, bursts upon the scene and becomes the idol of London Society. But at one of the prince's s ances, a sitter is murdered. Bertie Hawkins is called in to investigate and checks on the backgrounds of all those involved. Bertie's cousin arrives unexpectedly from Yorkshire and inveigles his way into the investigation, becoming enamored of one of the female sitters and getting in Bertie's way at all turns. There is consternation when the medium himself is murdered by mysterious means. Bertie and Arnold are finally able to make sense of it all and to reveal a most unlikely suspect as the murderer.

In Victorian London, in 1886, Bertie Hawkins worked on the presses of "The Morning Post" for a number of years but lost his job when that tabloid was absorbed by a larger newspaper. Bertie was always interested in reading reports of the Metropolitan Police tracking down criminals and solving crimes but felt that in fact they did a very poor job of it. He decides that, being unemployed, now is his chance to see if he can do any better than the police. When he reads the account of how a young housewife has completely vanished from inside a pawnshop, Bertie starts "The Penny Court Enquirers" to show Scotland Yard how things should be done. His wife, Nellie, who controls the purse strings, insists that Bertie take his not-so-smart brother-in-law Arnold along with him on his adventures. They quickly leave Scotland Yard in their dust, even earning the approval of the Yard's own Inspector Moss. "One Clue At a Time" is the first of a series of three Victorian mysteries by Raymond Buckland. RAYMOND BUCKLAND is an internationally known, award-winning author. He has written more than fifty non-fiction works and eleven novels, translated into seventeen foreign languages. He has most recently been writing Victorian mysteries for Penguin/Random House in a series that received rave reviews from "Publishers Weekly", "Kirkus Reviews" and others. His books have been translated into seventeen foreign languages. His books are listed at www.raymondbucklandbooks.com

Bram Stoker, business manager for London’s Lyceum Theatre, is never surprised to find the supernatural waiting in the wings—especially when a chilling murder appears to have origins in the occult…March 1881. The Lyceum is abuzz with the news that American actor Edwin Booth is going to be sharing the stage with their own Shakespearean star, Henry Irving. But stage manager Harry Rivers has other matters preoccupying him. One of the regular actresses has disappeared, and after a disturbing tarot card reading, Harry’s boss, Bram Stoker, is convinced that something wicked is coming their way. When the poor girl’s body is found, Stoker’s suspicions prove to be founded—the murder scene is riddled with strange clues that Stoker recognizes as the trappings of an occult ritual. Someone is conjuring up a pernicious plot against cast and crew of the Lyceum, and if Harry doesn’t track down the slaying sorcerer quickly, it could spell disaster for those he holds dearest…

Fierce hurricanes, ruinous tornadoes, and flooding rains are sweeping the United States, costing thousands of lives and billions of dollars. As it becomes clear that these eerily violent and frequent storms are unnatural, the Committee (a cover group of psychics formed by the U. S. government to neutralize malignant paranormal forces) joins minds to determine how and why these devastating magical catastrophes are plaguing America -- and who's behind them. Meet Patrizio Ganganelli, a crazed Roman Cardinal obsessed with avenging his mother's rape by American soldiers during World War II. As the Cardinal plunders the Vatican's secret magic library to evoke demonic forces against the United States, the Committee joins forces with a Priestess of Witchcraft to counter the Cardinal's attack. But even the power of the Great Goddess may not be enough to defeat the ancient evil that's been set loose. As the Committee gathers every ounce of their psychic talent and courage, they realize that this is the most important fight of their lives -- and that the outcome will influence the fate of the world itself. Cardinal's Sin is a real page turner of a read -- Midwest Book Review

In The Committee Against Evil 2 Book Series, world-famous, best-selling author Raymond Buckland brings his creative writing talents to the world of fiction for two intriguing tales. In Book I: The Committee: The Cold War may be over for most of us, but in the world of The Committee, the Cold War is in full swing and the weapons of power include astral projection and psychokinesis. The battleground is on the earth, in space, and on the astral plane. The prize for this war is the very future of the United States. The story begins with just a slight irregularity. Stopping a satellite launch is not unusual-but when two routine communications satellite launches are aborted for no reason, the government does something very secretive; it forms the Committee, a team of psychic experts to find out what caused the missions to be halted. As this group of talented people from around the nation begins what would become the supernatural adventure of a lifetime, they discover a plan by incredibly powerful psychics, under the control of an evil dictator, to control the U. S. Unfortunately, they have only days to stop the coup. Can this group of strangers, drawn together for a common cause, defeat the most powerful enemy ever? There is but one chance, and that is to defeat them at their own game-but is there enough time?

Weaving together lore, legend, and belief, Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic revives the spellcraft and healing wisdom of the Romani people. From hexes and healings to tea leaves and tarot, the circle of the family and the rituals of death, this enchanting volume will delight witches, folklorists, and history lovers alike. Learn the shuvani's secrets for love, craft a talisman for vitality, and cast the Gypsy Seven tarot spread. Join Buckland around the campfire, to hear stories of werewolves and vampires, mistaken identity, persecution, and perseverance. Learn how the gypsy people have for centuries used wisdom and enchantments to ensure good health, happy families, and heart's desire. Includes a glossary of Romani terms.

Never say die Can the living communicate with the dead? Many believe that spirits are constantly about us and that it is possible, through a variety of means, to speak to them and to have them speak to us. The Spirit Book: The Encyclopedia of Clairvoyance, Channeling, and Spirit Communication looks at these methods of communication, their history, and the personalities involved throughout the past three hundred years of this eternal quest. The fascinating history of Spiritualism is coaxed into the material realm as the object of this perceptive and sweeping overview by that legendary author of the occult and supernatural, Raymond Buckland. Drawing on decades of research, writing, and transcendence, he describes sundry methods of channeling, events associated with Spiritualism, including s ances and exorcism, organizations focused on clairvoyance, and a colorful host of mortals--famous and infamous--who delved into Spiritualism. Nostradamus, Helena Blavatsky, and Edgar Cayce receive their due, as well as Joan of Arc, William Blake, Susan B. Anthony, Winston Churchill, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mahatma Gandhi, Harry Houdini, and Mae West (look up and see her sometime). The Spirit Book explores Qabbalah, Sibyls, Fairies, Poltergeists; phenomena such as intuition and karma; objects useful in the attempt to cross the divide, including tarot cards, flower reading, and runes; and related practices such as Shamanism, transfiguration, meditation, and mesmerism. This comprehensive reference also reports on investigations of contemporary manifestations, including electronic voice phenomena and spirit appearances on TV screens, plus channeling, fraud, psychic research, and possession. Containing more than 500 entries and 100 illustrations, this fun, fact-filled tome is richly illustrated. Its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.

Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications is for anyone who wishes to communicate with spirits, as well as for the less adventurous who simply want to satisfy their curiosity about the subject. Explore the nature of the physical body and learn how to prepare yourself to become a medium. Experience for yourself the trance state, clairvoyance, psychometry, table tipping, levitation, talking boards, automatic writing, spiritual photography, spiritual healing, distant healing, channeling, and development circles. Also learn how to avoid spiritual fraud.