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AICCNAWBIBLE Exploring the Mysteries of the Craftfrom Birth to SummerlandA.J. DREWNew Page BooksA division of The Career Press, Inc.Franklin Lakes, NJ

Copyright 2003 by A.J. DrewAll rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions.This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or by any meanselectronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any informationstorage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher, The Career Press.A WICCAN BIBLEEDITED BY LAUREN MANOYTYPESET BY STACEY A. FARKASCover design by Cheryl Cohan FinbowPrinted in the U.S.A. by Book-mart PressTo order this title, please call toll-free 1-800-CAREER-1 (NJ and Canada: 201-8480310) to order using VISA or MasterCard, or for further information on books fromCareer Press.The Career Press, Inc., 3 Tice Road, PO Box 687,Franklin Lakes, NJ y of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataDrew, A. J.A wiccan Bible : exploring the mysteries of the craft from birth to summerland / by A.J. Drew.p. cm.Includes index.ISBN 1-56414-666-9 (pbk.)1. Witchcraft. I. Title.BF1571.D74 2003299—dc212003053998

DedicationFor Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin;you have not been forgotten.For Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and (James) Michael Moore;you have not been forgotten.For the seated Governor of the State of Arkansas, I begthat the principles founding this great nation not beforgotten by your state’s legal system.AcknowledgmentsNormally, I would have a much longer list of acknowledgments. Ittook a great many people for this book to manifest, but two people stoodout so much, that their names have to appear by themselves. Thank you,Mother, for your eternal love. Thank you, Paula ‘Ravensfyre’ Newman,for your eternal friendship. Thank you both for the months of time youdedicated to the creation of this book.

ContentsPreface . 7Introduction . 11Section One: The Beauty of the World,17Liber ab Nomen (Book of Name) . 21Liber ab Genesis (Book of Creation) . 40Liber ab Tres I (Book of Three, Part I) . 52Liber ab Exodus (Book of Departure) . 65Liber ab Quattor (Book of Four) . 79Liber ab Tres II (Book of Three, Part II) . 97Liber ab Planta (Book of Plants, Condensed) . 108Section Two: The Paragon of Animals,113Liber ab Matrimonium (Book of Marriage) . 115Liber ab Sol (Book of the Sun) . 129Liber ab Luna (Book of the Moon) . 155

Liber ab Solemnitas (Book of Holidays) . 171Liber ab Anima (Book of Soul) . 202Liber ab Familia (Book of Familiars, Condensed) . 209Section Three: In Apprehension, How Like a God,227Liber ab Gens (Book of Tribe). 229Liber ab Arma (Book of Arms) . 243Liber ab Mentis (Book of Mind) . 252Liber ab Mortuus (Book of the Dead) . 260Liber ab Clementia (Book of Humanity) . 270Final Word . 411Endnotes . 415Bibliography . 419Index . 425

7PrefacePreface(Otherwise Known as My Last Ritual)am a creature of habit. I find things in this world that I like, and I do thosethings again and again because they make me feel good. These regular ritualsare usually simple things. I meditate with my iguana on my lap or let myferret run around my bedroom, her little butt running faster than her frontend until she trips over herself again and again. At night, I watch the O’ReillyFactor at 11 p.m. with my mother, and in the morning I buy a bottle ofMountain Dew on my way to work.In the course of writing this book, almost all of this has changed. My iguana andferret died within days of each other, despite every effort to save them. It felt as if myheart had been ripped from my chest. I had fed my iguana Fred some grapes fromChili, and the next morning she was horribly ill. Then I fed a grape to Thumper neverthinking that grapes from a grocery store could be poison. Shortly thereafter, she tookill. In my attempts to save them, each of these friends took their final breath after daysof being stuck with needles and IVs. So not only did I kill them, but in my great effort tosave them I caused them to leave this world thinking I was a monster.Right when I thought my heart couldn’t feel any more pain, the war in Iraq began.At the time, I assured my mother that the people of this great nation would rise tosupport its brave men and women. I was confident that despite politics and party lines,I7

8A Wiccan Bibledespite opinions on the war itself, folks would realize combatants do not determinepolitics, and that in the United States military our soldiers follow the orders of theCommander In Chief without respect to political parties or leanings.I was wrong. In trying to extend the lives of Fred and Thumper, I extended theirsuffering. In assuring my mother that Americans would all rally and show support fortheir soldiers, I set her up for a fall. Now there is no more Fred to meditate with, thereis no more Thumper to run around and make me laugh, and there is no more O’Reillyat 11 p.m.; he has been pre-empted for reports on the war. We all make mistakes andthose mistakes are part of the people that we are. We make mistakes, we learn fromthem, and we move forward. We manage this because we cling to the good things inlife. Even when we might not see those good things in the moment, we know that theyare just right around the corner. I can deal with this because I still have my morningMountain Dew.But it isn’t just soda that starts my day; it is the smiling face of the young lady whosells me that soda. It is all part of the ritual. We never really talk much, but one canbegin to see the nature of someone’s soul, even from the smallest of exchanges. Oneday after I asked her how she was, she told me she was in pain because she thought herfoot was broken. She laughed as she told me she called her father and he said if it wasstill broken when she got off work, that he would take her to the hospital. The nextmorning I asked her if her foot was still ‘broken’ and she said no. I told her that herfather loves her a great deal. She said, “I know.”I think my morning breath of optimism is a high school student. If she is in college,I imagine she hasn’t been there long. I hate to admit it, but I have become old andjaded. So this last ritual—my morning Mountain Dew—does my heart good. It reminds me of when I was young, before I became as jaded as I am. It is a good thingbecause if you believe in magick, then you know that this morning ritual marked meyounger and less jaded. It reminds me that there is hope and that some children docontinue to love their parents, even though it sometimes seems as if none do.Recently, she asked me what I do for a living. I refused to say. So what was originally asked the way one might ask “How ya doing” has turned into a game. I am afraidthat if I answer, I might not have that last daily ritual anymore, and right now I need itmore than ever. I need the youthful optimism. I need something, anything, to tell methere is hope for this world. It doesn’t take much, just a cheerful face now and then,just one person who still loves the world no matter how ugly it seems at the moment. IfI were to answer her question and end the game, she might misunderstand my answer.It is so easy to misunderstand and so hard to find the words that appropriately expressmy job. Should I tell her what I do for a living?In a broader sense of the question, should I tell you what I do for a living? If I tellher, she might think I am insane. Maybe she would rebuke me in the name of her god.It has happened so often that I have come to expect the occasional rebuking. If I tellyou, you might also think I am a bit loopy. Pagan leaders might come out and say I amdangerous and ask the gods to protect the community from the likes of me. That, too,has happened.

Preface9You see, the status quo doesn’t like people like me. The status quo wants you tojust accept what you have been told and not question the world in which you live. Follow the standard operating procedure. Conduct business as usual. Oh, I am not alwaysright, and sometimes it takes me far to long to admit when I am wrong. But that whichdrives my spirit, the Ka that motivates my Ba, the Yang that rocks my Yin, the Yo thatcompletes my In, and the mind that guides my soul, leaves me with no choice but to putforth to this world the many things that it has seen and the many questions that it hasformed.So what do I do for a living? I am a professional Witch. “Professional” becausesuch is my love of Witchcraft that I have worked it into not only my personal life, butinto that which I do to fund that personal life, my work. “Witch” because I question theworld in which I live. Oh, I know some folk have heard stories that Witchcraft involvesthe worship of Satan or other boogiemen. Others have been convinced that Witchcraftis the oldest religion the world has ever known. But the truth is where it is often found—someplace in the middle.Witchcraft is not the world’s oldest religion by any stretch of the imagination. Shouldone insist that words have specific meaning, then Witchcraft is much too diverse to becalled a religion. While one might say that Witchcraft is a religion, one would be inerror if they put a period at the end of that definition because it is so much more. Itwould be better to say Witchcraft can be a religion.While definitions come and go, when I think of a Witch I think of someone whosespirit has a certain quality. Half of that spirit is a zest for life and all things living. Theother half asks why there is this zest for life and why there are all things living. So whenI think of one who is a Witch, I do not think of one who follows one religion or the next.Instead, I think of someone whose soul gives one no alternative but to love life as wellas to identify why it is that we live. A Witch is one who, in determining what is what andwho is who, allows his or her Spirit to decide, rather than simply believing what one istold.Is Witchcraft the worship of Satan? Well, what is Satan? When we consider theword satan, we see that its original meaning was nothing more than ‘to accuse’ or to ‘actas adversary.’ With this understanding of the word satan, the next step in answering thequestion is obvious: What is it that you are asking if Witches are averse to? If you areasking if Witches are averse to being told what to think, then you probably think youknow my answer. Chances are you are wrong. You see, while Witches are definitelyaverse to being told what to think without being allowed to think for themselves, theydo not worship that aversion. Their Spirit is that aversion.Witches are averse to the standard operating procedure that has caused this worldto slip into the place where it now rests. Not only does the potential for World War IIIloom over our heads, but even if we survive man’s inhumanity to man, the rate at whichplants and animals are becoming extinct has now reached a point not even rivaled bythe global extinction rate that destroyed the dinosaurs. Our world is dying, and the folkwho refuse to accept the standard operating procedure that has brought this on arecalled extremists. Like Witches, they are taunted, laughed at, and vilified. Like Witches

10A Wiccan Biblethey are rebuked, and the gods are called upon to protect the world from their alarm.It should not come as a surprise, because although these so called alarmists might notall call themselves Witches, they are the very Spirit of Witchcraft.You may have heard of a religion that has become popular that is often confusedwith Witchcraft. That religion is Wicca. It has been all the rage. You can find its namein movies and on TV. Recently, it has become rather fashionable to call oneself Wiccan—so fashionable that a great many people have come forth in an effort to squash this newreligion. They have claimed it was invented by a man named Gerald Gardner, eventhough what Gardner called Wicca has very little resemblance to what it is today. It issaid that the worship of the personification of evil, even though Wiccans do not somuch as believe in the existence of that personification.In response to these allegations, many of the folk who have flocked to Wicca because it is all the rage have fought back, defending their fashion statement with greatamounts of energy. Recognizing an opportunity to profit, an industry has risen to meetthe demand of these many people. Unfortunately, the majority of books that the industry offers to these folk who have rushed forth are lacking in many secrets, withoutwhich Wicca can be little more than a fashion statement. You see, if those secrets weretold to the uninitiated, they might no longer seek Initiation. They fear that letting thosesecrets loose would result in a dramatic loss of book sales and the great ride that folkhave had capitalizing on the popularity of Wicca would come to an end.Fewer people would rush forth to sound that alarm if they knew that it came withhorror and dread. Now to the initiated, to those who have received the secret names ofour Lord and Lady along with their great lore, that knowledge is known. To the initiated, the name of that alarm is Pemphredo, who is accompanied by Enyo (Horror) andDeino (Dread), who are collectively known as the Graiae, three daughters born byCeto whose husband is Phorcys.Now, what do most people do when they see horror and dread? Do they turn awayor do they sound the alarm? Although it is sad, the truth is that most people don’t evensee the horror and dread, much less sound the alarm. Most people look at that accidenton the side of the road, but they do not see. They do not say to themselves, “My gods,”and they do not cry.So in writing a book for the few folk that do feel, for the few that do cry, one mightthink I am taking a great chance. But I have faith in humanity, and I believe Wicca isthe religion that will prove that faith is well-placed. I believe there are enough peopleout there who will hear what I (and other so-called alarmists) say: We can still preventour world from becoming that accident by the side of the road.So for you sweet child, my goddess Caffeina, I answer your question thus:I am a professional Witch. My profession is reminding people that their Motherand Father love them. If that scares you, I am sorry. But these are scary times.

Introduction11IntroductionWhat a piece of work is a man!how noble in reason!how infinite in faculty!in form and moving how express and admirable!in action how like an angel!in apprehension how like a god!the beauty of the world!the paragon of animals!—William Shakespeare, Hamlet act 2 scene 2If you have seen the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, you are blessed. If you havenot traveled that far, I am sure you can find an art print of MichelangeloBuonarroti’s work. If you have never seen it, go take a look before youread any further. Make sure you find the portion of the immense workwhere God is depicted reaching his finger to Adam.11

12A Wiccan BibleWith that image fresh in your mind, tell me who the woman is. You know, the onewho has God’s arm is casually wrapped around like a lover. As a child, it never occurred to me that people do not think about it. It was my natural conclusion that it wasGod’s wife. Then someone told me that God was a woman and I became terribly confused. If God is a woman, who is that big almost-naked guy with his arm around her? Inanswering that question, I found a beautiful religion called Wicca. But something therewas also missing.Within the Wiccan religion, I found many books that spoke about Goddess, butvery few who listed her husband. Everywhere I looked, I could find information aboutBrigit but very little information about her husband Bres. Also within the Wiccan religion, I found many books that spoke about God, but very few that listed his wife. Icould find reference to Wicca borrowing the Great Spirit from Native American traditions, but not with his wife Eschetewuarha.This book is how I address that confusion.You will note that the title of this book begins with the word A. This is because I inno way consider this The Bible. It belongs to me; I wrote it and gave it to someone toshare it with you. They didn’t think it would be a very popular book if we called it A.J.Drew’s Wiccan Bible, so they shortened my name a bit and just called it A Wiccan Bible.Ok, actually that last part was just a bad joke, but I hope it made you smile.You will also note that the title does not end with a period or with the word complete. This is because it’s not finished yet. In fact, in trying to fit all that I would like tosay under this title, I managed to write two different books. The first, this book, isdedicated to the discussion of the Wiccan religion. The second is dedicated to the discussion of Wiccan magick. This book is first because Wiccan magick is built on thereligion, not the other way around. But even when these books are side by side, I willnot be finished answering that question. You see, that answer is one’s lifetime, and Iam not ready for the grave quite yet. There are entirely too many things left to do.In between the word A and the word Bible, there is a word that confuses a greatmany people. Exactly what it means is a bit confusing as it tends to mean somethingdifferent to each person. Recently, a man by the name of Edred Thorsson publishedhis research into the etymology of this word in a book called Witchdom of the True.There, he traces the word wicca past the Old English and into what may well be its trueorigin. This must have taken a great amount of research and work on his part, so instead of being one of the first to cite his book, I will be one of the first Wiccans to saythat you should buy his book. That way his work is rewarded. I respect Edred a greatdeal. His research into the Old Norse traditions seems rivaled only by the soul of FreyaAswynn. However, I do not think the etymology of a word is a good way of addressingthe meaning a word currently has. Yes, we are nothing without our past. But we arelittle more than a memory if we do not also have our present and our future. Please doread Witchdom of the True by Edred and also read Leaves of Yggdrasil.If you have already read these books, you are probably wondering why a Wiccanauthor would recommend them. After all, they are both written by

Witchcraft is not the world’s oldest religion by any stretch of the imagination. Should one insist that words have specific meaning, then Witchcraft is much too diverse to be called a religion. While one might say that Witchcraft is a religion, one would be in

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