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Eight Sabbats for Witches

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Quite simply, this is the best book on the eight sabbats available for purchase today. Their scholarship is deep, their spiritual sense insightful, and their wording is quite powerful. Along with the added bonus of rites for birth, marriage, and death, as well as casting and banishing rituals for the circle, this book is fantastic! If you can only buy ONE Witchcraft book this year, make it this one!!!

This book was one of the earliest books on the Wiccan religion. It is full of great historical details and excellent explanations of the Sabbaths. I admire the Farrar's lineage tradition and am glad that it has been recorded for all time as an important part of Wiccan history. My copy was published in 1985 and still maintains its proud place on my bookshelf. Don't look for a quick fix spellbook here. This is about the myth of the God and Goddess and their 'dance' through the Wheel of the Year seasonal holy days. A very special book. Highly recommended!

After reading this book, I felt that while it was an excellent place to start looking at Wicca, it is also heavily influenced by traditional Wicca like Gardnerian and Alexandrian traditions. If you follow a different path this may be a downside for you.

However, new wiccans starting to read witchcraft materials would appreciate this book for its breakdown of the reasons behind the seasons, and older wiccans such as myself enjoy the rituals laid out as examples for our own ritual design. A well-balanced book.

Stewart Farrar breaks down in detail the cycles of birth, death, and rebirth in his book. The necessity of learning the paths of the moon and the seasons soon reflects how many of us have lost our way in today's technological society.

For those reaching back into time, to uncover the Old Ways, to bring them back to Today, this book is a good place to start. It is not the end-all be-all of sabbat books, but is suffiecient as as both a reference guide and a teaching manual.

Stewart discusses not only the eight Holy Days of witches (members of the religion, Wicca), but also the holy ceremonies of Wiccaning (baptism), Hanfasting (marriage), and Crossing the Bridge (funereal).

As a teacher of the Craft, I continue to assign this book to my students as required reading, and recommend it to anyone with the thirst to re-awaken to Old Ways.

I live as a Druid and not really as a Wiccan.I am not a fan of the Farrer's books,yet this one is different.I was impressed by their keen understanding of the Wiccan holy-days and nature-sabbats.For two neo-pagans,like the Farrers,who have studied years of Pagan-Gardineren,this is an accurate look at the modern celebrations of the four seasons and four mezzo-seasons.-What i disagree with the Farrers mostly on, is their philosophical topic of combining Christianity with Paganism.(Not mentioned ,but implied in their other writings.)To me,it's like mixing oil and water,in a jar.When watching the jar being shaken,it appears to have gelled.But,when the agitation stops,it's clear that they are two distinct elements,that can not be combined.This book is hard-cover,and not a flimsy paperback! It has that classy British tone and not a base attitude about it.Glossary included.

This book is not as easy to read as others. The Farrar's in this book have a tendency to ramble a bit, and the continuous use of references throughout the pages make it difficult to follow at times, however.......

This is an excellent book, make no mistake about it. From the opening ritual, the great rite, the closing ritual, and all the sabbats, this book makes for some fascinating and informative reading.

I've got pages ear marked all through the book. So, the bottom line here is simple, if your interested in the Old Ways, and you want guidence on rituals and the sabbats...then buy this book, you won't be dissapointed.

A personal note to the Farrar's, another masterpiece, I thank you very much...Blessed Be.

Thanks so much for your quick send. The book was exactly as described and I appreciate your honesty. Nice doing business with you.

This is one dry reading book. It is a good book I suppose but it is so dry and not much fun to read. It's a real grind to get through the pages and mostly it puts me to sleep. This book has a lot to offer but in the desert landscape it is in, I find it very difficult to read.

Not the end all and be all that some would have you think it, this book is still probably worth your time. Partner it With Hutton's Triumph of the Moon, though, and where they conflict, go with Hutton.

this is a very good book. I like the way the authors say things. they have some very good books. Stewart also wrote some very good fiction. I met the authors in 1996. They were polite, intelligent, and kind.