Wicca For One: The Path Of Solitary Witchcraft [Paperback]

Raymond Buckland (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Citadel (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806525541
• ISBN-13: 978-0806525549
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

In 1962 I came to the U.S. from England, where I'd written comedy scripts and was personal scriptwriter for a popular British comedian. Interested in the occult for over fifty years, in the past forty years I've had over forty books published (fiction and non-fiction), with nearly two million copies in print and translated into seventeen foreign languages. I've received awards for my work and had books featured in several national book clubs. I was Technical Director for movies, working with Orson Wells and William Friedkin (director of The Exorcist). Of Romany descent, I'm an authority on Gypsies and have written several books on them. I've lectured at colleges and universities and been the subject of articles in newspapers and magazines: New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Daily News, New York Sunday News, National Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Look Magazine, Cosmopolitan, True, and others.

I've appeared on national television and radio talk shows and been on BBC-TV, England, RAI-TV, Italy, and CBC-TV, Canada. I appeared extensively on stage in England and played small character parts in movies in America. I taught courses at colleges and universities and have been a featured speaker at conferences and workshops. I'm listed in reference works including Contemporary Authors, Who's Who In America, Men of Achievement, and International Authors' and Writers' Who's Who.

Latest books are The Weiser Field Guide to Ghosts, The Spirit Book, Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications, Wicca For One, and Cards of Alchemy. A DVD version of my Wicca video has also recently been released: Rebirth of the Old Religion. A prolific author, I'm currently working on my autobiography. Today I live on a farm in north-central Ohio. Photo Credit: Gregory Ford

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84 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wicca 101book..., October 4, 2004

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Aga "exiledfirejinx" (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wicca For One: The Path Of Solitary Witchcraft (Paperback)

This is probably one of the best Wicca 101 books that I have read. I had mixed emotions about the first chapter of the book. Buckland talks about TV witches and calls some questionable historical characters as possible witches. But then I proceeded to read the following chapters and I realized that the first chapter must be read without taking it seriously. I think what Buckland attempts is to reach the new wanna-be practitioner on a level that she/he can understand. The rest of the book is filled with plenty of content (no fluffy-bunny Wicca). The book has a good overview of Wicca (there is less focus on magic than in most of Wicca 101 books comming out these days) including rituals, Esbats, rites of passage, Sabbats, Divination, Healing, Prayer and Meditation, and Development. He also includes appendices of magical terms, magical properties of herbs, magical properties of stones, and magical alphabets. They are shallow overviews but more than I have found in many Wicca 101 books and enough for a begginer to decide if they wish to persue any of the topics with deeper study. I would give this book a 4.5 if I could because it is not perfect but it is a great introductory book to Wicca 101 and especially beggining solitary practice for someone who has never been involved with a coven.

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aged Master; Ever Young!, August 10, 2005

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Dionysius S. Badarian (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wicca For One: The Path Of Solitary Witchcraft (Paperback)

Amongst Wiccans today, Raymond Buckland needs no introduction, as he can fairly be called "the Father of modern Witchcraft in America". He is the author of many books, this one turning his attention to the situation of the solitary Wiccan, that is: one who is not a member of any coven. He is careful to point out that the path of the solitary Witch is far older than that of coven Witches, and it is one that is both justifiable and fully legitimate. Thus the book is affirming and thoughtfully helpful in the various facets of Wiccan practice that are presented for the Solitary. I particularly enjoyed his debunking of a number of supposed Wiccan "dogmas" and his generally liberating "take" on the Faith and Practice. Given his background in the Garderian Tradition of Wicca(and his age), his flexible approach here was very refreshing. There are also several very good appendices and a bibliography to take the reader further and deeper into the Craft. With his reputation, and the book's quality, this volume by Buckland should be read by every solitary Wiccan!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, March 21, 2011

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J. E. Landrum "aka Daven" (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wicca For One: The Path Of Solitary Witchcraft (Paperback)

Long time readers of the Journal will remember that I have a really soft spot in my heart for Raymond Buckland, mainly because he's the founder of my tradition of Wicca. I have a lot to thank him for and a lot to credit him for.

Don't get me wrong, I don't believe that he can do no wrong. But I do believe that he gets it right more often than not.

This book, however, tends to be a rehash of many of his other books. The only thing that sets this one apart is that it is developed specifically for those who are solitary.

All the information in this book has been published before in books such as The Tree and Buckland's Complete Guide to Witchcraft. However, those books, while being excellent sources of information, tend to be centered for those who are going toward covens. This book is modified specifically for those who will be practicing in their own backyards without others to practice with them.

I'm giving this a really high score since it has a lot of good information for you and is something that solitary practitioners should have in their library. But I'm also going to advise you all that if you have The Tree and Buckland's Complete Guide to Witchcraft you may want to skip purchasing this unless you have the extra money.

I think that this is the logical next step to purchase after Cunningham's books "Living Wicca" and "Wicca, a Guide for the Solitary Practitioner". If those are your only exposure to solitary practice, then you need to buy this book.