{"id":558,"date":"2005-11-13T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-13T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=558"},"modified":"2013-06-11T13:43:31","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T19:43:31","slug":"558","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"Under Southern Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong>Doug Ezzy, sociologist and co-editor of Researching Paganisms<\/em><\/a> also edited an anthology by “Down Under” Witches called Practising the Witch’s Craft: Real Magic Under a Southern Sky<\/em><\/a>. He writes to say that it is now available from Amazon<\/a> for the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

It ranges from Gardnerians to Goddess Spirituality, city Witches to country Pagans, young to old, and easy to understand to somewhat thoughtful. I think it provides a good representation of the diversity of Witchcraft traditions in Australia.<\/em><\/p>\n

Apart from where the contributors live and the chapter on the Wheel of the Year, there’s not much that’s distinctly Australian about it. Australian Craft is noticable for its ecclecticism and absence of established traditions and this is reflected in the chapters.<\/p>\n

And then he flatters me by saying that he modeled it on my early-1990s Llewellyn<\/a> series, Witchcraft Today<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doug Ezzy, sociologist and co-editor of Researching Paganisms also edited an anthology by “Down Under” Witches called Practising the Witch’s Craft: Real Magic Under a Southern Sky. He writes to say that it is now available from Amazon for the rest of the world. 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