Wild Forests

Celtic Australian Witchcraft

I've just finished reading Ly De Angeles' When I See the Wild God: Encountering Urban Celtic Witchcraft, which I really enjoyed. This book was previously published in the late 80s as Way of Merlyn under Ly Warren-Clarke, although I think this is a revised and updated edition.

De Angeles is an Australian witch, and this book is very much grounded in her own Celtic practice, and concentrates particularly on the God, and connecting with him. It was fascinating to read something so God focussed, especially written by a woman, although I especially enjoyed the sections which focussed on her version of the Wheel of the Year, as that's something I'm focussing on this year.

Obviously, there were parts of this book I disagreed with - De Angeles' fairly strict and traditional ritual structure, and her quite savage attack on overweight pagans - however overall, it was an extremely interesting and enlightening book. Fascinating reading for Australian pagans who have Celtic leanings.

posted by Cee at 9:22 PM