first edition Hardcover
1973 · New York
by Valiente, Doreen
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. First Edition [Book Club Edition]. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition [Book Club Edition]. Hardcover. Often referred to as "the Mother of modern witchcraft" or "Mother of Wicca" Doreen Valiente (1922-1999) was an English author and poet best known for her books on witchcraft and related esoteric subjects. She was the High Priestess of Gerald Gardner's Bricket Wood coven. In 1971, she co-founded the Pagan Front, a British group for religious rights of Wiccans and other Pagans. Pagan scholar Aidan Kelly said of Valiente, "she deserves credit for having helped tranform the Craft from being a hobby of a handful of eccentric (truncated)