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Encyclopedia > Hereditary witch

A hereditary witch is one who is born into or initiated later in life into a tradition of esoteric origin. These traditions are often not recorded, except maybe in grimoires which are also passed down, but rely primarily on oral and physical tradition. This design for an amulet comes from the Black Pullet grimoire. ...


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Wicca (1712 words)
Hereditary witches also follow old practices and claim an ancestor or lineage of ancestors who were initiated witches.
Traditional and Hereditary witchcraft are two overlapping forms of witchcraft (as Traditional witches may also be from a Hereditary line) which predate the Gardnerian revival and model their rituals on various Celtic, Scandinavian and Germanic traditions.
Traditional witches were reportedly furious with Gerald Gardner for popularising the old religion and regarded such enterprises as his witchcraft museum on the Isle of Man as a disaster, as both traditions are extremely secretive.
The Gamperle Coven: in The Summerlands (551 words)
The Witches were captured there and then, and the very next day their neighbors dragged them before the governor of Munich.
The six Witches were convicted of a mind-boggling list of crimes: almost 500 deaths and innumerable cases of arson, robbery, and theft were blamed upon them.
The Witch hunters had planned a dramatic execution for Anna: they made a settle (a spiked metal chair) and planned to roast her alive on it, slowly.
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