I am looking for free online witchcraft classes. Can you help?

Question

I have ben online the past few days looking for witchcraft classes I can take that wont cost me and arm and a leg

Answer 1

You can learn everything you need to know about Wicca and the occult right here:

http://usminc.org

Adian Kelly wrote a book on the history of Wicca called "Crafting The Art of Magic" in the 1980's. Wiccans had a fit when it was published, and pressured Llewyllyn to take it out of print. It was supposed to be the first in a series of books. I think Adian Kelly probably summed it up best when he said this about the Gardnerian "Book of Shadows", the closest thing Wicca has to a sacred book:

" [M]any of the Book of Shadows rituals did not exist in 1954 (when Witchcraft Today was published) but instead were still being written. [T]he major sources from which the rituals had been constructed included: (a) Mather's edition of the Greater Key of Solomon; (b) Aleister Crowley's Magic in Theory and Practice; (c) Leland's Aradia (d) some Masonic rituals akin to those described by Duncan and those of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (aside from those transmitted by Crowley; and (e) Margaret Murray's The Witch Cult in Western Europe. There were also bits and pieces from other works by Leland, Jane E. Harrison, Gilbert Murray, James Frazier, and other great classicists from the 19th century. That accounted for EVERYTHING in the rituals! There was nothing left that differed in any important way from what you can find in those sources- - but that is NOT at all what Gardner had claimed!"

It's a religion where anything can be added in, where the followers mistakenly think they have magic powers, and it's not older than rock and roll, even though it's called the "Old Religion". Authors like Gavin and Yvonne Frost, Silver Raven Wolf, Raymond Buckland, Scott Cunningham crank out books about how to get love, money, and above all else "protection". The Frost's Magic Power of White Witchcraft says "Witchcraft Can Make You Rich in a Ghetto" according to the title of chapter 11. However, the Frosts themselves aren't rich. Coincidentally, they claim to have taken a "vow of poverty" according to one of their webpages, to explain why they apparently can't make their spells work either.

When I visited England (the birthplace of Wicca) in May, I found it was practiced mostly by juvenile deliquents, much the same way Satanism is here in the U.S. No one seems to take it seriously over there. An very knowldgeable historian I talked to in Kent, when asked about Wicca, told me I should try a pub!

Eventually Ronald Huitton wrote his own history of Wicca, called "Triumph of the Moon". Hutton is a history professor at Oxford, so he is not easliy dismissed. Even though some Wiccans have realized their history is a sham, they still want to cling to the "witch" fantasy by calling it a "reconstructionist movement". But you can't reconstruct something which never existed in the first place. Even so, these types still seem to allude to their religion being thousands of years old.

Answer 2

Witchcraft Lessons

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Free Online Witch School

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http://www.witchschool.com/ will give you the first degree training in the Correllian Tradition for free. It will also give you some other basic stuff to look at. If you become a member then you will have access to even more information and of course second degree training. I took the classes and they are go at your own pace. You are given a lesson, 14 days later (the minimum) you can take the test to get to the next lesson. You can take as long as you need though. If you do not pass the class as a whole you will not be able to take other classes. Even as a non paying person.

If Correllian is not your thing try this site: http://www.witchvox.com/_x.html?c=trads It will give a basic overview of various pagan traditions. Some will also give books and sites for further reading. You may also be able to contact someone in your area to learn with. Have fun learning!!

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You could try asking for information in your local metaphysical shops for classes nearby. To help find your closest shop:
http://www.witchvox.com/vn/vn_index/xshops.html
Or look in the Yellow pages under "Bookstores".

It is much better to learn some things in person. Another way to find local resources is to go to your closest Witches meetup. To find the meetup closest to your area:
http://witches.meetup.com/
There are other meetups in the lower right corner of the page that might interest you.

You could also try searching Yahoo groups for ones in your area. Use the keyword "witchcraft" and the state you live in. Example: Witchcraft Ohio
http://groups.yahoo.com/

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I've heard of witchschool.com but never gone there. Okay I'll state my opinion here. I think the best way to learn Witchcraft is to read decent books written by honored writers such as Starhawk, Margot Adler, Amber K and Scott Cunningham, and take your own notes and jot stuff down in the page margins. It works for me and all my coveners. Blessed be.

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I would advise joining a few groups and culling what you can from each. Classes in the Craft (in my opinion) should be free. Also check out http://www.witchvox.com/ and see if you can find anything in your area.

Blessings )O(

Answer 10

Are you evil or just drifting, there is a diference, there is a power within you that may be uptapped and it may within you. There is a God or an allmighty, you seem smart enough to find out through your self, witchcraft is bad, but, if you do not know what you are doing, on any rhelm. Br careful. On that in the name of Juses, DO a HEXDAHUNDA on someone and allways win. Witchcraft is OK as long as you use your powres right. Please be care carefull of your powers.