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VALIENTE, DOREEN A
popular Craft author and English
High Priestess whose poetic works include 'The Charge of the Goddess' and 'The
Witches' Rune'. Doreen Valiente was initiated by Gerald B. Gardner (Gardnerian
Tradition Founder) in 1953. She replaced much of Aleister Crowley's work in
Gardner's rituals with her own. She is a widow and lives in Sussex. Her notable
works are often misquoted and plagiarized. She has contributed a great deal
to the Craft. A prolific writer, her books include these titles and more: Natural
Magic, An ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present, The Rebirth of Witchcraft, Witchcraft
for Tomorrow
VENENDUM:
Pagan staff for ritual work; also called stang.
VIBRATIONS:
magickal radiation of all things
VISUALIZATION:
the process of forming clear mental images
by using the imagination and memory. An important part of magical practices,
and is a function of the Conscious Mind.
VITRIOL:
medieval term for sulfuric acid.
VORTEX:
the whirling forces of the cone of power.
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