Gerald Gardner (1884–1964)
Autor(a) de Witchcraft Today
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(eng) also published under the pen name of Scire
Obras por Gerald Gardner
Witchcraft and the Book of Shadows: The Definitive Record of the Practises of Wicca (2004) 9 exemplares
Witchcraft Revival 1 exemplar
Moderní čarodějnictví 1 exemplar
Living witchcraft 1 exemplar
Ye Bok of Ye Art Magical 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Gardner, Gerald
- Nome legal
- Gardner, Gerald Brousseau
- Outros nomes
- Scire
- Data de nascimento
- 1884-06-13
- Data de falecimento
- 1964-02-12
- Localização do túmulo
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- País (no mapa)
- England, UK
- Locais de residência
- England, UK
Malaysia
Isle of Man
The Glen, The Serpentine, Blundellsands, England (birth)
Ladbroke Estate, Ceylon
Mawo Estate, Membuket, Borneo (mostrar todos 11)
Malaya
Cyprus
London, England, UK
Highcliffe, Hampshire, UK
Bricket Wood, UK - Ocupações
- British civil servant
Owner, Witchcraft Museum
anthropologist (amateur)
archaeologist (amateur)
weaponry expert
occultist (mostrar todos 7)
rubber planter - Relações
- Crowley, Aleister (friend)
Shah, Idries (friend)
Williamson, Cecil (friend)
Ward, J.S.M. (friend) - Organizações
- New Forest Coven
Corona Fellowship of Rosicrucians
Folklore Society - Nota de desambiguação
- also published under the pen name of Scire
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- Obras
- 14
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 1,025
- Popularidade
- #25,137
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 8
- ISBN
- 46
- Línguas
- 4
- Marcado como favorito
- 4
Historians/rationalists (it’s my job to say no…. No!…. Noooooes!) like to criticize Gerald for not being a time traveler (and, let’s face it: for not being a chemist), you know, but: so the Gardnerian craft isn’t unaffected by the esotericism of Christians and secular people; I say—so what? Just as there’s never been a ‘pure’ race separated from the blood of other races, there’s never been a ‘pure’ religion or philosophy, without some of their rivals’ ideas swishing about, you know.
And there’s never been a religion that doesn’t change, and there’s not much worse than to try to force what can’t be, basically.
That said, it is a little tool-heavy or ornate, and makes real demands on one’s ability to provide privacy for oneself, you know, (nine feet is a lot of space to have for oneself where I am; actually the six feet for a circle from the newer books is a lot, too), and the occasional dramatic-symphonic references to history, are probably a little overdone, although certainly a little sermon on the necessity of prudence in an unjust, unfeeling-and-unreasonable, world is called-for, you know…. But basically, it’s not at all a blueprint for my practice, for a bunch of reasons (different circumstances/different personality/1961 and years immediately before it was a while ago now, etc.), but it was cheap, and I’m reading the digitized old books because they’re cheap, and because they’re curious, and I’m glad I have this.
…. Pretty much any group practice is unusual nowadays, you know. Doesn’t make it wrong. I don’t know. Really it is nice to invent your own religion, though.
…. Some of it does sound hard of initiation, like somebody would muck it up, but on the other hand, it doesn’t sound pretty too, like things are desired for themselves, ‘pale or purple’, and not just because they were done of old time, you know.
I have never known it, but it IS something Different, you know.
…. It is a little unusual, of course.
The other striking feature is that, although this isn’t absolutely so, the rituals are largely social (communal) in nature, rather than psychological (results-seeking) in nature, you know. It’s not exactly witchtok, you know. (Not that I’m primarily a TikTok person, of course.)
…. It sounds like I wouldn’t really like being a Gardnerian. That said, I can’t help but wonder how much of that is societal conditioning: only seeing the bad in things, gossiping, science-gossip-on-religions, it’s-newsworthy-if-it’s-bad-because-things-are-bad, etc.
But it’s not something I have to experience, obviously.
…. It is kinda marked by its time—‘gentle’ goddesses and ‘great’ gods and a little humbug here and there along those lines—but Wicca and magical religions aren’t scriptural or set in stone, not based on the idea that truth was discovered at a discrete moment in historical time, and needs to be preserved unchanged, right. There are certainly more creative/innovative threads and others less so, of course, but I don’t know if there are Defenders of the Faith in the same way, right. I’m sure there could be individuals with prejudices, of course.
But in general I’d find even the old Gardnerian craft to be a curious marriage of the physical and the spiritual (concentration/mental focus/intent with laughing and playing with your friends), which is a wonderful thing to attempt, since that is what we are: a marriage of the fleshy and the heavenly, you know.
…. There’s Internet freedom today to talk about witchcraft online, and there’s legal freedom in that the government can’t burn your house down and roast you like a pig for believing in magical religion, and the ‘Old Laws’ portray how much things have changed since the old days, although it obviously still isn’t prudent, or socially safe, to talk about Wicca or anything like it to the majority of people, you know. Lots of superstitious people, superstitious, aggressive Christians, angry reactionaries, and hate-filled sorts…. It’s not socially safe to be known as a witch in most situations. We’re still working on getting there. At least they can’t butcher us and roast us over an open fire, you know.
…. (Chris Christian’s review) Well, I certainly am embarrassed to acknowledge that the church murdered people because they were witches or whatever; anything associated with me should be ~perfect~ and murdering people is not perfect…. (wipes snot with sleeve) But what I don’t like about the situation today is, that we’re losing control. You’ve got to really crush the little brownies and leprechauns, if you want control, and today’s Christians don’t get that, half the time….
~ Beauty and freedom, children. Beauty and freedom.… (mais)