Any Traditional Witches?

[freebelial]

I need help. I am looking for info on the history Traditional Witchcraft and am having a lot of trouble.

I don't want any info on Wicca, thats not what I'm talking about.

I just want to know what you are willing to tell me on what you know about the history of your family's tradition.

[Juniper138]

I just want to know what you are willing to tell me on what you know about the history of your family's tradition.

Thats a question with a pretty personal answer for someone I don't know. I am not trying to be cute or rude or anything, just pointing out a fact. And the reason why you may be having trouble finding what you seek.

[Nitefalle]

This has been discussed quite a few times here on Mystic Wicks....I would do a search for it, you'll find some good links.

[Sharpchick]

If your beliefs are as you said in your introduction post, are you asking about traditional witchcraft to fool your mother? (I'd think a shift from LaVey Satanism to something else would be a pretty big switch.)

[freebelial]

Yeah, I kinda guessed that'd be the reason I was having trouble, I would have asked a more general question, but I wasn't exactly sure how... So many people I know confuse it with Wicca and would either end up telling me it is the oldest religion in the world or tell me its only 50 yrs old; pretty big hole.

I'll try that, thanks.

Nah, I'm not going for a switch, just research on it's history.

[Ben Gruagach]

You'll probably want to look in the Kitchen, Green, & Hedge Witch (http://www.mysticwicks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=263) section of the Paths area here at MysticWicks. Traditional witchcraft comes up there.

Here are some other threads that might be of interest to you:

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=164711

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=160326

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=156958

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=151285

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=31403

http://www.mysticwicks.com/showthread.php?t=142406

And as others have pointed out, you'll find a lot more if you use the Search feature here.

I also highly recommend Isaac Bonewits' book "Bonewits's Essential Guide to Witchcraft and Wicca" as it covers a lot of this stuff. The book was out in an earlier version as "Witchcraft: A Concise Guide."

You'll find there are lots of threads on MysticWicks about the history of both Wicca and non-Wiccan witchcraft. In some of the discussions there is a distinction made between the two, and in other places you'll find the two are used interchangeably (which I personally think rather confuses things.)