Guide to Witchcraft Pages at Mountain Temple Center
At Mountain Temple Center we continue our dedication to the exploration of and experimentation with all phases of magic, mysticism and mystery, both ancient and modern, with the goal of furthering inner development and human evolution by any means that comes to hand. At Mountain Center we utilize the term “witchraft” both in its ancient generic sense as referring to all sorts of folk magic, sorcery and spellcasting by whatever name they are called (voudon, brujeria, obeah, etc.) as well as in the modern sense of referring to what has come to be known as Wicca, a more specific strand of the ancient tapestry which tends to borrow heavily from ceremonial magick and Masonry.
A traditional Gardnerian Wicca Coven has been in existence at Mountain Temple since the early 1990s. Beyond the Gardnerian tradition, Director Michael J. Crowley is also a Third-Degree High Priest of Wicca and has been involved in "The Craft" for over twenty years and has initiated or guided hundreds of individuals in the Old Religion. In 1993, Janet and Stewart Farrar enacted a special blessing and empowerment of our ritual Circle during a visit here.
The Witchcraft (Essay by Jack Parsons)