The Witches' Way. Principles, Rituals and Beliefs of Modern Witchcraft de Farrar, Janet and Stewart; Additional contributions (Appendices) by Doreen Valiente - 1990

London: Robert Hale, 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 349 pp. Black cloth with silver spine titles. Two b&w plate sections plus additional illustrations in text. Some edge wear along top of dust jacket (folds, creases), one short closed tear and some light rubbing to jacket. Small Skoob Books ticket to front pastedown. A very good copy in like dust jacket. A comprehensive work on the practices, rituals and beliefs of modern witches since Gerald Gardner's influential (and unpublished) "Book of Shadows" triggered the revival movement in the 1950s. The book gives in full the first, second and third degree initiation rites, the consecration rites, and the many non-ritual passages of the "Book of Shadows" with detailed notes and comments.