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Read Dr Ruickbie on witchcraft and magic in Paranormal magazine. What is Witchcraft? That's what this website is here to find out. Witchology.com is the website of WICA - the Witchcraft Information Centre and Archive - founded in 1999 by Dr Leo Ruickbie as a research and education provider specialising in the areas of Witchcraft, Wicca, Paganism, Magic (Magick) and the Occult. We have been online continuously since 2000. WICA Recommended by: Presumably Buffy was born with her powers, but we are not all that lucky. Study for your diploma in witchcraft at http://www.wica.org.uk. (The Guardian, 2001)
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Did Doctor Faustus Sell his Soul?Everyone believes Faustus invoked the Devil and sold his soul, but did he? Find out why the legend was the witchcraft trial of a dead man in this rich and vivid story of magic and magicians in the Renaissance. Highly recommended. Reinventing the Renaissance OccultReinventing the Renaissance Occult in Modern and Postmodern Culture, Saturday 14 November 2009, Helmore 201, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Sounding AlchymeJennifer Mckimm, ‘“Sounding Alchyme:” The Politics and Aesthetics of Milton’s Alchemical Verse in Paradise Lost’ [Cancelled] That Miracles are CeasedDiana Barsham, ‘"That Miracles are Ceased": Reginald Scot and the Rediscovery of Witchcraft’ [Cancelled] Shaping FantasiesSarah Annes Brown, 'Shaping Fantasies'. Originally published in Shakespeare, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2009 , pp 162 - 176. The PossessedEwan Fernie, ‘The Possessed’. The Book of EnochGyorgy E. Szonyi, ‘Three "New Age" Interpretations of the Book of Enoch'. Art and the EsotericUrszula Szulakowska, 'Art and the Esoteric Tradition in Australia'. The Conquest of TimeSophia Wellbeloved, 'The Conquest of Time in the Writings of GI Gurdjieff'. Dealing with the DevilLeo Ruickbie, 'Dealing with the Devil: The Faustian Pact in Magical Culture'. Magicians and ScientistsMonika Smialkowska, 'Magicians and Scientists: David Calcutt's Prospero's Island and Elizabeth Nunez' Prospero's Daughter'. Occultism and Continental PhilosophyPatricia MacCormack, 'Occultism and Continental Philosophy: From Solomon through Spare to Serres'. Occult Film StudiesMark Goodall, 'L'Occhio Selvaggio: Towards an Occult Film Studies'. Science, Religion and MagicRowlie Wymer, 'Science, Religion and Magic in James Blish's "After Such Knowledge" Sequence'. PhantasmagoriaMarina Warner, reading from Phantasmagoria. Further information available from Dr Leo Ruickbie's Blog. Explore Faustus
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