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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.

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Witchcraft out of the Shadows: Ruickbie discusses reason for the modern revival and ponders on the future... interesting ideas. (Northern Earth, 2005)

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Witchcraft out of the Shadows: A Complete History"Witchcraft out of the Shadows: A Complete History is an engaging book which deserves to be the benchmark for all future analyses of the Craft."

Open Source WiccaFaustus: The Life and Times of a Renaissance Legend


Histories of the Barbarians: Vandals, Goths and FranksBeowulf in Anglo-Saxon and English Translation


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Magic in Wicca and Modern Witchcraft

History of Witchcraft & Wicca

Magic, the word itself conjures up the strangest ideas, but what does magic mean to those who use it? What do they use magic for? What effect does magic have on them? I asked the Witches and Wiccans themselves. Do you want to know what they said?

The Definition, Use and Effect of Magic in Witchcraft

Extract from Leo Ruickbie's Witchcraft Out of the Shadows

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