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WITCHCRAFT:

THE OLD RELIGION

Dr. Leo Louis Martello

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Preface:

A Witch by Any

Other Name

I am a Witch. That's capi-

talized the same as Catholic

or Jew or Moslem. I don't

believe in the Christian devil or hell or their heaven.

I certainly don't worship Satan. I don't desecrate

churches or graveyards, as my religion respects those

who have passed on and we honor them on Halloween.

I don't waste my time, thoughts, or energies on cursing

people, since I know that most of them will do that for

themselves without any help from me. I consider sex

a sacred, private, and personal matter, so the Christian

accusation of "sex orgies" is a projection of their own

masturbatory fantasies—there's nothing private or per-

sonal about an orgy. I don't worship the "powers of

darkness" or consider the evil principle in life as power-

ful. In fact I consider evil impotent. What gives it

power is the support—what I call the "sanction of

silence"—of the good people who don't stand up to it,

those basically decent people who say nothing, do noth-

ing, when they sec evil.

WITCHCRAFT : THE OLD RELIGION

1 make no claims as a Witch to "supernatural

powers," but I totally believe in the super powers that

reside in the natural. First and foremost, as a Witch I

am an Old Religionist, worshipping the pre-Christian

ancient deities. They are the Horned God and the

Mother Goddess, especially the latter. The coven is my

church, wherever it may meet, consisting of thirteen

or less Witches. All of us are priests and priestesses. In

Witchcraft, the Old Religion, there is no laity as yet. Our

rites and our rituals are ancient, and just as sacred to

us as the rites of any other dedicated religionist. How-

ever, unlike other religions, we are all active partici-

pants in the worship, rather than passive observers.

Because we all put a great deal into the worship, we all

get a great deal out of it. As I wrote in the article

"Who's a Witch?" in Witchcraft Digest, "In the final

analysis a Witch is someone whose entire being is per-

meated with the Craft of the Wise. This is both con-

scious and unconscious. Such a person is constantly

studying, learning, adding and eliminating things, ever

seeking new knowledge, and if he or she belongs to a

coven, unless physically impossible, nothing will deter

his/her attendance. The covenstead is the Mecca of

modern Magi, a place to replenish one's energies, re-

charge one's psychic batteries, renew loving relation-

ships, identify with the Deities, experience a sense of

Oneness with Congregated Crafters and Communion

with the Goddess and the Horned God."

Most books written on Witchcraft are by non-

Witches. They discuss Witchcraft not as it really is but

as it has been defined by the Catholic and other Chris-

tian churches. Any book that states that Witches make

pacts with devils, have sex orgies, or say the Lord's

Prayer backwards is either blatantly deceptive or totally

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