Traditional Witchcraft by Lee Morgan

[@gabrieladerre2862]

A Deed Without A Name is one of my all time favorite books on the subject of Witchcraft! And, until now, I never realized what a total cutie pie Lee is! Which is funny, as this is not the first time that I've seen this video! A fact that I am reminded of by seeing a comment that I left some time ago!! But! I officially have a crush on an author! 🥰

[@sergiofritz]

"A Deed Without a Name" is a very important book.

[@gabrieladerre2862]

I have owned well over over 109 books on the subject! Or at least books that claim to be! As many, in my opinion, weren't worth as much as the paper and ink used to print them. At least insofar as they were useful to ME! Others may have found great use in them! However, A Deed Without A Name is one of my favorites! And the first one that is mandatory reading, for my girls!

[@matthewgrant2785]

"A Horse With No Name" is a very important song

[@Nate1975]

the book definitely answered a few questions for me, for which I was grateful. Can't teach it or join it, you either are or not called

[@treforwickens3079]

The idea of folk magic or witchcraft linage in Australia is interesting and makes sense with the transportation of convicts, most of these came from the poorest aspects of society which were in the early 1800’s the main recorded source for practitioners of folk magic, here we would be seeing not a religious cult,but more cunning folk traditions. It is my belief and experience in traditional witchcraft that folk magic practitioners have adopted modern paganism influences since the 1920’s inspired by writers from this period too the present, After all folk magic as a long history of making use of anything that works, the various stories of English practitioners swapping charms or sending people to specialists in the 16-1800’s often over long distances for the period underlies the willingness to adopt techniques. Returning to my point that folk magic in the Antipodes from forced immigration is extremely likely and would have mingled people who wouldn’t have had contact in their native England, hybridisation of folk magic would have led to some interesting practices developing maybe even magical systems?

[@MagpieCrafter]

Being into TradCraft I haven't heard about Lee Morgan before. Reviews of his books look promising. Thanks watkinsbooks I have to check him out!

[@Zephidus]

Awesome! Thanks LeeMorgan! Please keep doing what you do!

[@NiamhCreates]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video.

[@dmitriagnes]

I definitely just think of it as atheistic folk magic that varies with the area.

[@talonshadowhawk8419]

My Tradition(as a solitary) is a blending of Wicca , both European and Native folk practices and herbal studies , with a heavy Asatru influence. I have even begun to learn my Native culture's language. So now when I cast my circle I do so in the Chickasaw language. Had a friend who is a Voodoo Priest call what I do in ritual "Chicka-Wicca" . We both had a good chuckle over that. But among his group that term in regards to me and what I do has taken root and stuck to me. Took me a little while to finally get comfortable with that term since I have never considered myself to be a Wiccan.

[@robgau2501]

With respect, some of this sounds like gatekeeping.

[@mreyespy13]

I think that people are starting to see through the idea of Old Craft pre-wicca like they did Hereditary Craft. Before Gardner no one was talking about any of this in a public way #sorrynotsorry

[@aycaramba6225]

this dude is a witch ? he looks so young .. is that magic stuff ?

[@tragicvoices]

what does that even mean lol

[@gabrieladerre2862]

I didnt hear Lee share his age? He is lovely though! Regardless of age. His book, A Deed Without A Name, is among my favorites, I read it for the first time last year, 19 years in to my studies and praxis. And out if the many books I have read and owned, it is easily one of my top 5 favorites! And I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the subject, regardless of how long they have been interested or involved. I found things in it that matched up to personal experiences that I had not read about in other books. Validations and confirmations of sorts. Thank you for writing it Lee!

[@WorldWarIVXX]

May I ask why you liked it?

[@talonshadowhawk8419]

Ay Caramba I started practicing my Craft at age 14. Younger than that if you include all the Pow Wows and Stompdances I went to as a kid visiting relatives on the reservation. Now at 47 I am fairly well versed in most forms of the Craft.

[@charlieraven6342]

I was born into Christianity and started witchcraft at the age of 12. Some people are born into witchcraft. What does age have to do with anything?

[@stormfire1995]

This guy's making it seem like you can't become a witch if you're not born in it or you don't Have some spirit come to you and be like you've been chosen. And that may happen for some people but for other people being called is simply you can't stop t Thinking about it and you can't not want to practice it And he has to understand times have changed Not every town has a covenin the backwoods practicing in the dark of night some people don't have anyone I believe that you can be self taught and "historical background" is just BS Most of these women from the witch trials with either coworst by being beat happy to death and only told them what they wanted to hear so they would stop being beat and just die already all the transcripts have been changed by Christian Which hunterswho had to demonize someone that they couldn't get a confession out of.

[@austinaits5285]

Ha! Satan is yo' daddy! Hopefully you wake up before it's too late

[@stormfire1995]

@@austinaits5285 I have been woke it's yiu that are still dreaming

[@stormfire1995]

@@austinaits5285 and Satan is a man made store to scare people like you

[@glenroberts8699]

He must be at least 12?he must have plenty of experience?

[@WorldWarIVXX]

I'm sorry, but it needs to be said that Trad Craft is just palette swapped, edgecore Wicca. His book "Deed Without A Name" was one of the first TradCraft books I read, and I couldn't get past the bad history, the histrionic language, or the need to define oneself based on what one isn't, namely Wiccan. The focus on practices that only existed in a small time frame & in limited cultural context shows that the need to present oneself as non-Wiccan and as authenticated is more important than advancing the Craft.

[@louveteau3333]

D when you say you couldn't get pass the historical part, does that mean you haven't finished the book?

[@WorldWarIVXX]

I said I couldn't get past the bad history, or the histrionic language. It mean dramatic or pretentious. The way things were written/worded. It came off as a need to make some information seem more otherworldly than it actually is. That, and his sources for what is called "traditional" are eclectic at best. I found no need to waste more time on that book, no.

[@apfitz]

The practices can be VERY different, though. I believe some trads may resemble neopagans sometimes, especially when just starting out, but it's definitely not Wicca. Hedgewitchery and utilization of the poison path in hedgewitchery, for instance, really resembles nothing like in Wicca. Traditional witchcraft traditions vary widely as well. Some traditional witches are theistic and some are atheistic. I actually used to communicate with a lot of witches, albeit hedgewitches/hedgeriders, who would only focus on spirits, including spirits of plants, sources of knowledge and power. Practices are rooted in historical texts and folkloric practices that have been handed down, at least in hedgewitchery. I still find traditional witchcraft, specifically hedgewitchery, fascinating, but I no longer practice hedgewitchery as my beliefs have changed quite a bit (I'm actually an atheist now) due to training as a neuroscientist. I actually dislike books like these a lot, in all honesty, because it's a lot of opinion. I was always the type of witch, in my practicing days, who based my practices on my own experiences and figured it out for myself after reading historical texts and folkloric practices. Engaging with others trads is the best way to learn, in my opinion, although they can sometimes be very elitist and don't want to help out beginners.

[@robertanastase558]

Wicca is just a meme tbh, way too modernized.

[@rainineden5140]

If we look at history old magical practices come down to a singular concept of Folk Magic. Folk Magic is highly localized even within the UK. But it exists world wide with many cultures refering to magical practitioners as "witches" in their own language. Folk Magic is the core root of witchcraft and is both poorly documented and difficult to force into any dogmatic structure or definitive limitation. I have read this book and found a great deal of it to be very insightful and useful. I also found a lot of it to be problematic on levels from history and culture perspectives to the retention of ideas imposed upon folk magic traditions by the cultural imperialism of Christian suppression and demonization of folk magic traditions world wide. Traditional Witchcraft as a term is problematic. 1. Too many groups claim this title to make it exclusive to any one form of practice. 2. Event amongst those claiming it the ideology, spirituality, practical application of practice differ greatly meaning the term does not describe a uniform idea. 3. Traditional does not necessarily mean a hereditary or initiative process, it can also mean the passing on of older ideas. Since those older ideas are disperate, again it is hard for there to be a uniform or singular set of ideas or beliefs to define the phrase. Instead we should be using the term Folk Magic Traditions which better reflects the localization of these beliefs and practices and better describes the fact that you cannot apply a singular set of ideas to become an absolute definition of Traditional Witchcraft. Also I deeply dislike the idea that all Traditional Witchcraft has to be exclusive. Do we really believe that folk magic traditions only existed in this form when it is clear that they did not? We know that there are family, group or local traditions handed on. But history also teaches us that cultures blend, share and that ideas move from region to region. Western witchcraft ideas are not unique to the west. We see many of the same beliefs and some practices present in magic traditions in the far east that go back over 1400 years as well. And we see solitary practitioners of folk magic traditions that carry similar knowledge and ideas world wide that exist in the form of individual practitioners based upon cultural and regional ideas and not any form of defined lineage. I think many people just love to make their ideas exclusive. Another legacy from Christianity that arguged that magic use is limited to a select few. But history tells us that ancient tribes often had individuals with aptititude who stepped into magical folk traditions and played the role of a magic user. This is far more rational if you believe that witchcraft is a practice within nature beliefs is simply a part of the human experience and therefore available to all who have the talent and skill to develop their craft. Sadly egalitatian views on folk magic doesn't make people feel ultra special. And so we will continue to see "traditionals" attempt to make their paths secret like the traditions of ceremonial magic instead of embracing the community aspects of ancient and honest cultural folk magic.

[@cheeto5039]

What the fuck, why arnt you talking

[@tonytafoya6217]

Witch crap.

[@zoejaneflamingo7571]

Why search for it and watch it then?