Patricia Crowther > Quotes

“Well, lookee, 'ere; there's a saying among our folk that the shuffling of the cards is the earth; the pattering of the cards is the rain; the beating of the cards is the wind, and the pointing of the cards is the fire'. She pointed a grimy finger at the hearth.”
― Patricia Crowther, Lid Off The Cauldron: A Wicca Handbook

“The stars impel—they do not compel.”
― Patricia Crowther, Covensense

“An early lunar ritual from Greece, in which priestesses of the Moon draw down its power into a pool or mirror, is pictured upon a Greek vase c. 200 BC. Gerald Gardner made a sketch of it and named it ‘Drawing Down the Moon’.”
― Patricia Crowther, Covensense

“All in all, magic can be fairly described as 'the art of getting results'.”
― Patricia Crowther, Lid Off the Cauldron: A Wicca Handbook

“There are different kinds of witches’ familiars. One is a discarnate entity—the spirit of a person who has died.”
― Patricia Crowther, Covensense

“Certainly, the village wise woman was the National Health Service of her time.”
― Patricia Crowther, Covensense

“Witches who worked alone were a law unto themselves…”
― Patricia Crowther, Covensense