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Wiccecraeft: Shamanic Magic from the Dark Ages
'Wiccecræft'' delves into the mysterious and predominantly hidden world of dark ages England to discover the shamanic roots of modern Witchcraft. Central to the journey is the reality of the Otherworld, a spiritual realm of elves and daemons which our ancestors used to bring power to their magic, healing and divination. Sinead explores this forgotten past from her research with actual Anglo-Saxon magical manuscripts such as the Lacnunga and Bald's Leechbook to present a work full of information, rituals, meditations and exercises designed for Witches, non-Witches, Wiccans and interested explorers who desire to re-awaken an ancient shamanic magical consciousness within the modern world. Presented over six chapters with introduction, bibliography and an appendix detailing how to pronounce Old English for those who wish to try.
232 pages, Paperback
First published November 30, 2010
About the author
Sinéad Spearing
6 books16 followersSinéad Spearing is a writer and historian whose work traces the quiet threads of healing, devotion, and forgotten lives. Her writing blends historical scholarship with spiritual reflection, uncovering the stories of those who offered care, wisdom, and light in the margins of history.
She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music in London, later teaching flute at Benenden School in Kent. In later life, after earning a first-class honours degree in Psychology with Philosophy, she turned her focus to the emotional and spiritual legacy of healing practices across time.
Sinéad is the author of several acclaimed books exploring early English remedies and the lives of women who worked in service of others through medicine, midwifery, and quiet faith. Her translations of Old English medical texts have been praised by Professor Jacalyn Duffin of the National History Museum, and her work has been featured by the British Psychological Society and invited into the archives of televised historical documentaries.
Invited to speak at institutions including the Royal Society of Pharmacology and The Old Operating Theatre Museum in London, Sinead continues to be sought after as a historical consultant.
Her forthcoming book explores the revelations of Julian of Norwich — a woman whose vision of divine love and spiritual resilience still speaks to those living through uncertainty and silence.
Sinéad lives in the English countryside with her husband and their cats, where she continues to write, research, and walk the bramble path that winds through history and faith.
She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal College of Music in London, later teaching flute at Benenden School in Kent. In later life, after earning a first-class honours degree in Psychology with Philosophy, she turned her focus to the emotional and spiritual legacy of healing practices across time.
Sinéad is the author of several acclaimed books exploring early English remedies and the lives of women who worked in service of others through medicine, midwifery, and quiet faith. Her translations of Old English medical texts have been praised by Professor Jacalyn Duffin of the National History Museum, and her work has been featured by the British Psychological Society and invited into the archives of televised historical documentaries.
Invited to speak at institutions including the Royal Society of Pharmacology and The Old Operating Theatre Museum in London, Sinead continues to be sought after as a historical consultant.
Her forthcoming book explores the revelations of Julian of Norwich — a woman whose vision of divine love and spiritual resilience still speaks to those living through uncertainty and silence.
Sinéad lives in the English countryside with her husband and their cats, where she continues to write, research, and walk the bramble path that winds through history and faith.
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November 26, 2012
First couple of chapters were interesting where the author provided excerpts from Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. Then the author appears to have gotten distracted with their personal account of what may have happened. I fail to see the relevance of the inclusion of "semi-fictional" account of some modern constructed rituals were included save for padding of an already slim volume as these tended to display no historical foundation.
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