Witches: An Encyclopedia of Paganism and Magic

by Michael Jordan

Explores the practices, rituals, historical background, and people connected with Wicca, Druidism, and other forms of paganism, including interviews with four contemporary witches from Britain

Genres: Nonfiction, Magick, Reference

256 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 1997

About the author

Michael Jordan was born in Lancashire, England, in 1941. He studied Natural Sciences at London University, and went on to become a successful BBC television presenter of wildlife programs in the 1980s. His love of writing began at about that time, when his focus of interest switched to ancient religions and cults, for which today he is best known as a non-fiction author. He has a current list of 26 published works.

In 2001 he wrote a highly controversial book, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Mary, the Unauthorised Biography, about the origins of the Marian cult, which was subsequently sold worldwide in various languages.

Michael's first venture into fiction writing, The Seventy Ninth Heresy, evolved from his years of research into the field of ancient religions and their origins.

Currently he lives in Devon.