Rebirth of Witchcraft Quotes

“…witchcraft today is the product of a long period of evolution, in the course of which there have been many changes and accretions.”
― Doreen Valiente, Rebirth of Witchcraft

“The only time I can see merit in forgiving an enemy is when you have your foot on his neck.”
― Doreen Valiente, Rebirth of Witchcraft

“For my part. I’ve never been able to see any sense in the teaching which requires people to forgive wrongs whether or not the wrong-doer has shown any signs of repentance. As I see it, this is simply encouraging the evil-doer to go and do it again to someone else. I have always thought that this is one of the major weaknesses of Christianity….”
― Doreen Valiente, Rebirth of Witchcraft

“For my part. I’ve never been able to see any sense in the teaching which requires people to forgive wrongs whether or not the wrong-goer has shown any signs of repentance. As I see it, this is simply encouraging the evil-doer to go and do it again to someone else. I have always thought that this is one of the major weaknesses of Christianity….”
― Doreen Valiente, Rebirth of Witchcraft

“We had had enough of the gospel according to St Gerald; but we still believed that the real traditional witchcraft lived.”
― Doreen Valiente, Rebirth of Witchcraft

“Crowley may have been a brilliant writer and a splendid poet but as a person he was simply a nasty piece of work.”
― Doreen Valiente, Rebirth of Witchcraft

“The god of the old religion becomes the devil of the new,”
― Doreen Valiente, Rebirth of Witchcraft