Daring, informative, fascinating -- The Wiccan Mysteries clearly and honestly reveals the initiate-level teachings of the Old Religion. Most modern eclectic and solitary practitioners have never had access to this material before. The Wigan Mysteries is a ground breaking work of modern religious scholarship that explores the ori gins and development of the various Mystery Traditions that form the spiritual foundations of contemporary Wicca.The Wiccan Mysteries is the first comprehensive guide to every aspect of the Wiccan religion. Find out the inner meanings Wiccan rites, beliefs, and symbols. Discover the ancient roots of Wiccan beliefs and the religious concepts that empower Wicca as a dynamic system for spiritual development. Learn what Wicca is all about, and what it is that Witches really believe and practice.Essentially a Celtic-oriented religion, Wicca also derives much of its wisdom and inner teachings from other cultures as well. The Wiccan Mysteries explores the ancient roots of modern Wiccan philosophy, magic, ance religious practice. Powerful and beautiful, The Wiccan Mysteries is the result of many long years of research and personal experience. It will challenge your preconceptions, get you to re examine your own perceptions, and definitely expand your under standing of the Wiccan religion.Raven Grimassi (West Coast) is the directing elder of the Aridian Tradition of Wicca and has been a Wiccan teacher and practitioner for over 25 years. He is the author of Ways of the Strega. Raven Grimassi has devoted his life to preserving the wisdom of the Old Religion by sharing what he has learned through his training in the Family Tradition of Italian Witchcraft as well as Gardnerian, Brittic, and the Pictish-Gaelic Wicca traditions, with others through his writings. Clearly and honestly reveals the initiate-level teachings of the Old Religion. A comprehensive guide that explores the origins and development of the various Mystery Traditions that form the spiritual foundations of contemporary Wicca. Learn the inner meanings of Wiccan rites, beliefs, and symbols and discover the ancient roots of Wiccan beliefs and the religious concepts. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.