An influential English Wiccan author, widely revered as the "mother of modern Witchcraft." Her literary contributions were foundational to early Wiccan traditions and liturgy, shaping key texts such as "The Witches Rune" and "Charge of the Goddess." Through her prolific writings on witchcraft in the 1970s and 1980s, she significantly broadened public understanding of Neopaganism and championed the concept of self-initiation. Her distinctive voice and profound insights into witchcraft continue to inspire and resonate within the Wiccan and broader Neopagan communities.
Did you know that the thickness of the layers in a locally grown onion will indicate the severity of the coming winter? Magic is all around us, in stones, flowers, stars, the dawn wind, and the sunset cloud. All we need is the ability to see it, understand it, and apply it. Magic works because of nature's laws, not in spite of them, and Valiente shows how to practice the age-old white magic which has been familiar to the Wise Ones for centuries.