Wicca Becoming Increasingly Popular in US

February 4, 2005

Source: Beliefnet

Wire Service: RNS

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/160/story_16005_1.html

On February 4, 2005 Beliefnet/RNS reported, "this year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Gerald Gardner's Witchcraft Today. This folksy and rambling book might well have ended up consigned to the moldy used bookstores of the world, were it not for its audacious claim: that the author was an initiate in a genuine coven of Witches, active in Great Britain in the middle years of the 20th century... Yet a half-century after Gardner, bookstores are filled with titles like The Good Witch's Guide to Wicked Ways; How to Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend into a Toad and Other Spells for Love, Wealth, Beauty and Revenge; and The Book Of Spells: Secret Recipes to Get Your Own Way in Love, Work and Play... Spell books can be found not only at New Age and metaphysical shops, but also at college bookstores, Barnes & Noble and Borders, and even local supermarkets and toy stores."