Ameth is the first definitive biography of Doreen Valiente
(1922-1999), an English Witch who became known as 'the Mother of
Modern Witchcraft'. Based on the author's work collating her
artefacts, interviewing people who knew her, reading and
researching numerous personal magical documents and correspondence
bequeathed by Doreen, this book gives unparalleled insight into her
magical life. Evocatively recreating the atmosphere of British
Witchcraft post-1951 after the repeal of the Witchcraft Act of
1735, the author explores Doreen's magical journey, including her
initiation and relationship with Gerald Gardner. We are guided on a
journey from the 1950's through to the early 1970's as she worked
and interacted with Charles Cardell and the Coven of Atho, Robert
Cochrane and the Clan of Tubal Cain, as well as the Regency coven.
Ameth chronicles the whole of Doreen Valiente's colourful and
varied life. It emphasises her fight to establish Pagan rights, and
her subsequent role as one of the leading spokespersons for the
pagan revival from the 1960s until her death in 1999. Through her
own published books and her contribution to the work of Janet and
Stewart Farrar, she has reinforced her position as one of the most
significant and influential priestesses of the twentieth century.
Her research to find Dorothy Clutterbuck may have saved the
credibility of traditional Witchcraft, and took her to what was
arguably the height of her achievements helping to shape the
world's fastest growing religion - Wicca. As an author, priestess,
researcher and pagan spokeswoman, Doreen Valiente occupied a unique
position in leading the resurgence of magic, perhaps best
exemplified by her creation of the Wiccan Rede - "an it harm none,
do what ye will." Possessed of a fiery spirit and willingness to
challenge dogma in her search for truth (the meaning of Ameth, her
witch name), Doreen's tireless quest serves as an example of the
power of the human spirit to accomplish transformation on a major
scale. "Within Doreen's teachings, one feels she is conveying a
message to all, of a gateway to the Goddess and personal
enlightenment" - Jonathan Tapsell
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