British Traditional Witchcraft

The following pages are an attempt to set down some of what it means to be an Alexandrian Witch - one of the British Traditions of Witchcraft. They try to explain - as far as one is able - what some of the concepts and ideas that we work with mean: what do we mean by Mystery?, why do we make such an emphasis on self discipline? What do we mean by Tradition, or Priesthood?

Our source is the Tradition itself - the 7 years worth of oral teachings and experience that is passed to each witch in the BTW paths as part of their training to 3rd degree; there is also a debt of gratitude to the numerous witches we have spoken to and shared our joint knowledge with - the generations of ancestors before us, our own initiators and teachers, and our contemporaries today - from all around the globe, and from published authors to "backwoods" hedgewitches. We may not follow academic rigour here and provide references for everything we say, (can an oral tradition be footnoted...?) but we know that very little here would be controversial with any of our Brothers and Sisters in the Tradition. We have also tried to steer as close as we may to our Oaths...

We know that this sectioin is till bare (and has been for a while!), but we are working on it... honest!