Book Review Series: Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft

ISBN: 08754205084

List Price: $19.95

Cross-posted on Amazon.

Many years ago, this was my first book I read on the subject. Back when Cunningham was first writing his books, we also had Buckland. Since then, the sources of reliable and credible information for those who are forced to learn on their own to start (or just the simply curious) has grown tremendously. 

This book is what it is. It’s biased towards the coven practitioner, and Buckland’s attitude gets heavy and dare I say annoying throughout the entire book. The history is also out of date and severely needs a revamp. 12 years ago I would have recommended this book to someone starting out with absolutely no problems. It was the tried and true book everyone went to and pointed others to. 

Now I just simply think there are better options out there now without having to put up with well .. Buckland. He’s very snarkie and hard to swallow. There are better books and authors to spend the money on now. 

I still give him a 3 rating only because of personal nostalgia purposes. If asked I would point the beginner to other books before I would tell them to read what Buckland has written.

Final Rating: 3 Stars