Witchcraft Today
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Witchcraft Today is a 1954 book by Gerald Gardner that popularized modern Wicca by presenting it as a surviving pre-Christian pagan religion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Witchcraft Today canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8504058 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Witchcraft Today Context triple: [Gerald Gardner, notableWork, Witchcraft Today]
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A.
Witches Abroad
Witches Abroad is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett in the Discworld series, following the Lancre witches as they travel abroad to thwart a manipulative fairy godmother and disrupt predestined stories.
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B.
The Passionate Witch
The Passionate Witch is a 1941 comic fantasy novel by Thorne Smith (completed posthumously by Norman H. Matson) about a mischievous witch whose romantic entanglements with a mortal man inspired the classic film "I Married a Witch."
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C.
De crimine magiae
De crimine magiae is a late 17th-century legal-philosophical treatise by Christian Thomasius that critically examines and challenges the prosecution of witchcraft and magic under contemporary criminal law.
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D.
The Satanic Witch
The Satanic Witch is a 1970s occult and social manipulation manual by Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, focusing on psychological tactics and “lesser magic” aimed primarily at women.
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E.
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch is a 2011 supernatural action-horror film starring Nicolas Cage as a medieval knight tasked with escorting an accused witch suspected of causing the Black Plague.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Witchcraft Today Target entity description: Witchcraft Today is a 1954 book by Gerald Gardner that popularized modern Wicca by presenting it as a surviving pre-Christian pagan religion.
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A.
Witches Abroad
Witches Abroad is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett in the Discworld series, following the Lancre witches as they travel abroad to thwart a manipulative fairy godmother and disrupt predestined stories.
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B.
The Passionate Witch
The Passionate Witch is a 1941 comic fantasy novel by Thorne Smith (completed posthumously by Norman H. Matson) about a mischievous witch whose romantic entanglements with a mortal man inspired the classic film "I Married a Witch."
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C.
De crimine magiae
De crimine magiae is a late 17th-century legal-philosophical treatise by Christian Thomasius that critically examines and challenges the prosecution of witchcraft and magic under contemporary criminal law.
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D.
The Satanic Witch
The Satanic Witch is a 1970s occult and social manipulation manual by Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey, focusing on psychological tactics and “lesser magic” aimed primarily at women.
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E.
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch is a 2011 supernatural action-horror film starring Nicolas Cage as a medieval knight tasked with escorting an accused witch suspected of causing the Black Plague.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Gerald Gardner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | controversial among historians of witchcraft ⓘ |
| describes | Wicca as a surviving pre-Christian pagan religion ⓘ |
| features |
Horned God
ⓘ
linked to:
Cernunnos
Mother Goddess ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Meaning of Witchcraft ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
ⓘ
occult literature ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| hasEdition | revised editions with introductions by later Wiccan authors ⓘ |
| hasPart |
accounts of contemporary witch covens
ⓘ
discussion of witchcraft persecution ⓘ speculation on the survival of ancient pagan cults ⓘ |
| influenced |
Neopaganism
ⓘ
modern Wicca ⓘ
linked to:
Wicca
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | BF1566.G3 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Wicca
ⓘ
modern witchcraft ⓘ paganism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influencing the public image of modern witchcraft
ⓘ
popularizing Wicca ⓘ presenting Wicca as an ancient surviving religion ⓘ |
| OCLC | 4084623 ⓘ |
| portrays |
witchcraft as a fertility cult
ⓘ
witchcraft as an initiatory mystery religion ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1954 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Rider & Company
ⓘ
linked to:
William Rider & Son
|
| timePeriodDescribed | 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Witchcraft Today Description of subject: Witchcraft Today is a 1954 book by Gerald Gardner that popularized modern Wicca by presenting it as a surviving pre-Christian pagan religion.
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