"Witchcraft is, and was, not... for everyone. Unless you have an attraction to the occult, a sense of wonder, a feeling that you can slip for a few minutes out of the world into the world of faery, it is of no use to you."

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Source: Gerald James Holton (1998). “The Scientific Imagination: With a New Introduction”, p.250, Harvard University Press

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Gerald Gardner

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Gerald Gardner was a British occultist and the founder of Wicca, known for his influential writings that shaped modern witchcraft practices.

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