Young Krishnan Guru Murthy- he was a gobby prick even back then. The couple whether you share their belief or not are intelligent, well mannered and patient in answering the questions. Very fascinating people.
Wonderful, magical couple (the Farrars) - Janet is a most beautiful woman and I love to hear her talk and watch her expressions. I read their book - "The Witch's Bible" many years ago and I feel it has had an immensely positive influence upon my thinking ever since.
The girl in the audience didn't mention that the bible was altered during translation into English by King James who had a personal fear of witches. He manipulated religion to suit his own requirements.
Brilliant video! Thanks for posting. From WikiPedia: "Krishnan Guru-Murthy first appeared on the BBC's programme Open to Question in 1988. So there ya go. I wonder if any of those young aspiring journalists have become interested in the Craft in the past 25 years, as Janet predicted they would... And Janet: phwoar!
Kenneth Gambone Thank you...would love to broadcast more about the Farrar s they have done much good work teaching the craft..have a feastive Yule...drink copious amounts of ale..cheers.. !..and Goddess Bless!
Laura Strobel Thanks for sharing.. Pleased you like this..was recorded back in the 1980s on bbc2 Uk...a program that was aired around 6pm..BBc2 seemed to have unusual programs at this time ...they are two respected wise witches.and have many excellent books published too..all good Magick..Blessed Be.
@@Merlin7huna Janet and Stewart were cool Intelligent folk who helped bring the Craft out of the shadows I was scrolling through the comment section and saw a lot of negative comments about them Pity. Looks like the more things change the more they stay the same The Craft is sacred and should be a safe place for followers. Isn't there enough discord among other world religons and the world at large? It hurts my heart but as Cybil Leek stated the Craft is there for those who need it ... It's personal to me and the infighting is unbecoming Anyway thanks for your upload Blessed Be😃💝🎆🌃
Laura Strobel Yes Laura there is a lot of opinions about them..you know public perception about Witchcraft wasn’t very positive at that time.,..remember there was a lot in the newspaper trying to show anything to do with the occult was condemned as satanic or works of the Devil..which is absurd! Also Chris Bray at the Sorcerers Apprentice Occult shop in Leeds was also being persecuted by the Fundamentalists..and got fire bombed..A lot was going on to out law the witches in England..Janet and Stewart were very brave to be interviewed on live tv..but they did educate a small audience..but remember it’s not easy to erase nearly 2,000 years of brainwashing by the good church..so even though public perception is being educated by Witches..who’s going to really believe what we say..those with the loudest voices will always get the upper hand..today people are less likely to be so closed minded ..but even so .who really wants a witch living next door to them.?.. But if the Church could and have its way..we’d be the first to be hunted down..so its best to work in silence...do you live in England..than you for sharing...B.B
@@Merlin7huna no I live in Tennessee Southern U S in a small historical town outside of Nashville There is a moderate pagan community in this area In comment sections of certain "truther" channels on TH-cam there is still a public perception that witches are devil worshippers and there are comments like burn the witches Hard to believe that such attitudes still exist. Thanks for your replys I like it when content creators personally reply to their viewers I subbed to your channel and am looking foward to more videos☺
Laura Strobel Thank you Laura Nashville..not been south..live up north Philadelphia..used to live in Warwickshire England..moved here 7 years ago..was a good friend of William G Gray author of many occult books..and have many real genuine witch friends in England..it seems very different on American soil..I’m still learning all the amazing plants and lovely herbs that grow here..and the trees have so many varieties than England..hey..we just love the trees our friends..good communicating with you..always willing to learn new things..will be making some more films..is there anything you think needs a look at in Witchcraft.? Let me know ..We Witches have to stick together..I don’t know how the community is in your area..but I feel up here there are many Christians..I dont mind them..but I m not comfortable with the church who dictate and try to control everything..I’m a free spirit as you are ..and my spirit yearns for truth,,love..and light..as all who seek the source..blessed be...Merlin.
Very impressive responses by the Farrars. I wonder how many of the audience went on to find out more about what was discussed! A charming and erudite couple.
Woah I actually didn't know they were the authors. I have to ask, is the woman still around? The man looked pretty old so sadly I imagine he no longer is. This was in the 80's right?
Janet and Stewart are masters and obviously very educated about the world. They are examples to the public and everything they said is happening in our present time. Beautifully stated.
RMarko Dardanis Thanks for your appreciation and compliments...the fararars are respected real witches of the craft..who reveal the true roots of witchcraft... as of today the craft is becoming commercialized and being diluted by those with the loudest voice.and self made plastic witches...thank you for your wise input...All good Magick!
That's Krishnan Guru Murthy, he's a very famous t.v interviewer now, famous for being super rude, he completely enraged Quentin Tarintino, he has always been this way I see from this video lmfao
A very, very well written, dare I say crafted, book -- it is a really good read. Raymond Buckland's "Complete Book Of Witchcraft" (commonly referred to as 'Big Blue') is, in my opinion, another very good read. The Farrar's were practitioners of the Alexanderian Tradition (of Wicca), whereas Buckland was a practitioner of the Gardnerian Tradition, but these two traditions were quite similar with only a few minor differences. I respect (and admire) both the Farrars and Buckland.
Thanks for posting this, its really good, Stewart Farrar seemed like such a lovely gentleman and Janet looks really beautiful here, she is such a smart classy lady and I do like her dress!
Silver Thank you for your kind comments..yes Janet is what you say and very much down to earth and a wise one..as was the late Stewart..this was recorded on BBC2 In England..back in the late 80s..I used to video any of these type of programs on witchcraft thank you..B.B..all good Magick.
I find that these two are very patient people who take the time to answer these idiotic questions calmly and thoroughly. and, indeed, while these questions sound cruddy and rude and mildly degrading, they come from those who should answer them the most, kids. I don't follow this particular path of witchcraft but I do relate in some ways to what they are talking about and sometimes you have to sift through the stupid questions to get your points across. These kids may sound rude but they are genuinely curious, even going as far as correcting themselves sometimes if they come off rudely or if their point wasn't clear enough. And the two witches are patient and respectful despite the snotty questions and scoffs. Kids, especially christian kids, need to learn that their world is shockingly narrow and that the greater world has so much more going on and they need to learn to accept this or else prepare themselves for a world of self inflicted hurt. I wish this sort of thing was still done today and not just on you tube or as a crappy segment on the news made up of jokes and stereotypes.
I fear some of the youngsters in the audience will by now be militant religious fanatics :( Even though this interview was conducted over 20 years ago, I find it very apt. Being a Wicce & witch myself, I agree with almost everything said by Janet & Stewart. It'is my firm belief never to spill the blood of any living being in sacrifice or ritual. My pagan friends & I practice witchcraft and magick according to the only rule all pagans adhere to: "An it harm none" (An=as long as, old English)
This is a very interesting discussion, and very informative on the subject of wicca. Way much more relevant than many of the biased documentaries that were made about it. Wicca is a religious way of viewing the world, a way of life and you can see here that the Farrars take their lifestyle very serious. It's quite brave of them to come in public and challenge all the bogus claims of a link with satanism. Is it not strange that when the subject is war nobody takes the word satanism in the mouth?
Although I respect the Farrars, it is accepted as fact today that Wicca wasn't truly modeled after the Druids and "ancient practices". In fact, they borrowed from different cultures and previous occult systems and claim Christianity is wrong for doing the same. Wicca is also the "daughter" of Thelema. The tools also are not simply for the practices she states: example, the athame. It is a knife, therefore it can be used in ANY cutting operation. Though no one wants a huge gash in their hand with an infection.
Yes some Masonic aspects were included in modern Wiccan ritual, as were some high magic components. You need to remember that in the past much that was done had been lost. 'What Witches Do' was Stuart's first -journalistic- book he wasn't Wiccan when he wrote it so it lacks some accuracy.
The only way to truly deal with those questions is to be articulate and informative. We may find these questions a bit irritation and ofensive sometimes but I blame the disinformation and the media for misguiding people and that's why witches/pagan/wiccans receive a bad rep. Slowly, but surely, the craft of the wise will find a place in our society if we keep ourselves reasonable and harming none. That's what I believe, anyway =)
She may be ignorant about the system of her coven was base on ritual magic which Aleister Crowley practiced, but at least she admitted there are occult orders and there are witches who practice black magic, unlike so many other wiccans who constantly denying the existence of harmful magic and how witchcraft is nice and kind and all light.
+bailey guan did you even watch the video? She said it Aleister wasn't a witch and no coven would accept him. And she didn't admit to occult orders of black/white magic. She said those who use the practice for selfish or harmful ways weren't witches at all. They are people who read some books who practice without even all the information. We are the ones (non-witch) who have classified ALL those who learn the craft as the same thing. This lady just told us our error. We made a mistake by saying those who practice magic with ill intent were witches. They are not. They need their own title. Religious people would hate if we classified them as religious people. They like to have their own identity. "I'm Catholic", "I'm Born Again", "I'm Anglican", "I'm Pentecostal!", "I'm Muslim", "I'm Buddhist".... They all worship god. Regardless the name of god. They fight between them to prove which one is better because they all fall under the same classification. So there are Religious People and Witches as 2 separate classifications. Just as The Religious declare themselves in subclasses and sub those subs into denominations, so should we subclass the practice of magic. But they don't need to sub those subs because it would be (according to the lady in the video) a case of those who follow the code and those who don't. This is my first video on this subject so I don't really know if they need to sub sub. I only have this video for reference. But it sounds so clear to me that Witches quite amazing people who live by a very different reality than The Religious ones. Different is never bad it's just different. So that doesn't mean they are wrong or weird or scary or threatening. They are just different people to the Religious ones. What an amazing video! I'm going to watch some more.
+S Lidbetter You need to do some research on this lady (Janet Farrar) and the system of her coven, which is Alexandrian coven. Janet Farrar was initiated by Alex Sanders, the founder of Alexandrian Wicca, in 1970. Alex Sanders was once a member of the Gardnerian Coven, which belonged to Gerald Gardner, the founder of modern witchcraft, which is called Wicca. Gerald Gardner adapted many teachings and rituals from Aleister Crowley, for example, the DO WHAT THOU WILL YE HARM NONE was a edited version of Crowley's DO WHAT THOU WILL SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW. Why would Aleister Crowley want to become a Wiccan? the earliest system of modern witchcraft was practically based on his writings, Gerald Gardner even mentioned that Crowley never had interests of modern witchcraft. Alexandrian Wicca is the most ritualistic practice of Wicca there has ever been, a lot of their practices came from medieval grimoires and ritual magic which has no relation to witchcraft. Janet Farrar can represent Wiccans but she can't represent witches, witchcraft is not a religion but one of many magical practices, and you don't have to be religious to practice witchcraft, Wicca has a strong moral code so it forbid its followers to do anything harmful with magic but witchcraft has no saying of anything like this whatsoever, once you master the technique you can do anything with it, including curses and baneful magic, so if you really want to study witchcraft, you need to do more research on the subject Wicca and witchcraft rather than just watching interviews, you'll be surprise how much they contradict sometimes.
yes i noticed how they tried to diminish the fact that there is a lot of black magic wiccans/satanists/luciferians ect , at the beginning she said those are very few and at the end of the video they both said they dont know how many there is ....
Instant magic, is like asking for an evangelical preacher to do a miracle healing. Even though some preachers claim and show miraculous healings in tent revivals, up on investigation, there would be the " healed people," that were never ill, yet pretended to be ill and faked a healing with the preacher. All to deceive the masses, for converting them into believing. Wicca doesn't deceive.
7:30 Janet, c'mon... you KNOW that is what we have done for centuries. A Witch who cannot harm, also cannot heal. "Harm none" is NOT an "old law". It's a law Gardner came up with because he wanted to repress Witches.
@@chuckfriebe843 granted, I last commented on this video 2 years or so ago and a lot can be learned in that time. There are still things with which I do and do not agree with here (ie: Farrar distinguishing witchcraft as a whole between black and white), but at the same time, she and Stewart may just be talking like this to appease these very-Christian people so absorbed in their mindset that all of this just would not make sense otherwise. These are the kind of people who, if they had their hands on obscure occult publications etc, they would not know anything at all save for what they do know. The unknown is scary. Imagine being them in the audience with practitioners in front of them answering questions- they're only going to take and chew what resonates with them in the end.
Yeeaah, it tends to still happen. I mean it is easy to overlook but if someone is getting specific they should definitely be corrected. How's your Craft going? I hope you've learned a lot and had many successes!
EI, Ba al, and Yahweh were the three original Hebrew gods, Asteroth being the Goddess, and wife of EL. after the Babylonian exile, the priesthood did away with the other gods keeping only Yahweh.
Exactly. Christians are ignorant of this. It's not a vengeful god that is the issue but a vengeful priesthood. That and the fact Christianity has Pagan roots.
They made profit from books alright: books full of Dennis-Wheatleyworld bullshit about "White" vs "Black" Magic, Karmic rewards & punishments, Wiccan "thou-shalt-nots" & a not-too-thinly disguised Christian framework of morality dubbed "Witch Ethics", which designated any use of Magic power for personal gain, empowerment or retribution/vengeance as "Black" Magic. People bought the books only to discover that just about any Ritual beyond picking flowers to rub on one's piles meant Devil Worship.
The Farrars wrote "What Witches Do", a guide for all aspiring "White" Witches everywhere. Imprisoned in Alexandrianism's Christian-based "Good vs Evil" Universe, the Farrars wrote that many of the women tortured & burnt alive during the Medieval Witch Craze must have been guilty of practising "Black" Magic - by the very fact that they had ended up in torture chambers or on bonfires. One nauseating example of the self-righteous, warped nature of the Christianity-based "White" Witchcraft mindset.
For the longest time the Church's views on magic was Platonic, allowing for a gray area. Then it switched to Aristotelianism, which saw witchcraft of any kind as bad--just in time for the burning times.
As for Crowley exactly he was a magician of as she said correctly ritual magick but he took the dark path even into the darkest sides of sex magick he failed in his quest on the abra melyn magick cutting the ritual before it was finished which brought great bad luck to him for such a serious ritual to be left on half is an afront to god ! He cut the ritual in half by 9 mths short of the finish . He found it to strict and punishing to complete it .
world,i aint witch or anything like that but want to say ignorance is the bigest enemy of human race just try to hear of this nice two without any bullshit that you learn from christian,muslim or judeist ...wiseguys think by your self for a few minuts if you cant then i m sorry for you-they every word got a something -good people who know what they do in life thats it -just be free!!!!!!
5:38 actually Janet... Crowley founded the religion that yours was inspired off of. So YES, he can be brought into the picture. Don't disregard your origin, because your rituals etc all came from HIM. and THELEMA.
I know your post is old. However, Aleister Crowley was a satanist and a dark magick practitioner. He had nothing to do with Wicca, let alone the old religions of Paganism or Heathenism and witchcraft. Simply not true. Gardener was the originator of Wicca beginning in the late 40s and early 50s. There are witches that are Wiccan, but not all witches are Wiccan.
@@chuckfriebe843 you're right in that Gardner founded Wicca BUT Crowley did lend a hand in writing the very first BOS, including his ideas into it, until Valiente took out his stuff and put her own into it.
Helena Leitora Thanks for sharing.. Yes they are young students ..remember back in those days there wasn’t much about witchcraft available to young folk..it was a closed book..and many were exposed only by the media and tv propaganda against witchcraft being involved with the darker side of black magic...it was a rare treat for genuine Witches to be interviewed on T.V..
@@Merlin7huna Hello! I agree with you, but still...they are TEENAGERS. She was constantly interrupting their questions and behaving as if she was being attacked. Once again, they were teenagers. Wtf, that woman had no sense of maturity. :-/
Worshipping nature will lead no where. Nature is gods creation. You should worship god not his creation. Heal the sick in the name of the father and of the son and the holy spirit.❤
This seems so scripted. The answers and questions are well thought out, and the audience seems to have more knowledge than the average person on the subject. Or, perhaps the audience members attended because they had read on the subject before and were asking questions to clarify on their skepticism? It is interesting to hear their responses, especially regarding Aleister Crowley's role. It does seem like a PR opportunity.
Because you don’t know God, you cherry pick verses from the Bible, witchcraft is a contradictory spirit the Holy Spirit… trying to reconstruct the Bible to fit…..
So ritual magick in its purest form is the development of ones own spiritual connection to GOD IN THE HIGHEST FORM , in fact in the beginning of church teachings there were many rituals which are related to magick rituals as for witch craft its of the lower magick or natural magick .
Why on EARTH did they have to use music from Enya's "the celts" for this documentary? How ignorant! Wicca has NOTHING to do with the Celts and even more so NOTHING to do with druidry! UGGH!!
Wicca is witchcraft, and has connection to the Celtic druids. Historically, witchcraft is a general terms that applies to many practices in the occult and paganism. Read "The Kingdom of the Occult," by Martin.
If that is witchcraft then I would rather experience ceremonial Magick! There is both good and bad on earth and trying to stick just to the good is idiotic,This lady is far too up her own backside
Yes and no. I agree and disagree with this statement. There really is no ultimate authority on what is good or bad and context can play a role. At the same time, you're not wrong. The idea that witchcraft is all sunshine and rainbows and that just being positive is the answer while ignoring the negative aspects of life is absolutely silly. You have to find balance within both. Negative things happen, bad things happen. Even "evil" things happen if you want to look at it that way, and they still will happen whether you choose to notice them or not. So if Janet thought this, which i'm not sure if she did, I would agree she was misinformed at the time and practicing with that mentality could hinder your magick more than help it.
Janet, I love you. Sharp, cool, and nobody's fool. Beautiful in every way.
Yes!!! She’s so graceful! And cool headed
A wonderfully inspiring interview! Both Janet and Stewart were way ahead of their time on ALL the issues they discussed...incredible people!
Bealtaine Cottage Agree.
Young Krishnan Guru Murthy- he was a gobby prick even back then. The couple whether you share their belief or not are intelligent, well mannered and patient in answering the questions. Very fascinating people.
matthew coombs
Thank you for sharing..
I give them props for being so intellectual and patient. She's beautiful
Wonderful, magical couple (the Farrars) - Janet is a most beautiful woman and I love to hear her talk and watch her expressions. I read their book - "The Witch's Bible" many years ago and I feel it has had an immensely positive influence upon my thinking ever since.
"A" Witches bible. Not "the" an important distinction. but, yes, an amazing couple, and they did write some amazing books.
They were so gracious throught this interview.
The girl in the audience didn't mention that the bible was altered during translation into English by King James who had a personal fear of witches. He manipulated religion to suit his own requirements.
+Adam Zapple Spot on mate!
You tell the truth my friend.
@@Ravenoflight2275 do you know why he feared witches?
@@johnDoe-yt4bx no, why did he fear witches?
Adam,she also didn't mention that James VI was paranoid
thanks for posting this. Isn't Janet a love!
No.
Their book “the witches bible” was a great contribution to the Wiccan path.
Brilliant video! Thanks for posting.
From WikiPedia: "Krishnan Guru-Murthy first appeared on the BBC's programme Open to Question in 1988. So there ya go.
I wonder if any of those young aspiring journalists have become interested in the Craft in the past 25 years, as Janet predicted they would...
And Janet: phwoar!
And what an A*hole he is >.
Just beautiful segment,thank you for uploading,blessed be my brother and sister
Kenneth Gambone
Thank you...would love to broadcast more about the Farrar s they have done much good work teaching the craft..have a feastive Yule...drink copious amounts of ale..cheers.. !..and Goddess Bless!
I love the Farrars I've read all there books thanks so much for the post
I've met Janet in person, she truly is a very interesting person.
I also did. Very nice lady ! Gaven was there. I miss her and Stewart though.
Love these 2 Never seen an interview with them before What a treat Thanks for this Blessed Be. )O(
Laura Strobel
Thanks for sharing..
Pleased you like this..was recorded back in the 1980s on bbc2 Uk...a program that was aired around 6pm..BBc2 seemed to have unusual programs at this time ...they are two respected wise witches.and have many excellent books published too..all good Magick..Blessed Be.
@@Merlin7huna Janet and Stewart were cool Intelligent folk who helped bring the Craft out of the shadows I was scrolling through the comment section and saw a lot of negative comments about them Pity. Looks like the more things change the more they stay the same The Craft is sacred and should be a safe place for followers. Isn't there enough discord among other world religons and the world at large? It hurts my heart but as Cybil Leek stated the Craft is there for those who need it ... It's personal to me and the infighting is unbecoming Anyway thanks for your upload Blessed Be😃💝🎆🌃
Laura Strobel
Yes Laura there is a lot of opinions about them..you know public perception about Witchcraft wasn’t very positive at that time.,..remember there was a lot in the newspaper trying to show anything to do with the occult was condemned as satanic or works of the Devil..which is absurd!
Also Chris Bray at the Sorcerers Apprentice Occult shop in Leeds was also being persecuted by the Fundamentalists..and got fire bombed..A lot was going on to out law the witches in England..Janet and Stewart were very brave to be interviewed on live tv..but they did educate a small audience..but remember it’s not easy to erase nearly 2,000 years of brainwashing by the good church..so even though public perception is being educated by Witches..who’s going to really believe what we say..those with the loudest voices will always get the upper hand..today people are less likely to be so closed minded ..but even so .who really wants a witch living next door to them.?..
But if the Church could and have its way..we’d be the first to be hunted down..so its best to work in silence...do you live in England..than you for sharing...B.B
@@Merlin7huna no I live in Tennessee Southern U S in a small historical town outside of Nashville There is a moderate pagan community in this area In comment sections of certain "truther" channels on TH-cam there is still a public perception that witches are devil worshippers and there are comments like burn the witches Hard to believe that such attitudes still exist. Thanks for your replys I like it when content creators personally reply to their viewers I subbed to your channel and am looking foward to more videos☺
Laura Strobel
Thank you Laura
Nashville..not been south..live up north Philadelphia..used to live in Warwickshire England..moved here 7 years ago..was a good friend of William G Gray author of many occult books..and have many real genuine witch friends in England..it seems very different on American soil..I’m still learning all the amazing plants and lovely herbs that grow here..and the trees have so many varieties than England..hey..we just love the trees our friends..good communicating with you..always willing to learn new things..will be making some more films..is there anything you think needs a look at in Witchcraft.?
Let me know ..We Witches have to stick together..I don’t know how the community is in your area..but I feel up here there are many Christians..I dont mind them..but I m not comfortable with the church who dictate and try to control everything..I’m a free spirit as you are ..and my spirit yearns for truth,,love..and light..as all who seek the source..blessed be...Merlin.
Very impressive responses by the Farrars. I wonder how many of the audience went on to find out more about what was discussed! A charming and erudite couple.
Great program - thanks for posting.
Their book “the witches bible” was a great contribution to the pagan's and wiccans.
Agreed A copy was gifted to me by my close Wiccan friend and I will treasure it always A tome of scholarly proportions
Woah I actually didn't know they were the authors. I have to ask, is the woman still around? The man looked pretty old so sadly I imagine he no longer is. This was in the 80's right?
Cody42693 The last I heard Janet was living in Ireland, and sadly Stewart is no longer with us,a huge lose for the pagan community.
Janet and Stewart are masters and obviously very educated about the world. They are examples to the public and everything they said is happening in our present time. Beautifully stated.
Lovely folks the fararar's, great insight, this compliment is coming from a Gardnerian.. BB
RMarko Dardanis
Thanks for your appreciation and compliments...the fararars are respected real witches of the craft..who reveal the true roots of witchcraft... as of today the craft is becoming commercialized and being diluted by those with the loudest voice.and self made plastic witches...thank you for your wise input...All good Magick!
This program was recorded on BBC2 on around 6pm in the late 1980s ..
21:05 Rude and ignorant young man.
Agreed
That's Krishnan Guru Murthy, he's a very famous t.v interviewer now, famous for being super rude, he completely enraged Quentin Tarintino, he has always been this way I see from this video lmfao
I think what I find most attractive about these people is their connection
with the earth; the intimacy that they have with the environment.
A very, very well written, dare I say crafted, book -- it is a really good read. Raymond Buckland's "Complete Book Of Witchcraft" (commonly referred to as 'Big Blue') is, in my opinion, another very good read. The Farrar's were practitioners of the Alexanderian Tradition (of Wicca), whereas Buckland was a practitioner of the Gardnerian Tradition, but these two traditions were quite similar with only a few minor differences. I respect (and admire) both the Farrars and Buckland.
I love these two! Great video. I also like Janet’s outfit
Good Response Janet and Happy regards to you and Stewart in his higher parallel.......
Krishnan Guru Murthy??!!! Haaaahahahahah, I did not expect that!!!! He's so wet behind the ears! Good to see where he started out!
Wow, I'm glad that I stumbled across this! Thank you for sharing.
AWESOME - I LOVE THE FARRARS
she's so beautiful
Excellent...they made a Tulpa (artificial elemental) named Mara to protect seal pups.
Christopher Robinson
Thank you for sharing..good Magick.
Demeter Rhea Hecate Persiphone. Auset Ashera Aradia blessed be SHE! Thank you for this talk on the ancient tradition of the wise ones.
Yehudah Hachassid
Thank you for sharing your opinions..Blessed be SHE!
@@Merlin7huna And blessed be HE!
I love the Farrars x
Thanks for posting this, its really good, Stewart Farrar seemed like such a lovely gentleman and Janet looks really beautiful here, she is such a smart classy lady and I do like her dress!
Silver
Thank you for your kind comments..yes Janet is what you say and very much down to earth and a wise one..as was the late Stewart..this was recorded on BBC2 In England..back in the late 80s..I used to video any of these type of programs on witchcraft
thank you..B.B..all good Magick.
@@Merlin7huna Bright Blessings to you also:) your videos are very much appreciated:)
Very good interview thank you
They handled all of those questions very well! For the sake of understanding they could have given basic information but this was very well done
This was filmed in a very different England. They said as much as the broadcasters would have aired then.
It's painfully hard to listen to bible brainwashed people make up questions and refer to things so literally. Don't don't get metaphor or anything.
Melissa Martell I totally agree...smh
@@sarajolley9488 Same here
But they turned up to ask... I think they're searching amd found great answers from people with integrity.
I recognise at least one face from the BBC news dept.
Even more painful is one person using the Bible as a weapon: bringing it and selectively quoting from it as if that would settle everything.
30:16 She was right
I find that these two are very patient people who take the time to answer these idiotic questions calmly and thoroughly. and, indeed, while these questions sound cruddy and rude and mildly degrading, they come from those who should answer them the most, kids. I don't follow this particular path of witchcraft but I do relate in some ways to what they are talking about and sometimes you have to sift through the stupid questions to get your points across. These kids may sound rude but they are genuinely curious, even going as far as correcting themselves sometimes if they come off rudely or if their point wasn't clear enough. And the two witches are patient and respectful despite the snotty questions and scoffs. Kids, especially christian kids, need to learn that their world is shockingly narrow and that the greater world has so much more going on and they need to learn to accept this or else prepare themselves for a world of self inflicted hurt. I wish this sort of thing was still done today and not just on you tube or as a crappy segment on the news made up of jokes and stereotypes.
Mi-aș dori tare mult o traducere a acestei emisiuni în lb română!
I fear some of the youngsters in the audience will by now be militant religious fanatics :( Even though this interview was conducted over 20 years ago, I find it very apt. Being a Wicce & witch myself, I agree with almost everything said by Janet & Stewart. It'is my firm belief never to spill the blood of any living being in sacrifice or ritual. My pagan friends & I practice witchcraft and magick according to the only rule all pagans adhere to: "An it harm none" (An=as long as, old English)
I liked it 😁 peace ✌️☮️
Wonderful video 🤗💖💖💖💖
Katt the HedgeWytch
Thanks ..happy you enjoyed this film..Good Magick!
great video!
Thanks for sharing
Hey man, if it harm none, git down wid it, son!
This is a very interesting discussion, and very informative on the subject of wicca. Way much more relevant than many of the biased documentaries that were made about it. Wicca is a religious way of viewing the world, a way of life and you can see here that the Farrars take their lifestyle very serious. It's quite brave of them to come in public and challenge all the bogus claims of a link with satanism. Is it not strange that when the subject is war nobody takes the word satanism in the mouth?
Although I respect the Farrars, it is accepted as fact today that Wicca wasn't truly modeled after the Druids and "ancient practices". In fact, they borrowed from different cultures and previous occult systems and claim Christianity is wrong for doing the same. Wicca is also the "daughter" of Thelema. The tools also are not simply for the practices she states: example, the athame. It is a knife, therefore it can be used in ANY cutting operation. Though no one wants a huge gash in their hand with an infection.
Yes some Masonic aspects were included in modern Wiccan ritual, as were some high magic components. You need to remember that in the past much that was done had been lost. 'What Witches Do' was Stuart's first -journalistic- book he wasn't Wiccan when he wrote it so it lacks some accuracy.
Gerald Gardner a Mason so there you are.
They seem very intelligent. I expected them to be more kooky, but they do seem to have their heads screwed on right.
Very mesmerizing video.
Such an ignorant audience... Farrars were lovely and showed strength
To be fair they are very young but they are well behaved and good listeners Wish I could have been there😉
The only way to truly deal with those questions is to be articulate and informative. We may find these questions a bit irritation and ofensive sometimes but I blame the disinformation and the media for misguiding people and that's why witches/pagan/wiccans receive a bad rep. Slowly, but surely, the craft of the wise will find a place in our society if we keep ourselves reasonable and harming none. That's what I believe, anyway =)
She may be ignorant about the system of her coven was base on ritual magic which Aleister Crowley practiced, but at least she admitted there are occult orders and there are witches who practice black magic, unlike so many other wiccans who constantly denying the existence of harmful magic and how witchcraft is nice and kind and all light.
+bailey guan did you even watch the video? She said it Aleister wasn't a witch and no coven would accept him. And she didn't admit to occult orders of black/white magic. She said those who use the practice for selfish or harmful ways weren't witches at all. They are people who read some books who practice without even all the information.
We are the ones (non-witch) who have classified ALL those who learn the craft as the same thing. This lady just told us our error. We made a mistake by saying those who practice magic with ill intent were witches. They are not. They need their own title. Religious people would hate if we classified them as religious people. They like to have their own identity. "I'm Catholic", "I'm Born Again", "I'm Anglican", "I'm Pentecostal!", "I'm Muslim", "I'm Buddhist".... They all worship god. Regardless the name of god. They fight between them to prove which one is better because they all fall under the same classification. So there are Religious People and Witches as 2 separate classifications. Just as The Religious declare themselves in subclasses and sub those subs into denominations, so should we subclass the practice of magic. But they don't need to sub those subs because it would be (according to the lady in the video) a case of those who follow the code and those who don't. This is my first video on this subject so I don't really know if they need to sub sub. I only have this video for reference. But it sounds so clear to me that Witches quite amazing people who live by a very different reality than The Religious ones. Different is never bad it's just different. So that doesn't mean they are wrong or weird or scary or threatening. They are just different people to the Religious ones. What an amazing video! I'm going to watch some more.
+S Lidbetter You need to do some research on this lady (Janet Farrar) and the system of her coven, which is Alexandrian coven. Janet Farrar was initiated by Alex Sanders, the founder of Alexandrian Wicca, in 1970. Alex Sanders was once a member of the Gardnerian Coven, which belonged to Gerald Gardner, the founder of modern witchcraft, which is called Wicca. Gerald Gardner adapted many teachings and rituals from Aleister Crowley, for example, the DO WHAT THOU WILL YE HARM NONE was a edited version of Crowley's DO WHAT THOU WILL SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW. Why would Aleister Crowley want to become a Wiccan? the earliest system of modern witchcraft was practically based on his writings, Gerald Gardner even mentioned that Crowley never had interests of modern witchcraft. Alexandrian Wicca is the most ritualistic practice of Wicca there has ever been, a lot of their practices came from medieval grimoires and ritual magic which has no relation to witchcraft. Janet Farrar can represent Wiccans but she can't represent witches, witchcraft is not a religion but one of many magical practices, and you don't have to be religious to practice witchcraft, Wicca has a strong moral code so it forbid its followers to do anything harmful with magic but witchcraft has no saying of anything like this whatsoever, once you master the technique you can do anything with it, including curses and baneful magic, so if you really want to study witchcraft, you need to do more research on the subject Wicca and witchcraft rather than just watching interviews, you'll be surprise how much they contradict sometimes.
+bailey guan thank you. I will do some research.
yes i noticed how they tried to diminish the fact that there is a lot of black magic wiccans/satanists/luciferians ect , at the beginning she said those are very few and at the end of the video they both said they dont know how many there is ....
Crowley helped Gardner write his book, rituals etc , Crowley wasn't really interested in milk and water magick
Instant magic, is like asking for an evangelical preacher to do a miracle healing. Even though some preachers claim and show miraculous healings in tent revivals, up on investigation, there would be the " healed people," that were never ill, yet pretended to be ill and faked a healing with the preacher. All to deceive the masses, for converting them into believing. Wicca doesn't deceive.
What year was this? I'm guessing the 80's..
1987 I think.
Besides the video being great can we talk about janets outfit 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🔥❤️🙏🏾
7:30 Janet, c'mon... you KNOW that is what we have done for centuries. A Witch who cannot harm, also cannot heal. "Harm none" is NOT an "old law". It's a law Gardner came up with because he wanted to repress Witches.
Hear, hear!
I agree. Wicca is just a contemporary packaging of the old witchcraft.
@@chuckfriebe843 granted, I last commented on this video 2 years or so ago and a lot can be learned in that time. There are still things with which I do and do not agree with here (ie: Farrar distinguishing witchcraft as a whole between black and white), but at the same time, she and Stewart may just be talking like this to appease these very-Christian people so absorbed in their mindset that all of this just would not make sense otherwise. These are the kind of people who, if they had their hands on obscure occult publications etc, they would not know anything at all save for what they do know. The unknown is scary. Imagine being them in the audience with practitioners in front of them answering questions- they're only going to take and chew what resonates with them in the end.
kh22912 well said.
@YouTubin' but no witches really have to follow it. You cannot have nice people without assholes. There is balance for a reason
love this!
How can you ask witches to guide you through magic to get wealth?
There is no priesthood of witchcraft.
Beautiful to watch history, however in these times, very outdated. They are still equating Wicca to Witch, which these days is not the case.
A Vegan Witch
Thank you for viewing..yes they mix them up ..confusing.
Yeeaah, it tends to still happen. I mean it is easy to overlook but if someone is getting specific they should definitely be corrected.
How's your Craft going? I hope you've learned a lot and had many successes!
EI, Ba al, and Yahweh were the three original Hebrew gods, Asteroth being the Goddess, and wife of EL. after the Babylonian exile, the priesthood did away with the other gods keeping only Yahweh.
Exactly. Christians are ignorant of this. It's not a vengeful god that is the issue but a vengeful priesthood. That and the fact Christianity has Pagan roots.
Great video, although I do worry about the amount of hairspray that is in the audience. Just don't spark a cigarette!
what year did this interview take place? by the clothes and hairstyles it looks to be the 80"s???
As far as I can remember it was the early 1980s..it was aired on BBC2 around 6pm.
Thankyou
Some of these questions are ridiculous (most of them)
They made profit from books alright: books full of Dennis-Wheatleyworld bullshit about "White" vs "Black" Magic, Karmic rewards & punishments, Wiccan "thou-shalt-nots" & a not-too-thinly disguised Christian framework of morality dubbed "Witch Ethics", which designated any use of Magic power for personal gain, empowerment or retribution/vengeance as "Black" Magic. People bought the books only to discover that just about any Ritual beyond picking flowers to rub on one's piles meant Devil Worship.
Barry Mac, I realize your post is four years old. Hopefully you've actually read the book by now and seen how ignorant your original post is.
They take on Christ. 😢😢😢
Hay Janet. Jesus is the way the truth and the life. ❤ Turn to Christ for eternal life ❤
A v young (and v rude/disrespectful!) Krishnan Guru-Murthy in the audience there....
Sheeeeit! I wouldn't put at curse on someone, but if someone stepped to me I'd have to regulate.
David Thomerson
Thanks for sharing ..Merlin.
The Farrars wrote "What Witches Do", a guide for all aspiring "White" Witches everywhere. Imprisoned in Alexandrianism's Christian-based "Good vs Evil" Universe, the Farrars wrote that many of the women tortured & burnt alive during the Medieval Witch Craze must have been guilty of practising "Black" Magic - by the very fact that they had ended up in torture chambers or on bonfires. One nauseating example of the self-righteous, warped nature of the Christianity-based "White" Witchcraft mindset.
For the longest time the Church's views on magic was Platonic, allowing for a gray area. Then it switched to Aristotelianism, which saw witchcraft of any kind as bad--just in time for the burning times.
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If were't for Christian the devil would't exist ?
Kevin Beckenham
Thanks for sharing ..so true!
As for Crowley exactly he was a magician of as she said correctly ritual magick but he took the dark path even into the darkest sides of sex magick he failed in his quest on the abra melyn magick cutting the ritual before it was finished which brought great bad luck to him for such a serious ritual to be left on half is an afront to god ! He cut the ritual in half by 9 mths short of the finish . He found it to strict and punishing to complete it .
Did Janet call it right when she said by the year 2000 witchcraft will be in every house .. Harry Potter ? And so much more
Cathy Martin McGoey
Thanks for sharing ..
Harry Potter is not witchcraft it's fantasy.
world,i aint witch or anything like that but want to say ignorance is the bigest enemy of human race just try to hear of this nice two without any bullshit that you learn from christian,muslim or judeist ...wiseguys think by your self for a few minuts if you cant then i m sorry for you-they every word got a something -good people who know what they do in life thats it -just be free!!!!!!
Don't waste your time. Jesus is the way the truth and the life❤
To you. Not everyone agrees. Let people believe what they want, nobody is telling you what to do are they?
I'm with Pagyptsian .. So much OT refrence O.o but they handled it. Goodness I love Janet ^_^
Gramps got a young hottie...well done
5:38 actually Janet... Crowley founded the religion that yours was inspired off of. So YES, he can be brought into the picture. Don't disregard your origin, because your rituals etc all came from HIM. and THELEMA.
Nothing to do with Gerald Gardner then??
I know your post is old. However, Aleister Crowley was a satanist and a dark magick practitioner. He had nothing to do with Wicca, let alone the old religions of Paganism or Heathenism and witchcraft. Simply not true. Gardener was the originator of Wicca beginning in the late 40s and early 50s. There are witches that are Wiccan, but not all witches are Wiccan.
@@chuckfriebe843 you're right in that Gardner founded Wicca BUT Crowley did lend a hand in writing the very first BOS, including his ideas into it, until Valiente took out his stuff and put her own into it.
kh22912 👍
Does anybody know in which year this was boradcast?
***** 1980s or very early 1990s (they played some Enya at the beginning dating from 1986 and re-released in 1992)
That’s Martin basheer whatever his name is.
I found her way too cold. These are only teenagers. It isnt their fault of being ignorant. They are making normal questions.
Helena Leitora
Thanks for sharing..
Yes they are young students ..remember back in those days there wasn’t much about witchcraft available to young folk..it was a closed book..and many were exposed only by the media and tv propaganda against witchcraft being involved with the darker side of black magic...it was a rare treat for genuine Witches to be interviewed on T.V..
@@Merlin7huna Hello! I agree with you, but still...they are TEENAGERS. She was constantly interrupting their questions and behaving as if she was being attacked. Once again, they were teenagers. Wtf, that woman had no sense of maturity. :-/
Helena Leitora
Thank you for sharing your insights..Blessed Be.
Worshipping nature will lead no where. Nature is gods creation. You should worship god not his creation. Heal the sick in the name of the father and of the son and the holy spirit.❤
This seems so scripted. The answers and questions are well thought out, and the audience seems to have more knowledge than the average person on the subject. Or, perhaps the audience members attended because they had read on the subject before and were asking questions to clarify on their skepticism? It is interesting to hear their responses, especially regarding Aleister Crowley's role. It does seem like a PR opportunity.
Yes
Lot of ignorant folks in the audience. I hope they’ve gotten a clue since this interview.
Thank you for your interesting comments..
whats up with the hair styles in the group. lol. i guess they thought it looked cool.
I noticed that too--they looked like a bunch of Eloi, which I guess is appropriate.
Styles change over time
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You were nice.i would not try to explain shit to no christian.i don't care if a person thinks I'm evil that's there problem
Tawana Williams
Thanks for sharing..well said!
Awesome it has 666 likes.. now I kind of don't want to like it now lol
Because you don’t know God, you cherry pick verses from the Bible, witchcraft is a contradictory spirit the Holy Spirit… trying to reconstruct the Bible to fit…..
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So ritual magick in its purest form is the development of ones own spiritual connection to GOD IN THE HIGHEST FORM , in fact in the beginning of church teachings there were many rituals which are related to magick rituals as for witch craft its of the lower magick or natural magick .
Tradition witches used both ritual and folk magic. Historical witches used what was available or what they could afford.
Why on EARTH did they have to use music from Enya's "the celts" for this documentary? How ignorant! Wicca has NOTHING to do with the Celts and even more so NOTHING to do with druidry! UGGH!!
Wicca is witchcraft, and has connection to the Celtic druids. Historically, witchcraft is a general terms that applies to many practices in the occult and paganism. Read "The Kingdom of the Occult," by Martin.
@@albertvaldez8634 Absolutely no proof of this. Magic has more to do with Alexandria, Egypt than with the Celts or the Druids.
If that is witchcraft then I would rather experience ceremonial Magick! There is both good and bad on earth and trying to stick just to the good is idiotic,This lady is far too up her own backside
crm2507777
Thanks for sharing your opinions..
Yes and no. I agree and disagree with this statement. There really is no ultimate authority on what is good or bad and context can play a role. At the same time, you're not wrong. The idea that witchcraft is all sunshine and rainbows and that just being positive is the answer while ignoring the negative aspects of life is absolutely silly.
You have to find balance within both. Negative things happen, bad things happen. Even "evil" things happen if you want to look at it that way, and they still will happen whether you choose to notice them or not. So if Janet thought this, which i'm not sure if she did, I would agree she was misinformed at the time and practicing with that mentality could hinder your magick more than help it.
Lovely people. Truth seeker's.
I’m so tired of these christian thinking their religion is the best it’s not it’s the reason black people were so oppressed and brainwashed