Presents the detailed and dramatic rituals for each of the eight Sabbats--theseasonal ceremonies and festivals intimately linked with the waxing and waningrhythms of the natural year. Using their Book of Shadows (the witch's inheritedhandbook) as their starting point, practicing witches Janet and Stewart haveadded mythological and folkloric material, much of it personally gathered. Tocomplete the picture, they also give in full detail the rituals for Casting andBanishing the Magic Circle, and the often misunderstood Great Rite ofmale-female polarity. They include moving rituals for Wiccaning (the witches'equivalent of Christening), Handfasting (the witch wedding), and Requiem(funeral). Photographs, illustrations.