9^A HAWTHORNE RD

  BOOTLE L20 2DG

    MERSEYSIDE

DEAR ‘M’,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOST WELCOME LETTER. IT IS REALLY GOOD TO KNOW THAT AFTER SEARCHING SINCE I WAS SIXTEEN I HAVE AT LAST CONTACTED GENUINE WITCHE’S [sic].

I WAS IMPRESSSED, TO SAY THE LEAST, WHEN I READ ITEM No 9 IN T.W. THAT IS THE SORT OF PAGAN GROUP THAT I WOULD LIKE TO START ON MERSEYSIDE IF THERE IS ENOUGH PEOPLE INTERESTED. IF YOU COULD LET ME KNOW WHAT INFORMATION YOU WOULD REQUIRE TO PUBLISH AND ADVERTISEMENT I WOULD BE DEEPLY GRATEFUL. AT THE MOMENT I AM SEARCHING OUT

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A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR THE MEETING. PROBABLY A WELL KNOWN HOTEL OR PUB AS IN ITEM No 9.

I WOULD BE HONOURED TO MAKE THE JOURNEY TO SEE YOU AND YOUR H.P.s. AND AS YOU ARE BOTH OF THE THIRD I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW BUSY YOU BOTH ARE. I AM MARRIED WITH ONE CHILD AND AT THE MOMENT MY WIFE (IRENE) DOES NOT WANT TO BECOME A CRAFT MEMBER, BUT I KNOW A FRIEND WHO IS SEEKING INITIATION AND SHE MAY BE INTERESTED BUT IF SHE IS NOT I HOPE IT WILL NOT DETER YOU FROM ACCEPTING ME AS A BROTHER OF THE WICCA. THAT IS, IF I MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. AND ABOUT GARDNERIAN’S [sic], ARE THEY REALLY 800 YEARS OLD? YOU SEE I KNOW

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PRACTICALLY NOTHING ABOUT THEM APART [FROM] WHAT IS WRITTEN IN G.B. GARDNER’S ‘WITCHCRAFT TODAY’. ANYWAY GOODBYE FOR NOW, AND I HOPE YOUR CANDLEMAS CELEBRATIONS GO WELL.

“MAY THE BLESSINGS OF THE MIGHTY ONE’S [sic] BE WITH YOU.”

BLESSÉD BE.

E.C. Lawson