![]() ![]() Gerald Gardner, who founded Gardnerian Wicca, the best known tradition of witchcraft in the UK today, claimed he had been initiated to the craft by New Forest witch Dorothy Clutterbuck. Sybil Leek was not the first witch to be associated with The New Forest. It is definitely worth a visit if you are in the area. The village also contains a cider farm, some excellent restaurants and a tea shop called The Black Cat. As well as A Coven of Witches, other shops including Witchcraft and The Sorcerer's Apprentice have become well established selling occult paraphernalia and gifts with a magical theme. Burley's witchcraft heritage certainly seems to have helped it prosper. ![]() She also published several books on witchcraft, including Moon Signs and Cast Your Own Spell, and did much to raise people's awareness of the craft by talking about it to the press.Īlthough Sybil moved to America, where she died in 1982, her shop in Burley is still flourishing. ![]() ![]() Sybil claimed to come from a family of hereditary witches dating back to the 16th Century. This began during the 1950s, when witch Sybil Leek moved to the area and opened a shop called A Coven of Witches at the Cross, Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire. Burley, a pretty little village in the New Forest, southern England, is famous for its witches. ![]()
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