European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By John Krueger is London Bureau with iiks1  Only Bubble these Days with detergent suds not trouble. The Only con Collinns nil lit Mare Alice stirs arc pm units. Anil if you i of stuck with u pin in Apple Humio it in insecticide. Witches inc working of Cili in to wipe away the evil car Kline ii Nalic thai has been associated with their or i t Down through Llu hum. In Britain. Hit Matur if Princl Iriti witches has been estimated it about 6.00 1. Leading the Campaign to make their activities More open is Haip hire journalist Arlhur Hirscu Ife a Mph or and Ufuti ii expert Sylvil . She sees no need Tor surrounding the cells or covens of witches in thick smokescreen now Ihal the Anli zilch Craft Laws 1735-1951 lire off the statute books. I shall spend the rest of my life trying i dispel the stupid Miho a ran inept of  she Hus declared. The quarterly Forest conclave when the Down members of it coven and their High priestess Convene to renew their energies by communing through nature with the supreme a Cong or life Force fire Moth rare quite Jolly to Falls  speaking for the Good old fashioned country wit Clies As contrasted with i Inion s sensationalist smart set practitioners mrs. Leek proclaimed i in cold like people to know that we Don t dunce around with nothing on or have  the Rural rites Complete with Stille ret chant Are conducted out in then All present being Bare Only aleut feet. It is also required that All make their Way to the Midnight gatherings by foot. The Winter Spring and Lummer feasts sabbaths or Sabbath take a Back  to the fall Hal Loween ceremony which pc dates the Christian All souls Observance As the night when ghosts and witches Are sup posed to be on the Loose. Mrs. Leek her High priestess implements such As atones and sword swathed with her in a Cape. It can get cold out in the Forest. Makes her Way accompanied by her we Lalni Jackdaw hot foot Jackson. Hot foot who got his name because he s such a Jara fan sometimes rides on his mistress head. He Only flies As a last resort. Such old standbys As a fiery caldron and trusty Broom of twigs Are functional for keeping warm and cleaning up As Well As symbolic features of this two Pagan pantheistic worship. Of the witches it has been noted the one thine they seem to have in common is a Mccline that before coming into the Craft their lives a in Antin a  is acc Ali  mus hand Lirian is a Strung Gampu Thi or bal not a convert. The rss Cnoc of hip of tilth la if Power of m silivc1 thinking. Living in  with  am of Whit it is i  for it think Rita of  certainly. Tho witches i have spoken to reported u London journalist. Sri in Pluira cleric to by direct Ness. Enrix a and Nicod   mrs. U Elk. A Well rounded woman in her 40s and lovingly addressed us you old with by her friends has Heen hop Scoti Hinn backhand Forth to the . Always with hot foot for publication of books on her life in the new Forest. To appearances lectures and meetings with american witches. As a to writer her self she Hus conic up with the Itura for a television series eni tiled dear Witch. Rpm he is Oik american a Columbia j 1 Niver Siviy professor Tio won t soon forget mrs. I Cik. She and hot foot demolished him when he tried to lecture in London on the topic that witches did not exist and never had. This brought rude squawks from hot foot and crush Ink retorts from the. Truick willed Hir priestess backed up by 100 fellow witches. Luckily for the harried professor curses and spells have gone out of Sty it. That witchcraft has something for everyone was aptly illustrated in the account from Essex about the publican s wife who cures hangovers with Witch  Power certainly deserves some sort of recognition in the witchcraft museum on the Isle of Man. Jackdaw perches on mrs. Leek s shoulder sword Cap arc. For Witch ceremonies. Is photos by Ted Rohde soil Leek. The Good Witch. Sons Stephen Ledi Brian Don i Leom to mind having a real Witch for their Mother. The stars and stripes p9 13