Witchcraft Today is a non-fiction book written by
Gerald Gardner. Published in 1954,
Witchcraft Today recounts Gardner's thoughts on the history and the practices of the
witch-cult, and his claim to have met practising Witches in 1930s England. It also deals with his theory that the
Knights Templar had practised the religion, and that the belief in
faeries in ancient, mediaeval and early modern Europe is due to a secretive
pygmy race that lived alongside other communities.
Witchcraft Today is one of the foundational texts for the religion of
Wicca, along with Gardner's second book on the subject, 1959's
The Meaning of Witchcraft.