This is an article written about my impression of "The Truth About Witchcraft Today" by Scott Cunningham. To explain my comments I have to state something about myself that you don't really care to know. I have already been introduced to Wicca, I know many Wiccans, and I sometimes consider myself a Wiccan. But after reading this, the closest I could call myself would be “non-practicing Wiccan.” I hold Wiccan beliefs close to my heart but have never attempted to perform an act of magic, nor do I consider sabbats and esbats special. I didn't even know what esbats were until I read this book, and I thought there were only 4 sabbats, the ones aligned with the equinox and solstices. Having gotten this out of the way, perhaps some of my biases and opinions aren't so blatant or unreasonable. I found this book to be quite well written, except for the one major problem, which is why I titled my essay as I did. Argumentum ad nauseum is a logical fallacy that we recently talked about in Communications 1. Essentially, it means repetition of the argument form, which rarely works even on ignorant viewers, which is why it is rarely used. But Cunningham decided it would be good to use it, apparently, because the entire book is pretty much one big argument that "Wiccans are devil worshippers." Starting with the book's introduction, he says something along the lines of those same statements at least once per chapter. Probably twice per chapter on average. And it doesn't have a very long chapter. I know that Wicca is not a satanic, devil-worshipping cult, and I think anyone who has read the first 2 chapters will side with that opinion or not change their opinion no matter what I say, and I will look for anything to use against them . Other than that, it's a pretty good book. It includes introductory magical rites, ranging from those about love to simple rites of adoration. Also includes a basic history of the use of folk magic and the Wiccan religion. It explains many things people need to know to understand and appreciate religion, such as why we don't have televangelists or other members of the faith trying to recruit and which days are our holy days of worship. It also explains what our beliefs are, including the rule of three and our lack of faith, not to mention "devil worship".”.