The first half of The Grim Grand Grammarye covers theology, history and theory. The second half is practical magic. This is the description of the book from its back cover:
"This book is a labor of love for the world of Traditional Witchcraft. Philosophically, the Bible and the Western corpus descended to us today from the Mediterranean is discussed at length, allowing room for growth and liberation from our accepted canon to occur. Relying heavily on the Papyri Graecae Magicae, the Book of Oberon, the Grimoirium Verum and Solomonic materials, it explains clearly how:
- To meet and pact with the Fetch
- To meet and pact with the Paredros
- To conjure the Grimoire spirits safely
- To easily Hedge Jump through pacting
- To theoretically brew Flying Ointments
- To theoretically brew poisonous potions that release the Double
- To Dream True
- To construct a Mandrake Manikin
- To draw the Ring of Arte
- To establish a Pit of Sacrifice
- To take the Crossroads Pact
- To make valid substitutions for obscure spell ingredients and animal sacrifice
- To make Invisibility spells work
"Everything you need to work sorcerously with plant people and true spirits from beginning to end is presented clearly and entirely idiot-proofed."
While I'm not personally intending to brew up a poisonous potion or summon a Chthonic entity at a crossroads, I found this book fascinating from an information point of view. I'm very much of the opinion that witches should know how traditional magic and witchcraft worked, even if their own practices are very modern.
You can view The Grim Grand Grammarye on Amazon.
Previous related book reviews:
The Witch - A History of Fear: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/08/review-witch-history-of-fear-by-ronald.html
Oxford Illustrated History of Witchcraft and Magic: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/01/review-oxford-illustrated-history-of.html
Grimoires - A History of Magic Books: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2009/10/review-grimoires-history-of-magic-books.html
Spells from the Wise Woman's Cottage: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/07/review-spells-from-wise-womans-cottage.html
By Wolfsbane and Mandrake Root: http://www.badwitch.co.uk/2017/01/witchcraft-poison-by-wolfsbane-mandrake.html
As far as I know, the image of witches as wearing stripy stockings was popularised by the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, when the Witch of the East's legs are shown sticking out from under the house that crushed her. She is wearing stripy stockings and ruby slippers. I've heard suggestions that the connections with stripes and witches might go back earlier than that, but not found any definite sources. 
