Does your current relationship need a
spicy boost? Try an herbal aphrodisiac incense. Want to secure a great
relationship? The Seven-Knot Love Spell can help. From igniting passion
with candle magick to ending a relationship gone sour with a lemon spell,
Silver's Spells for Love will show you over 100 ways to get, keep, or even
dispel love! Learn how to: Prepare incenses, oils, and powders for love
...Use a magick mirror for love divination ...Attract romance and lasting
love ...Bring a loving pet into your life with magick ...Find out what an
old lover is up to ...· ...and discover how powders and poppets, potions
and notions can make your love life magickal! This delightful spellbook
offers charms and chants and all manner of magick for banishing
loneliness, infusing existing relationships with new passion, and
attracting an abundance of love. Whether you want to keep, find, or even
toss love, just consult your little pink book!
One of the most famous Witches in the
world today shows how to get the upper hand on one's cash flow with
techniques personally designed and tested by the author herself.
Silver's back again, this time with a
great little book full of spells on how to keep you, your family, home and
just about anything else, safe. A great book, highly recommended.
Children have been disappearing from the local daycare for years; could this be any connection to Nick, Lisal, and their two daughters? This typical American family's happiness is shattered one night when Lisal vanishes without a
trace. After Nick frantically searches for her to no avail, something strange happens when Nick begins having dreams. Meanwhile, an assassin is on the loose and an unseen hand comes to Nick's aid to help him discover the dark
conspiracy behind it all.
Note: The main character of this novel is a pagan who uses rituals to help him try to find his wife.
Silver RavenWolf is one of the most
widely recognized names in circles of witchcraft, and with good reason;
she has written some of the best guides to contemporary Witchcraft
available. To Ride a Silver Broomstick is a handbook aimed at the
beginner, and doesn't get bogged down in history, dogma, or gender roles.
It is a workbook for the individual, whether one is a solitary
practitioner or part of a coven, that covers the basics of the craft--from
useful vocabulary to setting up an altar--and briefly delves into more
advanced concepts such as astral projection and telepathy. To Ride a
Silver Broomstick may not be the most comprehensive single volume on the
subject of witchcraft, but RavenWolf focuses on the aspects most important
to a beginner, and keeps her introduction to the craft approachable and
easy to follow. --Brian Patterson
In her sequel to To Ride a Silver
Broomstick, Silver RavenWolf leads us to the next step in craft practice,
focusing on intermediate-level magical practices, such as the proper
mechanics of circle casting and 10 ways to raise power. However, To Stir a
Magick Cauldron is not just a rule book, it is also a candid companion on
the road to discovery. Sure, RavenWolf delves into the nitty-gritty of
conjuration, but she also encourages us to see the craft as more than a
dusty curiosity and reveals how to incorporate our newfound power into our
20th-century lifestyles. --Brian Patterson
Teen Witch offers an easy-to-grasp
introduction to the Craft that answers the basic questions about what
being a witch is really all about, and RavenWolf provides a long list of
follow-up material for anyone who feels that witchcraft might be the path
he or she wants to follow. Writing a book for teenagers about any religion
is a tricky prospect, but Mama Silver tackles the problem of discussing an
ancient path that has suffered a long history of persecution and negative
stereotypes in a way that doesn't step on anyone's toes and shouldn't
offend the religious sensibilities of anyone with a mind open to the
truth. --Brian Patterson
This book has everything to begin witchcraft, a natural path, or Wicca. It has sections on the elements, organizing magickal spaces, making tools, the god and goddess, the sabbats, rituals, and meditations. It has
real life examples of spells working (and flopping) and will start anyone (not just teens) new to the craft off on the right foot. It is a very grounded and down to earth book and is not fluffy and sweet like most Wicca 101 books.
It is well-written and has simple spells to help anyone with their lives. It has detailed sections about the threefold rule, Magickal beings, how to be an inconspicuous witch, and the Witch's Pyramid. --Phoenix
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
is the essential primer from one of the best known authors on Wicca.
Focusing on the importance of individualism in your spiritual path,
Cunningham explains the very basics of Sabbats (holy days), ceremonies,
altars, and other nuts and bolts of Wicca that a solitary practitioner may
have trouble finding elsewhere. While Wicca shouldn't be your sole point
of reference when considering Wicca as your way of life, it is one of the
best starting points. --Brian Patterson
Living Wicca is the perfect companion to
Cunningham's Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, containing the
same concise and comprehendible style that makes the first book so
enjoyable. With Living Wicca, Cunningham goes beyond the mechanics of the
faith and emphasizes the importance of making Wicca a part of your
everyday life. Focusing on the solitary practitioner, Cunningham
encourages you to make your own path within the Wiccan tradition, and
offers simple suggestions, from recycling to visiting the park, that
heighten your spiritual awareness of the mundane world. --Brian Patterson
This 1986 classic is not only an excellent
introduction to the Wiccan religion and earth-based religions in general,
it's also a workbook that can take the serious student to the equivalent
level of third-degree Gardnerian. Though Raymond Buckland was a student of
the late great Gerald Gardner, this manual does not adhere to a specific
branch or denomination of witchcraft, but rather seeks to teach the
elements and philosophies common to all, whether Celtic, Saxon, Finnish,
or what have you. Buckland is credited with bringing the "old religion" to
the U.S., and covens and solitary witches practicing the craft in the U.S.
today have him to thank for getting it out of the closet. While Buckland's
Complete Book of Witchcraft is a must-have for any serious Wiccan
practitioner, it is full of down-to-earth spiritual wisdom, which makes it
a wonderful addition to the library of any broadminded seeker on the path
toward the One. --P. Randall Cohan
This book contains at least two or three
hundred magical herb listings shown with illustrations of the herb, deity
correspondences, elemental correspondences, folk names of herbs, ritual
use, and other historical information designed to give clues as to how
these herbs are best used towards magical purposes (Devil's Shoestring,
for example, is best carried in the pocket to bring luck in employment
matters, so from reading this book you would know not to make an incense
with the herb but to carry it). The detailed appendices full of
correspondence tables are great time-savers. However, this is not a recipe
book, in fact it doesn't contain a single recipe. Also, Cunningham doesn't
really comment on which herbs are known to be MOST powerful in workings
towards certain ends, so some additional self-research is required. This
book pre-assumes a basic knowledge of herbs and doesn't offer anything in
the way of general instruction, so this should be considered a reference
book and not an instrument of instruction. In any case, I have found it a
valuable reference, and recommend it. --NYC Webwitch
Everything you need to know is here!
The Sabbats; Casting & Banishing the Magic Circle; The Complete Book of
Shadows; The Great Rite; Initiation Rites; Consecration Rites; Spells;
Witches' Tools; Witchcraft & Sex; Running a Coven; Clairvoyance; Astral
Projection. This collection includes two books in one volume, Eight
Sabbats for Witches and The Witches' Way and is the most comprehensive and
revealing work on the principles, rituals and beliefs of modern
witchcraft.
There is probably no other book in the market that can fully explain the truth about witchcraft as briefly as this book. Scott Cunningham is a wonderful author and Wiccan. In this
book he explains why witches aren't 'satanic' and don't gather in covens for ritual 'orgies'. He explains the true nature of folk magic and witchcraft, and is highly-detailed when talking about the religion of Wicca. He says that
witchcraft is not used for harm, but for the good of one's self and others. I was also impressed how well he explained the Sabbats (the holy days of Wicca) - about what happens on these days and why witches celebrate them. You may
also find it interesting how he explains the Wiccan holiday Yule, the idea of the rebirth of the God, and how Christians adapted this holiday into their religion to make it Christmas.
The first thing Dorothy Morrison hopes to
establish in The Craft is what the Craft is not. "It has nothing to do
with canned magic, or flying through the air, or snapping lightning from
your fingertips," she explains. And no matter how practiced you are,
Morrison assures readers it won't give you the power to "turn your enemies
into toads so you can set them on the highway." Explaining what the Craft
actually is takes more time and thought--both of which Morrison offers in
her typically warm, humorous, and concise style throughout this
all-inclusive handbook.
Wiccans, who are the main practitioners of the Craft, have one overriding
commandment, according to Morrison: if it harms no one, do what you will.
It is a reminder that every action, thought, and spell has a ripple
effect, so be sure that all your work is for the good. This responsible
attitude seeps into every page of this practical magic handbook. Expect a
highly detailed account of spells, wand skills, sample blessings, altar
setups, invocations, and examples of how to use a cup, pentacle, cauldron,
and athame (a double-edge knife that should never be used to draw blood).
Morrison closes with a Craft calendar, listing celebrations and rituals
for every month and season of the year. --Gail Hudson
When I saw this on the
shelf the first time, I must admit that I rolled my eyes. I thought, "Just
what the community needs, an Idiot's Guide to religion."
I was sorely mistaken. This book was much more than meets the eye. I find
myself recommending this to friends who are just starting out as often as
I do books such as "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" by Scott
Cunningham.
This book starts the reader at the very beginning and presents the
information in one of the most easy to understand formats I've found in a
long time. The authors will take you on a journey through various facets
of Wicca such as history, deities, magickal jargon, the basics of ritual
as well as subjects like dream interpretation.
What I really loved about this book was the authors ability to take
complex ideas and theology and break it down piece by piece for people who
haven't been practicing for years.
However, there are some omissions as well. The so called "darker" side of
the Craft is not discussed. Some of the activities of covens (such as
bindings, secret initiations) and such were not discussed and I feel that
everyone needs to know these things before jumping right in.
This tended to be a more of a "why" you would practice book rather than a
comprehensive of "how" you practice. The ethics section left much to be
desired in my opinion as well.
But overall I was very impressed with this book.
I would definitely recommend this book to someone who wants a very general
and basic overview of the facets of Wicca. I would suggest this as a
starting point to finding out where your interests are beyond the basics.
It's also a great refresher in the basics for those of us who get a little
forgetful from time to time. --RhiannonSolana
