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The Enchanted Candle by Lady Rhea w/ Eve LeFey

August 18th, 2010

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The Enchanted Candle is a book by Lady Rhea with Eve LeFey. The book is subtitled “Crafting and Casting Magickal Light“. This book is chiefly concerned with candle spells and casting them for money and fortune, good luck and healing/protection. There is a blank form for the Letter of Intention to the chosen deity, and a prurient chapter on sacred spell bowls.

Decorative designs flower within this book. Any crafter would love to see these seal designs. The spell and seals items have names are “Money Mist” and have recipes included (this one asks for trail mix). Incantations and incense are involved. Purple Wisdom, the Win At Court Spell, and an invocation to wake the Great Mother Ocean provide a variety of choices. These make self-empowerment with candle power an intriguing idea.

Candles, evidently need feeding and cleaning, as well as carving, glittering, oiling and other preparations. Spell disposal and candle workings are a serious business according to the The Enchanted Candle, Crafting and Casting Magickal Light. This book would make a great accompaniment to a candle making gift or craft set for candle decoration. The reading list at the end of the book is very much worth glancing over.

The Enchanted Candle: Crafting and Casting Magickal Light

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A Victorian Grimoire

August 18th, 2010

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The changing values of the times through the ages have proffered a lens to the lore of witch craft and how society views witches. One author designs an introduction and treatment concerning the Victorian era and what was viewed and practiced as witchcraft. A Victorian Grimoire is hardly a appropriate book to have been enjoyed contemporaneous of the time described, yet it lifts the veil on a time both more innocent and mystic.

A Victorian Grimoire makes a bedside reference with a calm treatment of the Enchantment Romance and Magic elements of conventional witchcraft with a Victorian filter. Patricia Telesco with A Victorian Grimoire has crafted an excellent book full of literary quotes, color plate illustrations and informed dense writing. This is no “coffee table’ book but a primer in many abstruse subjects with an authoritative but accessible style and voice.

There are very good writings here on the love spell uses of dolls and fans, the descriptions of the magical holidays and terms used and tools gathered to observe the various rites of enchantment. the gentle era of witchcraft is celebrated, with tea leaf readings, serenades of romance, and parlor divination. Kitchen magic is a fun recipes chapter. The Glossary of magical terms at the end is not to be missed.

A Victorian Grimoire has good writings on the love spell uses of dolls and fans, the descriptions of the magical holidays and terms used and tools gathered to observe the various rites of enchantment. the gentle era of witchcraft is celebrated, with tea leaf readings, serenades of romance, and parlor divination. Kitchen magic is a fun recipes chapter. The Glossary of magical terms at the end is not to be missed.

A Victorian Grimoire: Romance – Enchantment – Magic

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To Ride a Silver Broomstick, New Generation Witchcraft

August 18th, 2010

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To Ride a Silver Broomstick New Generation Witchcraft capitalizes on the new era “Charmed” age of contemporary witchcraft in the popular culture. This book is authored by no less than Silver Ravenwolf, her given name to be sure. The core principles of belief are clearly spelled out in the opening chapters, a staple of the witch lore now popular among publishers. However this book is for a more serious vein of witch and not light material at all.

To Ride a Silver Broomstick New Generation Witchcraft described too gathering, sacred space preparation, and doll-puppet magic. This book takes a more scientific and religious view of the witch craft world of astral projections and bi-location. Interpreting Dreams and developing Mind Power are concepts taken very seriously, and many new readers may find this book a little too hell-bent (no pun intended) on actual practices of religious witch craft.

The audience of To Ride a Silver Broomstick New Generation Witchcraft and likely readership would be a more mature person who understands the moral decisions and underlying concepts of the practices it develops and describes. Telemetry and psychometry are probably not best absorbed by young teenagers of impressionable years. Pentacles and spellcasting workshops may not quite be Girl Scout badges yet. That said, the chapters on gems, herbs and healing furnish very accurate and relevant detail. A useful book for the older witchcraft reader.

To Ride A Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft

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Wicked

August 8th, 2010

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Wicked, by Gregory Maguire, is a fascinating yet somewhat mature take on the Wizard of oz worldview. This tome is not for children, as Frexspar and puppet anomalies are fairly over the line for kids. Like many modern novelists, Maguire takes fairly heavy license with the original subject matter. but the result is smart, witty fiction a natural result of the original theme.

The Bible to the Broadway show “Wicked”, the book follows the Wicked Witch the West and her discovery of Dorothy from the Oz point of view. The book is sub-titled “The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West”. “Wicked’ is a great book for getting ideas about witch behavior, like flying by riding the crest of the wind and staying away from (ahem) water.

The politics of Oz and the Wizard’s heritage is more intellectual than a lot of kids would understand. This context sets the stage for a more adult novel with enjoyable Oz lore references. The story has a sequel, also by Maguire, titled “Son of a Witch“.

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years)

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