Best of
Wicca

2012

Mrs. B's Guide to Household Witchery: Everyday Magic, Spells, and Recipes


Kris Bradley - 2012
    B.'s Guide to Household Witchery." Whether you're sweeping the floor, making a meal, or cleaning out that junk drawer, domestic witch Kris Bradley, creator of the popular blog, "Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom," will show you how to create spells and magic to bring happiness and balance into your home. Bradley offers ideas and solutions to make the most out of everyday items, activities, and obligations. From Anchovies to Broccoli, and Wine to Yeast, from sweeping the floor to blow-drying your hair, you can change your outlook on life with a pinch of knowledge and a dash of magic! The book includes simple rituals, spells, and ways to connect with the spirits that watch over your home and family. Includes an appendix of herbs and a complete materia magica from the kitchen pantry."Mrs. B's Guide to Household Witchery" features: Room by Room: How to create magic while you cook, set up a family altar in the living room, or do a junk drawer divination. The Elements for the Domestic Witch: a primer on the 4 elements and how to balance them in your home. The Domestic Witch's Herbal: Magical uses for every herb and food in your pantry, as well as instant magic with prepackaged spice mixes. Simple Sabbats for the Busy Witch: simple ways to celebrate the passing of the seasons. Magical Recipes: More than 100 recipes and spells.

Seasons of Witchery: Celebrating the Sabbats with the Garden Witch


Ellen Dugan - 2012
    Written with humor, warmth, and practicality, Ellen offers a fresh twist on ways to honor each season, along with insightful journal notes about her enchanted gardens. Her magickal lessons and stories about her own coven--how they celebrated, changed, and grew over the course of the year--will inspire you. Enjoy sabbat-themed spells, rituals, herbal magick, and holiday recipes that will motivate you to make your own seasons of witchery more unique and meaningful.Midsummer Faery Garden Blessing Butterfly Magick Jack-o'-Lantern Spell The Wild Hunt at Yuletide An Imbolc Spell to Celebrate the Goddess Brigid Perfect Eggs for Ostara Herbal Bouquets and Tussie-Mussies

Cunningham's Magical Sampler: Collected Writings and Spells from the Renowned Wiccan Author


Scott Cunningham - 2012
    Delight in Cunningham's timeless wisdom on popular topics such as the Sabbats, protection magic, moon spells, and herbal remedies.New and longtime fans will marvel at Cunningham's ability to breathe magical life into such unique topics as tattooing, the divine history of sneezing, dressing with power, Greek oracles, birds of the deities, and more. Well known for perfecting his spells and rituals through experimentation before publishing them, Cunningham wrote with unmatched simplicity and grace. His words in this collection are sure to inspire you on your path to an enchanted life.

Everyday Witch Book of Rituals: All You Need for a Magickal Year


Deborah Blake - 2012
    Whether practicing alone or with a group, these empowering ceremonies--designed for new moons, full moons, sabbats, and other special occasions--will help you find love, build courage, boost creativity, achieve balance, and deepen your faith.No matter what your skill level, Everyday Witch Book of Rituals shows you how to fill the year with meaningful magickal practice. Through lighthearted, down-to-earth methods, this guide provides basic ritual elements and ingredients, timing for success, and the importance of each ritual step. Using the perfect blend of reverence and mirth, practicality and spirituality, and a sprinkling of wisdom from Magic the Cat, this guide provides nearly every ritual you need for a magickal year.Praise: With her wonderful new book...Deborah Blake escorts us around the Wheel of the Year, providing inspiration and guidance for novice and adept alike.--Judika Illes, author of The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 SpellsI highly recommend Everyday Witch Book of Rituals for anyone who wants to enrich their Craft through more dynamic, satisfying, and effective rituals.--Melanie Marquis, author of The Witch's Bag of TricksBored with formal ritual? Deborah Blake's fresh approach in Everyday Witch Book of Rituals will forever change your mind.--Dorothy Morrison, author of The Craft and Utterly Wicked

The Clairvoyant's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Mediumship


Amy Hale - 2012
    It describes aspects of the authors journey from a new learner and previous sceptic to a practising medium with all of the highs, lows and difficulties experienced along the way. This is an absolute must for anyone who is trying to develop their clairvoyant abilities or for those who are simply curious about the spirit world. The exercises are so easy to follow - the first down to earth spiritual book with a large dose of humour thrown in.

Llewellyn's 2013 Sabbats Almanac: Samhain 2012 to Mabon 2013


Llewellyn Publications - 2012
    Packed with rituals, rites, recipes, and crafts, this essential guide offers fun and fresh ways to celebrate the eight sacred Wiccan holidays--and enrich your spiritual life throughout the year. Get a unique perspective on honoring the Wheel of the Year from your favorite Wiccan and Pagan authors. Plan spiritually uplifting celebrations and family activities. Perform Sabbat specific rituals and world folk rites. Whip up tasty treats and crafts as reminders of the season's gifts and lessons. Also featured are astrological influences to help you plan rituals according to cosmic energies.

The Witches' Almanac: Issue 32, Spring 2013 to Spring 2014: Wisdom of the Moon


Andrew Theitic - 2012
    Modeled after the Old Farmer's Almanac, it includes information related to the annual Moon Calendar (weather forecasts and horoscopes), as well as legends, rituals, herbal secrets, interviews, mystic incantations, interviews, and many a curious tale of good and evil. Although it is an annual publication, only about 15 percent of the content is specific to the date range of each issue. Issue 32 (Spring 2013 - Spring 2014) theme's is the Reflection of the Moon. Also included a articles on Amazonian dolphins, neem trees, tomfoolery and a Festival of Fools, Basque moon myths, Arachne weaving and the legendary Pied Piper.Founded in 1971 by Elizabeth Pepper, the art director of Gourmet magazine for many years, The Witches' Almanac is a witty, literate, and sophisticated publication that appeals to general readers as well as hard-core Wiccans. At one level, it is a pop reference that will fascinate anyone interested in folklore, mythology, and culture, but at another, it is the most sophisticated and wide-ranging annual guide for the Wiccan enthusiast.

A Teaching Handbook for Wiccans and Pagans: Practical Guidance for Sharing Your Path


Thea Sabin - 2012
    For those who want to share their knowledge, teaching can be a very empowering and spiritual experience. But practicing the Craft and teaching it are two very different things.In this timely guide, popular Wiccan author and teacher Thea Sabin presents clear techniques for creating a curriculum, including sample syllabi. She also provides instruction and guidance on crucial aspects of becoming an effective and inspiring teacher of Wicca and Paganism.Develop teaching methods for adult learners Manage group dynamics Give great presentations Find and screen students Set up online classes Cultivate patience and humility You will also find interviews and advice from several respected Pagan teachers, such as Patrick McCollum, Holli Emore of Cherry Hill Seminary, Christopher Penczak, and T. Thorn Coyle.

What an Elf Would Do: A Magical Guide to the Manners and Etiquette of the Faerie Folk


The Silver Elves - 2012
    It is designed to help the elfin everywhere to move through the often mysterious cultures of mankind with confidence and ease.

Pirate!


Alan MacDonald - 2012
    Join Bertie as he samples life as a swashbuckling pirate, cooks up a storm in the poshest restaurant in town, and teams up with Dad at the school sports day in an attempt to beat Royston Rich!

The Magical Elven Love Letters, Volume 1


The Silver Elves - 2012
    They were written to encourage elves to awaken to their Elfin nature, to be true to their individual destiny, and to embrace their starry heritage. They are filled with Elven Philosophy and observe the world from the point of view of the Elves, which is often quite unique from how most people view and experience the world; and their unique Elven Philosophy of Magic that is often similar and yet distinct from traditional theories and methods of magic. This is the second printing of these letters and they have been slightly modified to increase clarity. They are also interspaced with Elven quotes, axioms, koans and other ancient Elven sayings.

The Elven Tree of Life Eternal: A Magical Quest for One's True S'Elf


The Silver Elves - 2012
    It will help one understand if one is a wizard or a sorcerer, a healer or a warrior, an elf of wood, snow, hill, ocean, starlight, or a sprite, a faerie, a gnome, a dwarf, a changeling, a dragon, or some other magical folk. If you wonder about your true magical nature, explore the ever-flowering branches of the Tree of Life Eternal.

Mrs Darley's Pagan Paths to Magick


Carole Carlton - 2012
    Again, the ever likeable and enigmatic character of Mrs Darley leads the author Carole Carlton further along her magickal path as she reveals some of the Pagan secrets that underpin the workings of real, divine magick.The word magick evokes an air of mystery, wonder and excitement - but can it really be as simple as waving a wand and chanting a spell? In truth, the practice of magick, which is explored within this book, is far more complex than we might imagine, requiring the practitioner to be both disciplined and dedicated.

The Only Book of Wiccan Spells You'll Ever Need


Marian Singer - 2012
    Starting with a brief rundown of Witchcraft tools and symbols, this book helps you create spells for virtually every aspect of your life. This new edition includes essential information on:The Wheel of the Year: the eight major holidays (or sabbats) in the Witches' calendarKeeping a grimoire or Book of ShadowsMeditation, visualization, and manifestationMagickal correspondences and properties of stonesSpirit animals and totemsHow to join or create a coven Filled with more than 100 Wiccan spells that have simple instructions, this book contains everything you need to know in order to create spells that work.

Witchfather: : A Life of Gerald Gardner, Volume 1--Into the Witch Cult


Philip Heselton - 2012
    From his birth into an old family of wealthy Liverpool merchants, through an unconventional upbringing by his flamboyant governess in the resorts of the Mediterranean and Madeira, it tells how, having taught himself to read, his life was changed by finding a book on spiritualism.

Sorcerers' Dialogues: A Further Correspondence Between the Silver Elves and the Founders of the Elf Queen's Daughters


The Silver Elves - 2012
    The Elf Queen's Daughters were a magical Frasority (fraternity/sorority) who were active in the mid 1970's and published three letters a week on Elven Culture, Philosophy and Magic that were sent to hundreds of individuals in the U.S. and Europe. This set of letters is entitled "Sorcerers' Dialogues" since the emphasis is primarily on Sorcery, but also includes, as the first book did, conversations about Esoteric Buddhism; the Ancient Wisdom Traditions; Tolkien's works and other author's of Faery Tales, modern and old; Magic; Mysticism; Elven and modern culture, and much more. You do not need to read the first book to enjoy this one; but as we say, these letters are a continuation from the ones in that book.

Witchfather - A Life of Gerald Gardner Vol2. from Witch Cult to Wicca


Philip Heselton - 2012
    From Witch Cult to Wicca by Philip Heselton From the author of the highly acclaimed "Wiccan Roots," this is the first full-length biography of Gerald Brosseau Gardner (1884-1964) - a very personal tale of the man who single-handedly brought about the revival of witchcraft in England in the mid 20th Century. From Gerald's birth into an old family of wealthy Liverpool merchants, through an unconventional upbringing by his flamboyant governess in the resorts of the Mediterranean and Madeira, it tells how, having taught himself to read, his life was changed by finding a book on spiritualism. During a working life as a tea and rubber planter in Ceylon, Borneo and Malaya, he came to know the native people and was invited to their secret rituals. But it was only on his retirement to England, settling on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire, that destiny took him firmly by the hand. Through various twists and turns involving naturist clubs and a strange esoteric theatre, he became friends with a group of people who eventually revealed their true identity - they were members of a surviving witch coven. One evening in 1939, as the hounds of war were being unleashed, he was initiated into the 'witch cult' by these people, who called themselves 'the Wica'. Gardner was overwhelmed by the experience and was determined that the 'witch cult' should survive. This book chronicles his efforts over the remaining quarter century of his life to ensure not only that it survived but that it would become the significant player on the world religious stage that it now is - "the only religion that England has ever given the world," in the words of Ronald Hutton, Professor of History at the University of Bristol, who calls it ..". a very fine book: humane, intelligent, compassionate, shrewd, and based upon a colossal amount of primary research." Born in 1946, Philip Heselton is a geographer and retired local government officer who has written extensively on Earth Mysteries and our spiritual relationship with the landscape. He has also carried out extensive research into the story of the modern witchcraft revival, chronicled in his books, "Wiccan Roots" and "Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration." Hutton has described him as being ..". the most interesting, valuable and enjoyable author who has yet written on what is becoming one of the greatest riddles in the history of modern religion: the origins of pagan witchcraft. ... Nobody has ever done more than Philip Heselton to reveal the world of magic, paganism, naturism and faerie that lay behind the garden gates of inter-war English suburban villas; and perhaps only he could have done it at all."

Magic Talks: Being A Correspondence Between The Silver Elves and the Founders of The Elf Queen's Daughters


The Silver Elves - 2012
    This is the first book in a series of Tulku Internet correspondence beginning in November of 2011 and ending in February 2012. Arwen and Elanor are also the original publishers of the "Magic Elf Letters" sent out from the Elf Queen's Daughters. They published three letters a week for about three years. In the early 1979 the Silver Elves carried on these letters calling them "The Magical Elven Love Letters" and continued writing and publishing them for the next 30 years, although on a much more whimsical schedule. There are a number of letters in "Magic Talks" discussing how Arwen and Elanor first started using the acute seven-pointed star as a symbol of the Elven people, passed on by Zardoa Silverstar, which has been adopted by elven and faerie folk all over the globe, and is called both the Elven Star and the Faerie Star. The letters contained in "Magic Talks" cover a wide range of topics from Tolkien to Sorcery, from Esoteric Buddhism and the Supra-dimensional to Elven Magic.

The Book of Elven Magick: The Philosophy and Enchantments of the Seelie Elves, Volume 2


The Silver Elves - 2012
    It is the completion of and companion to volume 1.

The Elven Book of Changes: A Magical Interpretation of the I Ching


The Silver Elves - 2012
    It is written without gender bias and serves both as an Oracle and as a book of instruction to help the magician find hir way through the maze of modern life, the mystical worlds of spirit, and the magical realms of Faerie.

Silver's Threads, Book 1 Spinning Colours Darkly


Penny Reilly - 2012
    If other realms are affected how would our world respond …would we fall into chaos or would we finally look for solutions?A tale of the Wytchways …the Craft of the Wise …how ancient Rites can be the tool to reweave this world in order to harmonise with other realms and find oneness with all life.The journey unfolds with......the discovery of a strange and ancient skeleton, hidden in the mud for centuries ...found in a landscape of secrets on the Plains of Holderness in Yorkshire....a grove of Wytches gather on a sacred mount to celebrate the Mabon Rite but something is very amiss ...strange forces are at work that go beyond mortal understanding....with four young women and the fifth; their teacher, a seer a Wytch and a Wise Woman who has trained the four in the Wytchways. She has vanished inexplicably and with all their combined skills they need help from the other realms to discover where she is. All they have are a set of cryptic instructions to be deciphered....one of the four must change her understanding about how the world works ...one must learn the tools of her trade anew ...one must learn to trust that Magick is real and one must find the answers to their teachers disappearance by travelling to other realms where the Old Ones walk....the Birthing Tree is the place of soul renewal ...all must return here but with the fall of an ancient immortal the web of life has been torn; the Tree is wounded casting a blight that echoes throughout all the realms.…within the twists and turns on the warp and weft of time the young women meet other aspects of themselves, where clues are hidden and where they find within those clues the secrets of other worldly lives, connections to each other and ancient ancestry. These findings will weave and re-weave their stories together and apart throughout the Skeins of Tyme to manifest a new way of living …for one of the things humans fear the most is that…Magick might indeed be real and it might be hidden within each of us.

Discourses on High Sorcery: More Correspondence Between the Silver Elves and the Founders of the Elf Queen's Daughters


The Silver Elves - 2012
    While the topics range from Sorcery, Esoteric Buddhism, Elven Culture and Magic, modern culture and much else it is entitled "Discourses on High Sorcery" because the dominate theme is about the Manu, or Great Shining One, who is the inspiration and energetic guide for the evolution of humanity in this age.

The Inner Mysteries: Progressive Witchcraft and Connection to the Divine


Janet Farrar - 2012
    By fully explaining the values of Witchcraft, this work makes numerous Wiccan practices approachable, including Circle casting, raising energy, elemental work, and drawing down the moon. Illustrating how Wicca is a modern, nondogmatic, and dynamic tradition still in a state of evolution, this book also features a history of the spirituality of Witchcraft.

Wisewoman's Cookery - Food, Sex & Merriment: A Guide to Aphrodisiac Cooking, Sensual Simples & Folklore Erotica


Shannon Loeber - 2012
    Aphrodisiac Cooking: These quick and easy recipes will transport you and your lover from the dinner table to your most sensual imaginings.Sensual Simples: Make natural elixirs, lotions and potions from herbs and spices in your own kitchen.Folklore Erotica: Secrets of seduction are revealed through the intoxicating tales of the most infamous women in history.WISEWOMAN'S COOKERY examines the relationship between food and sensuality with easy recipes for delicious meals along with natural elixirs, massage oils, lubricants and potent aphrodisiacs that arouse and enhance intimate loving.

The Book of Elven Magick: The Philosophy and Enchantments of the Seelie Elves


The Silver Elves - 2012
    It covers the tools of magick and gives magical ceremonies that can be adapted for use by modern elves, magicians, and faerie folk. It is a unique and original take on magic and the world of Faerie.

The Elven Book of Powers: Using the Tarot for Magical Wish Fulfillment


The Silver Elves - 2012
    It describes the powers of each particular card in a traditional Tarot deck and how to use its powers to fulfill one's vision and achieve one's will, drawing to one the energies needed for success so all one's dreams will come true. There are also evocations, invocations and rhyming spells for each card to aid one in visualization.

Ancient Magick for the Modern Witch


Gypsy Raven - 2012
    It also offers a basic course to aspiring young witches who wish to learn about some old fashioned magic and how it works. This ebook includes love spells, weight loss spells, money spells, luck spells and a variety of potions. All using ancient and simple ingredients you can find anywhere! I've also updated it to include stories and legends where ordinary and extraordinary people use magic to manifest their desires. Included is the meanings of moles and candle magick!

A Ceremony for Every Occasion: The Pagan Wheel of the Year and Rites of Passage


Siusaidh Ceanadach - 2012
    'A Ceremony for Every Occasion' has been written as a guide for Pagans and non-Pagans alike who wish to celebrate the passing of the seasons, the Wheel of the Year and who need a Rite of Passage for different times in their life.

The Way of the Witch: Pagan Spells and Magick


The Witch of Witch Creek - 2012
    A witch-daughter of a centuries old line of witches, the author provides several key spells along with Pagan wisdom. Heavily illustrated, but with simple explanations of the history and power of Pagan Magick, this book covers the following topics:The True History of Witch CreekA Real Witch: Introduction to the Witch of Witch CreekIntroduction to the Concepts of Pagan MagickUnderstanding the Power of the Four Natural ElementsDark Matter and Dark EnergyThe Spell of Protection and Material GainThe Spell for True Love The Spell for WealthThe Need for Secrecy of Your Witch CraftThe Water Spell for HealingUnderstanding the Witch’s AltarThe Real Book of ShadowsThe Rune Spell Against Harmful Ghosts and SpiritsThe Spell of Wisdom and KnowledgeThe Spell to Improve ESP abilitiesThe Danger of Magickal Intentions and How to Avoid Accidental SpellsTips on Keeping Your Magick “White”Creating Your Own Powerful, But One of a Kind Spells for any Noble PurposeWhere to Buy SuppliesPhotos and illustrations A self portrait of the Witch of Witch Creek herself appears on the cover of this book. This book was created to provide the reader with an inexpensive but comprehensive introduction to Pagan Magick, along with seven crucial spells, and the knowledge needed so that the reader can create her own custom spells for any purpose.Much guidance is given on how to avoid accidentally creating "Dark Magick" and other important protections. This book is based on interviews of the Witch herself, has special commentary by her, and tons of information from her acolyte husband. You will love The Way of the Witch by the one and only surviving Witch of Witchcreek.

Northern Wisdom: The Havamal, Tao of the Vikings


Eoghan Odinsson - 2012
    Northern Wisdom presents ancient Viking parables and knowledge in a delightfully accessible modern format. Combining Teachings on par with Buddha, Sun-Tzu, Myamoto Musashi, Nicollo Machiavelli & Lao Tzu, The Havamal sheds light on forgotten lore of the dark ages. In the days of the shield-wall, there yet lived poets, scribes and philosophers. In Northern Wisdom you will: * Journey through the Mundane and the Mystical passages of the Havamal * Discover the famed Hospitality of the Northmen * Learn Maxims for respectable conduct * Develop the Leadership traits of Heroes * Explore tips for safe travel in Dark Ages Europe * Uncover lessons for the bravest Warriors * Share in the secrets of Odin's Love Quests * Tap into the power of Viking Magic

Gaia, Queen of Earth (The Magicks of Earth)


Heather Gwynn - 2012
    It defies all rules and laws, and its very being brings proof to prophecies. Delve into the story of Alana and Zander, two everyday Magickal people living in a sheltered world. Witness as their unspoken attraction blossoms on the grounds of their secrets and experience the horror when they succumb to the inevitable. Unbeknownst to them, they were destined to royalty since generations before their births. The only problem? To be together- they must first survive apart. Ares, The God of War, has threatened the existence of The Magickal people by destroying their homeland and lifeline, The Isle of Magicks. If the Magickal people die, everyone on Earth will lose their humanity and humans will kill themselves off within a matter of months. Only Alana and Zander's free will can save them all and restore the Isle. They will endure individual tests and learn important lessons along the way, but will they overcome separation? Will their love tear down an evil dynasty and restore hope and humanity to The Magicks once again? Or will Ares conquer The Magicks forever?

Pendulum 101 - The Beginner's Guide to Using a Pendulum


Sandy R. Ross - 2012
    For thousands of years humans have been using a pendulum to help with making decisions, finding answers, and even finding lost objects. It's a highly useful simple to use tool for tapping into your subconscious mind.This beginners guide:- helps you choose the pendulum that will best suit you- teaches you how to start using your pendulum- gives five free charts (in the book and as a free download from the author's site) to help you get started on the most common types of questions1 simple powerful routine for clearing your energy field with your pendulum is great for any time you've had an intense experience that you'd like to lighten.Complete with helpful photos and descriptions of gems that enhance pendants, at 7000 words Pendulum 101 is a plain-English practical beginner's introduction to the art of the pendulum that will get you started on the journey to the art of the pendulum.

Pagan Portals - Pathworking Through Poetry: Pagan Pathworking Through Poetry: Exploring, Knowing, Understanding and Dancing with the Wisdom the Bards Hid in Plain View.


Fiona Tinker - 2012
    It can move us, make us think and guide us. This book explores how poetry can help develop a Pathworking through exploring wisdom hidden in plain view. It is a look at creative processes, inspirations, how nature and the Divine move us and how to apply this on a personal level to Pagan Pathworking."