A Community of Witches explores the beliefs and practices of Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft - generally known to scholars and practitioners as Wicca. While the words "magic," "witchcraft," and "paganism" evoke images of the distant past and remote cultures, this book shows that Wicca has emerged as part of a new religious movement that reflects the era in which it developed. Imported to the United States in the late 1960s from the United Kingdom, the religion absorbed into its basic fabric the social concerns of the time: feminism, environmentalism, self-development, alternative spirituality, and mistrust of authority.
Can you live 28 years without discovering you're a witch?Lauren is downtown Chicago's youngest elite realtor. She's also a witch. She must be - the fetching spell for Witches' Chat isn't supposed to make mistakes. So says the woman who coded the spell, at least.The tall, dark, and handsome guy sent to assess her is a witch too (and no, that doesn't end the way you might think). What he finds in Lauren will change lives, mess with a perfectly good career, and require lots of ice cream therapy.
Are you no longer a baby witch? Do you already know the basics and wish to take your witchcraft to the next level? The Contemporary Witch helps you determine what path you’d like to specialize in and walks you through the next stage of your craft. This comprehensive book provides a brief primer for basic witchcraft to help those who are new witches, followed by an introduction to the many different types of witchcraft, where they overlap, and a quiz to help you decide which type fits you best! Explore 12 popular specialized types of witchcraft, complete with history, tools needed, and DIY spells to start you on your magic path and then bring you to the intermediate level. TRUSTED VOICES: Ambrosia Hawthorn is the best-selling author of The Spell Book for New Witches, which has guided tens of thousands of new witches on their witchcraft journey, and Sarah Justice is the managing editor of the extremely popular magazine Witchology QUICK REFERENCE CHARTS: Includes expansive reference charts listing common crystals, herbs, oils, and other tools to help build your own witch’s toolkit 12 WITCHCRAFT TYPES: Explore the history and background of 12 different types of witchcraft, including traditional, ceremonial, kitchen, cottage, hedge, green, cosmic, shadow, crystal, and wellness 35+ SPELLS AND RITUALS: Enhance your craft with 35+ spells and rituals, ranging from beginner to intermediate levels BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED: Features stunning illustrations throughout, including an inspirational altar illustration for your chosen witchcraft path.
Discover the Power of the Grimoire! A grimoire records your personal journey through the world of magick. It's where you record your favorite spells, chronicle your magical developments, and keep your most treasured secrets. And now, Skye Alexander, spellcraft expert and author of The Modern Guide to Witchcraft, teaches you how to create your own. First, you'll learn the importance and history of the witch's grimoire. Then, you'll go step by step through the process of putting together your very own book. From selecting spells to blessing your grimoire, you will be able to personalize your book of shadows and tailor it to your specific powers. With your own grimoire in hand, you'll be ready to continue your journey in learning the craft.
Forget warts and cauldrons—a new generation of witches is on the rise. From justice spells to protective charms, Frankie Castanea brings their fresh style to an ancient practice, showing that contemporary witchcraft is a powerful force for good and a tool for manifesting positive change. Modern-day witches are a blend of the old and the new. They travel to the grocery store, work nine-to-five jobs, and teach in our classrooms. They also carry black tourmaline and quartz, and wave bay and rosemary bundles over their doorways. Within an ancient and sacred practice, a new type of Craft has taken hold: one that combines the power of action with energy and intent, prioritizes self-realization, and matches its activism with manifestation. With chapters on meditation, grounding, cleansing, banishing, binding, and more, Spells for Change will help the modern witch create change within the hearth, the heart, and the world—one spell at a time.
Explore how the ancient power of runes can enhance your witchcraft practice with this essential, comprehensive guide to reading runes. If you are looking to add a new tool to your divination skill set, look no further than the ancient tradition of runic language. Runes are a powerful divination used to see the future, make decisions about current life, aid in spell casting, commune with the dead, and so much more! In The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Runes, you will learn about this centuries-old magical experience of using runes in your craft. Each letter in the runic alphabet, whether it’s Norse, Celtic, or modern witch runes, holds a profound message meant to guide and inform, as well as enhance intentions about witchcraft. Within these pages, you will learn about the history of ancient runes, how to read and interpret them, and how to use them in your craft to enhance your magical powers.
To find out why reasonable people are drawn to the seemingly bizarre practices of magic and witchcraft, Luhrmann immersed herself in the arcane world of Londoners who call themselves magicians. Her report is as fascinating as the esoteric world itself. Illustrated.
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a “brilliant, well-documented” celebration (Le Monde) by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the face of misogyny and persecution. Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who were the women who were accused and often killed for witchcraft? What types of women have centuries of terror censored, eliminated, and repressed? Celebrated feminist writer Mona Chollet explores three types of women who were accused of witchcraft and persecuted: the independent woman, since widows and celibates were particularly targeted; the childless woman, since the time of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility; and the elderly woman, who has always been an object of at best, pity, and at worst, horror. Examining modern society, Chollet concludes that these women continue to be harrassed and oppressed. Rather than being a brief moment in history, the persecution of witches is an example of society’s seemingly eternal misogyny, while women today are direct descendants to those who were hunted down and killed for their thoughts and actions. With fiery prose and arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, In Defense of Witches seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who live their lives on their own terms.