Would you like to discover more about Wicca? The world we live in today seems wholly distant from the one our ancestors lived in—a world where humans and Nature were at one, their existence intertwined in the natural cycles of life. Wicca teaches us to appreciate the Earth, celebrating the intricate changes in the seasons and everything they bring. As you'll discover in this book, Wicca is a reincarnation of the very earliest religions, practiced for millennia before the advent of Christianity.
Wiccans celebrate and share many of the same beliefs our ancestors held, with practices that honor the old ways while being compatible with contemporary life. For thousands of years, our ancestors believed that the Elements — Earth, Air, Fire, and Water — were the building blocks of the Universe, and their inherent properties and energies could be directed to manifest particular outcomes. Through ritual and magic, Wiccans interact with the primal forces of the Elements in a variety of ways, calling upon them for assistance in the transformation of their realities.
Interest in Wicca, Witchcraft, and contemporary magic has increased exponentially over the past few decades. The dramatic rise of this Nature-based religion is due at least in part to the Internet—just twenty years ago, people curious about these subjects often had little access to credible information, especially those without a good New Age or Occult bookstore nearby.
But the appeal of Wicca is also growing in tandem with the increasing complexities of our modern, high-pressured mainstream society. Whether you're just looking to learn more about the Wiccan way of life, or you want to start practicing Wicca yourself, you will have a solid understanding of the essence of Wicca after listening to this audiobook. Conjure, Roots, working the root, root doctoring: all names for African American Hoodoo. Hoodoo is a traditional African American folk spirituality that was developed from a number of West African spiritual traditions and beliefs.
You will learn with this book not only the history, but also the beliefs, practices, spirits and saints which are. There are also spells working with mojo bags and poppets and incense. Hoodoo is not a religion. It is a magical system which this book is intended to demystify. A truly contemporary take on how to be a witch, Rebel Witch is an antidote to the cookie-cutter witchcraft agenda that gives a new perspective on the craft, asking each reader to create a powerful, personalized practice that taps into the current mood of female empowerment and spiritual rebellion.
Rebel Witch reminds witches of the wondrous opportunity to jump into experimentation and invent something wild and individual, a practice shaped by their individual personality and life journey, rather than allowing themselves to be spoon-fed. It challenges witches to design a nurturing practice that is truly theirs. There's information about all the elements of the craft, from energy raising, sacred space creation and receiving signs to casting spells, holding rituals, scrying, potions and much more … crucially, in each case the topic is discussed from an exciting contemporary perspective.
So, when Kelly-Ann talks about sacred texts, she stresses that you can choose the texts that resonate with you — so why not Alice in Wonderland or Narnia?
Maybe you want to move away from the traditional Wheel of the Year and create your own divisions? Instead of honouring a traditional deity, why not construct your own, choosing elements from rock stars, movie icons or fictional heroes? Or embody magical signs in your clothing and jewellery? Creativity and experimentation are encouraged, with tips to help the reader to be inventive.
A curious reader with a desire to create an inspired, deeply personal path and free themselves from conformity will finish the book ready to take action and make magick happen!
Have you ever wondered why you are the way you are? Do you want to understand the motivations and dynamics of your personality? Most likely, the middle of the human personality will always retain some mystery, but with the proper tool in hand, almost anyone can start to pry away the opaque clouds of wonder and get a glimpse into the truth about themselves.
In , Penn wrote a promotional tract about the Americans. As a result, fifty ships dropped the anchors in the Delaware River. Collectively, the Germans and Irish shared Celtic heritage.
Therefore many of the folk customs resonated together—including Halloween. From through , Halloween was more a time for tricking rather than for treating. Many of the tricks the German and Irish communities became universal, such as overturning outhouses, dismantling a wagon and putting it back together on top of a house or barn, and tying cows to church bells.
The tricks often served as social function, such as mildly chastising a neighbor who exhibited antisocial behavior. By , several American manufactures were making or importing party products just for the American holiday Halloween. From noisemakers to costumes, a new holiday meant new business and an opportunity to make money. Minor offenses, such as trying several garbage cans together and hanging them from a light pole, soaping windows with lard, and later, bars of hand soap, abounded.
As the pranks grew to vandalism shopkeepers would bribe youngsters to ward off destruction of their property. In an effort to stop the criminal behavior, the Boy Scouts, in conjunction with local town councils, cities, boroughs, instituted the custom of Trick-or-Treat night to help keep youngsters from naughty practices.
By the s the custom of trick-or-treating was well entrenched in our American culture. Halloween, like Christmas, became a holiday for children, and parents strove to make the holiday as much fun as possible for the enjoyment of their youngsters. During he s. Halloween practices extended through the entire month of October. Haunted houses, parties, hay rides, plays, story hours, and numerous other events were held throughout the month.
In the mid-to-late s certain sects of the Protestant Christian church declared war on Halloween. Other groups size Halloween for their own political agendas—hosting haunted houses showing aborted babies, drug addicts, and other modern day violent situations.
This did not go over well, as the holiday had become an event primarily for children, not adult political issues. The original Samhain marked the the close of the agriculture season and functional third harvest festival. In America, Halloween has become the first holiday in our end-of-year rush for partied gaiety.
Our Halloween functions as the opening of the three-month-long celebratory fest that includes Thanksgiving, Christmas, Yule, Kwanzaa, and Chanukkah, and ends with the popular American New Year.
As our children crave pumpkins with delightful chatter, adults find solace in a night when they can be whatever they want to be. We have little doubt about the joy this holiday bring to the American people. I am sure we will forever love the haunted house, the harvest Moon, the thrills and chills of a well-wrought tale—and, of course, the deliciously scary things that go EEEEK! What an awesome and informative article on a subject that I love?
How do you incorporate this festival in your life this time of year? Is your family involved? If so how? Like Like. When my children were children they were each allowed 3 birthday candles to put a name to of a loved one or friend that had crossed over.
Dinner was after trick or treating with an extra plates out for those who had been named. The Saturday before Samhain we baked bread from scratch and discuss what if anything we could make for those with less food. The children with their wondrous imaginations could come up with some pretty far out ideas.
Like Liked by 1 person. So wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing that with me. You have truly helped me in formulating a special way to honor this special time.
One thing I forgot at PM I and whoever was up will write 3 thing we want to leave in the old year and burn them outside letting Air take the ashes far away. Than we write 3 very do able goals for ourself, such as mine this year to not eat ice cream on Wednesdays no idea why Wednesday it just popped into my head or othe simple things.
This paper gets folded 6 times, we write our initials on the outside, and put in a special box on the family altar. At Beltane we take them out and talk about whether we reached each goal or at least try to reach it. The papers are burned in the Beltane fire.
My youngest son who was around 5 or 6 wrote that year: Take care of cat less. Eat more mashed potatoes. Lots of recipes, traditions both ancient and modern and the stories behind them.
Nov 05, Juli Anna rated it liked it Shelves: spirit , holiday. Being in grad school does not afford me a cover-to-cover read, but I very thoroughly browsed this one. More "history" and lore than I generally prefer, but there are still a decent number of recipes, spells, and rituals.
Sep 05, Stella rated it liked it Shelves: halloween. Interesting Wiccan perspective on Halloween. First half is a fun-to-read history, with background on various traditions, symbols, and superstitions. The second half is more for practicing Witches, with recipes, divination techniques, and rituals to remember the deceased. Jul 19, Autumn Sapphire Moon rated it really liked it. I liked this book by Silver. I know she's one that people either love or hate and a couple of her books I've read were disappointing to say the least, but this one was actually pretty good.
The book was really great. Jul 23, Amber Blackwood rated it it was amazing. My Mother gave me this Book for my Birthday. I was done with it by Halloween. Great Book. Aug 07, Denielle rated it really liked it. This was a well written book in its time.
I especially like the section on Halloween history. Oct 07, Melody Hession-Sigmon rated it it was amazing. Such a fun collection of Halloween treats. History, recipes, divination. Was interesting and fun to read. I especially liked reading the folktale of Jack-O-Lanterns out loud to my husband :. Oct 12, G. I love this book, bought it when it first came out. She delved into a great history and told a great story.
Oct 27, Kylah rated it really liked it Shelves: , spiritual , non-fiction. History, recipes, spells and divination. Dec 20, Carla rated it really liked it. The lore, rituals, spells, and recipes for the Sabbat of Samhain are here. This is a wonderful to help you understand that this time of year is for more than dressing up and receiving candy.
Sep 06, The Book Witch rated it it was amazing Shelves: An adorable selection of traditions, activities, and crafts to celebrate the spooky season. I loved finding out more about this celebration! I've always loved Halloween: when I was little I used to dress up and to go treak-or-treating with my sister.
The book is very interesting, I liked the whole history part that made me understand better the origin of this celebration and the recipes and spells were a fun touch to this book.
Oct 14, Maggi Harris rated it really liked it. My biggest complaint is actually not about the material itself but the format. The book is slender but wide and was tiring to hold. An updated, more condensed version would be nice. Jan 09, Amy rated it liked it Shelves: , series , religion , witchcraft , paganism , non-fiction. I know this book is called Halloween, but since it's from Llewelyn, I thought that it was actually about Samhain, but I was wrong.
The book really is more about Halloween than Samhain. Most of the rituals and just about everything described is for a Halloween party, especially a Halloween party with kids there. I also really disliked the author's way of writing, she seemed a bit narcissistic.
Sep 13, Tasha Thibodeau rated it it was amazing. As I got older and more versed in Wicca, I came to learn that a lot of her writing needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Regardless, starting out I really liked her writing and she helped me on my path as a newbie. When this book was published, I had grown out of my SRW training wheels but was excited when I saw she would be writing the Halloween book for Llewellyn's Sabbat series.
In this book she does not disappoint and her Halloween facts, information, spells and rituals are all creative and fun to do. One disappointment for me was that the book was titled Halloween instead of Samhain, as the other books in the Sabbats series are titled with their Pagan namesakes. Readers also enjoyed. About Silver RavenWolf. Silver RavenWolf. Silver RavenWolf Pennsylvania is a nationally recognized leader and elder of Wicca, and through her writing has been instrumental in guiding the future of one of the fastest-growing faiths in America today.
The author of seventeen books, she has been interviewed by The New York Times, Newsweek Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal, and her work has been featured in numerous publications, includi Silver RavenWolf Pennsylvania is a nationally recognized leader and elder of Wicca, and through her writing has been instrumental in guiding the future of one of the fastest-growing faiths in America today.
Her new book Hedge Witch is forthcoming from Llewellyn in September Other books in the series. Holiday Series 8 books. Books by Silver RavenWolf. Jodi Picoult never intended to write a book about the pandemic. Read more Trivia About Halloween!
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