The Significant Story Of Witchery And Religion, Unconscious Desire, Psychiatry And The Deep Dark Conflicts Of The Mind. All The Fascinating, Fabulous Lore Of Myth And Magic, Ancient And Modern Born Of This Demonic Visitor Of The Night.

The purpose of this book is to allow the reader a glimpse into this shadowy and fascinating world which will hopefully bing him a step closer to an understanding of hidden powers.

A beautifully illustrated guide from a Celtic Wiccan High Priestess to celebrating the Wiccan way, from Halloween to handfastings, as well as everyday rituals to enhance all areas of your life. The Wiccan calendar is marked by significant festivals, called sabbats. The most famous is Halloween, also known as Samhain, but you will be familiar with others, too, such as the Summer and Winter Solstices. Wiccans celebrate these sabbats with rituals, crafts, and food and drink, and in this book, Silja reveals how you can bring some of that magic into your life, even if working as a solitary witch. She also details other special days throughout the year, such as August 23, the Roman festival of Vulcanalia, which is celebrated with bonfires. Discover, too, how Wiccans celebrate personal rites of passage, such as the naming of a baby and a couple committing to each other in a Wiccan wedding, known as a handfasting. Finally, Silja explains how to write your own daily, weekly, or monthly rituals to bring you peace and happiness. Lavishly illustrated throughout, this is your essential guide to all your Wiccan celebrations.

Make magic in the kitchen with this unique collection of Wiccan recipes, menus, and ideas for incorporating magical practices into your cooking, from bestselling Wiccan author Lisa Chamberlain. Cooking and magic have a lot in common: both use various ingredients and natural forces to create something vital, fulfilling, and new. Our first Wiccan cookbook in the wildly successful Modern-Day Witch series tells you everything you need to know to maximize the magical potential of what you cook and eat. Written by one of the most popular Wiccan authors, Lisa Chamberlain, it includes 40 delicious, mystical recipes: from dishes that harness the magical energies of natural foods to help you manifest goals, such as Lucky Money Stir-Fry and Magic Marinara, to festive dishes for the eight Wiccan Sabbats, such as Triple Goddess Sweet Potato, Brussels Sprouts, and Toasted Garlic Soup and Pumpkin Prosperity Pudding Cakes. In addition to complete menus for celebrating special occasions, you'll also learn how to choose potent ingredients; how to turn your kitchen into a sacred space, and much more. Features full menus for: Yule (Winter Solstice): including Long Life Kale Salad with Pears, Walnuts, and Lemon Vinaigrette, and Winter Solstice Quinoa with Herb-Roasted Butternut Squash and Parsnips Ostara (Spring Equinox): including Wish-Granting Dandelion Salad with Eggs and Bacon, and Eostre's Herb and Garlic Grilled Chicken and Asparagus with Balsamic Glaze Beltane (May Day): including Zucchini and Gruyere Healing May Day Gratin, Sexy Spiced Farro with Rainbow Chard and Radishes, and Freyr's Strawberry-Rhubarb Crumble Litha (Summer Solstice): Summer Love Chilled Cherry Soup with Fennel and Dill, and Fiery Blackened Shrimp with Toasted Orzo and Summer Corn Pilaf Mabon (Autumnal Equinox): Roasted Vegetable and Barley Balancing Salad, Autumn Pot Roast with Maple Potato-Butternut Puree, and Fresh Pumpkin Prosperity Pudding Cakes And more!

In The Discovery of Witches, Matthew Hopkins - the Witch Finder General of England during the early 1600s - details the process by which he found and captured suspected witches. Hopkins' treatise is comprised of answers to various queries he had received by members of the public curious about his investigatory techniques in finding witches. This book answers a total of fourteen queries, with replies ranging from a few sentences to a few paragraphs in length. The book is an illustrative portrayal of a society fervently given to superstitions about the powers of witchcraft. At three hundred women killed, the efforts of Hopkins and his assistant John Stearne were prolific. Accorded status, Hopkins encountered opposition to his witch finding. That his 'investigations' required scant evidence to secure death sentences dismayed figures in the Church of England. Today, historians judge Hopkins as an opportunist who took advantage of unfounded suspicions to advance his own fame.

Explore the history of the witch trials in Connecticut, which predated the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, by nearly fifty years.

A year-long magical adventure with everything the modern witch needs to develop their witchy practice. Have you ever looked at a full moon on a clear winter night and shivered? Have you walked in an ancient forest or sat in a stone circle and felt a deep sense of peace and belonging? Do you wonder if there is more to life than the grind of the everyday? Do you believe in magic? If the answers to any of these are yes, then you need witchcraft in your life. No longer tainted by notions of sorcery, hexes and cobwebs, witchcraft has been rediscovered by those of us yearning for re-enchantment. This card deck will guide you through a year of magic. Based on the cycles of nature and guided by the seasons, it will give you the tools and knowhow to unveil the magic that surrounds us. By celebrating the eight sabbats of the Wheel of the Year, you will work with nature to activate your hidden power and trigger miraculous happenings. Witchcraft can attract love, give your career a boost, protect your home and help with healing. It will enrich your life. Packed with information and practical rituals and exercises, this card deck boosts well-being, self-worth and happiness by tapping into the healing power of nature, the cycle of the seasons, the pull of the moon, the wisdom of ancient trees and forgotten paths, and the spiritual rewards of creativity. It includes: Seasonal spells, remedies, rituals and affirmations that use the power of plants, herbs and stones to offer guidance and healing. Features including crystal gazing, dowsing, reading the Tarot, the magic of stone circles and folklore traditions, to increase knowledge and inspire curiosity. Creative projects with a witchy purpose that can be used in rituals and spells. Whether you are a solitary hedge witch, part of a coven, a practising witch or an aspiring one, this card deck will furnish you with the vital knowledge to enrich your journey and to sprinkle magic and enchantment over every day.

The art of manifestation is not only about connecting to the universe to help you to achieve an outcome, but also about self-understanding, self-discovery and truly believing in your desires and intentions. Manifesting your goals and dreams is about making the things you want to happen, well, happen. By drawing on Wiccan wisdom, you will amplify and enhance all aspects of realising those desires. This book shows you how to connect to your inner witch, cultivate confidence, self-belief, awareness and how to set powerful intentions. It also tells you the secret magic of the numbers 3,6, 9, and their use in manifestation techniques. This book also explains what manifestation is and isn't, and it teaches you all the basics of Wicca, such as how to work with solar and lunar cycles, deities, symbols and the five magical elements, create a sacred space and a 'book of shadows' to empower and amplify your intentions and manifestations. Along with a variety of Wiccan rituals and spell-casting, you will discover how to conjure positivity to attract the results you seek.

The Book of Black Magic is Arthur Edward Waite's magnum opus of occult lore; this edition contains the author's original icons, symbols, seals and drawings. This supreme guide to occultist history, lore, magick, and ceremony is split into two parts: The first is entitled ""The Literature of Ceremonial Magic."" Here, Waite examines the ritualistic traditions which surrounding the occult movement for centuries. He notes various texts, and how these had a bearing upon the practice of the occult and of magical ceremony. The second part, ""The Complete Grimoire,"" concerns how those who practice black magic and occult ritual become versed in the craft. The stringent physical and mental requirements, and the need to practice a spiritual attunement and inner ablution, is detailed. Astronomical knowledge of the planets and their movements is a necessity, as is possession of a variety of instruments, plus a deep knowledge of the various symbols and scripts used in occultism.