Earth, Air, Fire & Water: More Techniques of Natural Magic (Llewellyn's Practical Magick)

Loved this book!

Cunningham is an inspiring writer, and "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water" is another gem. This is the first book I read on magic, and I was drawn to the spells immediately. It helps connect the reader with the Earth in such a beautiful manner, while using the four elements as the main ingredient in magic. The spells are incredibly simple, and forces the reader to use more of his or her own energy instead of relying on complex ritual. Simplicity all the way. This is what I love most about the book...if you are a beginner, it introduces an excellent guide to folk magic. However, if you are a practiced witch, it brings you back to the basics. Cunningham promotes positive magic without being "fluffy." Magic can be simplified to this: All magic is energy. The user has the choice to concentrate their energy for good, or bad.

For those who are into folk magick you may just love this one so much you wont be lending it out. This book will teach you about the elements and how to do spells with them. Eventually you can master the elements though some just want a freindship with them; thats your call on that one. Anyway the spells are not complicated some are quite simple. They have been effective most of the time for me. This is good for the beginner and the advanced.

Earth, Air, Fire, and Water is a follow-up to the book Earth Power. Both are comprehensive guides to simple folk magick, which doesn't require elaborate ritual but for those who crave ritual can be easily incorporated. But the two books are not clones, nor is Earth, Air, Fire, and Water simply a padded re-release or sequel to Earth Power. They use a similar setup, and cover the same topic, folk magick, but Earth, Air, Fire, and Water is almost wholly new. It covers some of the topics discussed in Earth Power, but encompasses a range of new or related topics. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water is indespensible among Cunningham's volume of works. If you want a comprehensive guide to folk magick, and have read Earth Power (you should start with Earth Power), then Earth, Air, Fire, and Water is definitely for you. If you haven't read Earth Power, then do, and then come back for this one, you will learn, be entertained, and probably recommend this and other Scott Cunningham books to friends before too long.