Llewellyn's 2006 Magical Almanac

This book is a very easy read & very informative. Compiled works of many different authors, laid out in a very easy to read & easy to reference format.

Though her path is more Voodoo based, she was quite pleased with this book. Has interesting stories and emphasizes astrological aspects with good references. Definitely Wiccan.

This 384-page almanac is chocked full of articles with daily info on moon phases and other needed info. I like the listing of the days instead of trying to cram all the info into a calendar form. The articles or chapters, are all well written and can be read within a half hour for most so it is easy to pick this book up, pick a spot within the book and just read. You don't need to start on page 1 and probably shouldn't! I'm now going to look for 2006 just to read all the articles.

This is my 13th volume in the Llewellyn's Magical Almanac series. So that's lucky, right? Llewellyn's did something different this year. Instead of breaking the articles by season... they have broken them into the four elements. A radical but obvious way to organize magical information! My impressions: Earth Magic: Great articles include a look at Powerful Objects and Ritual Tools, Fulgurite: Crystalized Lightning (very interesting), Herbcraft, Labyrinths, and Kitchen Witchcraft. Air Magic: A Pagen look at subjects like Color Magic, Incants and Song, Living Together in Magic and how to act within groups, and a great article I really enjoyed was how to bring Air magic into your life without incense and smudgesticks (for us "non-smokers"). Fire Magic: How to light up your magical life with Candles, Deity Magic, Children and Ritual, How to make your own Magic Wands and Staffs, Creating Sigils (signs of magic), and the Stars. Water Magic: Brewing up articles on Relationships and Emotions, Love Magic, Potions, Brews and Oils, Magical Baths, Being Spiritally Social, Empathy, Dealing with Loss, and Moon Lore. I was really happily surprised by this approach of seperating articles by element. The Almanac Section naturally gives you day by day info on Holidays, Moon Phases, Color of the Day, Incense of the Day and many holiday recipes. The Llewellyn's Magical Almanac has been a great reference for me for almost 15 years. I would advise anyone who is either novice or pro to keep these nifty almanacs and build your own magical encylopedia set!

This is my 3rd almanac in this series. Each year there seems to be more and more material, ideas and traditions. I have been exploring alternate spiritual traditions on and off over the years and it is within the last 3 or so years I have been exploring and learning about Wicca, wiccae. I can only speak for myself in my own experience. I find this almanac to be helpful for newbies for those I've spoken to, who are more along in the craft, recommend this as well. If you are open to many traditions and are not locked in to a specific magic practice or not, this almanac contains a variety of traditions, ideas you can try or use to expand your book of shadows and perhaps, create your own magic as well. Like in all magic practice, it is wise to understand and develope your style of creating, holding, closing your circle. That said, enjoy this book with an open heart and mind. I am sure you will find something to spark your light. Bright Blessings to all!