The Wiccan Way

Im 15 been wiccan since I was 11. This is a amazing guide whether advanced or begginer. The author is great and explains everthing very well. Lot of good info . You wont be upset

Her first chapter talks about the Earth Mother and the Horned god and the Wiccan Way in general. Gives a general idea on the dieties, histories, faith and belief. Finally she spends at least half a page talking about honoring the deities. Ending with Two rituals. The next chapter goes into going about starting entering into the religion. She talks briefly about the basic tools. She then gives a ritual in how to concentrate them for magickal workings and concentrating your sacred space; slong with altar arrangment. The Final thing she talks about is casting a sacred circle, which should probably have gone after sacred space. The third chapter is about the Magickal Calendar and the holidays in the faith. She talks about the greater sabbats briefly and the lesser sabbats even more briefly. The next thing she goes into is the moon and its cycles. Finally she goes more in detail on the four Greater Sabbats and then goes into Lunar Esabats. In the next chapter she talks about Spiritual Development. She gives a ritual of three ways of advancement it only takes up one page. She also gives breathing techniques. She dedicates a page to correspondences and then gives another page as a table for it. She also talks about charms. She ends the chapter with telling you how to be of service to others and gives a ritual as well. In the fifth chapter she talks about the Natural World and how to interact within it and use it. Then she goes into a ritual of exploring each of the four elements separately. When this is done she talks about the spirits of nature and how they are connected to the elements. After this is said and done she gives a ritual on communing with the spirits and the natural world. The final thing she talks about is the seasons and ends the chapter giving ritual and altar ideas for all four of them. In her next chapter she goes into Divination. She spends at least one and probably a little less then half a page dealing with spell casting. She spends a page going into runes and gives a table on how to translate runes. She talks about the witch's ladder, which is the first time I have heard about it. The next thing she goes into is Candle Magick and she gives a table that takes up about half the page on how to use candles in magick. She then gets into the darker stuff but not by much and just tells us how to do a banishing and then gives us a banishing ritual. The next to last chapter goes into journey you take within yourself. She talks about familiars and how to find one spiritually and physically. She spends time talking about Astral Travel about a page and not even a third of another one. She spends at least two pages talking about how to create your own spiritual journeys. The final chapter is for rites and rituals for stages of your life. She gives a ritual for Magickal Naming, Child Blessing, Handfasting, Significants Occasions such as a coming of age, Croning, and finally Dea

I have been interested in Wicca since 1988 and a practitioner since 1993. Throughout my learning process I have bought and read many books on the subject. "The Wiccan Way" has a lot of good qualities. For a first time reader on the subject of Wicca it gives an easy to understand yet thorough presentation of the subject matter. For someone like myself with a background in Wicca it outlines the important aspects of the belief. I found it to be a great refresher guide for the basics. I had not bought a book about Wicca for a long time. I find a lot of the current material to contain too much useless information. Fairy magic, angel magic and other subjects of the like are more suited for readers who enjoy fiction rather than fact. "The Wiccan Way" presents a good understanding of Wicca without the theatrics. It is outlined well and organizes it's chapters in a manner that makes reading enjoyable and easy. I would recommend it to anyone who would like to explore the basic beliefs and practices of Wicca. Blessed Be