Wiccacraft for Families: The Path of the Hearthfire

This book is so simple yet it has everything you need. It's well thought out and written so well. I recommended it to anyone, even if youre not practicing within your family it's still an excellent resource to have.

We have many different Pagan parenting books in our library and we appreciate them all, but we have found Wiccacraft for Families to be our favorite. We turn to this one more often than we do any other. Wiccacraft for Families is like a family Book of Shadows. Within it's pages are recipes, rituals, activities, and crafts for the Sabbats, Moons, and Rites of Passages. Although we have Circle Round by Starhawk in our library and use it often for ideas, we find this one fits our path better especially for ritual and such.Our family recommends this book as an addition to a Pagan family library.

Margie's book is full of really great ritual ideas for your family. Actually, this book has great celebration ideas even if you don't have small children. The food suggestions, ritual, craft, and lore are top notch. Margie writes in a very readable way that makes this book a fun read as well as being informative. Margie's book is one of the best books written on Witchcraft in general. Her style is user-friendly and you can learn a lot about Witchcraft from this book regardless of whether or not you plan to celebrate the Holy Days with small children or not!

My family and I very much enjoyed this book. The rituals, projects, recipies, and songs were imaginative, fun, and easily adaptable to any family. It was immediately obvious that the author was writing from experience and had actually tried out all these things with her own children. We particularly enjoyed trying out the recipes for our family gatherings. While there are a plethora of Pagan "how-to" books on the market, until now there have been no good books on bringing up Pagan children. Highly recommended: a much needed addition to any Pagan family's library.

I loved this book! I found much of value in this book, and it inspired me with so many ideas for working spiritually with my own children. I really liked how it tended toward everyday practicality - with morning prayers, night prayers, blessings for meals, etc; yet also provided resource material for the Sabbats, Moons and major life passages. It covered a lot of ground, for such a small book. Oh yes, I forgot to mention the music: lots of good songs - some traditional, some modern - for each of the Sabbats. I highly recommend this book!

WiccaCraft for Families is one of the few books I refer to often for pagan friendly parenting and family ritual ideas. The book has rituals, foods, music, crafts & activities broken down into the eight sabbats for quick reference to seasonal holidays. Ms. McArthur also provides informative chapters on various Rites of Passage: Women's Mysteries, Men's Mysteries, Youth Passages, Handfastings, Age, and Death rituals and observances. All in all a great book for a pagan parents' library.