Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
- Published by: Citadel September 1, 2004
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0806525541
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0806525549
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 12.6 ounces
Reader Reviews
This is probably one of the best Wicca 101 books that I have read. I had mixed emotions about the first chapter of the book. Buckland talks about TV witches and calls some questionable historical characters as possible witches. But then I proceeded to read the following chapters and I realized that the first chapter must be read without taking it seriously. I think what Buckland attempts is to reach the new wanna-be practitioner on a level that she/he can understand. The rest of the book is filled with plenty of content (no fluffy-bunny Wicca). The book has a good overview of Wicca (there is less focus on magic than in most of Wicca 101 books comming out these days) including rituals, Esbats, rites of passage, Sabbats, Divination, Healing, Prayer and Meditation, and Development. He also includes appendices of magical terms, magical properties of herbs, magical properties of stones, and magical alphabets. They are shallow overviews but more than I have found in many Wicca 101 books and enough for a begginer to decide if they wish to persue any of the topics with deeper study. I would give this book a 4.5 if I could because it is not perfect but it is a great introductory book to Wicca 101 and especially beggining solitary practice for someone who has never been involved with a coven.
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