Magick Made Easy : Charms, Spells, Potions and Power

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Summary: Magick Basics without pre-set Religion requirments!
Review: I love this book. Patricia Telesco is a fantastic author. The Basic magickal components (Herbs, stones, etc), and their traditional/suggested uses in Folk Magick was well organized(alphabetically, by category) and well explained! This book is unintimidating and easy to refrence. She also gives the reader a good neutral foundation on which they can build their own opinions and practices. The very best aspect of this book was the fact that she presented a concept that is very much tied to various Earth Religions, but didn't give the book a religious slant at all. (Being a Christian Witch,) I appreciated the fact that there wasn't a pre-set religious affiliation to the information! This allows one to learn just "Magick"...leaving the religious application up to the reader!! The book is and easy read for the beginner, and a valuable refrence.

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Summary: Sure to be a Classic
Review: I've been wanting more reference material for my library and this one won't see much shelf time! The alphabetical component listings that make up the majority of the book were a really neat twist on the books that provide cut-n'-dry spells by topic. Here, rather than getting spell recipes, you're given all the information on magickal ingredients so you can create your own personal "recipe" for successful spiritual living.

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Summary: A Good Read
Review: This was one of the first books I had when I started Wicca. It has some good info, and I still use the components table, it still helps me out A LOT. Honestly, it has the most corrsepondences of any of my books, that is where it really shines. There were a lot of really intresting ideas to use each, but the glossary could've been better to a beginning witch, and the info was a bit limited, especially for a beginning book. And it didn't really, get me *into* it. But, the reason why I gave it 4 stars is because of the research and personal thoughts obviously put into the correspondences, I'd say they're more of an intermidiate witch's helpful info, but that's only my opinion, and everyone goes down their own path. Blessed Be!