Spells for Cats

by Daisy Pepper, Madge Baird (Editor), Lauren Dorman (Illustrator)

Everyone knows that cats have their own agenda when it comes to behaving. And that's why cat spells come in handy. Through ideas for play, Spells for Cats provides mystical and practical home remedies to ordinary cat problems ranging from common illnesses to guarding your favorite furniture from scratchy claws.

Genres: Nonfiction, Witchcraft

95 pages, Hardcover

First published October 18, 2001

Reviews

[Aimee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good ideas for bonding magically with your cat, no matter their age or activity level.

[Chance · Rating 1 out of 5]

There are so many issues with this book. Another review mentioned how "Maybe this book doesn't work for me because I don't believe in Witchcraft" and I want to say, I believe in witchcraft and this book is very much not that.
There's only two spells in this book that I felt could work, everything else was just garbage. From the very tone of "All cats prefer living outside and if you keep your cats inside, you are wrong!!!" to half of this book being 'spells' to fix the damage that free roaming cats cause, and also what will now be the infamous "You don't like your cat peeing outside the liter box? Pour your pee where you don't want your cat to go!" spell. The over-idealization of cats being these super ultra mystical creatures that "know more than we do about the true mysteries of creation and have their own magical religion far too complex for us humans to comprehend." (page 84) just feels way too over the top in this book.
Further more, this book seems to be very Neo-Wiccan based. The use of "Blessed Be" as a greeting (when that phrase originated in the Five Fold Kiss Ritual to bless your genitals for fertility) and the constant commenting of "The God and Goddess", makes this book be another book that conflates Wicca with Witchcraft; when Wicca is a religion and Witchcraft is a craft (All Wiccans are witches, but not all witches are Wiccan).
If you are looking for a good Witchcraft book on spells and activities to involve your cat, avoid this one. It is just another piece of trash among the huge heap of ever circulating books that try to jump on the bandwagon of sensationalized and popularized Witchcraft.

[Wysterria · Rating 1 out of 5]

I love Tarot cards and I follow Astrology, but I couldn't get my head around the contents of this book. I guess maybe I just don't believe in magic. Doing all these spells while at the same time getting your cat to just hang out by your side? Virtually impossible. Plus, where do you get the ingredients for some of these? And really? Get your cat to stop peeing on things by putting your own pee there? No thanks.