The Witch's Guide to Life

by Kala Trobe

The Witch’s Guide to Life is brimming with practical advice for every modern, magickally minded person. Author Kala Trobe explores what it really means to practice Witchcraft, including how to implement a positive metaphysical philosophy as an aid to overcoming life’s many challenges—or at least facing them with courage. Covering mind, body, and spirit in its three extensive parts, The Witch’s Guide to Life is an indispensable magickal reference book for novice and adept alike.

Wiccan ethics, the difference between a Wiccan and a non-Wiccan Witch, love, sex, mood swings, eating disorders, suicidal impulses, and the use of drugs are amongst the issues discussed in the first part of the book, along with wider subjects such as the witch’s role in global crisis.

Part two explores the history, folklore, and mystical systems relevant to witchcraft as we know it today, including chakras, the Qabalah of the Western Mystery Tradition, and Tarot. The lives of eminent historical and contemporary occultists are outlined, and the image of the witch as reflected in art, literature, and the media is explored as an indication of the changing attitude of the general public to the arts magickal.

In part three you’ll find the practical how-to of witchcraft and magick, with comprehensive sections on a witch’s working tools, when to cast what, and magickal techniques and spell-casting. Also included are recipes to make every sabbat a tasty as well as magickal experience, tips on psychic self-protection, and advice for coping with adversity. The power inherent in every witch shines forth in this guide to magickal living in the modern world.

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Genres: Paganism, Wicca, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Witchcraft, Occult, Reference

480 pages, Paperback

Published June 8, 2003

Reviews

[Kat Alexander · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book contains some really fabulous advise and viewpoints, I don't agree with the fact that it's presented as "the witch's" guide to life. It's very, very Wiccan based. And while Wiccans may be witches, not all witches are Wiccan. Not all witches adhere to the Wiccan Rede or the threefold law.
The book is an opinion piece, and you have to take that as you will. I did enjoy it, Wiccan theme aside, and I will admit it got me through one of the darkest times of my life. For that I am grateful. I have and will continue to recommend it to the "lighter" of my witch friends but for the rest of us, it's a bit too shiny and fluffy.

[Wendy Harding · Rating 5 out of 5]

I seem to be doing a lot of rereading and reassessing this year, going back to basics on lots of subjects, reclarifying. Kala's voice is so good: honest, funny, kind, ascerbic. This is going to stay a keeper for me, one of my touchstone craft books.

[Dawn Goldenberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my introduction to the craft. I learned a lot from it.

[Tiffany Madoo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kala Trobe has taken a unique approach in her book, she states that she doe not have all of the answers and cannot provide everything you need or want to know. It's wonderfully refreshing to read an author (of a book on the Craft) who understands that they don't know everything and that to learn is the journey required of a witch. She beautifully sums up the different branches of witchcraft and provides lovely details and bios on some very well-known witches. Merry Meet Ms Trobe!