The Real Witches' Year: Spells, Rituals and Meditations for Every Day of the Year

by Kate West

Benefit from magical wisdom every day, with the spells and rituals offered in this beautiful gift book.This new book from the bestselling author of the Real Witches' series gives you a spell, ritual and meditation for every day of the year. The daily entries guide you through seasonal festivals and rites, showing you how to use the spiritual tradition of witchcraft to best effect throughout the year.Entries include: Details of sabbats with meditations, preparations and celebrations Festivals of Gods and Goddesses 'Non-witchy' dates such as St Valentines Meditations, spells and rituals, such as Self Cleansing and how to find your Totem Animal Home made remedies and charms Tips on divination and the zodiac Information on useful stones and crystals, precious metals, herbs and trees, plus tools such as candles, the pendulum, the chalice and the wand How to interact with animals and nature Explanations of folklore and traditions Gardening and kitchen witchery, including when to plant and harvest, plus seasonal recipesFull of magical wisdom, you can select any page at random to start your day with a little Wiccan inspiration.Whether you wish to follow it day by day or to simply dip into

Genres: Paganism, Witchcraft, Wicca, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Religion, Magic

373 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 2004

About the author

The author of over a dozen books, Kate West (United Kingdom), has become the U.K.'s most successful author on Witchcraft. She is the recipient of a Lifetime Contribution to Witchcraft award and has been recognized as the most popular factual writer on Witchcraft by Children of Artemis, the fastest growing Witchcraft organization in the U.K. and Europe. Formerly the Vice President of the Pagan Federation, West remains active in the Wiccan community, speaking at international Witchfests and contributing to magazines. She is High Priestess of the Hearth of Hecate and lives in North Norfolk.

Reviews

[Madeline · Rating 1 out of 5]

Giving up 1/3 of the way through. Too awful to finish. I usually love books about neopaganism, folk traditions and/or superstitions, but this is just full of complete crap. No distinction is made between between modern witchcraft, cunning craft and folk beliefs in evil spirits, or between the legitimacy of mindfulness vs cute but wacky old practices like sleeping with cake under your pillow to dream of your future husband. Much overuse of the phrase 'it is said', including the wonderful sentence 'It is said that white light actually contains light of all colours'. Yes, I suppose that is said. One final annoyance - every other spell requires the lighting of a new candle (not a tea light) and then waiting for it to burn down completely before blowing it out. Has anyone ever done this? Wouldn't it take hours and hours?

[Ellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is for anyone who is a beginner witch. It gives spells and all kinds of information to cure illnesses which you make yourself. Well written and very informal. Highly recommend to anyone who has an interest in what witchcraft is really all about.

[Neko.ta.ta · Rating 5 out of 5]

So Nice to learn something magickal for each day of the year. I love Kate West.

[Claudia Loureiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

A day to day day informative book on spells, rituals, plants, how to's and other interesting tit bits for those practising the Pagan life style. Fun as well as fairly well organized. Not designed to be an encyclopaedia, but certainly a basic and quick reference guide to basics as well as some out of the way info.

[Mandy McRae · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another awesome book. It has alot of good spells & information.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE this book and refer back to it throughout the year. it keeps me focused on my Wiccan duties. =)

[Jule · Rating 4 out of 5]

a realy nice book each page has a thought, description etc for the day ( this is not a reading book ). i keep picking it up reading a page or two. any book that can make me smile is ok.