Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together

by A.J. Drew

In a market filling with books on the what of Wicca, this book is one of the few to offer a focus on the why. Discusses how the sanctity of ritual can be reestablished through the celebrations of the Wiccan couple.

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

223 pages, Paperback

First published July 31, 2002

Reviews

[Caitlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

To be honest, this is a three-star book, just ok. It meandered in some places and was repetitive in others, taking forever to deliver on the title's promise of spirituality for couples.

However, I'm giving it four stars anyway because the author was just incredibly likable. There's a strong sense of voice in the writing that made me laugh, and I genuinely enjoyed the chapter about Gardner and Buckland (it's been so long since I read any of their work that I'd forgotten why I disliked them so much). The writing felt honest and down to earth.

At one point he talks a little bit about Starhawk being larger than life and maybe a little over the top and hard to relate to, and that just absolutely charmed me because I put down The Earth Path to finish this book because I found it so much more enjoyable a read.

If you're looking for some really specific advice on family spirituality, I've got other books I would definitely recommend ahead of this one. But if you're just exploring paganism, wicca, and a magical lifestyle, pick this guy up, he's a delight.

[Lory · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was fantastically excited to find this book, because the vast majority of the books out there are for solitaires or covens. Our coven consists solely of me & my husband,and our faith is very important to us. In addition to covering ways to make rituals a two-person show, it covers issues of the Wiccan faith that are more honed to couples, such as handfastings and bearing and raising children. It also has several side-by-side comparisons to help explain the rituals of your family to non-practicioners (although, admittedly, there is a tinge of judgement involved in most of them).

[Leona Bittle · Rating 1 out of 5]

In between the author’s obvious disdain for people with beliefs out of 100% alignment to their own, and the author’s palpable egomania, there were a few things I learned. I learned that I will never read this author’s propaganda again, and I learned that the ways that I express myself through Wicca are just fine for me. I’m sorry I wasted my time on this hateful drivel.

[Μιτς Γιωτίξ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice little book, nothing fancy but at least it gave me some information about the "neopagan community" paranoia of the 70s...

[Alexandra Chauran · Rating 3 out of 5]

I constantly wavered between rating this book none of the stars and all of the stars. This book was not what I expected. I expected this to be a practical ritual and spell guide for handfasted couples or magical working partners. It turned out to be one broken man's philosophical screed with almost a memoir feel, alternately lambasting the Pagan community and espousing a utopia. The emotions and writing were so raw here that it felt like a self-published work at times. At other times, in spite of myself, I found myself nodding along as I read this provocative work while still appalled by his ethnocentric worldview. Tragically, past hurts and an inability to find perfect love and perfect trust in a Wiccan coven has led him to misinterpret the leap of faith that others can do through initiation to make family out of strangers. This led to a personal implosion that makes his writings about Wicca seem like those of an outsider from a completely different culture looking in and piecing together the words of others with confusion. That said, this book would make a great centerpiece for group discussion and conversation. The death vows handparting ritual would pack a punch, and I did manage to take away a couple more tips for myself and my husband that I picked from the rubble of Drew's broken and bleeding heart.

[Holly Weeden · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am a student of Wicca and when I found this book I was very excited. but I thought half the books was focused to much on the Witch Wars of the 70's and less on couples actually making magic together as the cover proclaims. There was some very useful information once the author got to the couples part of the book and for someone studying, it can be used as a basic refernce guide to how rituals can be done.

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

I originally received this as a handfasting gift and recently re-read it. The book loses something by focusing too much on rants about certain people in the community, and there are odd gaps in the history discussed. I found jewels amidst the ground though, and find myself less engaged ten years after reading it the first time.

[Hayley · Rating 2 out of 5]

wasn't really what I expected to be honest, thought it would actually give ideas of wiccan magick or practices you could do as a couple, but really it was more about comparing a family/couple to a coven and comparing your life together to a ritual. some interesting parts, but mostly disappointing.