Dark Goddess Magick: Rituals and Spells for Reclaiming Your Feminine Fire

by C. Ara Campbell

Dark Goddess Magick introduces 20 of the most powerful shadow goddesses and guidance on how to connect with them.

Light magick is all well and good, but sometimes you can't just “love and light” your way through challenging circumstances. The potent shadow goddesses you meet here, however, can guide you through the darkness.

Authored by Ara Campbell of the wildly popular Goddess Circle school and community, each dark goddess entry includes spells, invocations, and practices to utilize the goddess's magick and wisdom for embodying strength, setting boundaries, and transforming your life.

Often, it is in the darkest times that we find our strength and reclaim our power.

Someone poaching on your lover, your home, or your business? Call on Kali, The Warrioress, to release your fear and stand your ground.
Is your world falling apart or are you processing deep trauma or grief? Call on Persephone, The Dark Queen, to help guide you through your emotional underworld and find a new beginning.
Trying to shake your “nice” girl or people-pleaser tendencies? Call on Lilith, The Rebel Renegade Goddess, to reclaim your freedom.
Feeling stuck in some life situation that won’t move forward? Call upon Morrigan, The Phantom Queen, to shapeshift the circumstances.
When life gets hard and messy, Dark Goddess Magick gives you spells, practices, and dark goddesses you can call on.

Genres: Witchcraft, Magick, Nonfiction

194 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 14, 2021

About the author

C. Ara Campbell is a visionary writer, author, and founder of The Goddess Circle. She is a soul guide, cosmic channel, facilitator of the online Inner Priestess Awakening Journey and Relationship Empowerment & Sacred Love Journey, and author of The Astro Forecast Publication. She is the author of the upcoming book Dark Goddess Magick: Rituals and Spells for Reclaiming your Feminine Fire.

She is a contributing author on the books Journeys with the Divine Feminine and Original Resistance: Reclaiming Lilith, Reclaiming Ourselves. Ara is a modern day mystic dedicated to empowering others and connecting them with their purpose, living embodied truth and healing using the natural world. Ara is an old soul that has been writing and channeling guidance from the unseen since she was young intuitively soul coaching using spiritual and natural energies. She can often be found seeking wisdom and solace in the wilds of Mother Earth, capturing the magic of nature with her camera or snuggling her dog Sonny.

Reviews

[Hali Davidson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This lovely little book is fun and pretty, and an easy, light read for witches. However, I dislike the approach encouraging you to go around cherry picking goddesses for the occasion, ready to cast her aside as you cross over the mountain. I do not myself work with any deity, but I did enjoy reading the mythology surrounding the goddesses detailed therein.

[Kirra-Rose Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection of guidance and development through a variety of deities was stunning. The beauty of the art, practices, and composition of the book drove me to purchase a physical copy of the book to reread and revisit.

Campbell compiles information that's digestible for those unfamiliar with the content while providing a comprehensive overview. The variety of information maintains the fast-paced aspect of the writing style.

I'd highly recommend this book to those interested in the lessons that can be learned from channelling energy from a variety of sources and within ourselves.

[Sarah Ryan (sarahs_reads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Holy Cow - I am literally buying this as holiday gifts for all my mythology lovers. Not only does this dive deep into mythology, but it features strong women with amazing stories and history!!!

I sat down to flip through this and ended up devouring this in one sitting. When will I learn that I am not a scan and come back kind of gal.

Lately, Greek mythology retellings have been super popular. I've always just went along with them and meant to go back and do more research. This book was an excellent resource for those that want to learn more about important mythology players and strong women to boot!

Thank you, NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group, & Fair Winds Press for this review copy. I will definitely be purchasing a hard copy along with the many I plan on buying to gift! BRAVO - would recommend.

[Destiny Bridwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. I enjoyed reading and getting to know these 20 goddesses in a way that I had not before. The goddess I have been using in my magickal workings for decades now is Kali. I had to take notes to add to my journal to look to some of the other goddesses for a little help and focus. It has been a bit of a rough year and this helped focus my journaling and my magickal practices. The illustrations in this book are amazing. I will be referring back to this book as needed.

[Mitchell · Rating 4 out of 5]

The guidance in this book I find is a bit mixed. My big critique is there isn’t much acknowledgement of possible limitations one should be mindful of with some of the deities who originate in BIPOC traditions and this risks leading to appropriation. That said, I do think a lot of its content has at least some merit and the art style is quite nice.

[Erica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great introduction to a diverse variety of goddesses as well as different rituals to get you started. I liked the set up of this book, but wish that some of the goddesses were a bit more fleshed out. For example, some had one paragraph of introductory information while others had three to four. But I think this is definitely a great jumping off point for anyone trying to connect or work with different archetypes.

[Lizs.book.nook ||Elizabeth|| · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! As a beginner, looking into the various deities and their workings, this was a really helpful tool. This book brings together all of the primary and important aspects of the deities in a easy, digestible manner. From the various deities from all around the world, to their associations, and the aspects of what they can help you achieve, it has opened my eyes to all of the possibilities.

[Sonee Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

What I enjoyed the most about the book were the descriptions of and stories behind the goddesses. I also appreciated that there were a variety of rituals to connect with each goddess, including the ‘simpler’ visualizations, incantations, and affirmations to the more complex ones involving supplies and special preparations.

[Ebony Futter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book! I love that the goddess have their own sections and the book is easily laid out and simple to read! The illustrations are absolutely beautiful! Colourful and eyecatching! Makes working with dark goddesses very easy

[Annalisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is amazing. You get the backstory of the dark goddesses. There is a wonderful tribute to Hecate and the other goddesses. It is a great book for a beginner and as a basic introductory for someone who just wants to learn about the goddesses. I added this one to my library.

[Annarella · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned something new about the Dark Goodess and I appreciated the pictures and how the book is structured.
Informative, well researched.
A good read for everyone.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

[Ruth Ellen · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book gives descriptions and myths tales of origins of some Dark Goddess es. It also gives meditation to work with. I found it informative and interesting. I will be using this to work with my shadow side.

[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best book about mythological goddesses I’ve ever read. Beautiful illustrations, wonderful meditations, simple spells, empowering affirmations. This book is a treasure and featured stories of goddesses from all over the world.

[OjoAusana · Rating 4 out of 5]

*received for free from netgalley for honest review* really cool read, though not something i would need for actual use its interesting

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insightful read with helpful guidance on how to call in spirit at various times. Really enjoyed this book and recommend to anyone looking to dig deeper into their spiritual practice.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this book so much so that I will be getting a physical copy to add to my bookshelf.
This book has everything magic, mythology and strong women what else could you ask for ?

[Theremin Poisoning · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed it thoroughly.

[S.K.G. Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This books is a ritual in its own right. Powerful artwork and words from an OG witch that has set the stage for all goddesses of our time.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fresh and fierce idea - looking at feminism and witchcraft through the lens of amazing, powerful goddesses from ancient civilizations all across the world. Loved learning the stories of these wonderful spirits, and being inspired by Campbell's suggestions for rituals, writing prompts and meditations for each one.

[Sombre Grimoire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un très bon livre où j'ai découvert pas mal d'informations et de divinités sur le thème des Ombres.
Une très bonne découverte !

[Janice · Rating 3 out of 5]

. A nice introduction but I wish those related to closed practices were noted as such