Category: Witchcraft

Cover for Your Tarot Toolkit by Ru-Lee Story

ARC Review: Your Tarot Toolkit: Simple Activities for Your Daily Practice by Ru-Lee Story

February 7, 2023

This is an informative and wonderfully written guide to Tarot. This book breaks each card down by giving a general overview of the card, and then providing affirmations, reflections and activities. The activities within this book are perfect because a lot of them are writing based or simple activities that are easier to fit into … More ARC Review: Your Tarot Toolkit: Simple Activities for Your Daily Practice by Ru-Lee Story

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Review: Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within by Juliet Diaz

May 20, 2022

Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within was a wonderfully written and informative beginners book for witches. It covers the basics of magic, creating books of shadows and grimoires, ancestor magic, some beginner spells, and some ethical issues with practicing witchcraft.  Diaz has a wonderful style of writing that is beautifully prosaic but also very easy to … More Review: Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within by Juliet Diaz

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ARC Review: The Big Book of Tarot Meanings: The Beginner’s Guide to Reading the Cards by Sam Magdaleno

April 13, 2022

This is a wonderful beginners book to understanding tarot cards. This book breaks down each card into eight categories: beginnings, career, finances, romance, friends & family, health, higher guidance, and outcome. Both upright and reversed meanings are given for each of these as well.  This book uses the Raider-Waite Tarot deck but if you have … More ARC Review: The Big Book of Tarot Meanings: The Beginner’s Guide to Reading the Cards by Sam Magdaleno

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ARC Review: The Witch of the Forest’s Guide to Earth Magick by Lindsay Squire

April 12, 2022

After reading Lindsay’s previous book Natural Magick, I knew I wanted to read this one. This was a beautifully illustrated, informative, and easy to follow book about utilizing earth magick for your craft.  This book covers casting a circle and ritual basics, the four elements, the four seasons, earth magick, crystals, divination, empath care, and … More ARC Review: The Witch of the Forest’s Guide to Earth Magick by Lindsay Squire

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ARC Review: The Witch’s Guide to Wellness: Natural, Magical Ways to Treat, Heal, and Honor Your Body, Mind, and Spirit by Krystle L. Jordan

April 2, 2022

The Witch’s Guide to Wellness is a guidebook to become a healthier version of yourself by using the craft. This covers spells, rituals, potions, and food that target wellness in your home, your mind and your body. By providing a well rounded mixture of rituals and spells, Jordan targets any aspect of your life that … More ARC Review: The Witch’s Guide to Wellness: Natural, Magical Ways to Treat, Heal, and Honor Your Body, Mind, and Spirit by Krystle L. Jordan

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ARC Review: Spells for Change: A Guide for Modern Witches by Frankie Castanea

March 28, 2022

This is a wonderful guide book for beginners. The book covers meditation, grounding, cleansing, banishing, shadow work, cultural appropriation, and desettling the craft.  Frankie Castanea easily breaks down the steps to spellcraft, including herbs, crystals, and sigils. For the herbs sections, she discusses the cultural appropriation of herbs like white sage and palo santo to … More ARC Review: Spells for Change: A Guide for Modern Witches by Frankie Castanea

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Review: The Eclectic Witch’s Book of Shadows: Witchy Wisdom at Your Fingertips by Deborah Blake

February 26, 2022

The Eclectic Witch’s Book of Shadows is a beginners reference book for those who are looking to build their practice from the ground up. This book gives basic introductions and quick references for all the basics of witchcraft elements, like candle magic, divination, stones, gods and goddesses and so on. Within each section there are … More Review: The Eclectic Witch’s Book of Shadows: Witchy Wisdom at Your Fingertips by Deborah Blake

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ARC Review: The Witch of the Forest’s Guide to Natural Magick by Lindsay Squire

September 24, 2021

The Witch of the Forest’s Guide to Natural Magick is a wonderful introduction to harnessing your inner magick. Whether you are in the broom closet or out-and-proud, Lindsay Squire has provided a wonderful and informative guide to the beginner aspects of magic that will allow you to succeed and thrive.  This is a wonderfully informative … More ARC Review: The Witch of the Forest’s Guide to Natural Magick by Lindsay Squire

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ARC Review: The Tarot Directory: Unlock the Meaning of the Cards, Spreads, and the Mystery of the Tarot by Sarah Bartlett

April 28, 2021

In The Tarot Directory, Sarah Bartlett breaks down tarot decks and how to interpret them. She starts by giving a basic history of the tarot and how it grew over time, then goes into breaking down the Major and Minor Arcanum. This is a basic reference guide to tarot and it is a great introduction … More ARC Review: The Tarot Directory: Unlock the Meaning of the Cards, Spreads, and the Mystery of the Tarot by Sarah Bartlett

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ARC Review: Magical Stitches: Embroidery for Personal Empowerment and Magical Embellishment by Christi Johnson

April 24, 2021

Magic Stitches combines the craft of embroidery with spirituality to create talismans and amulets that you can wear. In this book, the author gives clear step by step guides on how to do the basic stitches in the patterns provided. They were extremely easy to follow and the visual steps were perfect for the more … More ARC Review: Magical Stitches: Embroidery for Personal Empowerment and Magical Embellishment by Christi Johnson

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ARC Review: Witchcraft Therapy: Your Guide to Banishing Bullsh*t and Invoking Your Inner Power by Mandi Em

April 2, 2021

In Witchcraft Therapy, Mandi Em teaches you how to embrace your power of intention, use mindful manifestation, divination, and meditation to cope with what life throws at you. With easy to do rituals to get your mind in the right place, she teaches you how to rewire your thinking to live a happier life.  First … More ARC Review: Witchcraft Therapy: Your Guide to Banishing Bullsh*t and Invoking Your Inner Power by Mandi Em

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Review: The House Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

March 19, 2021

In The House Witch, you will learn how to incorporate your house into your own magical space. With well defined chapters and subsections, the information that Arin provides is extremely easy to understand and follow. She offers ideas on how to create magical recipes and spell, protect and purify your hearth and home, learn the … More Review: The House Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home by Arin Murphy-Hiscock