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DNF at Page 48. The blurb and title of the book are false advertising. Almost everything is about Greek and Celtic gods for some reason, despite that never being mentioned anywhere on the front or back. There is some great knowledge and spell inspiration in here, but you have to sift through so much lore about deities, and every spell so far requires you to work with and know these deities intimately.
informative
medium-paced
DNF. The introduction states: "This book is not intended to be another Wicca 101 book; rather, think of it more along the lines of Witchcraft 3.0." but it is pretty much a Wicca 201 book. There is a massive amount of Wicca-specific rituals and dogma. I was hoping for a book that focused on, well, natural (plant, animal, nature) magick, rituals, and lore, but a lot of it is repetition of new age appropriation and Wiccan ideas. I did like the way it was laid out and organized, though.
informative
slow-paced
So I am honestly not quite sure how to rate this book.
All in all, I did find it enjoyable and I feel I learned and discovered a lot of things, which is good. But it didn't really give me what I wanted or expected.
What was that?
When I bought this book, I honestly thought it would contain more information on herbal lore and use. There was some of it, and that was interesting, but it seemed thrown in there as an after thought. The rest of the book was about the elements, the moon and stars, and the goddess, which are ok, but not what I was looking for.
My general thought on the book is a good one.
I've never read any of the other books in this series, but I'd heard good things for those wanting to learn more about witchcraft, and in that sense it was good. It was well written and easy to read, with good instructions. It is a book designed for experienced witches, so it does not go into detail on the basic practices and such, so having some knowledge of this is needed to get the whole picture.
This may also have bitten the book a little in the behind, as I think this may be why it focused as it did on the elements and such. It seemed to give a deep dive into these things that one learn about when starting out but don't learn much about.
So yeah, you see why I'm having trouble rating it?
The book in itself is a good one, and I don't really have any complains with it. I'm even considering buying the rest of the series because they look so old and wise and I want that in my shelf. And if the rest of the series are as easy to read, understand, and learn from as this one, I won't mind reading them either.
But I didn't get what I was expecting, and that again may be a result of my own ignorance, as I thought natural magic would be mostly herbs and crystals, but I also think the title gives the impression that it will actually teach you the things you know to craft your own charms, rituals, and spells, but it only gives you the information to do the ones it has already written, and to create your own you have to find other books to read.
And with that, I just landed on my problem with the book. The sprinkle of information that is just not enough to continue on your own without picking up yet another book (I don't really mind reading more books, but I do wish this contained more information)
All in all, I did find it enjoyable and I feel I learned and discovered a lot of things, which is good. But it didn't really give me what I wanted or expected.
What was that?
When I bought this book, I honestly thought it would contain more information on herbal lore and use. There was some of it, and that was interesting, but it seemed thrown in there as an after thought. The rest of the book was about the elements, the moon and stars, and the goddess, which are ok, but not what I was looking for.
My general thought on the book is a good one.
I've never read any of the other books in this series, but I'd heard good things for those wanting to learn more about witchcraft, and in that sense it was good. It was well written and easy to read, with good instructions. It is a book designed for experienced witches, so it does not go into detail on the basic practices and such, so having some knowledge of this is needed to get the whole picture.
This may also have bitten the book a little in the behind, as I think this may be why it focused as it did on the elements and such. It seemed to give a deep dive into these things that one learn about when starting out but don't learn much about.
So yeah, you see why I'm having trouble rating it?
The book in itself is a good one, and I don't really have any complains with it. I'm even considering buying the rest of the series because they look so old and wise and I want that in my shelf. And if the rest of the series are as easy to read, understand, and learn from as this one, I won't mind reading them either.
But I didn't get what I was expecting, and that again may be a result of my own ignorance, as I thought natural magic would be mostly herbs and crystals, but I also think the title gives the impression that it will actually teach you the things you know to craft your own charms, rituals, and spells, but it only gives you the information to do the ones it has already written, and to create your own you have to find other books to read.
And with that, I just landed on my problem with the book. The sprinkle of information that is just not enough to continue on your own without picking up yet another book (I don't really mind reading more books, but I do wish this contained more information)
Uber Wiccan. While she mostly has you calling on random Greek deities, there are times she has rituals calling on Egyptian or Norse. At one point, you call on 5-6 different pantheons in one breath. No. You need to build a relationship with deities before calling on Them; of course, she doesn't say that anywhere.
NOT male witch friendly! Constantly uses 'her' when talking about witches, and has a meditation where you call yourself a 'high priestess' and 'woman of power'.
Fills in the end of meditations FOR you. At one point in the wind meditation, you fall off a cliff. Zephyrus (Greek West wind god) catches you. Specifically Zephyrus. Not an unnamed wind god that you can fill in depending on your religion & experiences.
The meditations were pretty good, but nothing else in there was new or unique. Skip this book.
NOT male witch friendly! Constantly uses 'her' when talking about witches, and has a meditation where you call yourself a 'high priestess' and 'woman of power'.
Fills in the end of meditations FOR you. At one point in the wind meditation, you fall off a cliff. Zephyrus (Greek West wind god) catches you. Specifically Zephyrus. Not an unnamed wind god that you can fill in depending on your religion & experiences.
The meditations were pretty good, but nothing else in there was new or unique. Skip this book.