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Magical Power for Beginners: How to Raise & Send Energy for Spells That Work by Deborah Lipp
simazhi's review against another edition
5.0
Well-written and clear. It did take me a long time to finish it but seeing the detailed case studies at the end really made coming back to finish it worth it.
sadiecass's review against another edition
3.0
*Copy received from netgalley*
I'll be honest, in the past I've always struggled with non-fiction. This year I'm working to change that. Unfortunately, I wasn't as able to get into this one as I found it too long-winded. Still, many of the messages were good.
I'll be honest, in the past I've always struggled with non-fiction. This year I'm working to change that. Unfortunately, I wasn't as able to get into this one as I found it too long-winded. Still, many of the messages were good.
ekfmef's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.0
It was entertaining but sadly it couldn't help me suspend disbelief due to the internal inconsistencies. Either anything can be a symbol and it's your intention that matters, or everything has rules, but it's strange to both presuppose many perceived side effects and dangers, and just wing it most of the time.
The whole idea of pre spell effects just predisposes you to a world of anxiety, because anything good that happens to you must be followed by a spell because it could only have happened because you were contemplating a spell and if you don't do it, the energy will be lost!!1! And uhm, just don't burn candles while you are sleeping.
The whole idea of pre spell effects just predisposes you to a world of anxiety, because anything good that happens to you must be followed by a spell because it could only have happened because you were contemplating a spell and if you don't do it, the energy will be lost!!1! And uhm, just don't burn candles while you are sleeping.
hdicicco's review against another edition
5.0
If you want to learn how to do magic, read this book. Read it to learn the components of a spell, what makes spells work, and how you yourself can create spells and make them work. This may be "for beginners" but it is not a wishy-washy; indeed it's a thorough, complete primer on how to do successful spellwork. Even if you've done magic before, the way it's presented here is a simple, elegant way of conceptualizing what it is that you (should be) do(ing). The beauty of this book is that it focuses on the imperative element of a successful spell that many spell "recipe books" assume their reader already knows, which is how to raise power. You can have all of the right ingredients and still not be successful, because you haven't learned effective ways to charge the spell and send it out into the world. But no longer!
"Magical Power" is written in a casual, clear style, and Lipp doesn't talk down to her reader. She's conversational in a way that makes the material additionally accessible to someone who may well be reading their first how-to book about magic, and I found her use of analogies to make things easy to conceptualize for folks who might not know what spells should look like/feel like/achieve. She spends a bit of time referencing her own work in a way that might seem self-promotional, but it's not gratuitous, and the books mentioned do indeed expand on material she mentions in this text.
I love that she makes the material applicable to folks of varying backgrounds. She acknowledges that she's Wiccan, but this isn't a book about how to do Wiccan magic. This is a book about how to do western magic. A real advantage of this text is that it acknowledges the fact that magic can be done by folks of varying or no religious affiliation(s). There's discussion of/instruction on how to include god/ddesses in your magic, but Lipp makes it clear that this is an optional element and that successful magic does not require deities' assistance/inclusion.
If you've ever wished you had someone to teach you how to do magic, stop wishing and read this book. It's invaluable!
"Magical Power" is written in a casual, clear style, and Lipp doesn't talk down to her reader. She's conversational in a way that makes the material additionally accessible to someone who may well be reading their first how-to book about magic, and I found her use of analogies to make things easy to conceptualize for folks who might not know what spells should look like/feel like/achieve. She spends a bit of time referencing her own work in a way that might seem self-promotional, but it's not gratuitous, and the books mentioned do indeed expand on material she mentions in this text.
I love that she makes the material applicable to folks of varying backgrounds. She acknowledges that she's Wiccan, but this isn't a book about how to do Wiccan magic. This is a book about how to do western magic. A real advantage of this text is that it acknowledges the fact that magic can be done by folks of varying or no religious affiliation(s). There's discussion of/instruction on how to include god/ddesses in your magic, but Lipp makes it clear that this is an optional element and that successful magic does not require deities' assistance/inclusion.
If you've ever wished you had someone to teach you how to do magic, stop wishing and read this book. It's invaluable!
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