pumpkincore's review against another edition

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4.0

Like most "spiritual" books, this would be one to take with a grain of salt. It owns that, though. Common associations for things such as colors does not necessarily make them the only associations. For this reason, I would consider this book a nice reference for beginners especially. This book is not a catch-all. It is probably not incredibly useful for someone who has already chosen their set path of practice, except perhaps for the Almanac (which includes associations for every day of 2016, including moon phases, ruling planets, etc). Although a lot of the ethical portions seem to lean towards Wiccan teachings, there are included samples (with credit and beginner-level explanations) of associations and practices from different religions (mostly open religions, although there are a couple from closed religions that made me frown) to give the reader an idea of possibility. There are also several suggestions of further reading, a combination of websites and other books.


pumpkinspies's review against another edition

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4.0

Like most "spiritual" books, this would be one to take with a grain of salt. It owns that, though. Common associations for things such as colors does not necessarily make them the only associations. For this reason, I would consider this book a nice reference for beginners especially. This book is not a catch-all. It is probably not incredibly useful for someone who has already chosen their set path of practice, except perhaps for the Almanac (which includes associations for every day of 2016, including moon phases, ruling planets, etc). Although a lot of the ethical portions seem to lean towards Wiccan teachings, there are included samples (with credit and beginner-level explanations) of associations and practices from different religions (mostly open religions, although there are a couple from closed religions that made me frown) to give the reader an idea of possibility. There are also several suggestions of further reading, a combination of websites and other books.


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