Basic Witches: How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven

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The authors make it clear in the first couple chapters that they're not spiritually wiccan, nor are they pagans practicing witchcraft. If you're going to include information on reading tea leaves, maybe you should devote more than a paragraph to explaining it? The practical mantras and rituals in Basic Witches help banish toxic vibes and summon the sorcery to lead an empowered life. White magic is done when your energy is high, when you feel loved and happy and fulfilled, and it creates more of those feelings in the world. I also like the spell for healing heartbreak, that’s based around reminding yourself of the things you still have and that still make you happy even after a breakup, severing your happiness from dependence on the other person.

The goal is to at once embrace, and poke fun at, the mystical aspects of femininity that have been previously demonized and/or devalued by the patriarchy.

Issues such as self-esteem, self confidence, and body image are deep-seated issues that require an aggressive approach to heal. If the smallest piece of this root is left behind, an entire new dandelion will sprout back, therefore the entire root must be removed. There’s a little ritual that helps you give power to your ability confirm or deny consent, making a yes or no more like an incantation.

Next, you fold the paper, place it into a bowl, then light it with a match, as it burns you repeat a self-affirming mantra, or incantation. It’s only a small step from this to actually enchanting clothing by charging it with a particular emotional state, if it isn’t charged already. There’s a little section on “shine theory” combined with a pseudo-Drawing-Down ritual, which helps you be supportive of other women instead of feeling like you should compete with them… not too bad, actually. full of humor, positive affirmations, historical asides, feminist rants, and adorable illustrations.For anyone looking into the actual practice of witchcraft, you'll get more information from Wikipedia. Please be advised that this book doesn’t feature “real” witchcraft that Wiccans would use, so if you are looking for that, then I would suggest looking elsewhere.