Complete Idiots Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft.pdf

Witchcraft

by Denise Zimmermann

and Katherine A. Gleason

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Contents at a Glance

Part 1: Wicca Wisdom

1 All About Wicca and Witchcraft

Wicca and witchcraft are more than magick, and they don’t

involve the devil

2 The History of Wicca and Witchcraft

Surviving the torture, hangings, and burnings at the stake

3 Practicing Wicca and Witchcraft Today

A primer on the different kinds of witches and how you can

get training

Part 2: The Wiccan Way

4Wiccan Deities: Homage to the Lord and Lady

The many, many forms of the God and Goddess

5 So You Want to Be a Witch?

Examine why you want to be a witch and learn about

the responsibilities involved

6 What You Need to Do Magick

All kinds of magickal tools and objects

7 Observing Ritual the Wiccan Way

The religious and magickal rites of Wicca

Part 3: So, You Want to Do Magick?

8 Dedicate Yourself to the Craft

How to become a witch

9Preparing to Do Ritual

109

Cleanse your body and your mind

10 Where to Do Magick

121

Your sacred space and your altar

11 Cast a Magick Circle

131

Creating a space to do ritual and magick

12 The Witches’ Symbol

143

All about pentacles and pentagrams

Part 4: Working Magick

153

13 Esbats: Moon Magick

155

Celebrations of the Goddess

14 Observing the Sabbats

167

Celebrations of the God

15 Summon, Stir, or Call

179

The various entities you can invite to ritual

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