So, I'm one of those people that I dance to the beat of my own drum and don't care to tell people what they should read or who they should follow. However, I recently purchased this book and it is honestly my first I'm reading from this author. Please don't ask me why it took me 30 years to finally pick up a book by Laurie Cabot when I have known of her and seen her all my life growing up and have read almost every Wiccan/Pagan/Psychic book on the metaphysical store shelf. I'm not sure the answer like to believe that things happen for a reason and come to us in times that we actually need them.
Now I have to say I am extremely pleased with my choice in this book and in this author. Laurie Cabot was definitely a wise woman way ahead of her time. This book covers the art, science and religion of Witchcraft in its truest form and incorporating a plethora of hands on teaching for time old and tested workings.
To me, this book is an essential read and a must-have in every Witch's library. It's not just a typical thrown together book of correspondences, tables, and Wicca 101. Inside this tomb of information, you'll find everything from learning the importance of loving yourself, instant alpha level mind triggers, chakra and crystal work, working with various types of healing, ritual, magic and more.
All of this with the decades of experience written to the page and including the trappings of her own personal Book of Shadows. In this book you will find Laurie's spells, her teachings as taught to her and generations before and her personal rituals for the Sabbaths and Esbats, rite of handfasting and even clergy training.
Yes, in fact, there is an entire informative chunk of this beast of a book aimed specifically to those wanting to reach higher and learn about working with clients, teaching Witchcraft and Magick, conflict resolution, community service and rights of passage, Wiccaning all the way on a path leading to initiation into High Priest/Priestesshood.
This isn't a book you read so much as you explore, absorb and distill. I'm impressed on how much information fits perfectly into this single volume. It's literally like sitting down with Laurie herself in her famous Witchcraft courses within her Salem storefront.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!
Sidenote: THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE BOOK YOU WILL WANT TO GET IN HARDBACK - IT'S TRULY A COLLECTIBLE COMPENDIUM AND WORKING MANUAL THAT YOU'LL REFERENCE TIME AND AGAIN.
I know I will. Thank you, Laurie. And obviously to Christopher Penczak who no doubt was a driving force in Laurie's return to the written word. This book will hopefully live on for the generations to come.
Blessed Be.
A Jonathan Black Observation
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