A Charmed Life: Celebrating Wicca Every Day

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A Charmed Life: Celebrating Wicca Every Day

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A transformational book that includes spells, rituals, prayers, incantations, and helpful hints for creating and maintaining a healthy, happy spiritual environment.

Paperback, 191 pages

Published September 8th 2000 by New Page Books

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Sep 26, 2012 Natasha Snyder rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really liked this book. Trish Telesco is a warm hearted writer, who keeps things basic but doesn't talk down to the reader or write at a third grade level (which is a problem with a lot of modern books on Wicca - it's embarrassing). This book is not really a Wicca 101 type book, but it would be a helpful companion volume to a more traditional basic book on Wicca like Scott Cunningham's "A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner". It is very practical, and in order to receive its benefits, one woul...more I really liked this book. Trish Telesco is a warm hearted writer, who keeps things basic but doesn't talk down to the reader or write at a third grade level (which is a problem with a lot of modern books on Wicca - it's embarrassing). This book is not really a Wicca 101 type book, but it would be a helpful companion volume to a more traditional basic book on Wicca like Scott Cunningham's "A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner". It is very practical, and in order to receive its benefits, one would have to do the myriad of exercises and meditations within. It's a slim volume, because it has virtually no extraneous material - every page has an activity that will enrich the lives of the people who do them.

I expect that this book would be fairly controversial as to whether people love it or think it's a piece of fluff. Here's why:

People who will love this book:
Covens looking for insightful healing group ritual
New Wiccans who want to improve their connection to the divine and their self worth
Experienced Wiccans to want to get back to the basics through experiential exercises
People who might want to try some interesting self help rituals who aren't Wiccan
Therapists looking for out of the box ideas to help their clients cope with stresses of daily life

People who will hate this book:
Wiccans that believe there's only one right way to do magick
Wiccans that don't want to do any personal growth work
Wiccans that feel like every ritual needs to have a historical basis or deep cultural connections to the Gods

I was in the camp that loved the book, obviously. I think Trish Telesco has a number of creative rituals and exercises that could be very useful in covenal situations and for times when you need some spiritual support for personal growth. I kept telling myself: Dog ear that one, that one's good, or so-and-so needs to do that spell, or this one's for our yearly covenal planning meeting!

She has written many rituals that address different situations than what I have encountered before in other spellbooks. I have a million love or money spells, but this is one of the first times I've seen spells for "Renewing Communications after a Long Separation" as an example. Plus, her spells are interesting, and great for a coven or solitaries to do. They aren't just another round of "Light a black candle and say this invocation." This book reminds me a lot of "The Spiral Dance" - it's not as poetically written, but the rituals have a similar philosophy of personal growth and community building.

The beauty of this book is that you can hand it to a brand spanking new Wiccan or someone going on 20 years in the Craft (me!), and they can both get something very useful out of it.(less)

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Aug 11, 2011 Silas rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book covered many interesting areas, though the format left something to be desired, making the interesting bits spread apart. I got through it, and enjoyed many parts of it, but it was a bit of a challenge to see it through.

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There were a few really interesting chapters, but most of the book was a bit boring and hard to read.

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