Wicca Spellcraft for Men: A Spellbook for Male Pagans

by A.J. Drew

"Wicca Spellcraft for Men" explains the workings of Wiccan spellcraft from a male point of view with special attention to the concerns men face in their day to day life. It provides the scientific principles of spellcraft, explains the theory and practice of modern spellcraft, and includes recipes for incense, oils, and other creations.

Genres: Nonfiction, Wicca, Paganism, Witchcraft

Paperback

First published May 1, 2001

Reviews

[Alan D.D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are books that surprise you, that give you the exact thing that you were looking for, and leave the need of reading more from that author. I started reading this books expecting something related to Male Spirituality, Masculine Mysteries, or anything that could be “exclusive” to we men, but I have to say I’m disappointed.
The only section with real useful content could be the pages on which Drew described the Gods, their archetypes, some of their mythology and the kind of works they were best suited for. As interesting as you cannot imagine and useful as well!
I can only finish saying that, despite there is an honest interest in reading the introductory book he mentioned first, I’m in no hurry to grab it.

[Kristy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd probably like this book more if I were Wiccan and if I were more of a newbie. but I've read many newbie witchcraft books, wiccan and otherwise, so they all start to get quite repetitive. The author's tone is pretty good, and he's got some stuff to say and good ways of saying it, so I would recommend it, perhaps, to anyone, especially men, looking to get into wicca, or even secular witchcraft.

I wouldn't have picked up this book, however if it hadn't been gifted to me (or my BF, actually) by a well-meaning friend who is pretty oblivious to the whole vast world of witchcraft.

[Benjamin Spurlock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating discussion of magick, especially from a male perspective. I freely admit that I checked this book out as a resource for writing, so I'm far from a practitioner, but it was all very well-written and concise, and so a fantastic reference for the topic of Wicca.

The one interesting tidbit I got from this, outside of the fictional sense, was that A.J. Drew really treats his magick in a methodical, scientific way. It lines up very well with a lot of other mindsets and views- the Law of Attraction immediately jumps to mind, for example, as does a lot of basic visualization/mental training tips that businessmen sometimes use- so I'm starting to see why Wicca has the following it does and why it has the results it can claim. Interesting connection, and provides a bit of a bridge for me to understand the witch mindset better.

All in all, anyone who wants to learn more about Wicca, spellcraft, or things like that- especially men- would be well-served to read this book. I got quite a few great ideas from it, and if it does that for someone who's just looking for story material, I can well imagine it'd be even moreso for those who look more deeply into it.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beware this could contain spoilers.

This was an decent book overall but personally I feel that it didn't live up to it's title. I have to give it points because it does read differently than most Wicca/Witchcraft 101 book. It approaches magick and spellcraft more as a mental process than a mystical one. I suggest it for anyone looking into the practice but wanting to look at more from the idea of formula than mystical.

The reason I don't believe that this books lives up to it's title however is that it only has a very thin masculine overlay. It is true that its spellwork is geared more toward men and it is more God aspect centric but it's not it's overall theme.

[Mark Lewis · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is more of an athiestic point of view vs. a Wiccan point of view.