Praise to the Moon: Magic & Myth of the Lunar Cycle

by Elen Hawke

Praise to the Moon


Illuminate Your Craft

Along with the eight seasonal festivals, the lunar cycle is the heart of Witchcraft and Wicca. Centuries of civilization have not diminished our instinctive responses to the waxing and waning moon, nor the power of her light in the nocturnal sky.

Lyrical and literate, Praise to the Moon explores each moon phase, its relevant deities and inherent qualities. With this guidebook, you can learn how to gain greater harmony in your daily life and more power in your magical work by aligning your activities with the moon's energy.

This indispensable book features many lunar goddesses, along with rituals, invocations, and spells for each moon phase, and instructions on moon gardening and circle casting. You will get essential information, such as the moon's expression in each astrological sign and the impact of eclipses, along with less familiar moon lore, including male lunar deities, the Celtic Tree Calendar, and the Indian Lunar Zodiac.

Genres: Spirituality, Paganism, Witchcraft

192 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

About the author

I'm a writer, photographer, artist and musician and play guitar and Gaelic wire harp. I am also a tarot reader, an astrologer and a Druid. My life has been exciting and varied, encompassing many different occupations including barmaid, farm hand, teaching English as a foreign language in Istanbul and working with teenagers in an inner city school, plus travel to countries such as Iran, Greece, Turkey and Afghanistan. I studied for a BA Honours degree in graphic design at art school and hold an HNC in Photography and Digital Imaging. I've lived in the Middle East, Cyprus, Germany, Holland and Brittany and now live with my partner and family in the beautiful city of Oxford, England.

Reviews

[Adéla Alonsová · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks to this book, I encountered for the first time the world of paganism, witchcraft, rituals, deities, and the phases of the moon. This book drew me in, changed me, and turned my world completely upside down.
Because of it, I set out on the path of witchcraft and a belief in myself—and in the magic of the world and the universe. Through this book, I discovered how deeply everything and everyone is connected. And thanks to this book… I began to awaken.
I’m grateful it ended up in my hands at the library back then, when I was barely a teenager. And I’m also thankful to my older brother, who, after seeing how obsessed I was with it, bought it for me as a Christmas gift.

[Krista Ann Schwimmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book years ago and only recently pulled it out to read during a full moon.

I very much like how the book is put together. Hawke covers many aspects of lunar magic: from working with the different phases, as well as the different astrological signs.

She introduces the reader to a wide range of goddesses and gods, too.

A great, overall book for learning lunar magic.

[Heather Adkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

I could definitely tell this author was British, because there are several instances of how different the practice of witchcraft is in Britain vs. here in the States. She has beautiful invocations and fantastic info, but I did have to translate her moon phases to match my moon phases. Otherwise, I did get quite a bit of good info from this book on lunar rituals.

[Carly · Rating 4 out of 5]

AS someone with a fairly new practice, this was a straightforward and informative book. Very good.