Em Wicca - Crenças e Práticas, o autor fala com base em suas experiências pessoais com seguidores Wicca de todas as idades e graus de habilidade física, trazendo ao leitor um verdadeiro exame das modernas crenças Wicca e um guia prático da Arte dos Sábios. A Wicca é uma religião da natureza, vibrante e iluminada, praticada por centenas de pessoas no mundo todo. Wicca - Crenças e Práticas foi escrito tanto para a(o) bruxa(o) solitária(o) quanto para os pequenos grupos de seguidores não tradicionais.
This is not a book to be read all at once, but studied, savored and sustained by deep thought and reflection, much as Gary Cantrell has put into his experiences and sources for the Wiccan community. His “instruction” goes mostly to the community or coven worshippers, but he does point out where a solitary can take inspiration. Above all, he enables the reader to take small, but consistent, steps to being true to their calling.
I really loved this book. It is a PERFECT book for beginners, except that the bibliography is full of very useful links. I am in the middle of a pandemic here in Brazil and this book distracted me a lot from my worries. I'd love to know more about the author but I didn't find any information about him. I'll certainly have this book kept in my heart.
O único problema que tive com esse livro foi que o autor fica chamando a Wicca de "A antiga religião" (Esta teoria da Margaret Murray já foi academicamente desmentida tem tempo), caso contrário teria dado 5 estrelas.
I'm going to focus mostly on the translation, since I (want to) hope that mostly name error were due to the translation.
This book is not that good. It is very commercial and the information are very vague. I know that most of the info is based on the author's personal experiences and I am no one to deny that but, in my opinion and based on my personal studies in the past years, this book is not a great one for a beginner. In fact, I wouldn't recommend it.
An interesting thing though, that is what gives the 2nd star to this book, is the personal experiences the book provides in chapters 8, 9 and 10. And also, the range of websites, books, associations, etc given in the Appendices.
This is a really great beginner book to The Craft. It has a prefect overview of what Wicca is about, including great sections on tools and Sabbats. I would also recommend this as a book to give to someone who wants to know what your religion is all about.
I thought it was quite general, and that it took too long to say what needed to be said. However, he did mention an extensive list of sources to gain more information. Also, it wasn't a bad starting point but still...it kinda left me with more questions than answers, lol.
While visiting Salem MA I purchased this book at a shop that caters to witches. I wanted to get a better understanding of the Wiccan Religion and this book was perfect for that. i enjoyed getting to understand the Religion and the faith behind it.