Spells for Tough Times: Crafting Hope When Faced With Life's Thorniest Challenges

by Kerri Connor

Looking for some magical help for those unpredictable curveballs that life throws your way? Spells for Tough Times is a unique and comprehensive toolkit for coping with and rising above just about any difficulty—whether it's a minor annoyance, embarrassing quandary, or unexpected crisis.

Refreshingly positive and practical, this magic book features over 150 easy-to-perform spells and rituals that address specific problems we all commonly face. Organized by major areas of concern, you'll find customizable spells related to personal habits and emotions, family and children, relationships, pets, health, house and home, career, finances, legal disputes, world events, death, and handling grief.

Compatible with all spiritual paths and levels of spellwork experience, these simple yet potent spells will help you find peace, let go of stress, and survive every bump in the road.

Reconnect with an estranged relative Banish an unwanted crush Speed recovery from a serious illness Move on after divorce or infidelity Heal from the loss of a loved one or a pet Manage the pressure of being overextended at work From layoffs and foreclosures to child bullying and identity theft, this book combines magical and mundane solutions to help you navigate life's hurdles and hardships with grace, serenity, and hope.

Genres: Spirituality, Wicca, Magick, Paganism, Nonfiction, Witchcraft

458 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2012

About the author

Kerri Connor is the author of The Weed Witch's Journal, Conjuring with Cannabis, Spells for Good Times, CBD for Your Health, Mind and Spirit, 420 Meditations: Enhance Your Spiritual Practice with Cannabis (Llewellyn Worldwide), Wake, Bake & Meditate: Take Your Spiritual Practice to a Higher Level with Cannabis (Llewellyn Worldwide), Spells for Tough Times (Llewellyn Worldwide), The Pocket Spell Creator: Magickal References at Your Fingertips (New Page Books), The Pocket Guide to Rituals: Magickal References at Your Fingertips (New Page Books), and The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Potions (Alpha Books).

She has been published in several magazines and newsletters including The Blessed Bee, Sage Woman, PanGaia and New Witch and a dozen of Llewellyn's annuals.


www.kerriconnor.com

Reviews

[Kerri Connor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stop by Facebook and like my author page and when the new book comes out, I'll do a drawing of all my "likers" for a free copy! To like the author page go to:
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[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spells for Tough Times is an encyclopedia or guide that helps the reader use magick to solve life problems. This book is for those who are lost or have exhausted every resource. Spells for Tough Times is divided into personal, family, health, financial and death. A problem can be as simple as outgrowing friends to serious ones like dealing with a terminal disease. I think this is a great book to have on hand just in case. I'm not married and I don't have any kids, so many of the spells in the book are of no use to me. Hopefully I won't have to use them in the future. I think this book is very unique. I applaud the writer for creating it.

Edit: After 3 years this book has come in very handy with dealing with life's problems. There are some great spells to protect the home and pets. I have used some of the spells inside this book every year we have moved to find an apartment and when dealing with difficult people.

[Krista · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Great book. I really appreciated how the author stressed to seek help from "the mundane world" as well as utilizing the spells in this book. The incredients all appear to be readily obtained. I am definitely purchasing a printed copy of this when released.

[Mason · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was helpful for general ideas, but the approach the author took towards creating spells is different than mine. I also use my spells to contemplate avenues of approach whereas she seemed mainly like she knew what she wanted out of each spell.

[Traci · Rating 4 out of 5]

Connor did what few people in the world of the Craft have done: they created a book about all of those little things that tend to get in our way while we're trying to live our lives. This book is very practical and very down to earth. Connor also explains in the Introduction, that the best way and the first thing we should do when presented with a crisis is to deal with it in the real world before trying to deal with it metaphysically.

I really liked this book. I felt that there were real world practical solutions to real world problems. There are a lot of spells out there that are about generalized topics like love and money or protection, but they don't really scrape the surface and deal with problems that are more specific.

Another thing I liked about Connor's writing is how she lets you know in the beginning that the spells can be personalized if you don't feel like they would work for you. The supplies that are needed are few, are easy to get a hold of and once again, if you don't have them, she lets you know that it's not a problem. Work with what you have.

A very practical and very helpful addition to any practitioners library.

[Freder · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much of a book for reading -- more like a cookbook for spells. That's ok. It's too bad that there are no practical recipes for addiction, and indeed from reading the introductions to the two spells dealing obliquely with the addictions of others, it's very clear that the author does not understand addiction at even the most rudimentary level, and is even a bit of a prat on the subject.

[Tracy M · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a waste of money. Good thing Amazon has such a great return policy. There was nothing in this book that was relate able or couldn't be found already more eloquently put in another book.