Rituals for Beginners: Simple Ways to Connect to Your Spiritual Side

by Richard Webster

Discover simple, meaningful rituals you can use to enrich your life in ways large and small. Join renowned author Richard Webster as he shares ideas for honoring important transitions such as birth and marriage and for practicing uplifting habits like forgiveness, gratitude, and blessings. Explore tips for making everyday tasks into moments of spiritual connection. Celebrate the changing seasons, develop a closer relationship with the divine, or create your own rituals based on your innermost feelings and desires. Rituals for Beginners also includes techniques for gaining newfound prosperity and attracting the life you want as you perform ceremonies infused with spiritual meaning.

Genres: Witchcraft

312 pages, Paperback

First published March 8, 2016

About the author

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Richard Webster is an author, ghostwriter, mentalist, hypnotist and magician.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this book would focus on ritual generally, maybe with some emphasis on Pagan and Wiccan ritual. It does start there, but from chapter 5 on, it's a beginning book on magic. Not that the book description tells you this: the closest it comes is "...includes techniques for gaining new-found prosperity and attracting the life you want as you perform ceremonies infused with spiritual meaning." It's not a bad Magic 101 book: it explains things clearly, with basic lists of correspondences and suggested books for further reading. But I was disappointed that it wasn't the book I was expecting from the description, and even as a primer on magic, I'd want more.

[Tasha Kent · Rating 2 out of 5]

It had some interesting bits but most of it was incredibly spiritual and irrelevant

[Betty · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is like "Anything can be a ritual"

[Dawn Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rituals for Beginners by Richard Webster

312 Pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
Release Date: March 8, 2016

Religion & Spirituality, Magic, Divination Tarot

The book is divided into these chapters.
Chapter 1: How Rituals Can Enhance Your Life
Chapter 2: Rituals of Life
Chapter 3: Everyday Rituals
Chapter 4: Your Spiritual Journey
Chapter 5: The Power of Magic
Chapter 6: Ritualistic Tools
Chapter 7: Timing
Chapter 8: Goal Setting and Visualization
Chapter 9: Preparations for a Ritual
Chapter 10: Practical Ritual Magic
Chapter 11: The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram
Chapter 12: How to Create a Ritual
Chapter 13: After the Ritual
Chapter 14: Tarot Rituals

The author begins by giving the history and overview of rituals. He describes the four essential ingredients that are necessary for a ritual to be effective. The examples of rituals he gives of sports players made me giggle. Many people do not realize ceremonies are another type of ritual. The list he gives of life rituals celebrates milestones in people’s lives. I like the idea of creating a ritual for journaling. I hadn’t thought about that before now. I love the blessing ritual in chapter four. I plan on performing the mandala ritual this weekend.

The author discusses the importance of having faith in yourself when performing magic. If you don’t believe it will happen, it won’t. He goes on to talk about ritualist tools and reminds us that if you have an imagination, you don’t need to have every tool. He states timing relates not only to the day of the week but also the season and moon phase. I love the subject of sky stones and making a set to use for divination. The format he gives for rituals is complete and thorough. If you are interested in creating a ritual, this is a good book to start with. It has everything in it you will need to guide you to a successful ritual.

[Jenn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written and informative though sometimes repetitive. It had some very good daily ritual ideas for making life more meaningful and being more present.

[Anne]

Wasn't quite what I expected. It focused on Wiccan & New Age beliefs and rituals and although it mentioned other religions it was only briefly. It spoke of using colors, gemstones, and plants in the rituals but for reasons I wouldn't (i.e. Dill connects to certain zodiac signs, planet Mercury, element fire, God: Mercury, & Goddess Brighid. Used for charms for luck & protection...).
Not what I was looking for.