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Wicca: A Year and a Day: 366 Days of Spiritual Practice in the Craft of the Wise
There are no short-cuts to becoming a Witch. Traditionally, students take a year and a day to prepare for their initiation into the Craft. Based on this age-old custom, A Year and a Day is a one-of-a-kind daily guide that introduces Witchcraft over a 366-day cycle. Ideal for solitary students, this intensive study course teaches the core content of Wiccan the tides of time, the wonders of the seasons, the ways of herbs and magic, the mysticism of the Old Ones, and the inner disciplines of seers and sages. Daily lessons include exercises, Wiccan theology and lore, and discussions relating to circle work, magical correspondences, holidays, deities, tools, healing, and divination.
408 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2005
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Timothy Roderick
11 books26 followersTimothy Roderick is a native southern Californian who lives in Los Angeles. Timothy has written five nonfiction titles including the COVR finalist Wicca: A Year and a Day (Llewellyn Publications, 2005), and Small Press Award Winner Dark Moon Mysteries (Llewellyn Publications, 1996), which was also a Time-Warner Book of the Month Club selection. He has also been featured in The Witches' Calendar, Llewellyn's Magical Almanac, The Encyclopedia of Wicca and Witchcraft (Llewellyn, 2000), and A Witch Like Me (New Page Books, 2001). Timothy's fictional works have received critical acclaim and a broad readership. His works include the folk horror novel Cornbones (2024), the paranormal/psychological thriller Nine Zero One Three (2023), the psychological thriller One Crooked Thing (2020), and the young adult fantasy, Briar Blackwood’s Grimmest of Fairytales (Lodestone, 2015).
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August 17, 2016
Complete trash. Some concepts are standard to most practitioners so you can't go wrong with those. The rest are biased, treated as factual (which I hate) and the way the "lessons" are planned does not make any fucking sense at all.
If you're an old wiccan, you will probably hate this too. If you're new to the path, stick to the classics: Ray Buckland and specially Scott Cunningham. If you want to know about mythology, read books that focus on ONE mythology at a time. Get to know the different archetypes and gods/goddesses, don't just skim over a few correspondences and call it a day (which is apparently the way this dude works). Want to learn the basics of paganism? Go to the Higginbotham's "Paganism" book, it's brilliant. Want to learn about runes and the tarot? Get a teacher or -if unavailable- get a book focused in that one subject (same goes for dowsing, scrying and other forms of divination).
Above all, learn a lot. Meditate and practice on your own, spirituality (whatever form it takes) is a personal experience and should not be followed by the book. This is why I hated this book so damn much to the point of anger: NOTHING is factual when it comes to religion and spirituality. No matter how hard you believe. It's about experience and personal feelings. This book, in my own personal opinion, is just trash.
If you're an old wiccan, you will probably hate this too. If you're new to the path, stick to the classics: Ray Buckland and specially Scott Cunningham. If you want to know about mythology, read books that focus on ONE mythology at a time. Get to know the different archetypes and gods/goddesses, don't just skim over a few correspondences and call it a day (which is apparently the way this dude works). Want to learn the basics of paganism? Go to the Higginbotham's "Paganism" book, it's brilliant. Want to learn about runes and the tarot? Get a teacher or -if unavailable- get a book focused in that one subject (same goes for dowsing, scrying and other forms of divination).
Above all, learn a lot. Meditate and practice on your own, spirituality (whatever form it takes) is a personal experience and should not be followed by the book. This is why I hated this book so damn much to the point of anger: NOTHING is factual when it comes to religion and spirituality. No matter how hard you believe. It's about experience and personal feelings. This book, in my own personal opinion, is just trash.
March 4, 2015
I really enjoyed reading this book and what I learned will stay with me always. I see a lot of people complaining about how each 30 days you have a list of items to purchase,let me say this What you purchase is just a tiny cost of what you learn and by the end of my 366 days I have a complete stock of herbs and items I will get to enjoy in my craft further. I really hope people that truly want to learn purchase this incredible book and have amazing knowledge from there workings as I had. I can't wait for Mr roderick to come out with his next book because I'm forever learning . Many Blessings
February 17, 2012
This book takes the form of 366 daily lessons that are intended to guide someone from their first steps in Wicca all the way through their year and a day.
The biggest problem with this book is that every 30 days it gives you a shopping list of supplies needed to complete that month's lessons. Considering that the book is aimed at people who are new to Wicca, I suspect it could give them entirely the wrong impression and lead them into the trap of thinking 'stuff' is a requirement.
Perhaps it would be useful to some people, but it's not a book I respect and I'm glad I didn't come across it as a beginner.
The biggest problem with this book is that every 30 days it gives you a shopping list of supplies needed to complete that month's lessons. Considering that the book is aimed at people who are new to Wicca, I suspect it could give them entirely the wrong impression and lead them into the trap of thinking 'stuff' is a requirement.
Perhaps it would be useful to some people, but it's not a book I respect and I'm glad I didn't come across it as a beginner.
May 13, 2024
This is one of those books which can turn out to be life-changing or meaningless depending on the amount of effort you put into it; and after you've put in the hard work, it's difficult to tell how much of your progress is owing to the teachings of the book, and how much of it is just a natural result of applying continuous effort to study one or several subjects.
Nearer the end of the book, I've stumbled upon this blog:
https://threehundredandsixtysix.wordp...
And I realized that I had probably not invested enough energy into some of the exercises and needed to redo them with the insights from this blog. I highly recommend this blog as a companion read to this book!
The book, now.
The worst thing about is (for me) that it has enough chants and they're all awkward and lame. I'm sure he made them all up, even when he claims they're 'old'. Some of the info here looks like the author's own invention, too (at least, if you google some of these things, they can only be found in the context of this here book), and he's a bit condescending, and maybe too condescending for an author of a book with so many typos.
One has to collect a lot of stuff to do all the exercises up to the letter. I do understand there's value in putting an effort into collecting ingredients for a spell, but I am also 100% sure that a lot of this can be simplified to become more budget-friendly, and sometimes, more eco-friendly, too.
That said, the book is a valuable guide, if you remember to do your own research and, most importantly, do the work.
What we have here, among other things:
- basic Wiccan concepts like the triple aspects of the Goddess and the God and how we relate to them;
- various meditations;
- the Wheel of the Year, of course, and various activities to perform. Now, this info is presented in a single block, so I skipped it when I started reading the book and then came back to each celebration as it happened on the calendar. This was not what I was meant to do, but it seemed more logical to me;
- the Elements and how to connect with them;
- magical things: the wand, the chalice etc.;
- casting the circle, of course;
- an intro to crystals, herbs, and oils, their correspondences and how to use them;
- the Tarot, - but his interpretation is at times a bit unorthodox;
- the runes, - but his interpretation of them is very unorthodox, and some of the runes are printed in the wrong places in the chart;
- a brief intro to numerology;
- a brief intro to animal spirits;
- a brief intro to several deities.
Would I recommend this book? It's hard to say. It's geared towards beginners, and I'm not sure it's an excellent book for beginners for the reasons I've mentioned above, one needs to have discernment about it. A seasoned practitioner, on the other hand, would most likely have a lot to be annoyed about in this book.
Have I enjoyed it? Oh, I definitely did not enjoy each and every day. Have I benefited from this book? Yes! This is what I remember learning from this book (but there probably are many other things about which I just don't remember that I've learnt them from here,—after all, it took me more than a year to finish it):
- If you can't just sit quietly during meditation and you fall asleep if you lie down, get yourself a zafu! It's called a meditation cushion, so I thought one could just use any cushion, and I was very wrong. Zafu makes a world of difference.
- Anise stars on charcoal. I'm not sure this is exactly what Roderick advised, though; maybe he suggested using anise incense. But it was a huge takeaway.
- 'Just do it'. Most of us do not do spells every day, because we don't have enough time, or energy, or are content with where we are, or whatever. This is not the way for magical people to live. Meditations can be short, exercises can be simple, but each little bit of magical practice can make our days more meaningful, and can lead to growth.
- Living each day by the next Tarot card—I mean, not drawing a card, but going through the whole Major Arcana sequence in order day by day. I am not sure I recommend this because it attracts the energy of the card. But it's a powerful tool to study the Tarot, to really get to know them. The same goes for the runes, too, I guess, but my experience with the runes was less intense.
'It is difficult to know when exactly the shadow of a tree shifted from east to west during the course of a day.'
Nearer the end of the book, I've stumbled upon this blog:
https://threehundredandsixtysix.wordp...
And I realized that I had probably not invested enough energy into some of the exercises and needed to redo them with the insights from this blog. I highly recommend this blog as a companion read to this book!
The book, now.
The worst thing about is (for me) that it has enough chants and they're all awkward and lame. I'm sure he made them all up, even when he claims they're 'old'. Some of the info here looks like the author's own invention, too (at least, if you google some of these things, they can only be found in the context of this here book), and he's a bit condescending, and maybe too condescending for an author of a book with so many typos.
One has to collect a lot of stuff to do all the exercises up to the letter. I do understand there's value in putting an effort into collecting ingredients for a spell, but I am also 100% sure that a lot of this can be simplified to become more budget-friendly, and sometimes, more eco-friendly, too.
That said, the book is a valuable guide, if you remember to do your own research and, most importantly, do the work.
What we have here, among other things:
- basic Wiccan concepts like the triple aspects of the Goddess and the God and how we relate to them;
- various meditations;
- the Wheel of the Year, of course, and various activities to perform. Now, this info is presented in a single block, so I skipped it when I started reading the book and then came back to each celebration as it happened on the calendar. This was not what I was meant to do, but it seemed more logical to me;
- the Elements and how to connect with them;
- magical things: the wand, the chalice etc.;
- casting the circle, of course;
- an intro to crystals, herbs, and oils, their correspondences and how to use them;
- the Tarot, - but his interpretation is at times a bit unorthodox;
- the runes, - but his interpretation of them is very unorthodox, and some of the runes are printed in the wrong places in the chart;
- a brief intro to numerology;
- a brief intro to animal spirits;
- a brief intro to several deities.
Would I recommend this book? It's hard to say. It's geared towards beginners, and I'm not sure it's an excellent book for beginners for the reasons I've mentioned above, one needs to have discernment about it. A seasoned practitioner, on the other hand, would most likely have a lot to be annoyed about in this book.
Have I enjoyed it? Oh, I definitely did not enjoy each and every day. Have I benefited from this book? Yes! This is what I remember learning from this book (but there probably are many other things about which I just don't remember that I've learnt them from here,—after all, it took me more than a year to finish it):
- If you can't just sit quietly during meditation and you fall asleep if you lie down, get yourself a zafu! It's called a meditation cushion, so I thought one could just use any cushion, and I was very wrong. Zafu makes a world of difference.
- Anise stars on charcoal. I'm not sure this is exactly what Roderick advised, though; maybe he suggested using anise incense. But it was a huge takeaway.
- 'Just do it'. Most of us do not do spells every day, because we don't have enough time, or energy, or are content with where we are, or whatever. This is not the way for magical people to live. Meditations can be short, exercises can be simple, but each little bit of magical practice can make our days more meaningful, and can lead to growth.
- Living each day by the next Tarot card—I mean, not drawing a card, but going through the whole Major Arcana sequence in order day by day. I am not sure I recommend this because it attracts the energy of the card. But it's a powerful tool to study the Tarot, to really get to know them. The same goes for the runes, too, I guess, but my experience with the runes was less intense.
'It is difficult to know when exactly the shadow of a tree shifted from east to west during the course of a day.'
February 7, 2017
In just flipping through the book, a reader might think they need to go out and buy a bunch of stuff in order to be Wiccan or to practice witchcraft. This couldn't be further from the truth. Following this guide for practicing Wicca and witchcraft can be daunting for those with tight budgets. Wicca and witchcraft is not about buying new or expensive items (read Scott Cunningham's "Living Wicca"). My main criticism of this book is that the shopping lists undermine Wicca as an accessible religion. Some of the spells seem a bit too complicated for the beginner. Someone with a bit more experience can substitute some of the items for the spells with items found around the house or outside.
Criticisms aside, if you want a book that provides you with ways to practice Wicca on a daily basis, this is the book that does so. Each day, you will do something a little different, from spells, to meditations, to exercises. It gets the practitioner into the rhythm and mindset of being Wicca. I encourage beginners to feel free to substitute items and spells and exercises to make the practice more accessible to themselves and their situation.
Word of caution: the writer tends to treat Wicca and witchcraft as the same. They may overlap at times, but one does not have to be Wiccan to be a witch.
My hope is for someone to write a similar book, but with simpler spells and cheaper ingredients.
Criticisms aside, if you want a book that provides you with ways to practice Wicca on a daily basis, this is the book that does so. Each day, you will do something a little different, from spells, to meditations, to exercises. It gets the practitioner into the rhythm and mindset of being Wicca. I encourage beginners to feel free to substitute items and spells and exercises to make the practice more accessible to themselves and their situation.
Word of caution: the writer tends to treat Wicca and witchcraft as the same. They may overlap at times, but one does not have to be Wiccan to be a witch.
My hope is for someone to write a similar book, but with simpler spells and cheaper ingredients.
November 28, 2020
This book is a great introduction, but some things should be kept in mind. First off, this isn't a series of lessons in Wicca in general, it is a set of lessons within a specific, very traditional, view of Wicca. That is totally fine, so long as you know where the author's coming from. As such, I'd strongly, strongly recommend supplemental reading with this book
Cunningham/McLeland during the introductory lessons
Janet Farrar during the section on the deities
Nichols/Pauline Campanelli during the lessons on the Sabbats
Deborah Lipp during the elemental and circle-casting chapters
Mr. Roderick has an overly strong fascination with certain specific essential oils specifically rose and jasmine which are some of the most expensive essential oils available on the market. Following his recipes would have cost hundreds of dollars when much cheaper alternative recipes are available.
Do yourself a favor and buy a copy of Cunningham's 'Incense, Oils, and Brews' and 'Magical Aromatherapy' to go with this book, and use alternative recipes or formulate your own.
I do recommend this book to anyone looking for a well-planned, organized approach to learning Wicca, but I recommend using it as a framework, supplemented with your own study and carefully, alter the exercises as you may find necessary.
Cunningham/McLeland during the introductory lessons
Janet Farrar during the section on the deities
Nichols/Pauline Campanelli during the lessons on the Sabbats
Deborah Lipp during the elemental and circle-casting chapters
Mr. Roderick has an overly strong fascination with certain specific essential oils specifically rose and jasmine which are some of the most expensive essential oils available on the market. Following his recipes would have cost hundreds of dollars when much cheaper alternative recipes are available.
Do yourself a favor and buy a copy of Cunningham's 'Incense, Oils, and Brews' and 'Magical Aromatherapy' to go with this book, and use alternative recipes or formulate your own.
I do recommend this book to anyone looking for a well-planned, organized approach to learning Wicca, but I recommend using it as a framework, supplemented with your own study and carefully, alter the exercises as you may find necessary.
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August 5, 2015Something I will restart on Jan. 1.
July 9, 2021
Roderick‘s framework of a little bit of practice every day is sound, but his content leaves something to be desired. In particular I was baffled by his purported Wiccan theology. Still, I appreciate the structure.
October 30, 2021
This book just wasn’t for me. I bought it when I was still interested in Wicca, but by the time I got around to reading it, I had sort of started going down a different path. A few things kind of turned me off of reading it sooner though— I don’t like books where the author treats it like their way is the only right way to do things, or talks about their UPG like it’s fact. This book does do that. I felt like though it touches on a lot of good topics, it doesn’t go deep enough into them to be entirely useful… I’d rather just read other books on the things I’m interested in. It also gives you a whole shopping list every few pages for the next week or so of activities, and I don’t know about everyone else, but I certainly can’t afford to do that. Witchcraft isn’t supposed to be about buying stuff, and having ‘stuff’ isn’t vital to being a witch. It also doesn’t have a very long works cited/bibliography for being such a long book— which is kind of a red flag for me. The author also writes about wicca and witchcraft like the two words are interchangeable, which isn’t entirely true and another one of my pet peeves. Anyway, this book isn’t TERRIBLE. But I found it bothersome, and I don’t think I recommend it. If other people can get something out of it though, good for them.
April 23, 2020
One of My 1st 📚
This & The Big Blue, A Moura’s (Can’t think of name) were my first 3 books when I started my Year & a Day on December 5, 2014... I’m trying to get to Another Year & a Day... I didn’t exactly follow from Page 1 after I realized Sabbats were Chapters so Skipped to Yule Chapter... I honestly cannot fully retain too much information at times so I read for 2 years... Can’t wait til I get to next book... As I’ve said in my other reviews, the 📚 (Kindle & Hard Copy) I’ve built up quite a Collection... I wish I could share collection... It didn’t make sense to me before, WHY I buy so many books... I try not to judge a book by its cover... But I was correct when I did with this one... As a beginner after learning of my ancestry I enjoyed the Weekly Collecting of Items... ended up with a lot of stuff that I consistently needed post reading... I’m a collector & Happy to Share that Timothy Roderick is part of my collection... Happy Reading on Your Path to Healing...
This & The Big Blue, A Moura’s (Can’t think of name) were my first 3 books when I started my Year & a Day on December 5, 2014... I’m trying to get to Another Year & a Day... I didn’t exactly follow from Page 1 after I realized Sabbats were Chapters so Skipped to Yule Chapter... I honestly cannot fully retain too much information at times so I read for 2 years... Can’t wait til I get to next book... As I’ve said in my other reviews, the 📚 (Kindle & Hard Copy) I’ve built up quite a Collection... I wish I could share collection... It didn’t make sense to me before, WHY I buy so many books... I try not to judge a book by its cover... But I was correct when I did with this one... As a beginner after learning of my ancestry I enjoyed the Weekly Collecting of Items... ended up with a lot of stuff that I consistently needed post reading... I’m a collector & Happy to Share that Timothy Roderick is part of my collection... Happy Reading on Your Path to Healing...
July 20, 2017
As it says there is no short cuts to being a witch! This book is educational. Yes it does have a list of things every 30 days for you to get but if you want to learn herbs, spells, chants, hands on. This is the book to go with. You can get done in a year and a day but I would not hold my breath. You will probably go over those days considering getting stuff rather if you are on a budget or you have to order it when you are not near or the Mystical shop near you don't have the product. All this means is in real life if you are needing something it is going to take time to get it to finish something. If you are wanting to read something for knowledge this book will be a complete waste of time for you. If you want hands on training and understanding? This book is for you. I however recommend this book.
July 10, 2015
I really enjoyed this book. You learn about Wicca and witchcraft through doing one activity a day for 366 days. The activities range from simple reading to meditation to actual spells. At the beginning of each month it lists the items you will need to complete the activities within that month. My only real complaint it that some of the items are harder to find (like certain herbs) or a bit more expensive. I would however recommend this to anyone wanting to do a at home year and a day Wiccan study.
May 21, 2013
If you're wanting to read about Eclectic Neo-Wicca I don't think I'd recommend this book. The author acts like wicca and witchcraft are one in the same which they're not, he uses an invocation from a nearly eight hundred year-old play as a 'samhain chant'. If you want to lose money go ahead because with this book you'll have a monthly shopping list.
April 27, 2011
If the author is not an idiot, there is nothing in this book to prove it. One does not write a book about one's first silly year as a half-assed not very talented Wiccan student. Not if you want respect, you don't.
May 26, 2017
I wanted to give this a 3.5, but I decided that since it mostly accomplished what it was going for I'd err on the side of generous.
On the plus side, it's an enjoyable read with a good mix of active practice and contemplation. As always, I like Roderick's psychological approach and focus on guided meditation to find personal symbolism. The result is more experiential and less pedantic than some of the more prescriptive texts out there. It seemed like a fairly complete compendium on the basics of Wicca without getting hung up on the shallow aspects of the religion.
My biggest criticism here is that his sources aren't always credible. For example, the entirety of the section on runes was taken almost word-for-word from Ralph Blum's Book of Runes, which I found out halfway through might not offer reliable interpretations. Also one of the deities the book has you try to connect with is Janicot, who as far as I can tell doesn't seem to have much of a history at all. Little things like this scattered throughout the book made me take much of the content with a grain of salt -- not exactly the level of confidence I wanted in an in-depth course of study. I also dispensed with much of his method of circle casting once I got through that section as I found it too complicated, but that's a personal preference.
Overall I'd say it's a good go-to if you're wanting a daily Wiccan practice. Although I've been a fully practicing pagan for about 10 years now, I still found this mostly useful in terms of information, spiritual development, and discipline alike.
On the plus side, it's an enjoyable read with a good mix of active practice and contemplation. As always, I like Roderick's psychological approach and focus on guided meditation to find personal symbolism. The result is more experiential and less pedantic than some of the more prescriptive texts out there. It seemed like a fairly complete compendium on the basics of Wicca without getting hung up on the shallow aspects of the religion.
My biggest criticism here is that his sources aren't always credible. For example, the entirety of the section on runes was taken almost word-for-word from Ralph Blum's Book of Runes, which I found out halfway through might not offer reliable interpretations. Also one of the deities the book has you try to connect with is Janicot, who as far as I can tell doesn't seem to have much of a history at all. Little things like this scattered throughout the book made me take much of the content with a grain of salt -- not exactly the level of confidence I wanted in an in-depth course of study. I also dispensed with much of his method of circle casting once I got through that section as I found it too complicated, but that's a personal preference.
Overall I'd say it's a good go-to if you're wanting a daily Wiccan practice. Although I've been a fully practicing pagan for about 10 years now, I still found this mostly useful in terms of information, spiritual development, and discipline alike.
December 14, 2020
I initially bought this book to use it as it was intended. But I found it very difficult to stick to it as so much of it just isn’t practical. I couldn’t afford to purchase most of the materials, let alone was I able to even find them. I live in the city in a small 1 bedroom apt, which made it trickier for me to do some of the required exercises. Honestly, I think this book would work better if you could read through it entirely and plan for certain days ahead of time. There’s a lot of great information but it’s definitely limited to a very specific audience.
November 7, 2021
My biggest problem with this book is that it shames the reader if they aren’t into the sexual aspects of the practice. From what I’ve read, those are usually are optional. There’s a bunch of stuff you have to buy that you will probably will never use again (I read this several years ago and I haven’t used most of the stuff a second time). There’s better books out there to learn about Wicca and get you going on practicing, and without calling you a prude.
July 6, 2019
Read and studied as a group. Loved every minute of it
March 11, 2017
This is a great book for the serious beginner although I would think the habit of purchasing items needed would become expensive. This isn't truly practical for everyone, so bear that in mind.
October 12, 2016
This book is great if you are interested in learning about the year through a Wiccan point of view. It takes you through the seasons and each day there is something new you learn and have to accomplish. It was quite interesting going through this book and performing the activities within the book, and going through all the steps, however I am not sure this book is set up, in a way to be taught to others, because if you are just reading it, then it is fine, however if you are taking this book and using it as a reference to guide or teach others, many times you have to start in strange orders, because of the time of year, or how the teacher prefers to go through it.
I gave it 4 stars because it has very interesting information and it is getting individuals up and doing what they want to practice or to even see what practices are truly in the "Craft".
Just so as to make things clear, this is a spiritual journey of witchcraft, and anyone can be witch and learn witchcraft...it doesn't make you Wiccan. Wicca is a religion, witchcraft is a practice of arts and Pagan and Wicca are not the same they are similar.
I am a Proud Pagan Witch, a Reverend and High Priestess to be exact. I feel this is a good book to get information and guidance to show some of the things that can and may be done as activities. Just as with any instrument of learning...it is a guide, not a set of rules.
I would suggest individuals who would like to teach using this book, to know it inside and out before trying to teach, because not all individuals can teach, nor do they know where to begin, when it's say this time of year and the book starts at another point in time.
Many Blessings with love and light always, Namaste and Blessed Be! <3 )o(CMD
I gave it 4 stars because it has very interesting information and it is getting individuals up and doing what they want to practice or to even see what practices are truly in the "Craft".
Just so as to make things clear, this is a spiritual journey of witchcraft, and anyone can be witch and learn witchcraft...it doesn't make you Wiccan. Wicca is a religion, witchcraft is a practice of arts and Pagan and Wicca are not the same they are similar.
I am a Proud Pagan Witch, a Reverend and High Priestess to be exact. I feel this is a good book to get information and guidance to show some of the things that can and may be done as activities. Just as with any instrument of learning...it is a guide, not a set of rules.
I would suggest individuals who would like to teach using this book, to know it inside and out before trying to teach, because not all individuals can teach, nor do they know where to begin, when it's say this time of year and the book starts at another point in time.
Many Blessings with love and light always, Namaste and Blessed Be! <3 )o(CMD
February 9, 2017
If you intend on spending a lot of money on the Wiccan practice this book is for you. His recommendation require new materials often, herbs, candles, etc. While I understand these items are part of the craft, I felt like he gave no alternatives. It made me feel like you had to follow these rules in order to be a Wiccan.
May 1, 2014
The reason I liked this book so much is because it gives such a broad overview of pagan practice. You don't have to buy everything listed but most books list all kinds of things to buy and this one is at least up front about it. So it did not bother me as much as other readers. I really like the questions and research promoted by the contemplation days. I think this Would be a good book to use in conjunction with a teacher.
February 22, 2023
I mean, what can you say? It's your typical Neo-Wiccan material. Nothing special. Nothing unique; might be some stuff in here worth using to formulate your own year and a day if you're not Neo-Wiccan... But unless you're explicitly looking for Neo-Wiccan practices (especially as a newbie), it's just the same bland stuff as always.
March 17, 2013
I was liking this book but it really it is just a way to practice the craft if your plan is to be broke. You do not need all this to practice. I gave it two starts because it does have some decent basic meditations.
February 10, 2013
This is a great book to learn about the wheel of the Pagan year. It gives great detail of what it is. It even gives samples of crafts you can you can make for each one.
July 4, 2016
something to do everyday can be time consuming
needed to do alot of planning
took a long time to finish more than 366 days but
i got there in the end and finished
needed to do alot of planning
took a long time to finish more than 366 days but
i got there in the end and finished
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February 1, 2019Amazing book! Highly Recommended for anyone who is curious or just starting their path and not sure what path to fallow yet. Good introduction to the Wiccan path but also to witchcraft in general. I will be reading it again for sure.
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