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The Pocket Guide to Rituals: Magickal References at Your Fingertips
Pagans are familiar with celebrating the eight Sabbats of the Wheel of the Year with rituals, but are often at a loss of how to create rituals to celebrate other special occasions in their lives. The Pocket Guide to Rituals helps you create these rituals, to honor events from birth, marriage, and death, to seasonal miracles such as the first snowfall or the first spring blooms. Connor breaks down the process of creating rituals one step at a time to help you create complete, cohesive rituals to perform by yourself or in groups. She covers dozens of different kinds of rituals, eliminating the guesswork while encouraging creativity. The entry for each ritual includes details on six elements: theme; colors; crystals and stones; incense, oils, and herbs; altar decorations; and a sample of a completed ritual.
176 pages, Paperback
First published April 30, 2006
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October 13, 2010
This book follows the model of Connor's earlier book, The Pocket Spell Creator: Magickal References at Your Fingertips: a small volume stripped down to the basics, meant to be easily portable. But while you might need to whip up a spell at a moment's notice, rituals can involve more planning and effort. You probably don't need a portable set of ritual templates nearly as much as a portable guide to correspondences. Although it won't take up much room on your bookshelf, which might be a selling point to many Pagans!
For each ritual, Connor lists several themes; the idea being that you choose two or three and shape your ritual around them. In other words, while the general idea of one ritual might be New Home, its specific themes include Comfort, Happiness, Hope, and so on. After that, she lists colors, crystals, incenses, etc. for each theme, discusses altar decorations, and concludes with a suggestion of what to say during the ritual. Only the heart of each ritual is detailed; she omits circle-casting, calling the quarters, etc. I thought this was a nifty approach, especially the part about thinking about what themes you want to emphasize. Also, I like that she came up with uncommon rituals, like Changing of the Leaves or Celebration of Fire. But she doesn't have a lot of variety in the themes (28 rituals, and 26 of them have Protection as a theme). And although this is intended as a barebones text, I would have appreciated more discussion or perhaps an example of how to put all these parts together into a working ritual.
For each ritual, Connor lists several themes; the idea being that you choose two or three and shape your ritual around them. In other words, while the general idea of one ritual might be New Home, its specific themes include Comfort, Happiness, Hope, and so on. After that, she lists colors, crystals, incenses, etc. for each theme, discusses altar decorations, and concludes with a suggestion of what to say during the ritual. Only the heart of each ritual is detailed; she omits circle-casting, calling the quarters, etc. I thought this was a nifty approach, especially the part about thinking about what themes you want to emphasize. Also, I like that she came up with uncommon rituals, like Changing of the Leaves or Celebration of Fire. But she doesn't have a lot of variety in the themes (28 rituals, and 26 of them have Protection as a theme). And although this is intended as a barebones text, I would have appreciated more discussion or perhaps an example of how to put all these parts together into a working ritual.
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