A Century of Spells [Paperback]

Draja Mickaharic (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1985

Written as a practical introduction to natural magic, this workbook serves as a practical reference for the practicing magician. It contains over 100 useful spells from a wide variety of magical traditions from all over the world. The clear, complete instructions detail how to make and work with water spells, baths, sprinkles, incense, oils, and herbs. Also included are spoken spells, and written spells passed down to and developed by the author.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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About the Author

Draja Mickaharic was born in rural Bosnia just before WWI. He immigrated to the United States in 1939 and practiced as a magician, referring to himself as a witchdoctor, for forty-five years. Now retired from active practice, he devotes his time to writing and counseling a few students who still actively work in the field. He is the author of two other books published by Weiser Books, Spiritual Cleansing (0-87728-531-4, 1982) and The Practice of Magic (0-87728-807-0, 1995)

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Samuel Weiser (June 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877286477
• ISBN-13: 978-0877286479
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magick for REAL people!!!, January 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Century of Spells (Paperback)

This is a great book...It's filled with a hundred spells from various cultures, religions and traditions that work independent of any specific culture, religion or tradition. What's wonderful about it, is that Draja focuses on making magick PRACTICAL. How refreshing! A lot of the spells are simple to perform and require items that are easily available to most people. There are a few spells that i find to be rather peculiar or overly time-consuming, but they're an interesting read at the least. He provides practical spells for most of the situations that people encounter in their daily lives...money, health, jobs, luck, relationships, etc. He does have a slight paternal tone in telling people not to alter the spells, but i take that to simply be a guardrail for the novice magick user. It's a great little sourcebook for spells and as inspiration to help you create your own. Definately a "must-have" for me! =))

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Handy Little Book, February 26, 2003

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El Brujo "Brujo Hechisero" (Lowell, Ma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Century of Spells (Paperback)

Draja Mickaharic's books A Century of Spells, and Spiritual Cleansings have been in my library since the 80's, and although many magical books, and spell books have been bought afterwards, I always seam to go back to Draja. A Century of Spells dabbles and mixes well Southern Hoodoo, Santeria, Christian Magic, and Caribbean Magic. This book is filled with wise wisdom on how to create excellent and powerful ritual incense such as High Spirit Incense, Meditation Incense, and House blessing Incense, it also gives you good instructions on how to fumigate, "smudge" with incense. The Herb section is just a quick basic intro to herbalism, and some of the herbs used in Hoodoo Magic such as Solomon's Seal, Snakeroot, and Poke root to name a few.

There are spells using loadstones, how to create Four Thieves Vinegar. Methods for Spiritual Bath., oils, water sprinkles, spoken spells, and written spells are also discussed. If you are an opened minded person, because the book has spells using Jesus Christ, the Archangels, The Seven African Powers "Orishas", and Allah, then this little handy book belongs in your library.

26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An all-right book, June 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Century of Spells (Paperback)

When I bough this book I thought this would be just another bogus book. But it's not! This book is full of interesting spells like reversing spells, protection spells,and even making baths. I would recommend this book to anyone who intersted in this kind of magick.