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The Craft Companion: A Witch's Journal

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It can be a workbook to chart your progress through author Dorothy Morrison's terrific Wiccan primer, "The Craft". Or, it can be your personal magickal journal or shadowbook...whatever you decide. But it is so much more thanks to Morrison sharing some 111 (yes, I counted them) simple spell or magickal ideas.

Dorothy Morrison is a High Priestess in the eclectic Georgian Tradition. She has written other wonderful books such as, "Everyday Magic" (a favorite of mine), "In Praise of the Crone", "Yule: a Celebration of Light and Warmth", and a deeply symbolic, yet lighthearted Tarot deck, the "Whimsical Tarot".

Every other page in this book contains a simple spell or magickal idea that can stand alone, or, be used as part of a more elaborate working. The other pages are blank to record your progress through the text, "The Craft", or to record your own notes on a particular magickal working in the journal, or to just use as you see fit.

The author provides practitioners with a broad compilation that includes chants, prayers, charms, blessings, recipes and all types of positive magickal workings for a variety of magickal intentions. Morrison's rhythmic, affirmative chants are definite magick boosters. Her rhymes are not stressed-out, they flow, allowing you to focus your energy on your intent.

There's a brief introduction that includes suggestions on how to use the journal, one short glossary of Gods and Goddesses invoked in the workings, and an alphabetically-arranged content listing of the spells provided in the journal.

If you are new to the Craft, then be sensible and please buy the text, "The Craft", and read it first *before* using this book. It puts everything in its proper context and perspective. But, whether old or new to the Craft, you will enjoy using this journal. It makes a great gift idea for family, covenmates or friends.

This book is a must for every witch. It has 111 simple spells to perform- no intricate tasks to perform, no rare and unattainable herbs to use- just simple, yet very powerful spells to perform. And believe you me, this book has such good ideas for spells, it's absolutely amazing... Morrison should make a second one, he he he. This book also has the advantage of extra paper added- every spell is on a seperate page with another empty line page with it so that the user can write the date, phase, etc. as well as the impressions and results of the spell- like a simple spell BOS, which makes this book P-E-R-F-E-C-T.......

This book was not at all what I expected. Every other page is blank for you to write your own spells.Then it also has nothing but spells. I figured this would be like a continuation of her previous witch book but it wasn't. Depending on what you are looking for this may not be for you.

I have been a solitary witch for years and I found this to be a helpful way for me to add to my own book of shadows. I have seen several new practitioners come in and also found this book be be a life saver. I think every one should have this helpful little guide at their side when ever they work a ritual or spell!!!

When Morrison's "The CRAFT Companion" was first given to me as a gift, I was delighted to have simple spells for daily matters. I typically write all my own spells, and while I thought this treasure would possibly make me a lazy Pagan, I also realized it has its place.

I could not have been more wrong. LOL It not only has not made me lazy about writing my own spells, it has motivated me to write spells for each occasion/page!! Each spell is now replaced with my own. It helped me make my own Spellbook! I printed graphics I wanted to use or thought were appropriate from the internet and wrote my spells around them in Word. This is a most excellent spellbook in its own right, but when used as a guide for your own, it becomes an irreplaceable benchmark.

This work is not geared around any specific path, but -does- have "green" influences from cover to cover.

I highly recommend its purchase, use, and giving as a gift to -any- Pagan in your life. The gift-giving Season [Samhain-Yule] is nearly upon us, afterall.

A Wonderful Book with lots of spells ,and a lot of information on the past present and future of what witches, and other eitchcraft religions are to look forward to if the are into this kind of stuff... anyways i absolutely love this book and it is definitely a must have for any witch.I recommend it for beginners of any age. It teaches you the basics to the advanced
lessons of witchcraft.I Bought 3 for my friends Ashley, and Celeste.They love it also.

I am a new solitary practicer and this really got me started. It was easy to follow and had blank pages to add your thoughts. I have her first part so this was a great addition. It is ideal for beginners and those who are solitary.
She has alot of healing in the book. It gives you the basic idea of what you want to try to accomplish. Very good buy

This is a journal to go along with the Craft book from Dorothy. Mostly empty pages you write in. Not really needed.

I found this book extremely informative and helpful. I have a pretty extensive witchcraft/wiccan library and the information in The Craft is not found in alot of books of it's subject content. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING!

Charmaine Foote

I found that this can be a useful tool for someone who is just getting started. The chants and spells can at least give you ideas as models in creating your own. However, I was disappointed that it really is nothing more than a spellbook (no theology or philosophy), and most of the spells are mostly exercises in positive thinking.