Faery Wicca, Book 1: Theory and Magick, a Book of Shadows and Lights (The Ancient Oral Faery Tradition of Ireland) (Bk.1) [Paperback]

Kisma K. Stepanich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 8, 1998

Undertake an apprenticeship guided by the only published authentic teachings of Faery Wicca. Gain a comprehensive understanding of this old folk faith's beliefs, history and practices. Explore the Celtic pantheon, Celtic division of the year, and the fairies of the Tuatha De Danann and their descendants. Discover the magickal symbols and alphabets used to encode the teachings of the Mysteries, create a Celtic Shield and much more.

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About the Author

Kisma K. Stepanich was born July 4, 1958, in Southern California. She has been actively involved in the Goddess community since the early 1980s. Kisma founded Women Spirit Rising of Costa Mesa, a woman's organization that provides ongoing New and Full Moon ceremonies, monthly Goddess mythology circles, seasonal celebrations and women's spirituality workshops. Of Irish and Romanian descent, Kisma Proudly claims her European heritage. Having studied and undergone initiation in the Celtic and Faery traditions, she turned her focus to the native traditions of America and has studied and undergone initiation with several Shamans of Native American traditions. Kisma works toward integrating all indigenous traditions and worldwide Goddess cultures into one unified Earth tradition which she calls the Gaia Tradition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; 1st edition (August 8, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567186947
• ISBN-13: 978-1567186949
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #952,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst sort of pagan author, April 19, 2003

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Laurel Jenkins-Crowe "jenkinscrowe" (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Faery Wicca, Book 1: Theory and Magick, a Book of Shadows and Lights (The Ancient Oral Faery Tradition of Ireland) (Bk.1) (Paperback)

It's deeply disheartening to see that this woman continues to attract so many fans. While many other reviewers have pointed out Stepanich's rampant inaccurancies and tendancy to just plain make stuff up ("ancient Irish potato goddess" indeed!), nobody seems to have touched on the blatant plagiarism that led to certain of her books being yanked out of print.

She has no respect for accuracy or even the intellectual property of other authors. She certainly has no respect for her students, or she would not teach them such utter trash. Entire web pages have been devoted to debunking her, and I suggest readers look up a couple of these before they waste their money--and time, as anything you "learn" from Ms. Stepanich will have to be unlearned later.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Yet Another Bad Book from the house of Llewellyn, September 6, 1997

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This review is from: Faery Wicca, Book 1: Theory and Magick, a Book of Shadows and Lights (The Ancient Oral Faery Tradition of Ireland) (Bk.1) (Paperback)

The only positive thing that one can say about this book is that it is slightly better than the 21 Lessons of Merlin, by Douglas Monroe. What factual information there is has been buried under nonsense and a poorly disguised veil of Wicca. Please, people, spend money on real materials on the Irish indigenous traditions of filidecht (poet-craft) and folklore rather than wasting time on this. It is fascinating that Kisma can claim to have been an Ollamh (highest level of poet-singer) in the middle 1980's, as the rank of Ollamh required between 12 and 21 years of study under an Ollamh.

31 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the paper it's printed on, June 13, 2004

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Lindsey Anne (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Faery Wicca, Book 1: Theory and Magick, a Book of Shadows and Lights (The Ancient Oral Faery Tradition of Ireland) (Bk.1) (Paperback)

I give this book one star simply because the illustrations are lovely. I've never seen the artist's work before, but I'm very impressed.
That said, both of Kisma's 'Faery Wicca' books are pure trash. It's sad that people actually believe that Kisma is revealing an ancient tradition. I'm sorry to ruin anyone's happy little fantasy, but she is not. The ancient Irish did not practice something that is suspiciously similar to Wicca. The fact that Kisma has somehow convinced many people that they did is lamentable.
Ignoring her lack of historical fact, as a book about a spiritual path, it fails. There is not much mention of the Tuatha de Danaan, whom Kisma claims are ever so important. The only real rituals offered are four rather short, rather uninspiring holy day rituals. I'm confused as to why she spends so much time focusing on things such as "the four elementals" <which, SURPRISE!, are not Celtic at all> and not on her gods.
I can't help but laugh at the reviews here, where people suspect that Kisma's books have been given bad reviews because people are "angry" that she "exposed their secrets". Honeys, end your fantasies. Kisma and her group are the only ones who have practiced this stuff. It is NOT ancient. I can't repeat that enough.
Even wit the bad history, this book might have been an okay guide to a more Celtic <notice that I did not say A CELTIC> form of Wicca, if Kisma just admitted that this stuff wasn't ancient and was just a Celticization of Wicca. Sadly, she doesn't do this.