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Silver RavenWolf (Pennsylvania) is a nationally recognized leader and elder of Wicca, and through her writing has been instrumental in guiding the future of one of the fastest-growing faiths in America today. The author of seventeen books, she has been interviewed by The New York Times, Newsweek Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal, and her work has been featured in numerous publications, including Bust Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, the St. Petersburg Times, the National Review, Publishers Weekly, Body & Soul Magazine, and Teen Lit Magazine.
Her many titles include the bestselling Solitary Witch, Teen Witch, To Ride A Silver Broomstick, To Stir A Magick Cauldron, To Light A Sacred Flame, American Folk Magick, Angels: Companions in Magick, Silver’s Spells for Prosperity, Silver's Spells for Protection, Silver's Spells for Love, Halloween, and the Witches’ Night Out teen fiction series. Her new book Hedge Witch is forthcoming from Llewellyn in September 2008.
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Religion, not Engineering,
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This review is from: To Light A Sacred Flame: Practical Witchcraft for the Millenium (RavenWolf To Series) (Paperback)
I am not new to Paganism and I have not bought any of this author's books before. The blurred naked woman and mentioning the millenium (Christian dating system) on the cover are tacky, but that doesn't damage the rest of the book. Ravenwolf's "Barbie Wicca" covers have been problematic before, after all.In this book, Silver Ravenwolf explains some things about the Pagan/Wiccan religion clearly, and without the political baggage that some people these days find hard to deal with in some of the older Pagan books. She avoids unlikely claims about her own qualifications, and even manages a gentle and charming sense of humor. It's an easy and pleasant read, in a conversational style, full of interesting things to think about. A teenager would also be able to understand it. Is this book fiction? I think the author believes what she writes. This text should be understood as religion, not engineering. Not everything here will work all the time or for everyone. If you don't believe in the religion, you won't believe this, and the book doesn't spend much space trying to persuade skeptics. There are disclaimers, and putting more of them would make for unreadable prose, so it's good there aren't more. Likewise, if you only accept a particular kind of Paganism, and if this falls outside it, you won't like it. This book has one of the best discussions of how Pagan practice differs among individuals. No surprise that some people like meditating with slinkies, and some find it silly to use tools that weren't designed as religious articles. Since this book deals with integrating magic into everyday life, it's no surprise to find everyday objects. Someone interested in this book might also want to read Marion Weinstein's _Positive_Magic,_ and Isaac Bonewitz's _Real_Magic_, and (most important as a supplement) Robin Wood's _When,_Why_..._If_, which give slightly different points of view on related topics - not only how you CAN do but also what you SHOULD do.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's all about Healing!,
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This review is from: To Light A Sacred Flame: Practical Witchcraft for the Millenium (RavenWolf To Series) (Paperback)
This third installment to Mama Silver's New Generation Witchcraft series does not disappoint. Not so much about the Magick of the Craft and more about bringing personal healing into your life, at times this one reads more like a New Age self-help book than Craft text...but that's okay...RavenWolf is once again playing mother hen and reminding us that Magick is far more successful when we know who we are and where we want to be. Lady Silver reminds us that Magick is EVERYWHERE, not just in ritual, but that there can be Magick in everything from daydreaming to cleaning your house! That we can use techniques like self-fascination (which I've been doing since childhood, I just never realized it had a name), and self-hypnosis to attain specific goals in our lives. This one is all about healing, making your life better, and looking for Magick in the mundane! What a wonderful way to look at everyday life!Thank you Silver!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good text- you should know what you're doing,
This review is from: To Light A Sacred Flame: Practical Witchcraft for the Millenium (RavenWolf To Series) (Paperback)
For the benefit of those new to witchcraft reading these reviews: this book, and the others in the series, present powerful and serious ways to assert your will on reality.Silver Ravenwolf has, for many years, given us in her books ways to come in line with Spirit and stay there while making manifest our own wishes. She has the Gift, to be sure. As you follow the text she writes, make sure you fully understand the consequences of your actions. These magickal exercises will produce results- maybe more than you bargained for. Pay special attention to binding the baser aspect of your spells. It may sound silly now, but ask your friends versed in magick (if you have them). Your invocations will yield results; maybe they will be much more than you expect. Ravenwolf doesn't stress this enough: you are influencing Divine Will, which is much more powerful than you can hope to be. The best metaphor is the Western witch's credo: Three times three times three, what you send out comes thrice to thee. If there is doubt, consult an oracle such as tarot or I Ching. Then take responsibility for your own action.
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