The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Spells & Magic [Paperback]

The Diagram Group (Author)

Book Description

Series: Little Giant Encyclopedias | Publication Date: December 31, 1999

Whether we're among the true believers or the hardened skeptics, most of us are undeniably fascinated and intrigued by the mystical world of spells and magic. Satisfy your curiosity with this fully illustrated reference that's extraordinarily encyclopedic in scope, covering every aspect of a subject that has entranced people for centuries. Witches, magicians, shamen, voodoo priests and priestesses, and oracles will all come under your scrutiny. So will the spirits commonly called upon by witches and magicians to help them carry out their art, including demons, angels, and magic animals. Next come details on coven rituals, using a pentagram, performing exorcisms, and conjuring spirits. Or try your hand at casting love spells and spells for protection, invisibility, and illness prevention. Rounding out the encyclopedia are a guide to magic tools and tables of correspondences for the zodiac, and more. So mesmerizing, it will cast a spell on you! 512 pages, 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (December 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806918330
• ISBN-13: 978-0806918334
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,279,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #62 in Books > Arts & Photography > Performing Arts > Magic & Illusion

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not to be taken seriously, May 23, 2004

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Alex Perkins (Allegan, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Spells & Magic (Paperback)

For the most part, this book was quite humorous. I've been using magick for a little over 10 years now and this book tells of some unique spells to try. Read the other review about the invisibility spell. I don't want to repeat it here.

This book may have disgusted some people, but through other research I've done, those were actual recipes from the 15th-16th (more or less) centuries. The spells that include dead animals and other things considered taboo today were concocted by people who were hunted during the burning times.

The other part of this book was actually very informative. I do recommend this book if you are down to earth enough. 50% of this book are old spells and they tell you the ingredients which should be taken with a grain of salt if you are closedminded. The last 50% of this book is interesting and some of it works (such as the magick squares). I've yet to try summoning one of the 72 Spirits of Solomon.....so I'll leave that to a master pagan.

Overall, this book was interesting, captivating, humorous at times, and full of information not easy to come by.

13 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars it made me barf, November 29, 1999

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L. Kolosky "prieofmorr" (chisholm, Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Spells & Magic (Paperback)

this book is a disgrace to witches, they claimed that we ate babies which we dont and that we make a compact to satan, which we dont since satan is CHRISTIAN CONCEPT, so save your money and dont buy this book, and my the god and goddess have mercy on these writers' lives

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Should be titled, "The Giant Encyclopedia of ..., October 1, 2001

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Maria (EAST AURORA, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Spells & Magic (Paperback)

I bought this book, without looking through it. Big mistake. Do NOT waste your money. I looked at a few spells, and almost threw up. One of the invisibility spells calls for you to boil a cat for 24 hours, throw the meat over your left shoulder, put the bones in the left side of your mouth, and look in the mirror, to see if you're invisible. That disgusted me. The entire book disgusted me. I'm thinking of writing a letter to the editor/writer(s), telling them exactly what I think. It's things like these, that give us a bad name. It made some comment about how people with the evil eye are more likely left-handed, members of the clergy, and some animals, including dogs, cats, wolves and peacocks. I only flipped through it, but I plan to look at the rest, just to see what else they have in there.

People who think Pagans are bad, pick up this book and see what it says, thinking it will have the write information. We have a bad enough name as it is, because of other people, there's no need to give us a worse one, with this.