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Llewellyn's 2007 Magical Almanac (Annuals - Magical Almanac)

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This is my 13th volume in the Llewellyn's Magical Almanac series. So that's lucky, right?

Llewellyn's did something different this year. Instead of breaking the articles by season... they have broken them into the four elements. A radical but obvious way to organize magical information! My impressions:

Earth Magic:
Great articles include a look at Powerful Objects and Ritual Tools, Fulgurite: Crystalized Lightning (very interesting), Herbcraft, Labyrinths, and Kitchen Witchcraft.

Air Magic:
A Pagen look at subjects like Color Magic, Incants and Song, Living Together in Magic and how to act within groups, and a great article I really enjoyed was how to bring Air magic into your life without incense and smudgesticks (for us "non-smokers").

Fire Magic:
How to light up your magical life with Candles, Deity Magic, Children and Ritual, How to make your own Magic Wands and Staffs, Creating Sigils (signs of magic), and the Stars.

Water Magic:
Brewing up articles on Relationships and Emotions, Love Magic, Potions, Brews and Oils, Magical Baths, Being Spiritally Social, Empathy, Dealing with Loss, and Moon Lore.

I was really happily surprised by this approach of seperating articles by element. The Almanac Section naturally gives you day by day info on Holidays, Moon Phases, Color of the Day, Incense of the Day and many holiday recipes.

The Llewellyn's Magical Almanac has been a great reference for me for almost 15 years. I would advise anyone who is either novice or pro to keep these nifty almanacs and build your own magical encylopedia set!

This 384-page almanac is chocked full of articles with daily info on moon phases and other needed info. I like the listing of the days instead of trying to cram all the info into a calendar form. The articles or chapters, are all well written and can be read within a half hour for most so it is easy to pick this book up, pick a spot within the book and just read. You don't need to start on page 1 and probably shouldn't! I'm now going to look for 2006 just to read all the articles.

This book is a very easy read & very informative. Compiled works of many different authors, laid out in a very easy to read & easy to reference format.

Though her path is more Voodoo based, she was quite pleased with this book. Has interesting stories and emphasizes astrological aspects with good references. Definitely Wiccan.

Lots of great stories and information, especially helpful new-comers to the mystical path. It's well worth the coin to have a copy of this on your desk.

than an almanac, but still kinda sweet.

i do agree with reviewers who wished there was more of the "almanachy" stuff - planting, weeding times etc.

i also believe it would have been better organized (easier to follow) by seasons instead of elements.

these are my first impressions of my first almanac - i am not done reading thru it yet, so cannot say exactly how relevant and good all the info contained is.

If you are into spirituality, the metaphysical etc., this is a HIGHLY informational almanac. This almanac is LOADED with spiritual and metaphysical information. Highly recommended for those of like minds.

2007 Magical Almanac (Llewellyn's Magical Almanac)
by Llewellyn

I get this every year, its a great reference.

I love these almanacs, I've been buying them every year since 1999. The articles are great and the almanac has enough info and it hard to deicipher, like some are. If you are new to the Craft or have just found these, buy some of the earlier editions as well. You can buy these for little money used on amazon or ebay, and it'll be something that you'll enjoy. It's also a good intro to some Llewellyn authors, if you don't like their articles, you'll know not to buy their books.

This is a book filled of great information. It contains a multitude of interesting facts and is close to 400 pages. Very good value and well-written. Also contains a day-by-day listing of moon phases for those interested.