Customer Reviews

Magick Made Easy: Charms, Spells, Potions and Power

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I love this book. Patricia Telesco is a fantastic author. The Basic magickal components (Herbs, stones, etc), and their traditional/suggested uses in Folk Magick was well organized(alphabetically, by category) and well explained! This book is unintimidating and easy to refrence. She also gives the reader a good neutral foundation on which they can build their own opinions and practices. The very best aspect of this book was the fact that she presented a concept that is very much tied to various Earth Religions, but didn't give the book a religious slant at all. (Being a Christian Witch,) I appreciated the fact that there wasn't a pre-set religious affiliation to the information! This allows one to learn just "Magick"...leaving the religious application up to the reader!! The book is and easy read for the beginner, and a valuable refrence.

If you're looking around your home and want to know how to use everything magickally, this is a great book for you. Rather than being arranged by spell topic, it has components (both ancient and modern) in alphabetical order so you can mix and match your magick to perfection.

For those wanting themes - there's a cross referenced index of spells, rituals, charms, etc. so you don't have to hunt for ideas (and there are a lot of them).

LOVE the cover!

I've been wanting more reference material for my library and this one won't see much shelf time! The alphabetical component listings that make up the majority of the book were a really neat twist on the books that provide cut-n'-dry spells by topic. Here, rather than getting spell recipes, you're given all the information on magickal ingredients so you can create your own personal "recipe" for successful spiritual living.

Magick Made easy was obviously designed to be a recipe book focused on components rather than spells themselves - the idea being to encourage us to find our own combinations of magical ingredients to make that special spark happen in everyday life and Circle. Folk magick, as explained by Telesco, IS simple - but NOT fluffy. The difference is attitude. This book isn't for ritual magicians, it's for kitchen witches and everyday folk who want to bring an extra spritual dimension to things. I also loved the cover - very clever.

I am a big fan of Patricia Telesco's works, as she offers practical usage for modern, everyday items in a magickal context. Although this book seems like a sequel to Spinning Spells, Weaving Wonders, it is different enough to warrant a purchase. The first part of the book, "Off to 'Oz'", answers common questions about magick, such as "does folk magick have a religious element", and Telesco offers her own rules of magick, much as Cunningham did. Getting started in folk magick is discussed, as is folk magick fundamentals. The second part of the book, the Components, is divided into Traditional and Modern components, and covers such items as coral, hawthorn, lead, snakes, batteries, blenders, and more. These entries are in alphabetical order and include themes, elemental correspondences, and sample applications. If you are looking for practical ways to use ordinary household items in your magickal practices, this book is well worth the price.

and was that a lucky coincidence. If Buckland would have been my first, I would most likely have stopped right there, it would have been too much, as I am before all a solitary kitchen witch wannabe :) This book contains basics of the tools, the circle casting, the ritual and then basic magickal correcpondences and glossary, written in an easy and easy to undestand way. Enough for starters.

Simple to read. Non-expensive formulas. Will be a great reference book for years. I especially like how it gives a breakdown of the traditional uses/functions of traditional components.

This was one of the first books I had when I started Wicca. It has some good info, and I still use the components table, it still helps me out A LOT. Honestly, it has the most corrsepondences of any of my books, that is where it really shines. There were a lot of really intresting ideas to use each, but the glossary could've been better to a beginning witch, and the info was a bit limited, especially for a beginning book. And it didn't really, get me *into* it. But, the reason why I gave it 4 stars is because of the research and personal thoughts obviously put into the correspondences, I'd say they're more of an intermidiate witch's helpful info, but that's only my opinion, and everyone goes down their own path. Blessed Be!

This book I believe is one of her best. I found the information was formed in a great way in this book with step by step exercises. I thought it was a great Wicca book for people first starting on their journey.

"Magick Made Easy" was somewhat of a disappointment. It didn't delve very deep into the subject of magic, and a quarter of the way through I realized all I held in my hands was a book about fluff.

I *will* complement the author on the correspondence tables, though... Hundreds of items are listed with each of their magical purposes, and every magical purpose has a list of items capable of handling the task.

Still, "Magick Made Easy" is only a so-so read.