Provenance Press's Guide To The Wiccan Year: A Year Round Guide to Spells, Rituals, and Holiday Celebrations [Paperback]

Judy Ann Nock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 4, 2007

In "The Provenance Press[registered] Guide to the Wiccan Year", Judy Ann Nock offers readers a definitive guide to "the wheel of the year." Capturing the essence of the major and lesser holidays, this complete and practical reference will appeal to Wiccans of all levels of experience. The handbook offers something for everyone: recipes, crafts, activities, spells, rituals, and meditations. In these pages, Wiccans will find several appropriate cyclic activities. Written to inspire and expand the practice as a reader moves through the eight sabbats, Nock provides the practitioner with: the astrological and astronomical influences that govern the seasons; meditations that reflect timely themes; and, rituals and crafts that any reader may enact in order to enhance spiritual expression.

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About the Author

Judy Ann Nock (New York, NY) is a Wiccan High Priestess and founder of a goddess spirituality group. She has a degree in creative writing and theater. The author of A Witch's Grimoire, her work on feminist spirituality has also been profiled in the Village Voice.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (June 4, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598691252
• ISBN-13: 978-1598691252
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #371,215 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction to the 8 Wiccan Sabbats, November 28, 2007

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Thorn Nightwind (Harrisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Provenance Press's Guide To The Wiccan Year: A Year Round Guide to Spells, Rituals, and Holiday Celebrations (Paperback)

This book really gives you some great tips and tricks to help you plan your sabbats -- whether you are solitary practioner or a coven witch, you will find great material from in this book which will in turn help you write great rituals. I find myself referring to this book for ideas when each sabbat rolls around.

Much Love & Many Blessings,
Thorn Nightwind

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ritual Ideas for all occasions, November 18, 2007

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Ann M. Gaba - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Provenance Press's Guide To The Wiccan Year: A Year Round Guide to Spells, Rituals, and Holiday Celebrations (Paperback)

As the introduction to this book explains, "there are many ways to acknowledge the passage of time." The Wiccan Year presents "spiritual expressions grounded through clear intentions and repeated on auspicious days at carefuly chosen times so that we may attune with the power of the changing Earth and allow this Power to transform our lives."
This book provides an orientation to some of these "chosen times" according to the cycle of the year. It gives an overview of legends and folklore associated with each season, meditation, spellwork, chants and ritual suggestions for each.
It would be a helpful reference for a novice, as well a a more experienced person looking for some ideas to add to their ritual practice.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Wiccan Year, February 9, 2008

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Karen L. Vickery "Karen" (Ladys Island, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Provenance Press's Guide To The Wiccan Year: A Year Round Guide to Spells, Rituals, and Holiday Celebrations (Paperback)

What an awesome book! It's definately one of my very favorites. There is a great deal of information that is new. There are meditations and other great ideas and information for each sabat. It's a very unique book, I love the pages! Get this one for your collection.