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

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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

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.

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.

In The Wiccan Year, Rev. Judy Ann Nock, Fellowship of Isis priestess of the Iseum of Urania Celesta and the Iseum of the Muses, has written a practical guide to the cycle of the year, with a focus on the star energy of each season.

The preface describes the development of Judy's idea for a book based on the Wiccan wheel of the year with its branches in the stars and its roots in the old agrarian seasonal festivals.

This is an evolutionary concept, which will be especially meaningful to members of the Fellowship of Isis, as it reflects the continuum of energy and consciousness that connects the core of the earth and the farthest reaches of the cosmos, as shown in the spiral galactic glyph of the Fellowship of Isis. The Wiccan Year also embodies ideas found in the FOI liturgy cycle Psyche, a collection of psychic journeys to a variety of star systems and constellations.

The seasonal and celestial events in this book are based in the Northern hemisphere. The constellations discussed in this book describe groupings of stars that are visible overhead, or on the horizon, at the time a festival occurs, as well as an overview of the zodiacal signs through which the sun travels during each season..

Each chapter is devoted to a single solar or cross-quarter festival. The quality of that time of year is described, and very good historical background and interpretation of the festival's significance is provided. Celestial events occurring during that time in the yearly cycle are pointed out, and their mythological and legendary associations explained. Each chapter also includes meditations for each festival based on what is happening in nature, star meanings, and traditional meanings. There are also rituals attuned to the events and stars of the season. The astrological significance of the festival is also included. There are also charms, spells, practical crafts, recipes, and more, for each festival.

There is a chapter devoted to the moons in each month, with a meditation for each full moon.

The appendix includes tables of correspondences for the Sabbats and the Zodiac, with dates for festivals up to 2020, and astronomical information about the seasons. There is also a great bibliography and glossary of term.

This is a great handbook for those new to Wicca and Paganism, as it provides high quality, balanced information and observations. Those who have been in the Craft for many years will find the refreshing new ideas and perspectives provided in this handy manual to provide another dimension of meaning to a beloved celebration.

If you are looking to build up your reference library on Wicca this is a great book to have. The book is done in an old fashioned stlye to make it look as old as the hills, but the information is new to read, at least for some.. The author has mixed the currrent views of the wiccan holidays with the orgin of the holidays. The spells and rituals included in the book make for a nice way to start a tradition of what was included without leaving you to feel that they are the only was to do so. A good read for a book of introduction to someone who may not practice Wiccca, but wants to learn at least about the holidays.

Oh, My I have read and re-read this book then took notes the third time to work in with my "Astronomy" book and class I am taking this fall. This book is so complete in text and data it is a blessing. Great Book. Thanks.

I first found this book in a library and decided to use it on a project that I was, and still am, working on for Anthropology. I wasn't sure how much help it would've been, but once I started to browse through it and the information it had, I was glad that I'd checked it out. The more I looked through it, and the more it helped me on my project, the more I wanted to have it for myself. It was a shock when the version of the book I bought was so different than the one I'd checked out, but I was still happy to have it. It's very insightful in the Wiccan Year and all of the celebrations they have. I'm very happy and I came across and book like this. Anyone who has an interest in different cultures and traditions or who has an open mind should read it; if you're someone who frowns upon such things then don't read it and don't bash the people who do.

This is a great reference about the meanings of the seasonal cycles. It gives the reader greater understanding and reverence to mother nature. I think even non-wiccan readers would enjoy the history and lore covered in this book.

This book has a lot of great information concerning the Sabbats including zodiacal, astrological and history of each Sabbat. Also has good information pertaining to the Esbats and a few great tables of timeframes and correspondences. It is a fun read, offering many examples that will get you on your way to performing your own rituals for the Sabbats. The only drawback for myself was that it is mainly written for the female audience, as all the rituals are written in the female perspective. It can be easily changed around for the male reader however being overlooked is not something I take lightly. All in all it is a good book of information in the areas it touches on.

Very informative lots of good ideas and projects to go with the wheel of the year. Like at yule it tells how to make candles for Imbolic. It is an excelent book for just starting out.