Spells & Charms: 52 Charms and Spells to Help Get the Best Out of Life [Paperback]

Nicola de Pulford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1999

Make your own good fortune! The power to influence the course of your love life, career, health, and happiness lies in these spellbinding charms and enchantments. Using ancient and global sources of magic, every spell has a list of easily obtainable ingredients, as well as rituals for making each element sacred. Sort out affairs of the heart and attract that special someone with an aphrodisiac loving cup. If it doesn't work out, "Sky Magic," based on Chinese tradition, alleviates the pain of a broken romance. For a head start in the beauty game, use the blood-red oil and bright yellow flowers of St. John's Wort. Put body and mind back in balance with a Native American system of enlightenment. Ensure the success of an upcoming journey, keep peace between family members, lose weight, avoid restless nights, increase fertility, and rid a home of bad spirits: there's no end to the magical wonders to try! 112 pages (all in color), 7 1/2 x 8 1/2.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (December 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806999152
• ISBN-13: 978-0806999159
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,238,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Oh no!, July 11, 2000

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This review is from: Spells & Charms: 52 Charms and Spells to Help Get the Best Out of Life (Paperback)

Apparently I didn't read the same book the other reviewers read! This book has spells that are usually simple but the supplies are not easy to get to. Maybe buying silk is easy but finding a running stream in the middle of a city and planting an apple tree when you live in an apartmnent is a little hard. This is the first spell book I bought and it will probably be the last. I think the best thing to do is to do research and write the spell yourself.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I have to agree with the reviewer from the bay area..., November 19, 2001

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This review is from: Spells & Charms: 52 Charms and Spells to Help Get the Best Out of Life (Paperback)

I like this book, don't get me wrong, but I do have to agree with the below bay area reviewer who said the supplies are not easy to get (i.e. the 12 silk scarves in different colors, I don't think so, felt fabric is more like it) nor do most of us city dwellers have the ability to zip over to the nearest stream or other outdoor area beyond our backyards to do a spell, and expect nobody to be there or notice? Doubtful. (If you are like me, read City Magick by Christopher Penczak, you'll be glad you did -this is reality folks!)

However, I find myself keeping 52 Charms and Spells. I like the simple spells, the pictures and verbage, the (usually) short lists of supplies and ingredients for each spell and the variety. If I don't have a running stream nearby, my bathtub or sink will do; if I need to plant something so my spell will grow, I use a flowerpot or window box. If I don't have a certain herb or oil, I substitute the next best or similar thing. Because magick is within I find ways to adapt spells to city life and to the best of ability, given what I have to work with geographically or otherwise. I think as modern magick users we need to do this more and more, hard as it may be sometimes because so many books don't seem to recognize this fact and think we all live in the country without nosy neighbors just over the fence. But like I said, I still keep this book finding value in it: it's short and sweet, not one I use every day granted, but pleasant to have nonetheless.
I would not really recommend this book to a beginner because there is not a lot of detail on "how to" or background about spells and magick, but as a supplemental to other books and for a lot more in pictures and color, it fills that space nicely.

21 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, February 2, 2000

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This review is from: Spells & Charms: 52 Charms and Spells to Help Get the Best Out of Life (Paperback)

This book is wonderful for beginners intermediate and the novice.This book has every thing i needed it has how to get some love if someone you don't love loves you and harrasses you it tells how to stop them, it tells you how to get the green, how to rid your house of bad spirits, how to lose weight even how to fortel the future. I'm a beginner it the craft and this book has helped me alot. Before i got this book i was fat, broke, depressed and unloved now i've lost 30 lbs! i feel better all the time and now i landed the girl of my dreams and have a really nice bank account i recomend this book to any and all people who think they could use a change for the better. if you have any Q's I've goy the A's about this book so if you want write me.