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The Wicca Handbook Paperback – May 1, 2000

by Eileen Holland (Author)

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This book is both a tutorial for new witches and a reference book for experienced practitioners. Covers the many ways there are to be a witch as a solitary practitioner, or part of a coven following one of many traditions. Holland shares useful information for writing spells, creating rituals, and making tools, charms, and potions. She also includes an index of spells, ancient and modern, making this an all-inclusive reference manual for all skill levels. Glossary. Index. Bibliography.

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"This book by Holland is a topnotch reading and learning journey. The Wicca Handbook is one of the best in its field." -- From GhostVillage.com --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Eileen Holland, a solitary, eclectic witch, Wiccan High Priestess, poet, and webmaster of Open-Sesame, is the author A Witch's Book of Answers and Spells for a Solitary Witch. Eileen has been a practicing Pagan and witch for twenty years. Visit her online at www. OpenSesame.com. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Red Wheel / Weiser; First Edition edition (May 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1578631351
ISBN-13: 978-1578631353
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,090,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1564 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > New Age & Spirituality > Wicca, Witchcraft & Paganism > Witchcraft
- #2201 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Supernatural & Paranormal > Magic Studies

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51 of 54 people found the following review helpful

Gourmet Wicca

By James Sheffield on July 30, 2000

Format: Paperback

The Wicca Handbook Eileen Holland
Eileen Holland seems to be the Julia Childs of gourmet Wicca. So many books I have read on Wicca craft indicate the spells, herbs, candles and other articles necessary for the altar, but none of them seem to be as chock full of handy information as "The Wicca Handbook." Her extraordinarily complete tables of correspondences may not be as comprehensive as Aleister Crowley's encyclopedic "777" or "Magick, Book 4," but she honors her mentor upon whose book she has based her work, Starhawk ("The Spiral Dance"). Her bibliography displays firm and dependable sources; otherwise, this would simply be another book of mixed puddings and confused recipes.
The spell tutorials are easy to follow and extremely easy to adapt to your present circumstances. Everything a beginner or an experienced practitioner might need is indicated, beginning with a Book of Shadows through the variations of invocations to the god/dess. Love, for instance, has 24 spells. Her comments on ethics and superstitions are humorous and pertinent and she cautiously warns of the problems and difficulties in casting the wrong spells. Blessed Be.

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful

Good Resource

By A Customer on September 21, 2000

Format: Paperback

There's no questioning the fact that Holland knows a great deal about Wicca and has a great deal of useful information about the Craft which she tries to share. However, I think a few problems might have been remedied.
First of all, other reviewers have already pointed out the mixed signals she sometimes sends us. For example, she writes that it is unethical to use magick to compel others to do things they normally would not (e.g. to cast a love spell on someone who obviously is not interested in you). This would be a violation of the individual's free will. However, two pages later, she provides us with such a spell. This is irresponsible. In her defense, she does inform us of the consequences which can result from this, and also urges us to invite rather than force someone to pay us attention.
Secondly, the book is somewhat difficult to tie together. In many ways it's well-organized, and it's usually easy to find information about a general topic under numerous section headings. However, it becomes hard as you try to cross-reference specific items. If I'm holding a ritual in honor of a particular deity, it takes a lot of searching to find a suitable plant, and color, and stone, and incense, etc. This is unfortunately the case even despite an extensive index.
However, this weakness stems from one of her strengths: the enormous part of the book dedicated to correspondences. She provides us with hundreds of Gods and Goddesses to assist us with special concerns from purification and "guarding magical writings" to "fatal attraction" and hexing. You might not be able to easily find all you want to know about a particular Deity, plant, stone, or planet (or substitutions for them), but it's bound to be in there somewhere.Read more ›

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful

A bottomless well of correspondences

By dimitri ravenspire on February 10, 2001

Format: Paperback

The Wicca Handbook by Eileen Holland is one of the best books I've ever used for references and correspondences. It's list of herbs, scents, stones, deities, elements, etc. is very useful information for spellwork and rituals. The fact that it is so anthropologically based also has gives it an added bonus...it can be useful to anyone of any tradition and style. I loved the extensive section on animals, especially because of the fact that it was, again, written to fit any tradition, not just shamanism. Her charts on the planets and numbers, something where most wiccan books lack, was a refreshing adversity to the mundane norm, and is a way to even further your magical studies and spirituality. This is one of the most-often used books in my possession, and it will be so in yours as well. Buy this book, and have a limitless amount of universal-wiccan knowledge at your very fingertips!

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29 of 35 people found the following review helpful

I was ready to like this book

By A Customer on June 3, 2001

Format: Paperback

I bought this book primarily because of the correspondence chapters that looked very useful. I admit, I didn't take as much time to look it over as I usually do (I had a fussy toddler and the shop owner was giving us 'the eye'), so I paid my $15 and took it home. I have to say, I was dissapointed. I have been a practicing witch for 10 years, and the book really didn't help much at all. Most of the correspondence chapters are pretty much rewrites of better sections in better books, and her information on spells borders on unethical in places. I wasn't really surprised to learn that she is solitary, and has not had any formal training outside of books. Her commentary on ignoring the phase of the moon because she lives in the city and doesn't care was very annoying to me as well. I would not recommend this book to beginners, or experienced witches either. Better books have been written by Scott Cunningham, Doreen Valiente, Silver Ravenwolf, Janet and Stewart Farrar, etc. This is also a book that downplays the need for the new pagan to do research before using cultural icons, powers and mythos. If you're a new Witch, get "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" and "To Ride A Silver Broomstick" to start, and read anything by Doreen Valiente.

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