How to Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend into a Toad: And Other Spells for Love, Wealth, Beauty, and Revenge [Paperback]

Deborah Gray (Author), Athena Starwoman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 27, 1996

With this collection of ancient spells for modern times, Athena Starwoman and Deborah Gray have created the world's first interactive Magic book. The powerful spells encompass:

• Love and sex spells -- a love goddess must have the right bedroom
• Naughty spells for naughty girls -- don't get mad, get even
• Money and success spells -- money will come when you're ready to receive it
• Me, me and I spells -- what you think, you become
• Home and family spells -- love will come in many forms
• The rest of your life spells -- you create your own destiny

As the authors say, believe in yourself and in the absolute power of love.  And remember, the best witches always look fabulous!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Athena Starwoman was born into a long line of famous mystics. Her worldwide Press columns, features, television appearances, seminars and astrology work reveal her tremendous depth and understanding of the astrological and metaphysical realms. Athena's works are designed specifically to translate the ancient arts of astrology and other ancient mystical sciences into modern terms. In the USA she has written the Vogue Magazine horoscope for six years and began regular astrological columns for Star Magazine in 1994. Although Athena currently lives in New York, she remains very popular in Australia, where her column ran for twelve years in Sydney's Mirror Telegraph newspaper and still appears regularly in Woman's Day. 'My mission in this lifetime is to reawaken the psychic potential and mystical inheritance in others that has been ignored,' she says. 'We have forgotten the power our spiritual strength holds in today's world, and we must fight to reclaim it.'

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: HarperOne (September 27, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0732257093
• ISBN-13: 978-0732257095
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,264,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK HELPED BRING MAGIC INTO MY LIFE, March 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend into a Toad: And Other Spells for Love, Wealth, Beauty, and Revenge (Paperback)

I bought this book when I first became interested in witchcraft and spells, and because I thought the title was really fun. I was surprised to find that I really learnt alot from the spells and the cool way it's written. The writers don't talk down to you or make you feel like magick is impossible to do. All the ingredients and the instructions are clearly set out and I have to thank the authors for bringing me into the world of magick (which was missing in my life) I now write a lot of spells myself and have gone on to buy and study many more books and information. but I will always cherish this in my book collection as what got my attention and awakened my spirit. P.S. some of you previous guys, wake up feel the magick (and get a sense of humor!)

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good for spells, nothing else, September 4, 2000

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Jamie Talbot - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend into a Toad: And Other Spells for Love, Wealth, Beauty, and Revenge (Paperback)

Let's face it, you've probably looked at the two stars that I've given this book and thought 'why so low?' I'll tell you why. It's not because the spells in this book don't work, it's just because the authors didn't give all the necessary information about spell casting.

They make out that all you need to do is burn a candle with a picture of your ex lover and say a few words (or something similar.) This is simply not true. You need a lot of factors to make magick work. First, a strong will for the spell to work, otherwise it's useless. Also belief that the spell will work, else the chances are it won't. Moon phase is also important as is mental condition and experience of the practicioner.

There are a lot of things that need to be considered before attempting a spell. A divination should also be done before spell casting, otherwise the grey magick you are casting might turn to black. For example, if you did a spell for money, then your mother died leaving you some, this would be grey magick turned black and would result in you being the victim of Karma (this is basically the law; what goes around comes around; whatever you put out comes back to you. Wiccans believe that you get it back three fold.) Therefore, if you do a tarot reading (or something similar) first, then it could be a lot safer for you and others.

I'm sure those of you with no magickal knowledge who just want to cast love spells or whatever will ignore this advice, but I strongly suggest you don't. Also, for those of you who are serious about magick and what to bring it into your life properly, then may I suggest Donald Michael Kraig's 'Modern Magick' as this is the best book I've ever found on the subject. Thanks for reading this, I hope it was helpful.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE TOAD RULES! GREAT SPELL THERAPY!, March 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Turn Your Ex-Boyfriend into a Toad: And Other Spells for Love, Wealth, Beauty, and Revenge (Paperback)

This is such a great book, I was very sceptical about spells and such before but this was so easy to read and it's really clever and brings good spiritual advice wrapped in a fun package. Anyone with a sense of humor and sense can see that the Toad spell is a positive and self esteem building exercise. I was in the middle of a very obsessive state of mind over a bad relationship and this book helped bring closure to many of the issues I was dealing with. I'm so glad it did because I was almost ready to do something pretty drastic and when I cast the Toad spell I couldn't believe how a big weight just lifted off my shoulders. There are lot's of other spells for love, health and beauty and I can't wait to try them all!