Supermarket Sorceress: Spells, Charms, & Enchantments That You Can Make From Supermarket Ingredients (Mass Market Paperback)

~ Lexa Rosean (Author) "The first rule of thumb is no shopping in the snack aisle!..." (more)
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Product Description

No cauldrons, no warts, no flying brooms...

Experienced psychic, witch and high priestess, Lexa Rosean offers spells for every occasion in this amusing, magically effective and easy-to-follow guide. Taken from history and legend, all the ingredients needed, such as baking soda, tin foil, honey, tea and more, are simple, inexpensive and as close as your grocer's shelves.

With The Supermarket Sorceress, you'll discover how:

-Apples, snow peas, avocados and cherries can help you look magnificent
-Eggs banish negativity (including feelings for a lost love)
-Kitty litter works wonders on your enemies
-You can guarantee your lover's fidelity
-Turmeric, a turkey wishbone, a feather duster and a bunch of ripe bananas will help your fear of flying
-Mothballs protect against sexual harassment

About the Author

Lexa Rosean is a Wiccan High Priestess who organizes her own coven in New York City. A counselor and psychic, she works at Enchantments, a white-magic store in Manhattan. She has made numerous television appearances.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 131 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (March 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312957688
• ISBN-13: 978-0312957681
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #718,601 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A modern-day 'book of shadows' for the contemporary witch., October 27, 1997

By A Customer

The Supermarket Sorceress is an updated version of a Book of Shadows. It gives concise directions and simple everyday substitutions for ancient or hard-to-find ingredients used to create magick spells.

Its author, Lexa Rosean, has been practicing the magickal arts since 1982, and she presents this much-needed contemporary spellbook for ease of use by the burgeoning population of Wiccans eveywhere. And the spells themselves are pleasant and easy. For example, a spell to induce prophetic dreams involves placing a poppy-seed bagel under your pillow before sleep.

If you are of the Olde Schoole of Magick, be admonished that the contemporary nature of the book may take some getting used to -- after all, who would have guessed that a Fig Newton bar would end up being a principal ingredient in a powerful love ritual, or that waxed, mint-flavored dental floss could be used to bind a spell? -- but overall, the magickal workings presented herein should be a delightful experience.

I would recommend The Supermarket Sorceress to anybody who is already used to ritual work and familiar with Pagan / Wiccan history, and able to accept the wonderfully creative steps Lexa Rosean has taken with regards to the ever-changing face of Contemporary Neo-Paganism.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Size does not count !, July 15, 1999

By	[e-mail] (Rome, Italy) - See all my reviews

OK I must confess it I did not trust this "booklet" an inch when it reached my door. I was expecting a MANUAL and this was just a CD cover sized booklet but started flipping the pages and HEY PRESTO ! a pletora of eggcellent (not a typo, read the book and you'll understand) spells came to my eyes; I've been practicing magic(k)for ages and never found spells so easy yet so powerful. Bravo Lexa.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo, November 22, 1999

By	"mephisto66" (Rome, Italy) - See all my reviews

Well done ! I suggest The Supermarket Sorceress to any beginner and to any adept as it is full of useful spell which WORK !