Spell Crafts: Creating Magical Objects (Llewellyn's Practical Magic) (Paperback)

by Scott Cunningham (Author), David Harrington (Author) "Hands were the first magical tools..." (more)
Key Phrases: psychic mandala, spell banner, spell box, Corn Mother, United States, American Indian (more...)

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Spell Crafts

Take a look at your hands. See them as wondrous vehicles of power. Feel the energy that flows through everything you do. Tap into that power! Carve a symbol, dip a candle, mix fragrant herbs, sculpt clay, and make your life all that you want it to be. When crafts are used to create objects intended for ritual or to symbolize the divine, the connection between the craftsperson and divinity grows more intense.

This second edition of Spell Crafts, the much-loved and oft-read guide to magical handwork, features new illustrations and a new preface by David Harrington. Learn how to create and use all of the following:
- magical simmering potpourris  
- a beaded psychic mandala  
- clay pentacles, plaques, and runic dice  
- a shaman''s arrow   
- sand paintings   
- Corn Mother  
- a magical spell broom  
- protective hex sign  
- Witch bottles
- flower garlands  
- spell banner
- magic mirror
- prosperity trivet
- wheat weaving


From the Publisher
Spell Crafts by Scott Cunningham and David Harrington asks you to see your hands as wondrous vehicles of power. Then you can understand the magic you can imbue into crafts such as mixing fragrant herbs, sculpting clay, and weaving wheat.

What Spell Crafts wants you to understand is that the act of making any object with your hands can be magical. From the collecting of materials to make your desired object, to the basic crafting, final shaping, charging, and use, you will discover that the entire project can be magical.

Making a craft with your hands can be more than a manual art. Creating an item is also a connection with your inner self; a tool you can use to alter your life. This skill can be mastered by anyone who has a willingness to learn and a deep desire for self-transformation.

In Spell Crafts, magic and craft merge. The work of the hand melds with that of the mind and spirit. By using this book, your desire to use your natural skills, and a devotion to the divine, you can make magic! Get Spell Crafts today.


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Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875421857
• ISBN-13: 978-0875421858
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #225,599 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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79 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Practical, Safe. Here's the scoop:, November 21, 1999

By A Customer

Since early times, crafts have been intimately linked with spirituality. When a woman carefully shaped a water jar from the clay she'd gathered from a river bank, she was performing a spiritual practice. When crafts were used to create objects intended for ritual or that symbolized the Divine, the connection between the craftsperson and divinity grew more intense. Today, handcrafts can still be more than a pastime-they can be rites of power and honor; a religious ritual. After all, hands were our first magical tools.

Experience spell crafting as a spiritually evolving process that creates both physical and non-physical change

Imbue your crafts with specific energies: love, wealth, protection, enhanced spirituality, inner peace, psychic awareness

Learn the 9 steps to empower any type of craft

Use the table of magical correspondences for inventing your own spell crafts

Create and use all of the following: magical simmering potpourris...a beaded psychic mandala for psychic awareness...clay pentacles, plaques and runic dice...a shaman's arrow("pray messenger")...sand paintings...corn mother...tapers of power(candles)...a magical spell broom...protective hex sign...spell banners...Witch Bottles...flower garlands...wood or ceramic prosperity trivet...spell potpourris...magic mirror...spell boxes...wheat weaving

Spell Crafts is a modern guide to creating physical objects for the attainment of specific magical goals.

Whatever your craft, you will experience the natural process of moving energy from within yourself(or within natural objects) to create positive change!

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, just as all his books are!, May 28, 1999

By A Customer

Scott Cunningham is, for the most part, one of the best writers for the beginners of Wicca. In this book, he shows through diagram and text just how to make items that can be of use for spell work. He does say in this book that "all properly designed spells will work if they're properly performed." Those who feel his spell work and crafts are useless may not be properly designing OR performing the spells included! I would recommend this, and all of his other books, by Scott Cunningham.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just a cookbook, April 13, 2002

By A Customer

This is a fun little "recipe" book that tells you how to make various crafts. However, after reading it, I decided it really wasn't my kind of book. I wanted to use it more as a brainstorming book, but it didn't inspire me. If you like being creative on your own, look elsewhere. If you feel that you're not creative enough, and would like to follow someone else's ideas, then this book may be right for you! :)