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Summary: One Word to Summarize : Misdirection
Review: According to the author, you get to choose your own God and Goddess and it doesn't matter whether they are real. Okay, folks! How about choosing Santa Claus and Tooth Fairy??At the end of the chapter, Leilah Wendell's books are on the recommended list. This further confirms that this book doesn't make sense. There are many other books out there and I am not going to spend on one that misdirects here and there... are you??
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Summary: Brill for beginners
Review: I have all the Silver RavenWolf books. While they are good books I find that sometimes they dont fully cover the darker side and how easy it is to slip in to it. It is good for beginners as it is a through book but not boreing also you can flick to the bits you like best however I feel her teenWitch Kit is to comercal and I have lost faith in her since it cane out
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Summary: Good Starting Place
Review: I enjoyed reading this book and found it to be very helpful for a beginner. She also gives other reading suggestions at the end of each charpter. I would also suggest reading Scott Cunningham.
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Summary: Will she ever stop???
Review: You know... We Wiccans would like to be taken seriously. We would like the respect given to other legitiimate spiritual paths... How can anyone take us seriously when "cute" spell books, with very little substance, and half dressed bimbos on the cover is what the world sees?
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Summary: Uncomfortable
Review: Silver Ravenwolf's hostility to Christianity made this a very uncomfortable read. The continued contemptious referance to "Once-Borns" was disheartening. If it is true that all faiths are equally valid and worthwhile, that includes Christianity, however much rabidly right-wing Christians would deny us that in return. Classifying three-fold law as a hold-over from Christian morality disturbed me as well. I would not recommend this book for a beginning Witch, or anyone who is curious and wishes to know more about Paganism/Witchcraft. Scott Cunningham's "Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner" is far, far better. Or Patricia Telesco's "The Urban Pagan."
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Summary: Great Reference
Review: I liked this book, but unfortunately had a hard time keeping an interest in it. Ravenwolf is a great author, don't get me wrong, some of the parts got a little drawn out for me. On the other hand, I wouldn't hesitate to buy any more of her books. Like my title says the book is wonderful for reference and offers valuable insight to Wicca. When reading this book, though keep in mind that a lot will be the author's opinion and there are no hard and fast rules of Wicca (well, w/the exception of the Wiccan Rede). A good tip to remember when reading these types of books is that both good and bad ones are good for learning experience.
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Summary: A good start . . .
Review: Ravenwolf books are a good starting point in study, but many new witches make the mistake of using her teaching as the rule and not stepping out on their own. Ravenwolf is maligned by some for her 1,2,3 magick approach, but it is broken down as to be simple. Good for a beginner, skip it if you are advanced.
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Summary: Look for better alternatives
Review: As far as I have observed, there are mainly two types of people regarding this book: those who love this book and declare that Ravenwolf is the voice of wicca and those who utterly dislike it and find it too wishy-washy. I am somewhere in between. I believe that we have to appreciate Ravenwolf's efforts to include as much as information on witchcraft. There is a wealth of information in this book, however it lacks the enthousiasm and doesn`t really awaken any spirituality. Although for Ravenwolf, this book is supposedly the first book that every witch has to read, I believe that there are better alternatives. (my favourites are Starhawk, Barbara Ardinger and Yasmine Galenorn). She doesn`t say anything that hasn`t been already said. So I would recommend to find the information you need as a beginner from those authors who actually have that rare talent of "writing". (like Starhawk and Ardinger). My other concern about Ravenwolf is that she seems to be too marketing oriented. It seems to me that she is being manipulated by marketers or voluntarily changing herself to respond to the popular demand of new-age witchcraft (inspired by tv shows and movies). Witchcraft is a religion, unfortunately Ravenwolf treats it like a fortune cookie.
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Summary: *zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*.....
Review: This book put me to sleep, no joke. There are better books out there that don't move so SLOWLY! Considering I never made it through the whole thing (I tried, three times....first time I tried I got through maybe three chapters in six months which can be compared to the three days I read Curott's "Book of Shadows"). This was the first book I tried to read, and I really don't recommend it, AT ALL. In contrast to much "Mama Silver" fanatics, I just couldn't recommend this book at all. I really don't mean to be rude if I appear that way, but please don't waste your money on this when there are so many better works out there. One good thing about this book...in one chapter she said to meditate and "see" the God and Goddess, and speak with them. Though I don't think she mentioned it may take more then one time to do this, when I did, I really feel like i spoke to the God and Goddess, may it be the Great Ones, or the God and Goddess withen myself. I recommened people to do this, but please, don't buy the book!
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Summary: Life is too short to spend time on this book
Review: This book contains nothing of worth that hasn't been said already and better. I am concerned that so many of these reviews say that it is good for beginners. Why learn something that you are going to have to unlearn later? Be wary of something that is too easy. Better books are Margot Adler's Drawing Down the Moon, Stewart Farrar's What Witches Do, Stewart and Janet Farrar's A Witch's Bible, Raymond Buckland's The Complete Book of Witchcraft, Starhawk's The Spiral Dance, and Scott Cunningham's Wicca for the Solitary Practitioner. If you read those books you will be able to see just how poor Ravenwolf's books are. Don't waste time on cotton candy when there is steak and potatoes out there.
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