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Summary: A personal journey for your soul
Review: A light stroll through the world of Witchcraft, Horne (a Practicing "Witch" of 14 years) grasps the main points of Wiccan practices, including referential charts and calendars to not only categorize the book as a great read, but as a tool to the new and experienced alike. "WITCH: A Magical Journey" offers a glimpse of just about every part of a modern witch's practice, from casting spells and observing Wiccan sabbaths to setting up an altar. Truly a wonderful experience, "Witch" is a great read and one that I will enjoy reading and using in the future for years to come. Thanks Fiona!
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Summary: A personal journey for your soul
Review: A light stroll through the world of Witchcraft, Horne (a Practicing "Witch" of 14 years) grasps the main points of Wiccan practices, including referential charts and calendars to not only categorize the book as a great read, but as a tool to the new and experienced alike. "WITCH: A Magical Journey" offers a glimpse of just about every part of a modern witch's practice, from casting spells and observing Wiccan sabbaths to setting up an altar. Truly a wonderful experience, "Witch" is a great read and one that I will enjoy reading and using in the future for years to come. Thanks Fiona!
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Summary: Violation of Wicca Creed
Review: Any of the people who give her a good rating cannot seriously call themselves a Wiccan. Fiona's hexes and spells totally violates the Wiccan creed "Harm None, do as Ye Will" also the threefold law of what is sent out come back to you threefold. This book does not give a true impression of what Wicca is truly about. Read True Magic by Amber K if you really want an understanding of Wicca.
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Summary: Should we see her as a true wiccan?
Review: Dont get me wrong, i thought the book was kinda "cute", but any true wiccan would look for something better than this. Some of the book was interesting till it flowed in to boring subjects of "hear that, did that..same old, same old". The thing that i want to know is, if she is an ex-Playboy playmate, does anybody take her as a serious wiccan after doing something in Playboy?
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Summary: Helpful and informative
Review: Fiona Horne is an Australian Wiccan and singer who has been the subject of mild media interest over here for a few years. In order to answer questions from her fans about her brand of Wicca, she has written 3 books: Witch, A Personal Journey; Witch, A Magickal Year and Life's a Witch! for teenage Wiccans. "Witch" is a combination of the first 2, and is a pretty good book for those beginning in the Craft. It gives a throrough description on modern Wicca and a lot of helpful tidbits on herbs and crystals. I feel that there is a little too much emphasis on the spells side of Witchcraft, and not enough on the spiritual side, but it gives an excellent groundwork for the new Witch and it's great to see a book aimed at the Southern Hemispherian Wiccan for a change :) It also stands out from the flood of books on the Craft in that it is a more personal journey instead of a dry list of sabbats and spells. Overall, not too bad.
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Summary: A Magckal Journey book
Review: First off forgive my grammar mistakes because I was never the best with English and Compositition.
I found this book to be really good and I found myself able to connect with her because she comes from a Catholic background has well. She is one of the few witches that actually goes into talking about Jesus and not just how the Wiccans were wronged by early Christians. She gives a good detailed account on correspondances and even talks about Hexing, something that no other book I have found so far as done aside to say its wrong. She also goes more into mixing drugs and magick and even offers some examples on why you shouldn't do it and talks about groups that use drugs and why.
She also goes briefly into Magickal sex and tuned my interest into wanting to look more into it. While some people might consider her a bit flacky for how she writes her books I find it easier to understand then some other books where it was harder for me to understand what they were saying. The book is well written and makes me feel comfortable about my choice in sect of the Wiccan Religion.
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Summary: Ms Horne's books
Review: Her books seem more often about her, skipping crucial points. Just as we can have fun with magick and be really hip, we must be discerning and understand it is a life path not a part time hobby you call on when ever your prospects dim, or to get what you want 'just because' without any effort. Ms Horne seems to put across a message that no real effort is required. We must respect the art and actual authors of the texts we intially learn and practise from if we are going to function ethically and to our potential. Having read her books, I would not use them as a foundation for my magickal introduction if available to me all those years ago. After careful investigation I also found her work may well be ripped from the work of others left unpaid by her and uncredited in her books. Even though she credits plenty of other people along the way. Some of the founding practises of magick are valuing ethics and also Ego Cleansing. That is not demonstrated in her books. Input =output. What is going into these books may be taken from the work of others. Thus a lack of authenticity is the energy you may be getting out and participating in if you use, recommend and therefore support her work. It is important to know the standpoint and support behind a person writing esoteric books in order to determine whether or not to trust what they have put between its pages. If she wants to write an autobiography I hope it is truthful. I also hope that she contains her attempt at self-promotional talk to one definitive all out autobiography complete with all the newspaper and magazine quotes for everyone to see, and gets over her apparent need to belong and be seen as 'hip and cool' as evident throughout the pages of her works. I really don't mean to be rude, however her public persona, the person behind it, and her writing reminds me too much of Gildaroy Lockhart from Harry Potter -Chamber of Secrets. I truly hope she can build some authenticity into her work. In many circles in Australia 'Witch' has been taken to mean 'wise person.' Australia's highly respected Kerry Kulkens and her straight forward but informative writing serves a far better example of that meaning than our Fiona ever can, even if Fiona's media coverage is more pronounced.
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Summary: "Magical Journey" is a Winner!!!
Review: Her personal experiences with wicca were both insightful and entertaining. I loved her stories about climbing trees by the light of the full moon and such! Although this book gives only a general overview of wicca, it serves as a wonderful inspiration for pursuing this path. Some people have a problem with the fact that she writes about hexes and hallucinogens and sex during ritual. However, I loved that she was willing to talk about these things! Many of the topics she covers are practically taboo in the wiccan community and it was wonderful to find someone willing to talk about the more subversive elements of a magickal life (she's not telling you to do these things, she's just letting you know what's out there -- besides, knowledge is power!) This book, together with The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca & Witchcraft make for an excellent introduction to wicca.
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Summary: Finding a home
Review: I had been struggling with my beliefs for a while now. This book really helped me realize that you can be a Witch and still believe in Christianity. They are not mortal enemies. Thanks for helping me see the light and embrace my true life.
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Summary: Awesome! Must Have In A Collection!
Review: I have a large collection of Pagan/Wiccan books but this one seems a little different. Maybe it's because she from England or maybe because she is young & hip. She is very experienced in ways of the craft & it shows. I highly recommend this book!
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