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Summary: Not For Beginners
Review: "The Grimoire of Lady Sheba" wasn't the first book I've read about Wicca, and I'm very happy that it wasn't.
The book doesn't really explain about the Craft and it's holidays etc. but just gives rituals and spells.
There are a lot of print errors in it.
The first thing I've noticed when I just went over the book briefly was that the dates of the Sabbats were incorrect, when I read the book thoroughly I so that many of Lady Sheba's spells were spells to control and manipulate people, which is wrong according to Wicca.
I think that people who are completely new to Wicca shouldn't read this book first, if they want to they should read it after reading some good books so they'll see the difference and know the true meaning...
Also there are a few nice ideas in the book that can be "borrowed" to rituals and spells in the correct manner.
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Summary: Not For Beginners
Review: "The Grimoire of Lady Sheba" wasn't the first book I've read about Wicca, and I'm very happy that it wasn't.
The book doesn't really explain about the Craft and it's holidays etc. but just gives rituals and spells.
There are a lot of print errors in it.
The first thing I've noticed when I just went over the book briefly was that the dates of the Sabbats were incorrect, when I read the book thoroughly I so that many of Lady Sheba's spells were spells to control and manipulate people, which is wrong according to Wicca.
I think that people who are completely new to Wicca shouldn't read this book first, if they want to they should read it after reading some good books so they'll see the difference and know the true meaning...
Also there are a few nice ideas in the book that can be "borrowed" to rituals and spells in the correct manner.
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Summary: My Kind of Book
Review: From what I understand, this is Witchcraft, NOT Wicca. Wicca is a weak relgion like all others because they tolerate others' faiths and aren't sure there's is true. Witchcraft is a non religious form of magick. This magick is neither white nor black. It is evil and menacing. I got disillusioned with god fearing religions as a teenager because most were poverty or pretty close. These people were sometimes better than me at school even though later on I made the honor rolls and went to 3 colleges. I got into the occult as a Christian hate thing. It was that to an extent. BUT...it was still religious and they were not certain it was true. So then I got into the grand daddy of them all, Aleister Crowley. Crowley blew everyone away and has been since the 1960s a genuinely cool thing. I loved Crowley's magick because they were mostly simple. I was looking for more simpler magick that was evil and defied LaVey. This was it! Wiccans, while sexually attractive I had an interest in sexually but otherwise didn't care for. Same with satanism. This book is the holy grail of witchcraft.
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Summary: Its ok, nothing spectacular....
Review: Hmmm...Where to start. Can't say I cared much for this book. The parts where she describes the postulant being naked, blindfolded and bound, not to mention being scourged, sound more to me like bondage and S and M, NOT A RELIGOUS PRACTICE!
And there's the ritual where Death scourges the High Priestess and she falls in love with Death, after he beats her is quite offensive to me!
I also find her claim that this stuff is ancient to be somewhat suspect! It's pretty much been proven that Wicca is a new religion! She also uses the word "warlock!" That word is an insult to male Witches, since it means oath-breaker!
Some of the other things I found objectionable was one of the so-called Laws where it states that men should rule womyn!
As I said, I'm glad I only read this book out of curiosity. It is interesting and the parts I like are the different rhyming spells she has. I'll probably make use of some of the rhymes.
To sum it up, my objections to this book are it's sexist and degrading attitude towards womyn and her claim that Wicca is an ancient religion.
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Summary: Sigh....
Review: I agree w/ the last reviewer, many people from the 70's came to the Craft through the availability of this book. MANY people studying the Craft really should STUDY the Craft and that includes it's history. Stories of gram' in the kitchen and oral trad's passed through the aeons are nice but...let's give some respect to the pioneers and to the religion's history and the elders. This book is indeed a collector's item and any true student's/practitioner's library. HIGHLY RECCOMMENDED. Blessed Be.
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Summary: Don't be fooled
Review: The reviewer who wanted to give this book zero stars is absolutely correct. "Lady" Sheba, indeed! No one is a Gardnerian by choice- it's like saying you're Catholic when the Church won't recognize you. The Charge of the Goddess was written by Doreen Valiente, High Priestess of Gerald Gardner (founder of modern Witchcraft), and there is overwhelming evidence available to back this up. Sheba's assertion that the charge was handed down to her from a long line of traditional witches demonstrates quite well her unreliability.
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Summary: Are you just looking for a book with only spells and rituals
Review: Then this book is it trust me, one of the most vivid books that has created with great passion. A must for all wiccans.
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Summary: laughed off the shelf?
Review: This book was laughed off the shelf when it was originaly released in the early 70s and has only been again made available because the publisher (Llewellyn) is trying to win back more traditional Wiccans. The problem is, not only has the Wiccan movement moved well beyond this sort of material, it was never interested in the lies and false representation presented here. The author is yet another poser who makes the rediculous claim that Wicca is an ancient religion passed down for hundreds of years. A prime example is the inclusion of the Charge of the Goddess. Although Doreen Valiente clearly says she rewrote it into the form that is presented in this book, the author seems to think that the charge was written hundreds of years earlier. Avoid this book as it has nothing to do with either modern Witchcraft or even the movement when it was written.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: This book was originally published in 1972, and has been republished by Llewellyn as part of their centennial celebration. Lady Sheba, Jessie Bell, was born in Kentucky in 1920 and as far as I can read, she's still alive and well. This books seems to be a combination of practices created by her as well as her mother and grandmother [according to the auhtor]. Divided into three section, it covers Lady Sheba's Grimoire, BOS (Book of Shadows), and an appendix of an old sabbat rite. A great book for a beginner because it covers so much! There is information about tools, alphabets, lingo and phrases, rituals and sabbats. It's also great for a more advanced practioner because it gives insight into a kind of "old-school" craft. There is a lot that can be used in coven work, but it can also easily be modified for solitary use. The BOS section starts with a chapter called "The Laws", and there are 162 of them! 162 may not work for everyone, but it is very interesting reading. One of my favorite things in the book, and the reason I purchased it was "The call of Nine", and I like things that are written in rhyme-no pun intended :-). And there are some fun things too, like her "Spell to Control a Man and not feel guilty about it." And although there are some things I will leave within the pages of this book and never put into practice myself, I feel this book is a delight and a welcomed addition to any pagan library.
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Summary: Its ok, nothing spectacular....
Review: Well this book had some cool pictures, some interesting spells and chant to try, but its not spectacular. Has rituals that she just revised from tradition gardanerian practices. Just mumbo jumbo, i read out of curiosity, dont let it be your first magic book. Actually the book burned in the bon fire, because my spouse thought it was evil, and actually i couldnt say i miss it.
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