A Witch's Book of Answers

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Summary: It should not be your 1st book
Review: A more accurate title should be, "A Witch's Book of Opinions". Answers are either to vague or are from the author's perspective only. This book is definately not worth the cover price. I don't care who wrote a commentary on the back of the book!
"What's your Wicca IQ?" is better priced, much more informative and adds a touch of humor.

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Summary: Excellent for New Witches and Wiccans alike
Review: A Witches Book of answers is a great way for anyone new to the craft to get the much needed answers they need when getting started. And a great read for seasoned Witches.
The book is very unbiased. An attitude of doing what feels right for the individual, is repeated over and over through out the book. Wicca has no dogma or rules and that it is definately a path for the solitary practitioner to use and select what feels right for them. The authors do a great job in conveying this.
Through their humor and down to earth advice.
This book helps dispel the 'fear' and ignorance of what many are spoon fed on the internet about Wicca.
The authors do seem to feel that christianity and witchcraft do not mix. That isn't so hard to understand. Paganism and Christianity are as different as night and day. Christian mystics are what one could consider themselves as a Christian who practices magic. Nothing wrong with that. Christians though sometimes feel a need to argue with Pagans, instead of their own church leaders. And I think the book explains that perfectly, along with 100's of other much needed answers that so many of us need.
Great book! It is based on the conversations of Pagans, Witches and Wiccans from around the world from a popular web site called Open Sesame. My friends and I have enjoyed it immensely.

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Summary: Only Two Witches Opinions
Review: I didn't get past page 30 before I had a problem with this book. If this is a beginner's first book, please gods, don't let it be your last.

For as much as they might seem generous in their responses, there is as much contradiction, prejudice and narrow mindedness. They often respond to questions with cookie cutter, dualistic thinking that implies a different answer to the question is wrong. These women, however sincere and well meaning - are not qualified to tell anyone (P. 6) what kind of ATTITUDE a witch is supposed to have! They definitively say that witchcraft as a religion (P.3) and a witch is someone who "finds" the goddess (P.5), then later explains that some witches reject the term Wicca, Wiccan and the concept of witchcraft being a religion (P.27). (Questions that are not in the book might be...So, is there is such a thing as a witch who does not belong to your religion? Yes. Then, that first definition is conditional to one group of witches? Yes.) They define anyone who uses the term "fluffy" as a black witch (P. 16), hereditary witches are "whiners" (P. 17 ) and a natural witch as a solitary (P.18). I'm sorry if I offend, but these responses are unfair, unkind and somewhat childish.

Seekers - read this book with a critical eye and know that these 700 answers - are not nearly enough. Wiccans (or wiccans, without the capital "W") do not own the word Witch, Witchcraft (or even witch and witchcraft). Within the community there are non-Wiccan covens and solitaries who strongly favor a god, not a goddess, who worship a pantheon of separate divinities in which a goddess is one in many, who follow a balance path of magick that has no color (black or white), who defines prayer and magick as two separate things, who practice ethical magick without a set of religious rules and (gasp) consequently there are witches who are not pagan but follow ancient mystery traditions within Jewish and Christian philosophies. If your path as a witch leads you to any of these possibilities - don't let this book tell you that your definition of a witch is wrong.

Rating:
Summary: Only Two Witches Opinions
Review: I didn't get past page 30 before I had a problem with this book. If this is a beginner's first book, please gods, don't let it be your last.

For as much as they might seem generous in their responses, there is as much contradiction, prejudice and narrow mindedness. They often respond to questions with cookie cutter, dualistic thinking that implies a different answer to the question is wrong. These women, however sincere and well meaning - are not qualified to tell anyone (P. 6) what kind of ATTITUDE a witch is supposed to have! They definitively say that witchcraft as a religion (P.3) and a witch is someone who "finds" the goddess (P.5), then later explains that some witches reject the term Wicca, Wiccan and the concept of witchcraft being a religion (P.27). (Questions that are not in the book might be...So, is there is such a thing as a witch who does not belong to your religion? Yes. Then, that first definition is conditional to one group of witches? Yes.) They define anyone who uses the term "fluffy" as a black witch (P. 16), hereditary witches are "whiners" (P. 17 ) and a natural witch as a solitary (P.18). I'm sorry if I offend, but these responses are unfair, unkind and somewhat childish.

Seekers - read this book with a critical eye and know that these 700 answers - are not nearly enough. Wiccans (or wiccans, without the capital "W") do not own the word Witch, Witchcraft (or even witch and witchcraft). Within the community there are non-Wiccan covens and solitaries who strongly favor a god, not a goddess, who worship a pantheon of separate divinities in which a goddess is one in many, who follow a balance path of magick that has no color (black or white), who defines prayer and magick as two separate things, who practice ethical magick without a set of religious rules and (gasp) consequently there are witches who are not pagan but follow ancient mystery traditions within Jewish and Christian philosophies. If your path as a witch leads you to any of these possibilities - don't let this book tell you that your definition of a witch is wrong.

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Summary: Only the beginning. A great start for any beginner to the Cr
Review: Just when you were getting tired of thinking for yourself, here comes this book to save the day! Now, here, for the first time ever, in an easily readable and understandable format (I mean, come on, who wants to THINK when you read a book), comes this book, with quotes you can parrot when asked a question on a variety of subjects! Yay! No more looking through other books, in those annoying "indexes", for the subject you want to read about, then skimming the pages for something that sounds "neato" to spew at your parents and friends in order to put on some semblance of an intelligent mask. No more, I say! Those days are gone! I mean, who said Witches or Wiccans are actually supposed to study, learn, and experience the mysteries and look for the answers within themselves...

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Summary: Very informative and a great read
Review: This book had answers to just about every question I have asked about Witchcraft. While some answers I didn't totally agree with, the book in it's whole is very good. Like the author says, "Finding one's own answers to things, from the practical to the profound, is a part of each Witch's personal journey. A Witch's Book of Answers helps guide you toward 'your' answers."
How true.

Rating:
Summary: Only the beginning. A great start for any beginner to the Cr
Review: This book is filled with common sense and down to earth answers to the most asked questions about Witchcraft.
These women obviously don't consider their book to be the only book on Witchcraft that anyone will ever need, nor do they expect it to take the place of experience. That's ridiculous.
They tell you that Witches do not have to be Wiccans. And answer very important questions that people that are new to the craft have. Most of us have no one to ask. And many are scared to ask, due to the misconceptions of Witchcraft. This book is superb in
dispelling so much of the garbage that is out there.
The book is written from the authors perspective. As every book usually is.
Books never replace experience in any part of life. How can anyone even think that? Books do however, lead us to new experiences in our lives.
This book helps readers to see that Witchcraft and Wicca are attainable to us all. That it isn't a fad. And that there is much more to being a Witch than just saying "I am a Witch" in order to shock and amaze your friends. It is a spiritual path.
At least for those of us who take it very seriously.
That is what this book is showing and telling us. How to integrate Witchcraft into our everyday lives.
And the authors do it very nicely. With heart and with humor.

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Summary: Oh the horror
Review: This is one of the only books that I will tell people never to buy as it is a pure waste of money. Witchcraft (or Wicca for that matter) is not black and white. There is a whole spectrum of color involved. I have to agree with a previous poster who said that this should have been called The Witch's Book of Opinions. And not very good ones at that. There is no one right or wrong way of doing things in Witchcraft. And to totally dismiss one of the key figures in modern Witchcraft and call all of his work trash is ignorant, disrespectful and childish. They obviously do not realize that Crowley and Gardner were major influences on each others works. If you dismiss Crowley's teachings then you must also dismiss many of Gardner's.