The Wiccan Path: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner

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Summary: Not the typical Wicca 101
Review: This book doesn't go through the typical Wicca 101 type books, it doesn't offer spells nor does it tell you everything about Wicca. It offers the knowledge of one woman as she relays her beliefs via written letters to two people interested in Wicca. It's a very good book.

Rating:
Summary: perhaps not for the beginner's basics
Review: This book is set up in an interesting way: the 'chapters' consist of letters from the author to two (and then one) aspiring witches. While they all had good information in them, it wasn't what I was expecting.

A lot of what Ms. Beth gives us is her own personal Sabbatt celebrations. While it was interesting to see what kind of symbolism she uses, and it was helpful in forming my own Sabbatt rituals, this book sat on my bookshelf gathering dust for a long while until I felt that I had enough basic knowledge to actually cast a formal circle and do a Sabbatt ritual.

I'd say this book is for intermediate beginners, not those who are just beginning on the path. Although, it does take you through the wheel of the year quite nicely and it really could help to open someone's eyes as to what is going on in the natural world during the year. This is not the first book to start with.

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Summary: Misleading title, not what you think it is.
Review: This was originally called hedge witch and is fine for what it is, letters about wicca that weren't meant to be a book. This is *not* the best guide to the wiccan path for the solitary practitioner that I could think of. Why would they name it this? I hesitate to query, but I can't help thinking that it was renamed this to cash in on Scott Cuningham's book 'Wicca: A guide for the solitary practitioner' which *is* what it says it is... probably the best plus being about the religion not just magic as a previous reviewer said was one of the good points about this book. If it wasn't so misleading I wouldn't give this such a harsh review. But it is not the best book a beginer could get. Blessed Be... Grail.