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Summary: A beautiful book, if a little too feministic
Review: Like I said, the pictures in this book are beautiful, and are what attracted me to it. However, I feel the text does very little to deserve such elaborate illustration. It is too deeply steeped in the author's feminist views; it seems every time she mentions the inquisition, she has to remind us again and again that most of the people killed were women, the Church strove to suppress and accuse women, etc etc. The rest is all right, although it is not much more scholarly than most neo-pagan works. Oh, it could have done without the bad poetry as well.
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Summary: Beautiful pics,Not for anyone who gets offended by text
Review: Like I said, this books text might and will offend some people! Overall, i'd say this book isn't about wicca, but the witch trials. It goes in a large depth of detail, shows a few spells, the witches"tools", and soo much more!It has a lot of info you won't find in any other book! e.g.:the witch is put in your mind as someone evil, you know her, you've grown up with her, you've ate her apple, you've nibbled at her gingerbread house!It tells you famous wiccans, and it's really hard to describe this book! I highly recommend it to anyone!
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Summary: Beautiful pics,Not for anyone who gets offended by text
Review: Like I said, this books text might and will offend some people! Overall, i'd say this book isn't about wicca, but the witch trials. It goes in a large depth of detail, shows a few spells, the witches"tools", and soo much more!It has a lot of info you won't find in any other book! e.g.:the witch is put in your mind as someone evil, you know her, you've grown up with her, you've ate her apple, you've nibbled at her gingerbread house!It tells you famous wiccans, and it's really hard to describe this book! I highly recommend it to anyone!
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Summary: The reason that the public STILL can't get it straight
Review: Like the review below, it should be pointed out that this book was not the work of a neo-pagan. It was the work a die-hard feminist. In the introduction to the book, she says that Wicans are totally clueless about their religion and don't know anything about what it's about or where it came from. EXCUSE ME?!?! The reason for this was because she's aware that when people want to know more about Witchcraft, they read scholarary books, and not ones written by neo-pagans. In this way, she can say whatever she wants to, and people will believe her. And in the process of researching, she found a very beatiful religion, and more than anything, was jealous of Wiccans, so she found it appropriote to bash them so she could pretend like her info was authentic. That was a big mistake, beacause her info is total crap. Every hollywood and comic book Witch is passed off as being legitimate. There are TONS of broomstick riding, children eating, devil worshipping, and curse making Witches all throughout. And while these come in the form of the pictures, it seems quite strange that she would include pictures like this when shes trying to write a book about true Witchcraft. Attention getters is what they are. And while most of the text is passible, some of it is laughable, laughable meaning that she will say that Witches don't actually have sex with Satan, but then will go on for a whole page talking about how it was allegaly done. If she is so concerned with breaking myths, why is that she indulges in talking about them. Even the pictures themselves are sloppily done water color looking. This one is WORTHLESS!!!
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Summary: This book changed my life
Review: Ok, ok, anti-feminists will moan, and wiccan purists will argue that this book is not the most accurate one on the market when it comes to the Old Religion... But well, for a non-pagan , Erica Jong has delivered one of the most beautiful and moving books about Witches that I've ever read. Ladies, this book will speak to your soul, reconnect you with the dreams and nightmares of your childhood, the dark powers that creep in the shadows, the heroines of the past, the goddess spirit that flows within you. It will transport you somewhere else. Whether you are a witch, a feminist or just someone who has not lost his/her ability to dream, to explore archetypes and find the Truth behind them, you MUST buy this book.
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Summary: This book started it all
Review: Over 10 years ago when i was 12 years old i read this book. it is informative and artistic and immediately i fell in love with witchcraft. not only does it cover the basics of witchcraft but also the history and beauty of the religion. the artwork is amazing and the poetry is truly inspirational.
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Summary: This book started it all
Review: Over 10 years ago when i was 12 years old i read this book. it is informative and artistic and immediately i fell in love with witchcraft. not only does it cover the basics of witchcraft but also the history and beauty of the religion. the artwork is amazing and the poetry is truly inspirational.
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Summary: Your typical Witch book written by a Non-Witch
Review: The book is beautifully illustrated and gives great detail into the hocus-pocus of some famous fictional Witches. It also gives info about the Salem Witch trials with some not-so-nice pictures of how the villagers dealt with them (I wouldn't recommend this to a child). As far as this book goes for practicing Wiccans, I'd stick to the more Scott Cunningham sort of book.
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Summary: Your typical Witch book written by a Non-Witch
Review: The book is beautifully illustrated and gives great detail into the hocus-pocus of some famous fictional Witches. It also gives info about the Salem Witch trials with some not-so-nice pictures of how the villagers dealt with them (I wouldn't recommend this to a child). As far as this book goes for practicing Wiccans, I'd stick to the more Scott Cunningham sort of book.
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Summary: Unique and beautiful
Review: This is a book of artwork and poetry written by someone who is using the loaded imagery of the Witch as a way to explore feminism, art, history, and the evolution of religion. It is a thoughtful book but does not pretend to delve deep into any of the issues it explores. It is a book for artists and poets who explore the world through the creative process, and as such I found it hugely successful.Whether the book fits in the current trends of Wicca/Witchcraft is a side issue that is really up to each person who reads it. I feel it is absolutely a Wiccan book because it gave me tons of the spiritual inspiration I need in my creative pursuits. As to some of the snarly comments, I don't think people should try to say in a blanket sort of way what is and is not Wicca. To me, Wicca seems more of a craft - a skill you create and develop continually. It's not some fixed set of rituals and beliefs that someone spoon feeds to you and then you practice (horrible word) "as is" for the rest of your life. Very inspirational book!
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