
Secrets of the Witch: Volume 1
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Since ancient times, magic and witchcraft have inspired both fear and fascination. More recently, witchcraft has become a popular symbol for feminist empowerment. Everything a beginning witch needs to know is contained in Secrets of the Witch. Uncover the meaning and history behind magical tools and symbols such as cauldrons and pentagrams, find out the truths of the Salem Witch Trials and learn about witches in popular culture, from the ancient figure of Circe to Hermione Granger.
This spellbinding guide explores the mystical history of witches throughout time and all over the world, including their magical symbols and practices.
Initiates to the ways of the witch will learn the stories of legendary and real-life witches, as well as how to make their own talisman, how to use magical crystals and plants, which familiar is right for them and so much more.
Aspiring witches 9 years and older will find this an invaluable and empowering guide, filled with authentic detail and strikingly illustrated.
With the supernatural wisdom of modern-day witches Elsa Whyte and Julie Legere and Laura Perez's rich artwork, step into your dark sisterhood and discover the Secrets of the Witch.
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"A strikingly illustrated handbook for aspiring tween and teen witches, exploring the history of witches with a feminist slant." -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller, August Previews *More details
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Welcome to Our World
- Etymology
- Glossary of terms
- Witches and folklore around the world
- Nature as a Magical Force
- The moon
- Guardians of plants and destinies
- The magic of ancient Egypt
- The druidesses
- Hermes Trismegistus and the correspondence principle
- Circe
- The Middle Ages and the Distrust of Magic
- Seizing the sacred
- Magic of the people
- Alchemy
- Magic becomes witchcraft
- Jeanne of Brigue
- The Renaissance Witch Hunts
- The turn of the 15th century
- Demonology
- How to hunt a witch
- The Devil's mark
- We were accused of...
- We were suspected if...
- Double, double, toil and trouble
- Older women who lived alone
- Wise women and healers
- The Salem witch trials
- The Triumph of Reason
- Poison, Black Mass, and birthmarks
- From witches to liars
- A poisonous affair
- Catherine Deshayes, the fortune-teller
- Romanticism & Re-enchantment
- Witches and fairy tales
- Voodoo
- Matilda Joslyn Gage
- Marie Laveau
- The Witches Return
- Proud to be a witch
- Witch hunts now
- Political magic
- Witches in pop culture
- Hermione Granger & Willow Rosenberg
- Magical Symbols
- Magic numbers
- Magic words
- Symbolic animals
- Magical objects
- Cosmology
- Geometry
- Practical Magic
- The herbs of witches
- The power of stones
- How to use a crystal pendulum
- Talismans, pentacles, and amulets
- Make your own talisman
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