The book is an sales pitch for the ancient occult religion (dating back to 1939) called Wicca. Of course, it repeats the usual garbage about Wicca going back to caveman days (it doesn’t). Ravenwolf cranks out books promoting suprstioin and poor scholarship and puts money in her bank account at the sametime.
For a religion that claims it isn’t concerned about Christianity, you would know it from reading their writings. A good example is a line from Ravenwolf (geeze, why does a grown woman want to play witch and have such a ridiculous name???) is the following:
“[T]he breakdown of the patriarchal religions will be complete. If you have been watching your current events, you will have noticed that some of the big boys have begun to drop, one by one. The Savior of the Christians will finally have his bride – but it won’t be the Church, as they would like you to believe. It will be the Goddess in whatever form she sees fit to take. The Almighty jealous father syndrome will bite the dust.” [Page 274]
Could any Christian read that and not feel threatened??? Wicca is not merely an alternate religion to Christianity…it seeks to replace it…that is, if you believe what Ravenwolf says. And frankly, I think she is right about that. Wiccans are not merely content to do their own thing, they want Christians out of the picture.
The book also inflates the ego of the gullible with promises of magical powers, including the ability to travel back in time. If Wiccans can do this, why didn’t they travel back in time and prevent Sept. 11th, 2001??? Follow the advice in the book and you won’t be a witch, you will just be out $14.95.
Instead of this book a. read any book by Ronald Hutton b. get a more fufilling life by volunteering at a street mission or homless shelter.
Rating: 1 / 5

I thought the book was very informative about the craft and history but the spells were not there?? Good to learn about the craft but not for use in spells.
Rating: 2 / 5

Silver delves into so many things I love. I guess my only regret is the lack of pre-outlined ritauls. I read this after TeenWitch and I think that that’s her “fluffiest” book. This is so good and it rounded it out very nicely. I use both books when doing rituals, spells, and meditations, and even did the TeenSeeker ritual outlined in TeenWitch. Buy this book, and you will forever understand.
Rating: 5 / 5