The Magical Household
Spells & Rituals for the Home

I feel "Spells and Rituals" is a bit of a misnomer here. The book is a collection of folk magic for the home -- some spells and rituals are listed, but not many (my definition of ritual here is the more ceremonial magic inspired type, not the small little things we do everyday -- your mileage may va......more

Cunningham is, as always, reliable, but this book is more like a list of historical spells/superstitions with the occasional original ritual. If you have his other books (really four of them: Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, C......more

Granted, this relatively quick read doesn't include much on full-blown rituals or spells, so if that's what you're wanting in a book, this probably isn't the one for you. What Cunningham and Harrington offer in these pages, however, is a collection of folklore/old ways that can inspire more creative......more

I guess the only reason I took so long to read this book is that I don't recall ever seeing it in a local bookshop and I rarely buy by mail/online. I got this (along with quite a few of the other books on my waiting list) with a prize gift certificate to Pentacle Press. So here we are, reading Cunni......more

I probably didn't read this book for the normal reasons. I was actually looking for a reference to another work that I'd read but couldn't remember the name. So I picked it up looking at the bibliography. Only then, I got curious about how he used the reference, and so I read the chapter surrounding......more