Wicca
A modern guide to witchcraft and magick
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- €3.99
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- €3.99
Publisher Description
To me, Wicca will always be about experiencing the earth, working with what you can find and practising the craft for its true meaning. It promotes equality in all and has brought me many benefits: acceptance, kindness and self-love.
Harmony Nice is at the heart of a growing community of modern-day wiccans who practise natural magic to improve their own lives and the world around them. In Wicca she encourages you to explore the positive impact that ritual, meditation and embracing nature can have on your creativity, confidence and sense of self-worth.
Discover how to cast spells, start your own Book of Shadows, join a coven and feel empowered to follow a path that feels good and true to you.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Nice, a witch whose YouTube channel has 491,000 subscribers, compiles basic information on solitary eclectic neopagan practice in her muddled debut. Though Nice notes that "in the last five years, Wicca has progressed," she fails to show that progression and instead gathers information long available from online and published sources. She states that her perspective will center on connection with the natural world, but limits her specifics to vague suggestions to go for long walks outside and a short list of recipes for herbal mixtures. She leans heavily on lists of deities and herbs with little context, and ticks off pantheons of gods and associations without discussing their stories or how they relate to Wiccan practices. This casual gloss over details turns neglectful, as when she suggests people to "do research" to find out if herbs are toxic, and directs readers to "be sure to banish" negative energies while providing no direction on how to do so. Despite Nice's roots in video blogging, the book's line drawing illustrations feel old-fashioned. Fans of Nice's YouTube channel and readers looking for basic knowledge of Wicca might be interested in Nice's quick summation, but practitioners will find little new information in this disappointing guide.
