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teawiththegods's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this book well enough for what it was, a little book of spells, but I didn't find myself really drawn to perform any of them. Though it is hard to go by me because I generally like to write my own spells.
I did notice and appreciate the inclusive language used in this book such as saying "people who menstruate" and using the term "womxn" throughout the book.
While this book is advertised as being a "self-care" book, I find it can also be viewed as a book of essential spells for witches. The spells featured cover a wide variety of intentions such as protection, cleansing, self-love, spirit guides, ancestors, prosperity, confidence, and career paths.
The majority of spells are quite easy to perform and don't really require any odd or hard to come by ingredients. And there's a little correspondence list in that back that explains a bit why certain ingredients were chosen.
My one real issue was the use of the Goddess Oshun in one of the spells. I'm not a fan of the use of deities in spells as if they were ingredients especially when the deities come from religions and cultures belonging exclusively to POC.
Other than that, I found the book to be a good little spellbook mainly for the beginner witch who wants to start dipping their toes into spell casting.
I did notice and appreciate the inclusive language used in this book such as saying "people who menstruate" and using the term "womxn" throughout the book.
While this book is advertised as being a "self-care" book, I find it can also be viewed as a book of essential spells for witches. The spells featured cover a wide variety of intentions such as protection, cleansing, self-love, spirit guides, ancestors, prosperity, confidence, and career paths.
The majority of spells are quite easy to perform and don't really require any odd or hard to come by ingredients. And there's a little correspondence list in that back that explains a bit why certain ingredients were chosen.
My one real issue was the use of the Goddess Oshun in one of the spells. I'm not a fan of the use of deities in spells as if they were ingredients especially when the deities come from religions and cultures belonging exclusively to POC.
Other than that, I found the book to be a good little spellbook mainly for the beginner witch who wants to start dipping their toes into spell casting.
papercraftalex's review
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
3.5
I really, really wanted to like this book. It has such a sweet premise and the artwork is stunning. However, there is an issue with cultural appropriate and stealing from closed practices. There's a particular spell that calls upon the goddess Oshun, which is from the Nigerian Yoruba religion. If you call on her when you are not apart of that religion, it won't be good.
marxlee's review
informative
fast-paced
2.75
First of all, this is stunning. It's really, really pretty.
Second, there's some things that I really didn't like, it made me confused. And it begins on the first page where they say "caring for yourself is a small, one-person, feminist rebellion". I even made notes on why I disagree with the words choice, but I'll be brief here; see, I do not disagree with the feminist part of being able to take care of yourself, having the time, the funds, the space (etc, etc, etc) in many ways, especially because we have to remind ourselves that women have to work, work at their house, take care of children and/or family members, phisically and mentally - as they mention a bit in further lines. But I just wanted to say that those topics still can be approached by feminists with a more inclusive eyes, more collectively because all we live collectively. And here I recommend Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto and Silvia Fereci books. And yes I'm aware this is not a political feminist theory book, but because it chooses to use the word feminist and use terms like "womxn, folx" too - which made me very confused to be honest, because you can use those terms and them add other neutral ones. That's what I think because English is not my mother tongue, actually. So it got me confused, why would they use x when English has so many neutral terms? If anyone could clear this out I'd be glad.
Also, when they explain what magick is and compare it with a company worker using tools instead of finding it interesting I just kept thinking: "Gosh, why did they explained it that way? Why?".
Ah, one more thing. There's one spell that uses "I need" and I got confused again because I saw in a lot of places saying to not use "I need, I want, [one more thing I cannot remember" because it actually says you don't have it, that you lack it. But I got confused because I, actually, don't know much about spells and stuff.
If anyone if reading this and wondering if i didn't like anything that is not the occasion (laughs), I bookmarked some I found interesting, which is:
• Consecration
• Feri tradition of witchcraft (they only mention)
• Psychic boundaries
• Spread goodwill
• Succeed in school
• Keep tour wallet full
• Bring prosperity to your household
• Develop your inner warrior
And the last two chapters are my favorites (they include about various stuff like crystals, days, colors, etc) and are the most beautiful to me.
Second, there's some things that I really didn't like, it made me confused. And it begins on the first page where they say "caring for yourself is a small, one-person, feminist rebellion". I even made notes on why I disagree with the words choice, but I'll be brief here; see, I do not disagree with the feminist part of being able to take care of yourself, having the time, the funds, the space (etc, etc, etc) in many ways, especially because we have to remind ourselves that women have to work, work at their house, take care of children and/or family members, phisically and mentally - as they mention a bit in further lines. But I just wanted to say that those topics still can be approached by feminists with a more inclusive eyes, more collectively because all we live collectively. And here I recommend Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto and Silvia Fereci books. And yes I'm aware this is not a political feminist theory book, but because it chooses to use the word feminist and use terms like "womxn, folx" too - which made me very confused to be honest, because you can use those terms and them add other neutral ones. That's what I think because English is not my mother tongue, actually. So it got me confused, why would they use x when English has so many neutral terms? If anyone could clear this out I'd be glad.
Also, when they explain what magick is and compare it with a company worker using tools instead of finding it interesting I just kept thinking: "Gosh, why did they explained it that way? Why?".
Ah, one more thing. There's one spell that uses "I need" and I got confused again because I saw in a lot of places saying to not use "I need, I want, [one more thing I cannot remember" because it actually says you don't have it, that you lack it. But I got confused because I, actually, don't know much about spells and stuff.
If anyone if reading this and wondering if i didn't like anything that is not the occasion (laughs), I bookmarked some I found interesting, which is:
• Consecration
• Feri tradition of witchcraft (they only mention)
• Psychic boundaries
• Spread goodwill
• Succeed in school
• Keep tour wallet full
• Bring prosperity to your household
• Develop your inner warrior
And the last two chapters are my favorites (they include about various stuff like crystals, days, colors, etc) and are the most beautiful to me.
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