Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary PractitionerCunningham's classic introduction to Wicca is about how to live life magically, spiritually, and wholly attuned with nature. It is a book of sense and common sense, not only about magick, but about religion and one of the most critical issues of today: how to achieve the much needed and wholesome relationship with our Earth. Cunningham presents Wicca as it is today: a gentle, Earth-oriented religion dedicated to the Goddess and God. Wicca also includes Scott Cunningham's own Book of Shadows and updated appendices of periodicals and occult suppliers. |
Contents
Wicca and Shamanism | 3 |
The Deities | 9 |
Magic | 21 |
Tools | 27 |
Music Dance and Gesture | 39 |
Ritual and Preparation for Ritual | 47 |
The Magic Circle and the Altar | 57 |
The Days of Power | 65 |
Words to the Wise | 121 |
The Seasonal Festivals | 137 |
A Ritual of Gestures | 151 |
Recipes | 161 |
A Guide to the Use of Herbs and Plants in Wiccan Ritual | 167 |
Wiccan Crystal Magic | 179 |
Symbols and Signs | 185 |
Rune Magic | 187 |
The Spiral of Rebirth | 73 |
Concerning Initiation | 79 |
Practice | 83 |
Exercises and Magical Techniques | 85 |
SelfDedication | 95 |
Ritual Design | 101 |
The Standing Stones Book of Shadows | 117 |
Introduction to The Standing Stones Book of Shadows | 119 |
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Common terms and phrases
Alexandrian Wicca ancient athame attune Beltane Blessing Chant body Book of Shadows breathing broom burn cast the circle cauldron celebrate censer circle of stones Circle Sanctuary clockwise Corn dollies coven create dance deities deosil divine earth element energy esbats feel fertility fingers fire flame flowers frankincense full moon gestures Goddess and God Grimoire hand herbs Imbolc incense initiation invocation invoke the Goddess light the candles lives Lughnasadh magic circle magic knife meditation Mother Goddess myrrh nature negative night objects Ostara outdoor rituals pagan palm pentacle pentagram personal power physical pine plants psychic mind purifying quartz crystal rebirth reincarnation released religion religious rites ritual consciousness rune sabbats sacred salt Samhain SCOTT CUNNINGHAM shamans Simple Feast simply soul spells spiritual Standing Stones Book symbols traditional usually vervain visualization wand white-handled knife Wiccan ritual wish Witchcraft Witches words York Yule