Basic witches : how to summon success, banish drama, and raise hell with your coven

Title:

Author:

Saxena, Jaya author.

ISBN:

9781594749773

Personal Author:

Saxena, Jaya author.

Physical Description:

206 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm

Contents:

Self-initiation: an introduction into basic witchery -- Glamours: the power to change how you look -- Healing: the power to care for yourself -- Summoning: the power to care for others (and have them care for you) -- Enchantment: the power to make choices about love and sex -- Banishment: the power to avoid what brings you down -- Divination: the power to decide your destiny.

Abstract:

Tap into your inner sorceress and channel the dark arts with this magical lifestyle guide for everything from powering up a stylish talisman to banishing terrible tinder dates.

Subject Term:

Witchcraft.

Witches.

Self-acceptance in women.

Added Author:

Zimmerman, Jess

Chew, Camille,

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Summary

Tap your inner sorceress and channel the magical arts with this bewitching lifestyle guide. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Say the right symbolic curse and banish it from your life. Want to enhance your attractiveness? Pick the right power eye-shadow color and project otherworldly glamour. Interested in boosting your self-confidence? Whip up a tasty herbal "potion" to strengthen your resolve. All that plus historical and pop culture sidebars that situate today's witchcraft trend within a broader context. With humor, heart, and a hip modern sensibility, this charming guide dispenses witchy wisdom for the curious, the cynical, and anyone who could use a magical boost to get through the day.

Author Notes

Jaya Saxena is coauthor of Dad Magazine (Quirk, 2016) and The Book of Lost Recipes (Page Street, 2016). Her work has appeared in many outlets, including the Toast, Buzzfeed, Eater, The New Yorker , WNYC's TL;DR podcast, and many others. Jess Zimmerman is a staff editor at the Establishment. Her writing has been published in Atlas Obscura , Hazlitt, the Guardian , the New Republic , the Hairpin, the Toast, Eater, Aeon, and others.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Saxena (Dad Magazine) and Zimmerman, editor at Establishment, encourage women to reject the pressure to be feminine, clear away hopelessness, and feel sexy in their own bodies in this compact collection of feel-good spells, rituals, and talismans. They speak to powerful, defiant women who want to "dismantle the cultural conditioning that trains women to be weak and small." In cheerful, humorous, and sometimes gossipy prose, they offer women magical "witchspiration" for navigating mental obstacles and encourage readers to strive beyond societal "shoulds" to be happier. The easy-to-assemble, user-friendly spells-such as writing and thought exercises, mantras, and "incantations" that normally involve candles and perfume-help readers feel in control, affirm intentions, adopt ambitious attitudes, and rebel a little. Chapters cover appearance, healing, companionship, romance, dispelling adversity, and divination. Saxena and Zimmerman promise to teach readers how to strengthen friendships with hot chocolate, braid colored string to remember lost loved ones, and replace ancient runes with hip emojis. "Witch History" sidebars discuss old attitudes and beliefs about witches and witchcraft. Making use of mundane but helpful exercises, this is a handy guide to boosting self-confidence and reaching positive outcomes. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.