Sneak Peek

A -- Attitude, Altars, Amethyst, Athame, Athena & Aphrodite & Artemis
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Amethyst Dreams”
Elemental Essentials “An Apple a Day”
Helpful Hints “Call of Nine, My Athame is Fine”
Wit from the World Wide Web “Top 10 Reasons that Athames are Black”
Ask Magic “Aura You a Good Witch?”
Witches 101 “Amulets, Charms & Talismans”
Helpful Hints “Hidden in Plain Sight

B -- Broomsticks, Books, Beltane, Banishing, Burning Times,
Helpful Hints “Spiritual Spring Cleaning”
Ask Onyx “Beltane Blues”
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Banishing Act”
Magic’s Herbal Helpers “Basil Basics”
Witch Wit “Burned Out Humor”
Food of the Gods “Bread Basket”
Great Gods! “Brigit”

C -- Coven, Craft, Crone, Cakes & Ale, Correspondences, Candles, Colors,
Charge of the Goddess
Witches 101 “How to tell if you are a Crone”
Ask Magic “Cat Magick”
Magickal Must-Haves “Chants”
Helpful Hints “Color Under Where?!”
Quintessential Quotes “Cakes & Ale Communion”
In the Witch’s Tool Chest “Cauldron & Chalice—My Cup Runneth Over”
Magic’s Herbal Helpers “Calendula and Chamomile Comforts”
Required Reading “Circle, Coven & Grove”
Stoned! “Carnelian”
Great Gods! “Cernunnos”
Food of the Gods “Chocolate Lovers, Unite!”

D -- Drumming, Dedication, Divination, Drawing down the Moon, Days of the Week, Demeter
Quintessential Quotes “Dancing in the Dark”
Elemental Essentials “Dedicated to You”
Witches 101 “Deosil or Widdershins? Which way to turn?”
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Divine Divination”

E -- Esbat, Element
Ask Onyx “Esbat, Sabbat, What’s What?”
Magickal Must-Haves “Earth to Witch”
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Energy Visualization”
Quintessential Quotes “Energy + Spells= Change”

F -- Faeries, Feasts, Familiars
Helpful Hints “Faerie Nice”
Ask Magic “Familiar Quandary”
Stoned! “Fluorite”
Great Gods! “Full Moon Females” (Moon Goddesses)

G -- Garb, Goddess, Green Man, God, Grounding and Centering,
The Great Rite
Quintessential Quotes “Goddess”
Food of the Gods “Garlic”
Witches 101 “It’s Easy Being Green” (Green Witchcraft)
Charmed I’m Sure “Goddess Charm”

H -- Herbs, History, High Priestess/ High Priest, Healing, Hecate
Magickal Must-Haves “Herbal handbooks”
Required Reading “History”
Wit from the World Wide Web “The Priest, the Rabbi and the Pagan Priestess”
Ask Magic “Horned God Who?”
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Down the Drain Healing”
Stoned! “Hematite”
Ask Onyx “Happiness is a Witch”
Elemental Essential “Handfasting”

I -- Ignorance, Invocation, Imbolc, Isis
Quintessential Quotes “Invocation”
In the Witch’s Tool Chest “Incense Incidentals”
Witches 101 “Inside the Internet”
Ask Onyx “Initiation”

J -- Jewelry, Jasper, Juniper
Quintessential Quotes “Jewelry”
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Juniper Justice”
Stoned! “Jet & Amber”
Wit from the World Wide Web “Witch Jokes”

K -- Kitchen Witch, Knots
Helpful Hints “Knot Hard”
Witches 101 “Kisses”
Required Reading “A Witch in the Kitchen”
Ask Magic “A Cat for Every Kitchen”

L -- Laughter, Lammas, Love, Lapis Lazuli
Ask Onyx “She Who Laughs Last”
Quintessential Quotes “Love”
Charmed, I’m Sure “Lapis Lazuli Lift”
Elemental Essentials “Lunar Eclipse”
Magic’s Herbal Helpers “Lavender Lightness”
Wit from the World Wide Web “Let There be Light”

M -- Mundanes, Magick, Motherhood, Mabon, Midsummer, Moon
Helpful Hints “Married to the Mundane”
Food of the Gods “Mead”
Ask Onyx “Mother May I?”
Required Reading “Books for the Lunatic”
Stoned! “Moonstone”
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Dark Moon Magick”

N -- Nature, Never, Naked, Names
Ask Magic “It’s Only Natural”
Simple Spells “Naked In Your Sight”
Quintessential Quotes “Natural Magick”
Ask Magic “Cat Names”

O -- Ordination, Ostara, Oils
Witches 101 “Coloring Ostara Eggs”
Elemental Essentials “Onyx”
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Healing Oil”

P -- Prosperity, Pentacle, Partner, Protection, Perfect Love and Perfect Trust, Psychic Abilities
Witch Wit “Top 13 Reasons to be a Pagan”
Charmed, I’m Sure “Protection Charm”
Required Reading “Positive Magic”
Witches 101 “Pantheon”
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Prosperity”
Quintessential Quotation “Prayer”

Q -- Quiet, Quartz, Quabalah, Quarters
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Quartz Quickie”
Helpful Hints “Quality vs. Quantity”

R -- Ritual, Rosemary, Reincarnation
Ask Onyx “Right Ritual”
In the Witch’s Tool Chest “Runes for Ritual”
Magic’s Herbal Helpers “Roses are Red”
Quintessential Quotes “Reincarnation”
Stoned! “Rose Quartz”

S -- Solitary, Sage, Samhain, Sabbats, Spellcasting, Sex, Sacred Space
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Sage Advice”
Quintessential Quotes “Sacred Space”
Elemental Essentials “Speaking Stick”
Food of the Gods “Seeds”
Required Reading “The Spiral Dance”

T -- Tea, Teaching, Tools, Threefold Law, Trees
Magic’s Herbal Helpers “Ten Terrific Teas”
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “Tea and Tarot”
In the Witch’s Tool Chest “Tarot Travels”
Ask Onyx “To Hex or Not to Hex”
Witches 101 “Trances”
Ask Magic “Tigerseye”
Great Gods! “A Sight for Thor Eyes”

U -- Unity, Urban Witch, Universal
Quintessential Quotes “Universe”
Ask Magic “Unlucky”

V -- Vervain, Vacations,
Great Gods! “Venus”
Helpful Hints “Votive Variations” (candles)
Quintessential Quotes “Village Witch”

W -- Witch, Wine, Wisdom, Wiccan Rede, Wheel of the Year
Ask Onyx “Wine Wisdom”
Required Reading “Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practioner”
Witches 101 “Witches’ Rede of Chivalry”
In the Witch’s Tool Chest “Wave a Magick Wand”

X-- X, Xorguineria
Magic the Cat’s Simple Spells “X is for Excellent”

Y -- Yule, Yarrow
Food of the Gods, “Yule Wassail”
Witches 101 “Year and a Day”

Z -- Zodiac, Zenith
Magickal Must-Haves “Zest”
Required Reading “Z. Budapest”

 

Introduction

 

I wrote this book for you. Yes, that’s right, you.

If you are new to Witchcraft and searching for knowledge, this book was written for you.

If you have been walking the path for many years and need something fun to remind you of what drew you to the Craft, this book was written for you.

If you are curious about Witches or simply interested in exploring the ideas and beliefs of the Pagan world, this book was written for you.

And if you have ever felt the touch of something enchanted in the woods, or heard the goddess’s whisper in the sound of the waves on the shore, this book is for you.

I wrote this book for anyone who is or might be a Witch. Is that you?

Inside these pages you will find the serious and the silly, the factual and the fanciful, the irreverent and the inspirational. In short, you will find a little sampling of all those things that make up the Everyday Witch.

For while we may don our cloaks and robes for special occasions and gather under the night sky when the moon is full, the truth is that we are Witches all day, everyday. Our beliefs, our spiritual practices and our relationships to each other define who we are as we walk through our everyday lives.

It is my hope that the contents of this book will educate, entertain and inspire you, and bring a touch of the magickal to your everyday life. And if it makes you laugh out loud a few times, that’s good too.

Because living the life of a Witch isn’t just a matter of serious beliefs and heartfelt worship—it is also full of fun and joy and laughter.

So open up to any page and find something that will make you think or dream or laugh. Or maybe all three at once, because it is that kind of book. And I wrote it just for you!

Magic the Cat’s Introduction

Now, me, I just wrote it for the catnip. Seriously. My Witch, Onyx (you might know her as Deborah Blake), promised me a whole bunch of catnip if I would help her write this book. Not that she really needed my help, of course. She’s a very good Witch and a pretty good writer on her own. But as any of you who have animals know, your furry friends can always add a little something special to whatever you do.

So I told her I would give her a paw. I’ve included some of my Simple Spells and Herbal Helpers (cats know a lot about herbs--like which ones to eat, and which ones just to knock on the floor--so you can trust me on this), and a few words of wisdom to my fellow familiars that I thought might be useful.

But mostly I just supervised, as usual. Sat on her lap while she typed, and gave her a subtle hint or two when something wasn’t as funny or as informative as she thought it was. (It’s amazing how a sharp nip on the ear can focus the mind.) So if you like the book, I will take all the credit. Of course, any complaints can be addressed to her…

So pull up a chair, grab a furry pal if you’re lucky enough to have one, and start reading. Oh, and if there’s any catnip in the pages, it’s mine!

Familiarly,
Magic the Cat

© 2010 Deborah Blake| Website by Robin Wright