title: Natural Witchery: Intuitive, Personal & Practical Magick
author:  Ellen Dugan 
description: The author of several titles for the Wicca market, including <i>Garden Witchery</i>, Dugan returns with a lighthearted, gently empowering book for the solitary practitioner. She begins with the premise that "you already have inner wisdom and all the creativity you'll ever need to make magick in your life." From there, she outlines several steps including developing readers' psychic abilities, tapping into the cycles of the moon and sensing the energies of the seasons that are designed to encourage readers to practice the craft from a more spiritually centered place and ease their anxieties about whether they're "good enough" Wiccans. Interspersed throughout the text are lively anecdotes from Dugan's own Samantha Stephensesqe household. She speaks of her struggles to deal with nosy evangelical Christians and her teenage daughter's rejection-cum-furtive acceptance of her mother's religion. She also chats about some uncomfortable experiences she's had in group settings with other Wiccans where her own intuitive approach to the craft has been frowned upon by practitioners who are supposedly more learned. While some more experienced Witches will likely find Dugan's spells and spiritual practices to be boilerplate, the value of this book lies in the warm, personal touch Dugan uses both in her writing and in her craft. <i>(June)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright 2018
  
  
  Grand Ozarks Media
  
  
  All Rights Reserved
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  WITCHMAS DAY
  
  
  
  
  
  "Is there where we're supposed to be?"
  
  
  The Gnome shrugged.
  
  
  "It's where I was told to drop you."
  
  
  "I'm glad he didn't take it literally."
  
  
  "Me too," I answered Elvis.
  
  
  "You too what?" the gnome asked.
  
  
  "I'm glad you didn't take it literally," I told him.
  
  
  Gnomes were practiced at the art of deception and if I tried to hide something
  from him, even as innocuous as this, he'd worry on it like a puppy with a
  bone, and that curiosity would turn him into a stalker until he found out.
  
  
  "I almost did," he said. "But I wasn't sure if you could fly."
  
  
  There were no known instances of wizards who could fly. There were hundreds of
  cases where wizards attempted a flight spell. None of them were successful
  thus far.
  
  
  They could use brooms. They could ensorcell cars, and rugs, and I had even
  seen a bicycle. But so far there were zero success stories of magic men or
  women