Witch by Lisa Lister
Description
Reclaim your inner witch with the rituals, divination tools, spells and ancient wisdom in this book.
A witch is a woman in her power: wise, a healer, someone at home with the cycles of nature and the phases of the Moon. Yet for a long time the word has carried the opposite charge, used as an insult and a slur. Third generation hereditary witch Lisa Lister explains the history behind witchcraft, why the word led women to be tortured, drowned and burned, and why it is waking again in women across the world.
It explores the different versions of witchcraft and their core practices, and covers how to work with the wheel of the year, the sabbats and the Moon's cycles; how to connect with and trust your intuition; how to use oracle cards, scrying and runes; how to cast circles, make altars and set sacred space; how to work with the elements, herbs and crystals; and how to work with five aspects of the witch: the Force of Nature, the Creatrix, the Healer, the Oracle and the Sorceress.
Lister also shares her own route back to the word, with hands-on rituals and spells from her family line of gypsy witch magic.
Why We Carry It
Lister writes the way people actually talk, which is rarer in this section than it should be, and the historical chapters do not flinch. The five aspects framework is the part readers keep and use for years.
Who It Is For
Women coming back to the word after a long time away from it, and anyone who wants the history and the practice in one book.
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