The Wicca Spellbook. Gerina Dunwich

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      This book is dedicated with love to my Mother; Al B. Jackter; Barbara Jacobson; Lisa Faulkner; Farika; and the immortal spirit of Wilva. May the Gods of Old bless you with an abundance of Magick, Mirth, and Love.

      I also wish to express my deepest gratitude to the Goddess for Her divine inspiration and guidance, and to all at Carol Publishing Group for making this book possible.

      Blessed Be!

      Contents

      Also by Gerina Dunwich

      Title Page

      Dedication

      The Magick Circle

      Introduction

      1. Gerina’s Grimoire

      2. Amulet Power

      3. Mojo Magick

      4. The Mystical Arts of Divination

      5. The Magickal Association of Herbs

      6. The Sabbats

      7. The Magickal Cookbook

      8. Pagan Resources

      Bibliography

      Index

      About the Author

      Copyright

      Also by Gerina Dunwich

      Candlelight Spells

      The Concise Lexicon of the Occult

      Wicca Candle Magick

      Wicca Craft

      Wicca Love Spells

      Circle of Shadows (poetry)

      Words of the Cosmic Winds (poetry)

      The Magick Circle

      Circle of starlight,

      Circle of fire,

      filled with enchantments

      bright with desire.

      Turning, turning,

      beginning to end;

      end to beginning

      again and again.

      Circle of wisdom,

      Circle of love,

      silver with moonbeams

      bright from above.

      Circle of death,

      Circle of re-birth,

      Circle of the Mother Earth.

      Shining, shining,

      forever and ever.

      Spinning, spinning,

      ending never.

      Weaving the threads

      of the midnight hour.

      Weaving the web of Goddess power.

      —from Words of the Cosmic Winds

      by Gerina Dunwich

      Introduction

      What Is Wicca?

      Wicca is a positive journey to enlightenment through Goddess-worship and the mystical art of white magick. It is a shamanistic nature-oriented religion and a unique and exciting blend of the traditional and the eclectic that seeks neither to convert, conform, or control.

      Unlike many other religions, Wicca does not claim to be the one and only way for everybody, and it does not campaign against other religious traditions (although the other way around is unfortunately the case at times).

      Wicca is not anti-Christian; however, it does not acknowledge the existence of sin, the Devil, or a judgmental and avenging god as defined by Christianity.

      Wicca encourages free thought, artistic creativity, individuality, and personal, spiritual, and psychic growth. It is a celebration of the cycle of seasons and of life. Wicca is respecting and living in harmony with all living things. Wicca is Light. Wicca is Love. Wicca is called the “Craft of the Wise” and is both ancient and new. It is a path unlike any other in the world.

      What Is Magick?

      Magick is difficult to define. The dictionary calls it “the art of persons who claim to be able to do things by the help of supernatural powers or by their own knowledge of nature’s secrets.” Most Wiccans and Neo-Pagans alike would agree that although magick might appear to be “supernatural,” it is a power or force that is quite natural.

      For many people a first impression of magick is that it is all “bell, book and candle,” but upon closer examination, they find that there is more to it than magickal paraphernalia. (The tools of the Craft are merely “props” serving as sources to help focus power.) Magick is a wondrous energy that is raised through various means (meditation, dancing, and ritual sex, to name a few) and then psychically directed at a specific goal—to heal an illness, attract love, or remedy a bad situation.

      Magick is “the use of will to effect some desired change”; therefore, any open-minded human being who possesses the ability to focus and concentrate their will is capable of working successful magick. Some folks need to practice often to get their magickal skills fine-tuned, while others are blessed with more of a natural aptitude for it.

      Magick is a state of mind and a Goddess-given gift that plays a major role in the religion of Wicca. It is the Witch’s contact with the Divine. It is the Witch’s prayer.

      Just as there are many different ways to define magick, there are also many different ways to perceive it. Magick is all around us, and within us. It radiates in all things that live and die. It can be felt in a baby’s first breath and in the changing of the seasons. It is a part of the Earth, the mysterious ocean, and the starlit heavens above us. There is magick in love and magick in dreams. It can be found on a hill of wildflowers dancing in the sun-drenched breeze, in the cool shadows of some quiet enchanted woodland, or in the lines of a beautiful poem. All you need to do is open your heart.

      “AN IT HARM NONE, LOVE,

       AND DO WHAT THOU WILT!”

      —THE WICCAN REDE