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Index
Title
Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You’re Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I : Seeing the World through Wiccan Eyes: What Wiccans Believe
Chapter 1: Believing That Everything’s Connected
Swimming in a Divine Sea of Energy
Finding Kinship in the Cosmos
Chapter 2: Believing in Deity
Honoring the Mysteries
Honoring The One
Honoring the Two
Honoring the Many
Honoring the Self
Chapter 3: Believing in Magic: Where Science Meets the Craft
Tapping into Different Kinds of Energy
Directing Energy: Why Magic Works
Chapter 4: Believing in Ethics, Responsibility, and Personal Relationship with Deity
Trusting the Individual Relationship with the Divine
Doing the Right Thing: Ethics and Responsibility
Part II : Looking at the Past, Present, and Future: How Wiccans Live
Chapter 5: Digging into the Past
Going Way Back: The Birth of the Goddess
Finding Witches and Wiccans in History
Remembering the Burning Times
Reviving Wicca
Chapter 6: Living Wiccan Today
Taking a Snapshot of Contemporary Wicca
Keeping Silent or Telling the World: The Wiccan Dilemma
Dancing the Circle of Life: Wiccan Passages
Chapter 7: Looking Back to the Future: The Rebirth of the Goddess
Coming Full Circle
Ending Discrimination and Persecution
Settling into the Big Comfy Couch of Legitimacy
Infighting in the Witch Wars
Part III : Coming Home: How Wiccans Become Wiccans
Chapter 8: Considering the Wiccan Path
Looking Inward
Asking the Big Questions
Knowing for Sure
Taking the First Step
Chapter 9: Going Solo or Joining a Coven: Wiccan Options
Exploring the Choices
Sizing Up Solitary Life
Considering Coven Membership
Chapter 10: Making Room for Everyone: Craft Traditions
Taking a Look at Trads
Choosing a Paved Path: The Traditions
Clearing a New Path: Eclectic Wicca
Part IV : Following the Sun and the Moon: How Wiccans Worship
Chapter 11: Setting Up an Altar and Choosing Tools
Creating Sacred Space
Focusing on the Altar
Surveying the Tools of the Craft
Carrying Out the Three Cs: Cleansing, Charging, and Consecrating Tools
Arranging Tools on the Altar
Chapter 12: Designing and Performing Rituals: The Heart of Wicca
Understanding What a Ritual Is
Creating and Performing a Ritual
Getting Inspiration: A Sample Ritual
Getting the Idea: A Ritual for Self-Dedication
Chapter 13: Waxing and Waning with the Moon: The Esbats
Celebrating the Moon
Enlightening Lunar Lore
Working with the Moon: A Labor of Love
Celebrating an Esbat: The Ritual of the Moon Trees
Drawing Down the Moon
Chapter 14: Turning the Wheel of the Year: The Sabbats
Celebrating the Sun
Observing the Sabbats during Ritual
Exploring the Individual Sabbats
Part V : Practicing the Craft: What Wiccans Do
Chapter 15: Making Magic Happen
Who Can Work Magic?
What Are the Principles of Magical Work?
When Do Wiccans Work Magic?
Where Do Wiccans Work Magic?
Why Do Wiccans Work Magic?
Chapter 16: Spellcasting: The Poetry of Wicca
Spellcasting: Matter-of-Fact Magic
Focusing on Intention
Spellcasting during Ritual
Staying Mindful of Ethics
Chapter 17: Boosting Magic with Fire, Stones, and Herbs
Gathering Magical Materials
Kindling the Magic Spark with Candles
Finding Power in Stones and Crystals
Reaching Back to Our Roots: Herbs and Other Botanicals
Working with the Mommets and the Poppets
Making and Using Charms
Maintaining Perspective
Chapter 18: Working with Trance and Dreams
Giving Trance a Chance
Dreaming Big Dreams
Chapter 19: Daring to Divine
Understanding Divination
Scrying with Water, Mirrors, Copper, or Crystal
Using a Pendulum
Casting Lots
Reading Tarot Cards
Surveying the Planets — Astrology Rules
Other Types of Divination
Chapter 20: Keeping a Book of Shadows, a Sacred Record
Understanding the Importance of a Book of Shadows
Choosing a Style for the Book
: The Part of Tens
Chapter 21: Ten Habits of Effective Wiccans
Grounding
Centering
Shielding
Visualizing
Meditating
Relaxing
Exercising
Living Well
Serving
Laughing
Chapter 22: Ten Wiccan Principles of Behavior
Don’t Ask
Don’t Tell
Put That Camera Away!
Show Respect at Public Rituals
Be Wise with Alcohol and Drugs
Care for Children and Animals
Take Care of Yourself
Don’t Touch Others’ Belongings
Be Tolerant
Chapter 23: Ten Warning Signs of a Scam or Inappropriate Behavior
Inflicting Harm
Demanding Control
Exercising Inappropriate Authority
Encouraging Isolation or Dependency
Charging Inappropriate Fees or Demanding Undue Money
Engaging in Sexual Manipulation
Making Inflated Claims or Promises
Using Illicit Drugs or Excessive Amounts of Alcohol in Spiritual Practice
Breeding Paranoia
Recruiting and Proselytizing
Appendix A: Wicca FAQ
Understanding Wicca
Worshipping Deity
Evaluating Ethics and Morality
Working Magic
Dealing with Negative Stereotypes
Looking at Lifestyle
Finding Wiccan Resources
Appendix B: Magical Properties of Colors, Herbs, and Stones
Magical Herbs, Not Medicinal Herbs
Choosing Colors, Herbs, and Stones
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