Wicca for Beginners: Fundamentals of Philosophy and Practice

by Thea Sabin

Due to the sheer number of Wicca 101 books on the market, many newcomers to the Craft find themselves piecing together their Wiccan education by reading a chapter from one book, a few pages from another. Rather than depending on snippets of wisdom to build a new faith, Wicca for Beginners provides a solid foundation to Wicca without limiting the reader to one tradition or path.

Embracing both the spiritual and the practical, Wicca for Beginners is a primer on the philosophies, culture, and beliefs behind the religion, without losing the mystery that draws many students to want to learn. Detailing practices such as grounding, raising energy, visualization, and meditation, this book offers exercises for core techniques before launching into more complicated rituals and spellwork.

Finalist for the Coalition of Visionary Resources Award for Best Wiccan/Pagan Book

"In her first book-length work, Sabin presents a first-rate, fresh, and thorough addition to the burgeoning field of earth-based spiritual practice volumes...written in a light, informative style that magically mines depth, breadth and brevity."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• ISBN10: 0738707511
• ISBN13: 9780738707518
• Publish Date: 1 April 2006
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Llewellyn Publications,U.S.
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 288
• Language: English

Reviews

[celinenyx]

This was a lot lighter on the philosophy and ethics of Wicca than I was expecting. A pretty shallow introduction, that occasionally contradicted itself. Sabin attempts to be all-encompassing in her approach, which is great from a practical perspective, but leaves the impression that Wicca has no substance