Morgan Le Fay's Book Of Spells And Wiccan Rites
by Jennifer Reif
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Author: Jennifer ReifEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-07-19
ISBN: 0806522003
Number of pages: 184
Publisher: Citadel
Book Reviews of Morgan Le Fay's Book Of Spells And Wiccan Rites
Book Review: Bad History, but Still Beautiful
Summary: 3 Stars
When I first picked this book up, I leafed through the history and put it right back down. Later, I was recommended to take another look. Sure enough, the rituals are beautiful.
Reif does not claim these rituals come from Morgan Le Fay. Merely that she was inspired by the Arthurian Legend figure. Nothing more.
This time I thoroughly read through the history. Sure enough, the history is awful, having been outdated by at least 25 years by the publication of this book. Once you look at her sources you realize that they were all written when the theory presented in Reif's history was still considered true. So she's outdated and following what some of us refer to as the mythological history of Wicca. I would never recommend this book for it's history. Just skip that section and do your own research, please.
My personal pet peeve is that this book is supposedly for "any reader [to] use them immediately, even without prior Wiccan experience." While Wiccan experience sure isn't necessary for the practice of these rituals as they really are not Wicca specific, I certainly wouldn't suggest anyone delve into them immediately. Each ritual is geared towards a specific God or Goddess of varying cultures. One should be familiar with the mythologies of a particular deity before working with them. I know I'm not alone in feeling it's rude to work with deities unknown to the practitioner, so I'm sure I'm not alone on this point. (Another point: Could you imagine someone with arachnophobia working closely with Arachne not knowing anything about her and suddenly seeing spiders on a regular basis and not knowing why? XD)
Again, the ultimate point is, this book is solely for the beauty of the rituals. If you intend to use any of them, make sure to completely familiarize yourself with the mythology of the Gods and Goddesses first.
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