Llewellyn's 2018 Witches' Companion: An Almanac for Contemporary Living by Llewellyn Publications

Llewellyn's 2018 Witches' Companion: An Almanac for Contemporary Living Reviews

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  Adrian Brown

  The subtitle for this book is, "An Almanac for Contemporary Living," but I think it should be, "Various Conversations with Modern Practitioners About Modern Issues."
  
  I am at a special place in my spiritual journey and have been reading almost everything about modern witchery that I can get my hands on. I was excited in the bookstore as I read the table of contents and saw articles about cultural appropriation, embracing the dark side, bug totems, color and crystal magic, and more. Unfortunately, most of the pieces I was looking forward to the most fell flat; the essays felt too much like , "this is how I do it, so I think you should try it," instead of deep discussions about the relevant information. All of this is not to say that I didn't enjoy parts of the book. The articles on embracing being broken, magic meditation, and clean eating, as well as little bits and pieces sprinkled throughout resonated with me. I also very much appreciated all of the black and white illustrations!
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  m i l o u ✨

  There was a lot of useful information in here and I adored all the little drawings
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  Laura

  Only really enjoyed a couple essays. Most were very strange or very, very Wicca centered. I wish there were more secular witchcraft essays included.
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  Dominika

  This is more of a periodical, with more long-form articles about a wide range of topics from more beginner friendly or crafting items, to more witchy history, to other practices. I generally found a lot of them to have good ideas but felt a little underwhelmed by some of the articles (the pagan mourning and color magic ones particularly). There were a few (the beginner one and the one on cultural appropriation) where it is a good place to lead people to (or give words when you see other people acting a bit too police-y), and I will try to incorporate some of the simple tips (the journaling and some of the crafty ones). I think my favorites were the broken Goddess and the history ones. It was simple, but a nice thing to spark ideas.
  
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  Alia Makki

  And then, when I thought that I could not be more beaten raw to my barest elements with hard knowledge, this books passes under my readership to console the sores and soften the hard edges.
  
  Like a balm, "Here you go, missus; something to fortify your faith in the Unknown and heal what dents your brain has had to endure in order to fit the hard things in life."
  
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  Rachel

  Highly enjoyable
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  WiccanLady25

  Fantastic resource book for Wiccans. I highly recommend this to anyone who practices.
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  Rachel

  Wasn't super into the essays this year
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  Jess

  It's fine.