To Ride a Silver Broomstick

Silver RavenWolf (Pennsylvania) is a nationally recognized leader and elder of Wicca, and her writing has been instrumental in guiding the future of one of the fastest-growing faiths in America today. The author of many books, she has been interviewed by the New York Times, Newsweek Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal, and her work has been featured in numerous publications, including Bust Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, the Tampa Bay Times, the National Review, and Publishers Weekly.Her titles include the bestselling Solitary Witch, Teen Witch, To Ride A Silver Broomstick, To Stir A Magick Cauldron, To Light A Sacred Flame, Angels: Companions in Magick, Classic Spells for Modern Times, Halloween, and HedgeWitch. Learn more at SilverRavenWolf.wordpress.com.

• ContentsPreface: The Charge of the Goddess ixIntroduction xvSECTION ONE: BACKGROUND SHADOWS1 Picking Up the Broomstick 32 Getting Acquainted 133 Magickal Jargon 214 Religion vs. Science 335 Your Special Days of Celebration 376 Defining the All: Gods, Goddesses, and Human Balance 51SECTION TWO: BUILDING SHADOWS7 What's in a Name? 678 Meditation, Visualization, and Dreaming 719 Your Sacred Space 8910 Stocking Your Magickal Cabinet 10111 Cleansing, Consecrating, and Charging 11712 The Fine Art of Magickal Record Keeping 133SECTION THREE: PERFORMING SHADOWS13 Designing and Performing Rituals 14314 Webweaving 15915 Divination vs. Fortune Telling 17716 Spellcasting, Working Rituals, and Drawing Down the Moon 20717 Color, Candle, and Sympathetic Magick 22718 Gems, Herbs, and Healing 247SECTION FOUR: CHALLENGING SHADOWS19 Telepathy, Psychometry, and Mind Power 27120 Astral Projection, Bi-location, and Power Animals 29121 The Summerland: Death and Reincarnation 30522 There's No Such Thing as a White Witch 31923 Coming Out of the Closet 327Appendix: A Smattering of History 335Index 341