Reddit reviews Wheel of the Year: Living the Magical Life

Not a book, exactly, and the forums are pretty much a ghost town, but Pagan Library has a lot of good articles on it.


I have referenced "The Real Witches' Kitchen" by Kate West quite a bit for "Hearth Magic" type stuff, as it's basically a cookbook with Meaning and Workings added to it. Has stuff like Herbal work, oils and lotions, candles and incenses, feasting around the Wheel of the Year, breads, soups and foods to strengthen and heal, brews and teas, and such.


I've also used "Wheel of the Year: Living the Magical Life" by Pauline Campanelli to learn about the Sabbats and the months.


Not my favorite resource, but one that does have some good information is "Witch Crafting: A Spiritual Guide to Making Magic" by Phyllis Curott, H.Ps.


I've also worked with "Elemental Witch: Fire, Air, Water, Earth; Discover Your Natural Affinity" by Tammy Sullivan. It's a pretty good book, and I'm planning on re-reading it this winter. It helped me understand my two Elements (Water from birth sign, Air from personality) much better, so I've been able to ground and charge better.


And, of course, Scott Cunningham has a good collection of reference books available. Some of them are specific reference books like his Crystals book, some of them are general reference like some of his Wicca books. Much like Silver Ravenwolf, he's a fairly prolific author with people who either love his stuff, hate his stuff, or simply regard them as references...which is where I fall. Not fond of Silver Ravenwolf, myself, though, I only have one of her books, a Halloween themed one.


My best advice would be to see if a local public library can get you copies of any books you're interested in, that way you don't spend the money on things that don't have meaning for you. If, after you've started reading the book, you feel it fits, you can always track down a copy later. That's how I did it, to be honest. Spent many an afternoon and evening in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Main branch when I was first looking. Even now, when I'm not 100% certain about the usefulness of a book, even for mundane crafts or stuff, I'll get the local branch library to pull a copy.


Hope this helps.

The traditional 12 days of Saturnalia, which became the Christian 12 days of Xmas begin on December 25 and last until January 6. A religious Christian decorates on or before December 25 and leaves the decorations up until January 6. So does a pagan celebrating Saturnalia or Midwinter's Night.

A commercial merchant trying to sell you stuff for Xmass may now start decorating right after Autumn Equinox and take it all down before Xmas actually begins.

I have found a lot of interesting ideas in a book called Wheel of the Year: Living the Magical Life 1989 by Pauline Campanelli and Dan Campanelli