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As you go through the year, keep notes about the holidays and celebrations that you’ve tried and/or adapted. Make sure to include what personally significant changes you made, and whether or not you felt the results were successful. You can return to this information year after year for insights and ideas.

With time, you’ll begin building a Book of Days that celebrates and commemorates the seasons, personal occasions, and magick in very meaningful ways. Keep this collection safe. It can and will become part of your family’s heritage, something to pass on so that Witches of future generations have a prototype upon which to build their vision of the Craft.

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itches today know that our “job” isn’t limited to specific hours or days. Magick is something we live and become; it can’t be sequestered from the rest of our reality if it’s to have meaning and power.

In the future, I suspect our lives are going to be no less hectic or complex. Use rituals and other magickal events as a way to add richness to everyday life and to honor your magickal path. Don’t let the metaphysical potential in any moment pass you by so that your Witchery always grows and changes with you, the Earth, and the Universe.

The best part about modern Witchcraft is that our adven-ture is really just beginning. We have a potent recipe for building a tomorrow where magick will shine without fear or apology.

To the future!

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Appendix

Amulets & Superstitions E.A. Wallis Budge

Oxford University Press, 1930 Beyond the Blue Horizon Dr. E.C. Krupp

Oxford University Press, 1992 Book of Plant Uses, Names, and Folklore

Ron Freethy Tanager Books, 1985 Crystal, Gem & Metal Magic Scott Cunningham

Llewellyn Publications, 1995 Culpeper’s Herbal

D. Potterton, editor Sterling Publishing, 1983

Curious Lore of Precious Stones George Frederick Kunz Dover Publications, 1971 The Dictionary of Omens &

Superstitions Philippa Waring Chartwell Books, 1978 A Dictionary of Superstitions Iona Opie and Moira Tatem Oxford University Press, 1989 Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Scott Cunningham

Llewellyn Publications, 1988 Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends Stuart Gordon

Headline Book Publishing, 1993

Note: Some of the older books on this list are out of print. They are still available at libraries.

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The Encyclopedia of the Occult Lewis Spence

Bracken Books, 1988

Everyday Life Through the Ages Michael Worth Davison, editor Martha Ann & Dorothy Myers Imel

A History of Magic Richard Cavendish Taplinger Publishing, 1979 Illustrated Book of Signs & Symbols Miranda Bruce-Mitford

DK Publishing, 1996 Kitchen Witch’s Cookbook Patricia Telesco

Llewellyn Publications, 1994 The Language of Dreams Patricia Telesco

Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs

Claire Kowalchik and William Hylton, editors

Rodale Press, 1987 Secret Teachings of All Ages Manley P. Hall

Philosophical Research Society, 1977

Spells and How They Work Jane and Stewart Farrar Phoenix, 1990

Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend

Maria Leach, editor Harper & Row, 1984

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted Gastavus Hindman Miller M.A. Donohuse & Co., 1931 Totems

Brad Steiger

HarperCollins, 1996 Witch’s Brew

Llewellyn Publications, 1995 The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects Barbara Walker

Harper & Row, 1988

Index

Air Element, 55, 62, 163 altar

beans, using as a magickal tool, 115

belt, as a magickal tool, 98 blame, 29

blender, using for magick, 105 blending in, 64

blockage, 27

Book of Days, personal, 183 Book of Shadows, 8, 13, 50

family, 137-138, 145 books, magickal, 48

breathing, 22, 25, 38, 73, 152 bugs, banishing from your garden, 80 button, using as a magickal tool,

115-116

candle, as a magickal tool, 98-99 cardinal points, 55, 77

cauldron, as a magickal tool, 99 Celtic New Year, 168

charm tokens, using as a magickal tool, 116-117

children

and Witchcraft, 138-145 choosing a magical path, 140 special activities for, 140-144 coffee pot, using for magick, 105 coffee, as a magickal tool, 122 color symbolism, 157-158

computer, using for magick, 105-106

creativity, 16, 50 crystal gardening, 79-80 crystals, as a magickal tool, 99 culture, 11

cup, ritual, as a magickal tool, 99 decorations, 62

charging, 62 Dianic tradition, 55

dice, using as a magickal tool, 117-118

dishonesty, 37 Divine, 15, 168

dream catchers, 154-155 Earth deva, 81

Earth Element, 55, 62, 163 Earth pledge, 74-75

Earth, 8, 72, 73, 86, 91, 145, 147, 167, 169, 179, 184

Elements, 26, 38, 55, 77 everyday objects, symbolic

fax machine, using for magick, 106 fear, 27, 184

naming, 27

Fire Element, 55, 62, 163, 173 forgiveness, 30

four Quarter dates, 59 freezer, using for magick, 108 gardening

goals, using magick to achieve, 157 god/dess, 12

god/dess image, as a magickal tool, 100

Goddess, youthful aspect of, 169 groups

accepting new members into, 44-45 authority within, 46

releasing members from, 45 growth, 16

guilt, 31

habits, using magick to break, 158 Halloween, 6, 168

herb bundles, 55, 60, 67 herb gardens, 76

herb pillow, as a magickal tool, 10 herbalism, 81-86 incense, 18, 26, 40, 156

as a magickal tool, 101 initiation, 20

interaction group, 43-47 solo, 39-43

Internet, using for magick, 106 irritation, 37

jewelry, 68

jobs, using magick to hunt for, 155-156 journal, magickal, 13

joy, 50

junk drawer, using contents as magickal tools, 118-119 key, using as a magickal tool,

119-120 Kitchen God, 181 language, 11, 50-51

light bulbs, using for magick, 106 lighting, 56

practicing as a family, 133-138 preserving, 82

throughout the day, 148-155 throughout the year, 167 using to find lost items, 159 while commuting, 151 meditation, 12, 58, 77, 82, 154 megaliths, 72-73

microwave, using for magick, 106 Midsummer’s Day, 82

moon dark, 78 full, 78, 155 waning, 30, 78

waxing, 15, 78, 155, 169 moonlight, 63

paint roller, using for magick, 108 parent-child relationship, 139

communication in, 144 Path of Beauty, 27

pen, using as a magickal tool, 121-122 pencil, using as a magickal tool,

121-122

pentagram, as a magickal tool, 102 people, using magick to quiet,

160-161

personality traits, 38 poppet, 31

healing, 162-163 private time, 153

products, questions to ask before purchasing, 92-93

protection, 63

psychic awareness, 111-112 psychometry, 112-113 pyromancy, 173 recycling, 72

refrigerator, using for magick, 108 rituals, adapting traditions into, 168

basic pattern of, 137 creating, 136-138 robe, as a magickal tool, 102 runes, as a magickal tool, 102-103 sachet, 63

as a magickal tool, 100 Sacred Wheel, 77, 168

sickness, using magick to heal,161-163 smudge stick, as a magickal tool, 103 smudging, 60

Spring, 169

holidays, festivals, and obser-vances, 170-172

stove, using for magick, 108 strength, 50

tarot cards, as a magickal tool, 103-104

tea, as a magickal tool, 122 technical glitches, using magick to

overcome, 160

wand, as a magickal tool, 104-105 Water Element, 55, 62, 163 Wheel of Time, 169 Wicca, as a religion, 48 window-box, 72, 75

studying outside the home, 132 Witchery, herbal, 81-86

Witches, teen, 130-132 writing, free-flow, 16

T

rish Telesco has more than 30 books on the market, including Goddess in My Pocket, The Herbal Arts, and Kitchen Witch’s Cookbook, each of which represents a different area of spiritual interest. While her actual Wiccan edu-cation was originally self-trained and self-initiated, Trish later received initiation into the Strega tradition of Italy, which gives form and fullness to the folk magick she practices.

Trish travels the country lecturing and offering book signings. She has appeared on several television segments, includ-ing one for Sightinclud-ings on multicultural divination systems and one for the Debra Duncan Show on modern Wicca. In addition, Trish writes for metaphysical journals and mainstream publica-tions, including Circle Network News, Magical Blend, Complete Woman, and Woman’s World. Readers can visit Trish’s home page at www.loresinger.com or her Yahoo club at www.clubs.yahoo.com/

clubs/folkmagicwithtrishtelesco.

She lives in western New York with her husband, three children, and several pets.

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