This book is an irresistible, definitive guide to the magical practices of contemporary women. Beginning with a brief history of witchcraft, it explores a huge range of beliefs, festivals, skills, and lore, including:Goddesses, priestesses, and witchesReincarnation, karma, magic, and powerThe aura, the chakras, psychic awareness, astral traveling, pathworking, dreamwork, and healingCovens, initiations, collectives, and lone witchesThe circle, the altar, wands, robes, chalices, incenses, oils, and candlesThe moon and the planetsSabbats, esbats, solstices, equinoxes, Samhain, Candlemas, Beltane, and LammasTarot, scrying, starcraft, and herbal loreGathering together all the disciplines of European witchcraft and providing rituals and spells for use in our lives, A Woman's Book of Shadows is a remarkable compendium of magical lore, psychic skills, and women's mysteries. | A Woman's Book Of Shadows by Elisabeth Brooke, Paperback | Indigo Chapters