- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Element; illustrated edition edition (16 Jun 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 000715111X
- ISBN-13: 978-0007151110
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 18.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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This new title by Kate West, bestselling author of The Real Witches' Handbook, will contain masses of spells and rituals for celebrations marking the seasons and festivals of the year, as well as a wealth of other information about magic for the initiated or the beginner alike.
This book is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to perform seasonal spells. It is the perfect follow-up and next step in the highly successful 'Real Witches' series, providing a full year's working in the Craft, and will appeal not only to those who have purchased other titles in the series, but to anyone from Sabrina fans to serious witches.
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The Real Witches’ Coven is the only book available that tells you everything you need to know about how to start and run a coven (a meeting of witches). If you’ve read a general introduction to the Craft and immediately want to start a coven now, then read this book first.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An undeniably useful tool for those who are hoping to start their own coven. Example Initiation rituals, first and second degree, and advice on how to expand, and how to attract the right people. There is even guidance on how to set the right rules for your coven, and what to do when your members aren't quite acting like witches.
Unfortunately, for the more experienced Wicca covenor or coven leader, there really is nothing here for you. It really is a "Get Started With" book, and is a bootstrap for those with no clue at all, and in that respect, I found it very useful.
Unfortunately, for the more experienced Wicca covenor or coven leader, there really is nothing here for you. It really is a "Get Started With" book, and is a bootstrap for those with no clue at all, and in that respect, I found it very useful.
40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read The Real Witch's Handbook, I bought this title to complete my collection of Kate West books. I enjoy her style of writing, and her spells and rituals are laid out in a clear and concise manner, listing all tools and ingredients you will require and how to prepare them.
There are spells for every kind of situation in this book, and instructions on how to create your own spells for other needs.
There are also rituals for each Sabbat and Esbat. However, these have been written with the Coven in mind, and not a solitary witch like myself. I was very disappointed that I would need a group to follow these rituals, as I have no intention of ever finding let alone joining a Coven. All in all, the rituals in The Real Witch's Handbook were preferable for a solitary!
I'd still recommend this book to any witch who wants to learn more about spells however, as the spells section is very useful. Shame about the rituals section!
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Perhaps I just can't stand her style. But to me this book was devoid of any passion for the craft and failed to inspire at all. The way the author writes about ritals and rites at the beginning is irritating and made me want to put down the book before I had even started it. I have tried several times to read through this book and enjoy at least parts of it, but every time I have found it a task too difficult to accomplish. I think it's the way that her witchcraft practices seem so finite, like this is the way to cast a circle and it will be cast like this every single time. It's formal and dull. I was most dissapointed by the rituals side; all coven orientated, and all about rites of passage and initiations. I think that if a coven were to initiate a whatever degree witch, they'd make up their own, more personal spell, than take one directly from a book anyway. These coven spells took up half the book.
This book is no good for a solitary or a more spontaneous witch.
This book is no good for a solitary or a more spontaneous witch.
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Alexandrian viewpoint on running a coven
I purchased this book as Kate West is a very easy author to follow in her style, which is neither patronising nor over-complicated. Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. Mason
It's a Coven, Jim, but not as some of us know it......
If I were new to witchcraft and looking for a coven, this would certainly put me off. The High Preistess is apparently expected to act like a bossy school marm, and the coven... Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2007 by Tempestas
The Real Witches' Coven?
In regards to this book, the Farrar's 'The Witches Bible', includes a better understanding of the Coven. Read more
Published on 25 July 2005
The real Witches book of spells???
Ms. West, has obviously written this book to to add credence to her claims of being an expert in the world of the craft. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2003
Covens for the Serious Witch
I love the blurb on the front cover: "Kate West is the real thing. Her Witchcraft is about passion, not fashion."
Reading the book, you do get a good feeling about her passion. Read more
Published on 3 April 2003 by Boudica
OK, but not great - hey, but that's just my opinion!!
I read and enjoyed The Reach Witches Handbook and also The read Witches Kitchen, so I felt I just had to get this one, however, I can honestly say it just didn't 'hit the spot' for... Read more
Published on 1 April 2003 by Wordywitch
The Real Witches' Coven
At last a down to earth book on the real functioning of a Witches Coven. Kate West always tells it like it is and in such a straightforward manner. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2003
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