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The Real Witches' Coven: The Definite Guide to Forming Your Own Wiccan Group [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Kate West (Author)
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Thorsons; illustrated edition edition (17 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007143893
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007143894
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 16 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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This work aims to tell you all you 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 this book should be able to help. A guide specifically aimed at those who want to set up a coven, but may need support with running and organizing it after the first six to 12 months, the book should be a perfect follow-up and next step to "The Real Witches' Handbook". It takes the would-be High Priestess or High Priest through the choosing of coven members, the setting and enforcing of rules and regulations, the initiations and other rituals. As well as suggesting what rituals to hold (why and when), the author also advises on possible pitfalls and how to organize (and control) a coven generally, illustrated with her own real-life anecdotes. Each chapter concludes with a piece which gives practical examples of the subjects discussed in the text.


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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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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Nicely written., 15 May 2004
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.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Sterile, 20 May 2006
By D. Hillier (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Real Witches' Book of Spells and Rituals (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.
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3.0 out of 5 stars The Real Witch's Book of Spells and Rituals, 20 Nov 2003
By Keira (London) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: The Real Witches' Book of Spells and Rituals (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!

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