The Complete Grimoire: Magickal Practices and Spells for Awakening Your Inner Witch

Interesting and fun, Just a bit of a shame that it’s woman only oriented.. magic is for everyone ! :)

This book serves as an introduction into witchcraft and offers a broad range of practices and areas to go into. It covers what witchcraft is, the differences between paganism V Wicca V Witchcraft, the gender neutral terminology of being a witch, the popular types of witches (covering from Cosmic to Wiccan, which in my opinion would technically be incorrect, as there are many subsets of wicca and types of witchcraft that come into that. In addition to this, wicca is a religion and witchcraft is a practice, when you follow wicca you are a witch, and therefore you do not need to say you are a ‘Wiccan Witch’ and instead would probably fall under others such as Green Witchcraft, Kitchen Witchcraft, Drac etc). The chapters include an easy to follow FAQ, the first steps typically taken or recommended to take, Altar and tools, The Wheel of the Year, Crystals, Herbs, Divination, Working with Spirits and Deities and Correspondences, rituals, and spells. These are all discussed at a basic level which is easy to read and easy to interpret.There are also many tables throughout which give easy and referenceable knowledge comprised in an easy to read format for example; giving tables of the elements, their direction, colour,symbol,influence, and representation ideas; Chakras, their number, colour and correspondences, substitutions of typical tools; the sabbats, their sabbat type, the event, and the dates in both the Northern and the Southern Hemisphere; the major arcana and some basic meanings ( not including minor arcana , questionable choice); Elder Futhark , their rune name, letter correspondences and basic meaning; colour correspondences; flame types and their meaning, trees and their correspondences;the days of the week, roman and greek deities associated with them, planet and correspondences; and all western zodiac signs, their dates and the correspondences typically associated with them.This book teaches the bare bones, or sigil work, astrology, ten deities and some basic information (these being from various pantheons ; Loki, Osiris, Hades, Hekate, Freyja, Belenus, Brigit, Athena, Cernunnos, and Bastet), energy work, grounding, visualisation, meditation, tools, Crystals ( including some of the most popular like selenite, hematite, rose quartz, améthyste, clear quartz,fluorite, citrine, and black tourmaline), the wheel of the year( each sabbat including; basic history, correspondences and activities), and moon phases.This book does include smudging V smoke cleansing, lightly touching on cultural appropriation. It also goes over some wicca practices such as the Wiccan Rede, it is only to a very minimal level**Intended Audiences**This book is most certainly dedicated to a very low and beginner level book. It is very well thought out, has very easy to read language and is overall solid information. However i would not recommend this book to people above this stage, it is very simplified, and although the images (which i'm going to talk about in the *my opinion* section below) are very beautiful and make it a good addition to my shelf, it is all information which most people learn around up to 3 months in their practice. It is a good starting point for people to learn what interests them and allows them to dive into information on that topic further, but it wouldn't be classes as a completed grimoire (again i'll go over in my opinion).This book however, is an excellent starting point, and I will be adding it to my list of beginner books which I would personally recommend to beginners just starting out. This book came out *very recently* (2nd of September 2020 was it’s release date, but this was available to preorder with an additional chapter. I have access to this additional chapter, but since it is not in the book, nor do i think people can access this chapter anymore, i won't be discussing it simply because there’s no need to. It has very relevant knowledge to the times and because of its recent *birth* it holds things relevant to today's audience (unlike older books or grimoires)So now,to the part you all want and crave, what's my opinion? So, I do have some *minor queries* with it. An example being the title in itself, probably quite nitpicky of me, but this is most definitely not a complete grimoire. There’s a lot missing, which is due to it being for a very foundational and low level beginner, but that is just me. Personally I believe that there was more that could have been added, and I wouldnt replace it with other books I recommend. However I would recommend this to people who are just starting out. This is a great stepping stone book for those wanting to know what interests them in the craft and whether or not it’s for them. Another note is the images. The imagery in this book is absolutely beautiful, and although the information is mainly a good referenceable point, I will probably keep this on my shelf just because of how pretty the book is. Now for who do i recommend it toBaby witches ( under 6 months )- YesBeginner witches (1-2yrs) - Reference point yesIntermediate witches (up to like 5 yrs)- Probably not, unless you want the reference points and the imageryAdvanced witches- Again probably notI’ll be adding it to my shelf for the absolutely stunning artwork personally.

Honestly I couldn't be happier with this purchase.In this book Lidia goes through everything with you! As a beginner this is extremely helpful for me, and I'm sure would be for any beginner. Especially on how to work on finding my energy.The colours and art work are just beautiful and you can tell that so much hard work has been put into creating this book for us all. Even my other half couldn't help flicking through the book!!

This is the perfect addition to anyone’s book corner who is developing their own gifts and who need legitimate information to guide them. I’ve had this book on preorder for a lil whole now and when I received shipping notification I was ecstatic.... I just relocated to help grow my bad health and develop my gifts and help ground myself into a more positive place. I have found this book my foot for park sits and river walks to help me find a peaceful and happy place again and I Thankyou for all your hard work. And investing in us as your customers to grow further. Can’t wait for more of your books to add in addition

If you want an overview of the basics for witchcraft, this is it. I’ve only just really started delving right into witchcraft after trying to learn tarot for a year but I wanted to learn a broader aspect and not just the cards. This has helped me understand a lot of the craft and answered near enough all the questions I had. I’ve even added notes throughout the book already for me to go back and study further.It’s easy to read and broken down for anyone to understand it , the artwork is amazing and looks fantastic!There are so many books out there to read on different pathways through the craft but Lidia covers them all so you can work on the path best suited for you.

Pre-ordered this book and very glad I did! Lidia's book was very helpful for me as someone who is just starting on the path to discovering Witchcraft, making the distinction between it and Wicca and illustrating they are not necessarily the same thing.She writes so well, it feels like you're having a conversation directly with her and she draws on her own experiences to make you think about things you may not have before, such as learning about your dominant hand for spell work; and bringing ideas about modern witchery. I really like how she is respectful about various practices and inclusive of different view points-- this isn't someone telling you their way is the "right" way.She gives a good introduction to various topics and provides charts and lists for crystals, The Wheel of the Year, herbs, colours, etc alongside gorgeous artwork.I found the "Things I wish someone had told me" sections really helpful, particularly creating a portable altar which I never thought of before.Defintely good as a first purchase or as a refresher, Im looking forward to her next installment!