Holland's Grimoire of Magickal Correspondence: A Ritual Handbook

by Eileen Holland

What color candle is appropriate for a justice spell? Which herbs correspond to heart problems? What can you do to strengthen a peace ritual? How can you protect your home? When is a good time to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564148319
• ISBN13: 9781564148315
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: New Page Books
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A necessary addition for the magic making witch

I began to use this book at my job at a metaphysical store, and I fell in love with it then. It contains correspondences for topics that can be very difficult to find anything for, because they don't fall under the titles of love, prosperity, healing, etc. It is an excellent reference book for someone who wants a quick way of looking up correspondences for anything on the fly. Just look alphabetically. She will even refer you to other subheadings in the book if the information is contained elsewhere, like going from "careers" to "employment." My one issue is that it is a little hard to read. The sections do not have bold subtitles to separate herbs or stones (for example) so you have to be a little careful. But the usefulness of the book more than makes up for this problem.

Great Correspondences book

Halland's Grimoire of Magickal Correspondences: A Ritual Handbook is a reference book for magickal correspondences. It is wonderful to go to one book, instead of searching through many books or online, to locate what correspondences go with what. Great for spellwork and ritual writing. Well written and informative and should be on the book shelf of every serious witch and even the no-so serious.

A Great Reference Tool

You are considering a ritual to work on a particular topic, say for example protection on a trip. You have some basic questions like what phase of the moon should I work this ritual at, what tools should I use, what color candle, what herbs, what plant, what stones? You could spend days researching through many books to find all these answers. The idea of this book is to put all this information in one place. This book is put together alphabetically, so all you need do is thumb through the book. For instance: "protection". Look for the subheading in bold lettering that says "protection while: on a trip". Listed under the main heading of "protection" is a cross reference to other associated topics (in this instance, amulets or safety to name a few) moon/planet associations, tools, method (in this instance "common sense"), colors, charms, animals, oils, stones, plants, herbs and Deities. Under this is specific protections, such as "Divine Protection" or "protective energy" and there are specific correspondences for each of these. And, by the way, these correspondences work just as well in a spell working as they do for a ritual. Each topic is covered in pretty much the same way. Ms. Holland covers more than 500 topics. If you are familiar with these correspondences this book is a blessing. Rather than racking your brain for "I know what I want but I just can't remember it right now" this book is an index at your fingertips. This book assumes that you either know what you are doing and using this book instead of your own Book of Shadows, or you will be looking up these items to see WHY you would be using them. The book even starts with this in the opening Using this Book: " ... is intended for the experienced practitioners of magick. " The book does not contain any "why". The beginner will not find those answers here. This book will send the student to further research the topics and entries. Reference back to the "protection" entries I mentioned above. While some entries are small, and easy to sort out, some, like the protection entry, are huge. Running through the list, it was difficult to figure out where the entry on tools ended and method began. The list runs on into itself, with no line breaks or changes in the text to let you know where one part ends and another begins. I found myself running through the whole list to find a plant, when it would have been helpful to, say, italicize the topic word (like tools, methods, animals or plant) so you can quickly spot the reference you are looking for. This was done with bolding to the subtopics later in the entry to make it easier to reference the type of protection you may be looking for. While it may not be an issue in the smaller entries, the larger ones are harder to sort through. That was my biggest issue with the book, but one that could be easily rectified. I liked the concept of the book. For the experienced practitioner this is a really good book to have arou

Over 500 topics are arranged alphabetically by intent & range from Zodiac & Yang to speed, invis

Eileen Holland's Grimoire Of Magickal Correspondences: A Ritual Handbook provides practicing witches, magicians, shamans and Santerians - virtually anyone working in new age spirituality - with one of the finest books of magickal correspondences ever written. Over five hundred topics are arranged alphabetically by intent and range from Zodiac and Yang to speed, invisibility, intelligence and more. References include numbers, plants, sun, medical conditions, ancestral memories and more.

a must-have!

Rev. Marie of Rebeccasreads highly recommends HOLLAND'S GRIMOIRE OF MAGICKAL CORRESPONDENCES as an important edition for anyone serious about working with ritual magic & the energies of nature, especially if you're interested in other cultures & their religious traditions such as the Mayan, Egyptian, Norse, Afro-Caribbean, Celtic & Native American. Holland presents an intriguing collection of over 500 separate topics that literally catalog what colors, actions, rituals, symbols, planets, elements, days of the week & even animals are associated with a variety of subjects from Achievement to Zeal.