The Complete Book of Spells, Curses and Magical Recipes

by Leonard Ashley

Describes magic spells from ancient times to the present, explains why people turn to magic, and shows how people have tried to use the supernatural to handle specific problems. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156980110X
• ISBN13: 9781569801109
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Barricade Books
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Historical and Informative

The author did a great job to present you with a historical and informative portrayal of spells, curses and magical recipees. .. Combining information from various forms of witchcraft and religion from around the world, you get a taste of spells from europe, the americas, the american south, Africa and Asia. Many of the spells in here would not be suitable for our time as they do come from a darker past, however, most can be adapted to fit situations in our modern time. An excellent source of information! Much Love & Many Blessings, Thorn Nightwind

Wonderful

This is a wonderful book on the history and lore of witchcraft. It includes many cultures and peoples. I found this book very interesting. I also bought this book because I thought it was about modern witchcraft and a resource book but even though it wasn't, found it VERY hard to put down.

Coffee table book on historical superstitions

This is not a wiccan spell book but rather the author has done some historical research and formulated various spells and superstitions in one book. Like he says in the preface, its a book that someone would be intrigued by the title and then open it to a random page and be able to read a small section on for example how in old ireland a frog would be put in your mouth to cure a sore throat - hence came the term "having a frog in your throat". It also recites some phrases to summon demons and the correct diameters for casting as circle.He does use a humourous tone and pokes fun at some of the old ways that people of that time believed in (which will most definately offend your more high-strung wiccans) but his information is well researched and from what I can tell it is historically correct.He says that these can be put into practice but I'm not sure I can entirely agree with that. I did however find it an interesting read and some of the stories quite amusing. All in all a well written and interesting book.

IT'S FANTASTIC!!!

This book kicks total butt. My coven and I found it very informative and useful. The spells were a bit more primitive than what we were used to working with, but they definately did the job!!!

Well rounded for all your Low Magic needs ..

I found this book quite simply a plethera of great information. I wish it was a little more detailed on the spells but either way it is perfect!!!You won't regret buying this book.