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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Rajchel, Diana. Samhain rituals, recipes, and lore for Halloween. (DLC) 2015005468 (OCoLC)906171470 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Diana Rajchel |
ISBN: | 9780738746494 0738746495 |
OCLC Number: | 919727004 |
Description: | 1 online resource. |
Contents: | Old ways -- New ways -- Spells and divination -- Recipes and crafts -- Prayers and invocations -- Rituals of celebration -- Correspondences. |
Series Title: | Llewellyn's sabbat essentials, bk. 6. |
Other Titles: | Samhain, rituals, recipes and lore for Halloween |
Responsibility: | Diana Rajchel. |
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Decent beginner's book on the holiday
Samhain by Diana Rajchel is a pretty decent beginner's look at the season, cross-quarter day, and holiday. It covers a wide variety of related lore and history, workings, recipes, and more and is probably something I'd consider a decent resource for most beginners in witchcraft and Paganism. The book...
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Samhain by Diana Rajchel is a pretty decent beginner's look at the season, cross-quarter day, and holiday. It covers a wide variety of related lore and history, workings, recipes, and more and is probably something I'd consider a decent resource for most beginners in witchcraft and Paganism. The book did a decent job as far as looking at how a variety of cultures celebrate this time of year, although I wish it explored beyond Mexico and at least mentioned whether any other non-Eurocentric areas and cultures also have any celebrations this time of year.
I also think it's worth noting that this book conflates smudging and smoke cleansing as one and the same, and includes the word "smudge" and the use of "smudge sticks" in a few spells, rituals, etc with no discussion of smudging's connection and sacredness to American Indigenous culture or any kind of tie that the author might have to that culture. Thankfully, all of the instances of potential appropriation are easy to skip over or edit out for something more relevant to a personal practice.
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