Enchantments: Find the Magic in Yourself: A Beginner Witch's Guide

Mya Spalter

Oct 2018 · Sold by Lenny

About this ebook

This illustrated guide to altars, candles, tarot, and spell-building will teach you to protect your energy, honor your intuition, raise your vibration—and tap into your inner-witch. 
 
“Enchantments will blow your mind and make you laugh while imparting expert knowledge of witchcraft and why it’s so needed today.”—NATASHA LYONNE

Mya Spalter spent years among candles, herbs, cats, witchy gifts, and spells as an employee at New York City’s oldest occult shop, Enchantments. In this beautifully illustrated book, Spalter sets out to share ways that she’s found to live life magically and maintain spiritual connection with the elements and the universe. 
 
Spalter, a practicing witch herself, explores Wiccan history and offers an approachable compendium of witchcraft and magical knowledge that will equip you to construct your own original spells, build rituals around your intuition, harness the power of crystals, and create spell candles that can be used by witches everywhere. With Enchantments, Spalter creates a supportive and nonjudgmental space for you to become your own unique kind of witch.
 
Black and queer, Spalter has written this friendly, inclusive guide to witchcraft that will teach anyone how to: 
 
• Build an altar: Find the right tools to model the grace and beauty you aspire to find in your life. 
• Cast a self-love spell on yourself: Recognize your own strength and power to inspire happiness and fulfillment. 
• Clear out negative energies: Identify and rid yourself of the things holding you back. 
• Set meaningful intentions: Create daily practices that positively affect yourself and the world—and witches—around you. 
 
You will learn why certain colors can help raise your vibrations, how to mix herbs for witchcraft, the keys to banishing unfriendly spirits (with cleansing rituals or even a dance party), and invaluable instructions in the timeless arts of astrology, tarot, crystals, and finding a parking spot downtown. 
 
Open this book and enchant your own life!

Ratings and reviews

I received a free copy of this book and opted to post a review. As someone who used to practice witchcraft, I've read my fair share of books on the subject. Most of the books I've read were boring, confusing, impractical, or just plain weird; which is why I stopped reading nonfiction books on the subject of witchcraft. Life is really too short to read boring or confusing books about a subject that is actually quite interesting and easily simplified. I absolutely loved the tone of the book! Conversational, quirky and imbued with enthusiasm, it's written like Spalter is teaching her friends about witchcraft. She shares her mistakes, what she's learned during her time working at "Enchantments," and explains it in a way that makes witchcraft approachable. Spalter really nails it in the sections about astrology and numerology! These concepts can become very complex, very quickly; however, Spalter simplifies them so that everyday people, like you and me, can understand them. She shares relevant and practical examples of how to practice witchcraft and often refers readers to other books where they can read more about the different subjects if they choose to do so. Enchantments is a great book for those who are curious about witchcraft, new witches who are just beginning their journeys, or seasoned witches who just need to look something up quickly.

About the author

Mya Spalter is a writer, editor, and lifelong New Yorker. A longtime employee at Enchantments, New York’s oldest occult shop, she writes nonfiction about witchcraft and poetry about science. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and son.