Witches | Free Book
A Compendium
“Witches: A Compendium maps the landscape of witchcraft and
occult practices, past and present. Within these pages, you’ll find
clear descriptions of magical practices and tools, animal familiars,
inspirational witch figures . . . and even
witch-related sites around the world to star on your Google Maps.
This book will serve as reference, guide, and inspiration to anyone
curious about the magical arts.”
—from the foreword by Frances F. Denny
Witches explores what a witch is and the different ways to be one. Judika Illes presents the history, mysteries, and diverse natures of witches from around the world. Featuring a who’s who ranging from famous—or infamous—historical witches such as Tituba, Sybil Leek, Aleister Crowley, Isobel Gowdie, and Countess Erzsebet Báthory (widely known as the Blood Countess) to popular literary, cinematic, and TV witches such as Endora, the Scarlet Witch, Melisandre, Storm, Agatha Harkness, and the Wicked Witch of the West, Witches also offers travel tips for witches and a guide to the tools of the trade such as brooms, wands, cauldrons, and mirrors.
This celebration of witches and witchcraft also features:Sacred witches such as Baba Yaga, Lilith, Isis, Hekate, Diana, Circe, and YemayaFamiliars and creatures closely associated with witchcraft including cats, bats, crows, owls, and foxesArt witches like Moina Mathers, Vali Myers, Rosaleen Norton, Leonora Carrington, and CameronDifferent schools of witchcraft including green witchery, kitchen witchery, Wicca, and Hekatean WitchcraftThe various things witches do from divination to spirit working to spell-casting
—from the foreword by Frances F. Denny
Witches explores what a witch is and the different ways to be one. Judika Illes presents the history, mysteries, and diverse natures of witches from around the world. Featuring a who’s who ranging from famous—or infamous—historical witches such as Tituba, Sybil Leek, Aleister Crowley, Isobel Gowdie, and Countess Erzsebet Báthory (widely known as the Blood Countess) to popular literary, cinematic, and TV witches such as Endora, the Scarlet Witch, Melisandre, Storm, Agatha Harkness, and the Wicked Witch of the West, Witches also offers travel tips for witches and a guide to the tools of the trade such as brooms, wands, cauldrons, and mirrors.
This celebration of witches and witchcraft also features:Sacred witches such as Baba Yaga, Lilith, Isis, Hekate, Diana, Circe, and YemayaFamiliars and creatures closely associated with witchcraft including cats, bats, crows, owls, and foxesArt witches like Moina Mathers, Vali Myers, Rosaleen Norton, Leonora Carrington, and CameronDifferent schools of witchcraft including green witchery, kitchen witchery, Wicca, and Hekatean WitchcraftThe various things witches do from divination to spirit working to spell-casting
About the Author
Judika Illes is a lifelong student, lover, and practitioner of the magical arts. She is the author of numerous books devoted to spells, spirits, and witchcraft, including Encyclopedia of Spirits, as well as Pure Magic, Daily Magic, Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints, and Sages, and Magic When You Need It. She has been a professional tarot card reader for over three decades and is a certified aromatherapist. A native New Yorker, Judika teaches in the US and internationally, live and virtually. Follow her on Instagram @judikailles and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorJudikaIlles/.
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