Discover more than sixty spells and an abundance of potions, powders, and lore from around the world. Llewellyn’s Little Book of Moon Spellsis a handy, on-the-go guide to everyday moon magick filled with spells and rituals for improving relationships, healing emotional wounds, removing obstacles, psychic protection, success, abundance, and much more. Whether you are a complete beginner or an … experienced practitioner, the step-by-step instructions within these pages will help you attune to the tides of destiny and change troublesome situations into opportunities for positive transformation.
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Great little book filled with ways to including working with the moon into your spiritual practice. It would also make a fantastic gift book for the new witch in your life. Covering all the moon basics, this book goes beyond giving dozens of different spells and working. Whether you are a neophyte or have been practicing for years, this book is sure to give you some new inspiration.
Moon Magic and Lore
If you are already a lover of moon magic, this delightful book will absolutely inspire your magical practices. It starts, as you might imagine, going over moon magic basics, lunar correspondences, and how to time magic with the moon’s phases and events like eclipses. Then come the hands-on moon spells and other magic work, including potions, powders, and—of course—spells. The book has 65 spells altogether; the author has an entire section just about spells to do at certain times of the lunar cycle and another on spells by goal. She also gives other moon rituals, like full-moon charging of objects or dedication. In the last chapter, the author explores different types of lunar spells and other magic in the context of the turn of a year. Scattered throughout the book are also these fantastic little nuggets of moon lore and little snippets of magic. One that I loved had to do with simply pressing a moonstone to your lips during the full moon, and this will bring a vision of the future. Moon facts are scattered throughout, too. If you revel in the magical promise of the moon, this could only enhance your practice.
I received a free copy of this book, but that did not affect my review.
Llewellyn’s Little Book of Moon Spells by Melanie Marquis
The moon influences the rhythm of the earth and influence the earth’s inhabitants. In this book the author mentions this idea, recommends keeping a journal to track personal mood, significant events, patterns, and the general flow of the day. I can see doing this for a year while also putting on the journal page the moon phase, any magic practiced and over time outcomes of that magic. I believe this would be an interesting diary to keep and may do so in the future.
Another section I enjoyed was the one on Lunar Correspondences – or what animals, trees, earth locations, colors and more are in tune with various times of the year and with the moon’s phases. The main feeling or impression I get from this book is that one’s personal interaction with moon and magic is something that grows and changes becoming personalized over time. What might be important, significant, or meaningful to me regarding a lunar phase or time of year may be completely different for someone else. It is a learning process and something that will grow over time and no doubt change as well.
The book has eight chapters:
1. Moon Magic Basics: including the basics of magic, circles, tools and more
2. Lunar Correspondences: suggests ideas to incorporate or use as symbols for the moon and its phases
3. Timing Magic with the Moon: information about waxing, waning, full and other terminology related to the moon and how to tie this into magic one might wish to perform
4. Potions and Powders: suggestions and some cautions
5. Moon Spells by Lunar Phase: Ties into #3 above
6. Special Moon Magic
7. Moon Spells by Goal
8. A Year of Moon Magic: this is the one I would like to tie to my journal
This is a basic informative lunar magic reference book that would benefit from being used in conjunction with a basic Pagan-Magic book. I have always felt that a book like this picked up and then used without true background knowledge could lead some into trouble but in general so would caution the reader not to jump in without thinking through and perhaps doing further study before attempting any magic.
Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I buy it for my library? Yes
Would I recommend it? Yes
Thank you to NetGalley and Llewellyn Publications for the ARC – this is my honest review.
4.5 Stars
This book is great for beginners, There are 65 spells in this book, Moon facts throughout, whole section about hands on spells during the cycles of the moon as well as other moon rituals, such as charging crystals in the full moon, potion and powder works.
I rather enjoyed reading through this book and plan to go back to this again.
Thank you Netgalley as well as Llewellyn Publications for the eARC.
All opinions are my own.
This book is a beginners reference guide to moon magic and spells. The book is divided by moon phase, by goal, and by time of the year. The book focuses on spells that are light and quick, making it very beneficial for people who are new to moon magic.
If you have read any of the previous Llewellyn holiday books you will know the basic set up and practical application this book provides. I am not new to moon magic but I still enjoyed this book and feel it will make a great reference for anyone, even a master.
Overall, this is a great book for beginners and perfect to use as a reference book.
*ARC provided by Netgalley for an honest review.*