Patricia Telesco, Spinning Spells, Weaving Wonders: Modern Magic for Everyday Life Most useful for: | Beginning students | Content: | Discusses magical theory and practical aspects of working magic; describes spell creation in great detail; provides a list of correspondences and actual spells for a wide variety of needs; provides alphabetical lists of correspondences and deities; gives directions for making a number of magical objects. | Commentary: | As I've said, I don't care for spellbooks, but this book is different--yes, it includes prewritten spells that the reader can use as they stand, but the emphasis is on writing your own spells, and she provides correspondences to use and a form to follow--a simple, step-by-step method that just about anyone can follow and use to write their own spells or adapt existing ones for their own individual needs. The same problems apply here as to any list of correspondences--correspondences used by different authors can differ widely--but if you're consistent in your own use you should be fine. | | Recommended | |