The Book of Shadows: A Woman's Journey into the Wisdom of Witchcraft and the Magic of the Goddess - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749919698 ISBN 13: 9780749919696

Publisher: Judy Piatkus Publishers Ltd

Synopsis

Phyllis Curott, a New York lawyer tells of her initiation into a coven, describing ancient techniques such as meditation, energy work, trance states, ritual, prayer, spells and dreams.

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eople know intuitively that when you fall in love the world is full of magic.  What they don't know is that when you discover the universe is full of magic, you fall in love with the world."

When high-powered Manhattan lawyer Phyllis Curott began exploring Witchcraft, she discovered a spiritual movement that defied all stereotypes.  Encountering neither satanic rites nor eccentric spinsters, she came to know a clandestine religion of the Goddess that had been forced into hiding over the course of history.  Book of Shadows recounts Curott's remarkable initiation into Wicca (meaning "wise one") and shares her insights as a high priestess of an elegant, ancient spirituality that celebrates the magic of being alive.

An Ivy-league graduate and promising lawyer, Curott was a typical young woman in her twenties, determined to forge a law career within the burgeoning, male-dominated music industry.  But when she bega

About the Author:

High Priestess Phyllis Curott is president emerita of the oldest and largest international religious organization in the Wiccan tradition and has been widely profiled in the media as a public figure and advocate for Wiccan Spirituality.  A graduate of Brown University, she holds a law degree from the New York University School of Law and is a practicing attorney.  She divides her time between New York City and Long Island.

About this edition

• Publisher: Judy Piatkus Publishers Ltd
• ISBN 10: 0749919698
• ISBN 13: 9780749919696
• Binding: Paperback