Chappell, Helen
The Waxing Moon; A Gentle Guide to Magick
The Waxing Moon; A Gentle Guide to Magick
New York: Links, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo in blue/black pictorial wraps with yellow text; 214 pages; illustrations; 23 cm In good condition save a hole on cover (patched with tape and marker); edgewear to wraps; pages clean and binding tight. Paperback. ISBN: 0825630320
A delightful overview of magic practices, beliefs and symbols through out the world, peppered with hand-drawn illustrations by the author herself. Written in a sincere, playful and personable style, this is a special book from a unique author/illustrator. Contents: Folk Magick--Beginnings and Ends, Herb Magick--Lady's Slipper and Dragon's Blood, Divingation--Hexagrams and Stars, The Perfect Object--Amulets and Talismans, Gypsy Magic--People of Earth and Stars, Voodoo--Damballa and le Grand Zombi, Wicca--The Lady and the Horned God, Satanism--The Black Mass and the Devil's Tune, Ritual Magick--Angels and Demons in the Circle.