Water Witchcraft: Magic and Lore from the Celtic Tradition

Considers accessing water from a variety of resources and suggests rituals for the accessed water. An interesting well developed book.

This book has a lot to offer, but also has some problems. I will hold onto the book, and will read "Water Priestess" as well, but I would like to point out some things that I wish I had known before purchasing.THE GOOD:1. There is a lot of inspirational material here. Its common to find herbal and mineral correspondences, but finding water-specific materia and attributions is rare. Its wonderful that the author sourced them from a mix of folklore and personal experience. The book is a valuable resource for this alone.2. There are some wonderful ideas in the book, like using mirrors as portals to specific water spirits. She doesn't actually explain how to do this, but it is a great idea. "Combing the water" to summon water spirits is also a lovely idea.3. The visualization exercises are easily incorporated into actual energy work.4. The overview of different kinds of water, fossils, and tides is greatly appreciated. Grounding a natural magic practice in an actual understanding of nature is essential.5. The overview of lore from Shetland and Orkney is a fantastic complement to the usual "Celtic" lore.THE BAD:1. Basing your entire system on a non-replicable and debunked series of pseudoscientific experiments is not to be commended. The author is not alone in trying to justify magic this way, but it is a flawed approach. Magic is real, but you can't situate and explain it within purely physical laws, because magic is not limited to the physical. Attempts to validate magic this way always fail, will reinforce delusion within the occult community, will turn curious people away, and will provide skeptics with more fodder.2. The idea that entire corporations can be bound up with a sea shell spell, or entire animal populations can be protected by long-term candle magic, are also delusional. They could work on a smaller scale, such as on an individual person, but the issues driving the destruction of the environment are immense and absolutely beyond the scope of some casual folk magic.3. Nehelania is listed as a deity of the Rhine (as well as the North Sea). I am not sure where the author got that from. Perhaps that is her UPG, but no context is provided.4. There is no mention of pulling energy from water as an element via any energetic technique (such as pore breathing). If visualization was all it took, the world would be a very different place.5. Separating the magic that can be worked with different kinds of water and water landscapes into categories of witches is odd and unhelpful. Viewing the world through the limiting lens of "marsh witches" versus "sea witches" speaks more to a high fantasy novel, than providing practical material for connecting and working with whatever happens to be around you. That being said, the chapters themselves do have a lot to offer.

I enjoyed this book and got it not as a novice but to learn more about water magick and witchcraft.Very well written and great for both the novice snd experienced practitioners alike and has some great rituals and workings within its pages

For all the books on elemental magic, they tend to be about Green Magick or maybe candle Magick- but Annwyn parts the mists and invites you into an enchanted world where mystic water flows and crashes, showing you how truly poweful water can be. Amazing for beginners, advanced practitioners, and those seeking Celtic related water lore. A future classic, and a must have for anyone who works with, or feels drawn to water.

Un libro veramente bello, in cui l'autrice amalgama alla perfezione folklore e nozioni derivate dalla pratica personale. Consigliato a tutti coloro che sentono il richiamo dell'Acqua.