A. J. Drew - Wicca Spellcraft For Men

For Brandon Teena (19721993)

because you were twice the man that I can aspire to be.

Wicca Spellcraft for Men explains the workings of Wiccan spellcraft from a male point of view with special attention to the concerns men face in their day to day life. It provides the principles of magick (as opposed to 'magic') and sensibly explains both the theory and practice of modern spellcraft.

The book offers examples of spells that can be found in lore. Recipes for incense, oils, and other creations are given with clear instructions on recording how well these recipes work for the individual, and guidelines for amending the recipes to improve function.

A. J. Drew

A Spellbook For Male Pagans

ePub r1.0

Sharadore30.07.13

Original Title: Wicca Spellcraft For Men: A Spellbook For Male Pagans

A. J. Drew, May 2001

Cover Design: Diane Chin

Digital Editor: Sharadore

ePub base r1.0

T he manuscript for this book was ready to be sent to its publisher shortly before The Real Witches Ball 2000, which is a good thing because it was due two days after the event. Something happened at that years Ball that I could just not ignore. Hundreds of pagans from around the world processed onto the ritual field led by the American flag. After the main ritual, hundreds of pagans left the ritual field screaming, We are free! Blessed be! as loudly as their lungs allowed. Something truly magickal took place in that circle. We found our courage!

If you describe yourself as being into Wicca, you should not read this book. I have trouble going so much as a single chapter without slipping in a dig or jab at the posers who think Wicca is a fashion statement. Likewise, if you hold the delusion that identifying differences is equal to bigotry, then you should probably run away screaming from this book.

If you have not yet purchased this book, take this simple test to see if you should. If you have purchased this book, take this simple test to see if you should burn it. Do you agree with the following statements?

• Men generally have more upper-body strength than women do.
• Women generally have a higher percentage of body fat than men do.

If you disagree with either of the above statements, then take my advice. Put this book down and run away from it as fast as you can. Better yet, buy it and then set it on fire so I can still receive the royalties. On the other hand, if you agree with each of those statements, then you are probably just as angry as I am at those who will ignore this advice just because they want something to complain about.

We have just turned the second millennium in the Common Era. In the past few hundred years, pagan uprisings and resurgences of interest have come and gone. This time we may be here to stay. But in this wonderful time when we are just starting to rely on the roots that feed our community, we also find one of our religions in a very strange situation. Wicca, the largest of the new pagan religions, is at a very critical state in its development. We have reached a point where our single largest threat is ourselves. Nowhere is this threat better illustrated than in our spellcraft and the abuse of our celestial father.

One final note: Almost every book on Wicca is quick to tell the reader that Wiccans do not worship Satan. Most authors dedicate a great number of words to answer that question. Another trap authors fall into is thinking they must include the basics of Wiccan ritual in every book. To do either consumes a great amount of space without cause. Because the pages of any book are limited, this book assumes that the reader already has a working knowledge of the Wiccan religion. If you do not, I would be honored if you read my first book, Wicca for Men.

Eye of Newt and toe of frog,

Wool of bat and tongue of dog,

Adders fork and blindworms sting,

Lizards leg and howlets wing,

Macbeth, 4:1, William Shakespeare

W ith even the worst karma, this recipe should be missing from your family cookbook. If it is not, you should run away and join the circus. It should also be missing from the books of a modern Witch, unless the Witch happens to be fond of Shakespeare. These types of concoctions do have their basis in historic literature. Think of the joy that filled a Witch Hunters heart when he found a recipe book with ingredients like babys breath, devils milk, catgut, and adders fork. These names were simply given to plants based on the way they looked. Indeed there has been much misinformation about both witchcraft and spellcraft. When Shakespeare mentioned adders fork (tongue), he probably didnt know he was talking about the dogtooth violet. Modern Witches should.

A lot of books that deal with modern witchcraft have become available. With so many opinions present in the marketplace, it has become necessary to disclose exactly what form of witchcraft one is addressing. One of the first people to denote the differences in the many practices that are often called Witchcraft was Dr. Margaret Murray. Murray believes that the Witchcraze of the Dark Ages was actually a clash between the Church and the remnants of pre-Christian religions. To better explain her stance, Murray defined two categories as operational witchcraft and ritual witchcraft. Ritual witchcraft was the name she used to describe the remnants of pre-Christian fertility religions. Operational witchcraft referred to what might better be called spellcraft. Either from her theory or from the actual remnants of those pre-Christian religions, a new religion was born. That religion has been called Wicca.

Bide the Wiccan laws ye must, in perfect love and perfect trust.

the Poem of the Wiccan Rede

Wicca has become so popular that many books now contain the word Wicca in the title. Unfortunately, several of these contain purely secular charms and chants. This is what Dr. Murray defined as operational witchcraft. We can only speculate that the purpose of the misleading titles was to sell books. Wicca is in fashion and what is in fashion sells.

Wicca is not a fashion statement. It is a living and growing religion that now fills the spiritual needs of hundreds of thousands of people. It is also a religion that is facing a rather serious problem. Our religion has become so popular that it is now being mass produced and sold in shrinkwrapped cardboard and plastic boxes. I will refer later to this as Witch in a box. After years of fighting to convince the general public that Wicca is a legitimate spiritual choice, we now stand faced with the very real fact that we are becoming an issue of amusement.

Nowhere is this problem more prevalent than in the area of spellcraft. It seems there is a new book on spellcraft every day. Again and again, we are expected to believe that a red candle will bring you love and a special chant will put you knee deep in cash. These books are insulting to everyone except for the most gullible. It wasnt long ago that John Q. Public thought Witches killed babies and drank their virgin blood. Today, Mr. and Mrs. Public think we are crazy. Take the word of a man who has worked in the Wiccan community for many years: the Publics are very often right. There are many Wiccans that just havent figured out that our religion is not a role-playing game.