Fiona Horne - Teen Magick: Witchcraft for a New Generation

Fiona Horne has been a practising Witch for 34 years. She is also a commercial pilot, best-selling author, rockstar and radio and television personality, world record sky diver, sailor, yoga instructor, spin instructor, humanitarian aid worker Yes, she is living more than one dream! Fiona owns nothing except her freedom and her happiness, and is now a nomad and considers planet Earth her home.

Teen Witch was originally published in 2004 as Lifes A Witch in Australia and Witchin: A Handbook for Teen Witches in the UK/USA and was Fionas third book. This extensively reworked and rewritten edition is now Fionas 14th book.

Also by Fiona Horne

The Art of Witch

The Naked Witch

The Magick of You Oracle Deck

Witch: A Personal Journey (The original! Still available through Penguin Random House Australiain Kindle format)

Witch: A Magickal Year 20th Anniversary Edition (Harper Collins International; available internationally in Kindle and also in paperback.

This book was originally written at Penrith, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia and reworked, rewritten and re-edited 17 years later at Pelican Heaven, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Malibu, California and Melbourne, Australia.)

Some Wise Witchy Words

The Craft of the Witch is creative and borne of wild places in nature and inside the soul. Like any Craft that involves flames and sharp objects, Witchcraft poses some inherent risk.

Always place a fireproof dish beneath candles and incense. Leave clearance above and around flames. Do not place flammable objects near flames and never leave flames or burning incense unattended. Users of this book take full responsibility when using fire.

The author and publisher are not liable or responsible for any outcome of magickal spells performed from this book or otherwise. Readers agree to cast spells, work with fire, ingest herbs, soak in bath salts, light candles and incense, channel deities and perform any and all other magickal practices at their own risk.

Readers accept full personal risk and responsibility for the outcome, consequence and magick of any spells they cast.

Blessings to you as you forge your own unique magickal journey

Thank You!

Lots of love and gratitude to my Rockpool Publishing family, Lisa Hanrahan, Paul Dennett, Andrs Engracia, Dana Brown and Emily Van Arendonk and my divine editor, Katie Day.

Heartfelt thanks to Michael and Sue Gudinski and David Smith for their generosity and friendship from the original writing sessions of this book. And deep gratitude always to Liam Cyfrin, who supplied his advice, wisdom and insight so generously twenty years ago! Blessed be!

Thank you also to Jessica of the Nightstar Teen Pagan Network, who agreed to be interviewed for the original version of this book and whose interview stands the test of time. And much love and gratitude to all the teens who contributed emails, questions and comments for this edition.

Finally thank you to all the real life Goddesses I am so blessed to know, including: Sarah, Dannii, Emily, Jessica, Beki, Shari, Lydia, Linda, Tania, Susan, Ginger, Pam, Denise, Kiki, Carlotta, Jetaime and Shelleylyn.

Contents

Spell Index

Introduction

Twenty years ago, Teen Witches and would-be Witches seemed to be everywhere and they were. But 20 years ago there was also no social media, no #WitchesofInstagram no reality TV. Now Teen Witches meet after school in groups or get online for full moon rituals in different towns or countries via Zoom. Or they find time alone to cast spells to help them pass tests, to attract boyfriends or girlfriends, or to help them get along with their parents. Modern Teen Witches are taking selfies of their magickal work and of them looking Witchy, or taking photos of their favourite oracle-card spreads and hashtagging them to attract more followers on Instagram (where the biggest wave of online Witches currently congregates). Or they may tune into their favourite magickal podcast, like Tonya Browns The Witch Daily Show and Lucy Cavendishs The WitchCast. Or they might make a Witchy playlist on Spotify and promote it to get followers (check out my current fave The Season of the Witch). And then there are the Moon Children not all are avowed Witches but all are making magick with moon worship, checking esoteric moon reports daily and arranging their social calendars and school commitments according to the phases of the moon.