Jacki Smith - Coventry Magic with Candles, Oils, and Herbs

We love Jacki and we love this book! She is the real deal and makes candle rituals fun, meaningful, and magical. Her play on words, recipes for change, advice, and down-to-earth spirituality are a joy to read.

Amy Zerner and Monte Farber, authors of The Enchanted Tarot and The Soulmate Path

Reading Coventry Magic is like having a nice long chat with the delightfully sassy and wickedly smart Jacki Smith. From self-understanding to healing and transformation, Jacki prepares us to be creators and channels of powerful magic in our own lives. She makes both magical theory and practical application accessible and effective and fun.

Barbara Moore, author of The Mystic Faerie Tarot and Tarot for Beginners

Jacki Smith's Coventry Magic is a comprehensive book of very practical magic that can be donewith a little practiceby anyone. And it is effective magic it works! It is presented in an easy-to-read style that shows the years of experience behind the author. She has been crafting candles and using their power for over two decades and in doing so has developed an enthusiastic following. Now she shares her wisdom and offers precious help in dealing with the vicissitudes of life. A very worthwhile book that I have no hesitation in recommending.

Raymond Buckland, author of Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic

Jacki Smith is a masterful artist of magickal candles. I've enjoyed her blend of strong magickal intentions and great smelling scents in her products. To have her wisdom in a book is a treasure!

Christopher Penczak, co-founder of the Temple of Witchcraft and author of The Plant Spirit Familiar

If you are looking for an operation definition of magical, it can be summed up in two words: Jacki Smith. This book puts Jacki Smith in a category of her own. Coventry Magic is much more than a run-of-the-mill magic book; it is a tome of powerful inner transformation!

Storm Cestavani, host of Psychic Friends Live

Coventry Magic isn't just another good book outlining magical practice. It's the best damned self-help book on the marketbar none!

Dorothy Morrison, author of Utterly Wicked and Everyday Magic

Not only does she provide practical and understandable information, Jacki Smith invites us into her process of discovery, application, and direct results. Now we understand why Coventry products work so well! And now, the reader can apply the same type of magical development and practice to their work.

Orion Foxwood, author of The Tree of Enchantment

I own a shop called Bell, Book, & Candle and we've carried Jacki Smith's candles, oils, and wares for over a decade and we love them. Coventry Magic is more than just a book on practical magic, it is a source book on how to become your magic. This book captures her sassy wisdom, grounded love of the human condition, and magic that actually works.

Ivo Dominguez Jr., author of Spirit Speak and Casting Sacred Space

Light up your magic and get your flame on! Deepen your knowledge of magic, ethics, and candle magic with this well-written and thorough book on candle magic. It combines all the elements in magic to help you, guide you, and enhance your own life and dance with the universe. Jacki Smith provides us with enormous insights, understanding, and wisdom. Reading this feels like sitting with a cup of your favorite beverage and chatting with your favorite feisty, audacious girlfriend as she imparts her knowledge with wicked wit and compassionate humor. This book covers enormous breadth and depth of magic and applies it to candles. After reading this book, you too will say wisely and ably, I have a candle for that.

Gail Wood, author of The Shamanic Witch

Jacki understands the power of the Witch within each of us and grants the reader the tools to make magic a part of everything they do, using a connection to deity, the powers of the elements, and the power within. Written in a casual, conversational style, Jacki offers not only powerful recipes and spells including candle magic, spiritual baths, oils, and more but also the life lessons, guidance, and rituals by which we can use them most effectively!

Christian Day, Salem warlock, owner of Salem Witch shops HEX and OMEN, and author of The Witches' Book of the Dead

Jacki's humorous and entertaining writing style makes her book completely down-to-earth and accessible, inspiring the reader to experiment with candle magick and understand exactly why the many methods she explains so well work. Although this book is a wonderful introduction for the beginner, it is absolutely packed with all kinds of creative ways to use candle magick. The experienced practitioner will be inspired to add some new techniques to their repertoire as wellI particularly love the section on candle magick and tarot! Great job!

Karen Harrison, author of The Herbal Alchemist's Handbook

First published in 2011 by

Red Wheel / Weiser, LLC

With offices at:

665 Third Street, Suite 400

San Francisco, CA 94107

www.redwheelweiser.com

Copyright 2011 by Jacki Smith

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Red Wheel / Weiser, LLC. Reviewers may quote brief passages.

ISBN: 978-1-57863-510-8

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available on request

Cover design by Jim Warner

Cover photograph Lia Roosendaal

Interior by Content Works, Inc.

Typeset in Berkeley Oldstyle

Printed in United States of America

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To my sister, business partner, and wonder twin, Patty Shaw: This crazy stuff that we do could not happen without you being my biggest cheerleader and my hero. We have really made some magic in the world! To my two Phoenixes: You keep me grounded and real and remind me that no matter what happens in my world, I still need to pick up wet cat food on my way home. Thanks for believing in me and making it possible to take over the world one candle at a time. And thank you to all the believers who use Coventry products. You challenge me to unravel the chaos and make sure that we have a candle for that!

This book is 20 years in the making; 20 years of study, experimentation, struggle, and magical success. This collection of information did not come from whole clothstraight out of my head. This is connecting the dots of many schools of thought and the wisdom of our modern day Sages. I would like to thank all of my teachers; be they through study or life's hard lessons. And I would have to say that Marion Weinstein's teachings were the beginning of my journey and helped make magic daily part of my life. Barbara Walker, Judika Iles, and Dorothy Morrison are my witchy heroes and where I start when I am on a new magical journey. Amy Zerner and Monte Farber opened up my mind to the pasta principlethrow all up on the wall and see what sticks. Their open and loving attitude encouraged me to take chances and gave us all some great adventures. I would also like to offer a special thanks to Renee Dooley who challenged my magical beliefs and opened my mind to magic that I didn't know I was already doing. If I neglected to name you, know that your mark up on my heart is a well loved treasure and I regret not mentioning you.