Blackstone Book Review

I will start by saying that I did not read the first book of the series called Nightshade (I received my copy to review the book) so I am not able to compare the two books and probably certain subtleties in the plot I did not completely grasp in all their depth and significance. However it is perfectly readable as a stand alone.

I was fascinated and intrigued by the intensity of the words used to narrate what was happening, especially the love making part. It was like sipping a rich, intense, full bouquet red wine, that at times one just needs to stop, close one's eyes and remember to breath.

I particularly cherished how magick was depicted, not as force conjured and harnessed from the outside but as a power growing from the very visceral insides of the characters, with a will and strength of its own. Yet each character possessed a different kind of magick, one sort of, for lack of better words, earth, animal like and the other more air, intellectual, the combination of which I found delightful.

An opulent bountiful magickal read! Enjoy!

Published by Bold Strokes Books in August 2014

Book Review: The Witch's Broom, The Craft, Lore & Magick of Broomsticks

I was fascinated by the title of the book. Magic, witches and broom... they are just simply indivisible entities in our collective unconsciousness. 

Deborah Blake skilfully starts the book with our concept of a witch and her companion broom (and obviously there is always the cat), what goes around that image and what has fostered it through the ages. 

The book continues with the basics of what a broom is, its history, how it is made, its various shapes and sizes through the eras, different cultures and the detailed, well explained DIY section to create your own broom for ritual purposes.

Have you ever thought how a broom came into being...well Deborah Blake has some interesting examples. 

From then onwards the book takes a more witchy path and becomes a proper ritual book of how to consecrate a broom/brooms for various special occasions or persons with annexed detailed procedure of how actually one can do that even in a small flat and with very easy to find basic things. Blake is very flexible....so do not fret.

I am not a witch and do not practice the Craft although I am aware of both the magic and the energies at play in such traditions. Reading this book helped me have a peak inside the Wiccan rituals, putting together information that I gathered through my curiosity forays in such themes.

It is a practical cool book to demonstrate how we can use everyday tools to became more aware of the world around us and actively partake into its harmonious creation. 

A great book to any Wiccan curious or budding apprentices of the Craft.

The book is published by Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd and available as e-book on Amazon in April 2014