The Heart of Wicca: Wise Words from a Crone on the Path
16. Mar, 2010 
5 Comments
Product Description
Takes us beyond many of the currently popularized ideas and images related to the nature of Wiccan beliefs and practices. It guides us past the surface into a deeper understanding of the lifestyle, mind set, and religious dedication to spiritual growth that lie at the heart of this life-transforming practice. Reed tells us about life in a coven, training, rituals, initiations, finding a teacher, and spell-casting. Introduction. Reading list. Index.
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Rating: 1 / 5
Yet another “my Wicca is better than your Wicca” book…. Sheesh! Can’t we all just get along?
Rating: 1 / 5
I enjoyed reading the book, but if you are just learning I’d chose something else to read. This book is more about what Wicca means to her.
Rating: 4 / 5
I was not impressed w/this book. Someone else had mentioned that it was preachy and I have to agree. But I’m going to take it one step further and say that I felt it was slightly condescending. Being that she claims she’s a crone, I have to assume she’s older and I got the “I’ve been around longer and know more about this stuff than you young whipper snappers” feeling from her writing. I was hoping to find something that would tell me something new, but not in this book. I gave it 1 extra star for the beautiful picture on the cover!
I suggest Out of the Shadows by Lillith McLelland, you may not agree w/everything she says in that book either, but she makes a lot of good points.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book is one of the worst books I have ever read on Wicca! She makes it plain that only those who agree with her are True Wiccans! It is dogmatic in the extreme. Kind of like other religions that are long on dogma and short on Spirituality! The lack of dogma coupled with core Ethical Teachings, emphasizing Self-Responsibility and Self-Accountability and respect for others beliefs are the main reasons why I am a Witch!
HOORAH! Religion for grown-ups! Ms. Cannon Reed’s “My way or the highway,” attitude that permeates the entire book is the complete opposite of what I believe! I don’t want to trade one set of clergy telling me what to think for another set of clergy doing the exact same thing. If I want dogma, I’ll pick a church and start going!
I love the eclectic mix of my beliefs. Interweaving Nature-Based Spirituality, Green practices, Celtic, American Indian, a little bit of Hinduism, and, yes, even reclaiming Mary as Goddess work beautifully for me!
Alas and alack, I must confess, my rituals can be quite lengthy and complicated! Love my robes, my tools, my crystals! So I also mix a bit of Ceremonial Magick in my practice. I make up my own mind! And I would never dream of telling someone else that my way should be their way!
Rating: 1 / 5