{"id":18907,"date":"2018-11-01T01:10:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T06:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=19514"},"modified":"2018-10-29T23:09:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T04:09:58","slug":"book-review-of-witchcraft-and-whimsy-rose-orriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/11\/01\/book-review-of-witchcraft-and-whimsy-rose-orriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review &#8211; Of Witchcraft and Whimsy: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Basic Witchcraft by Rose Orriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><u><b><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Book Review<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"productTitle\"><\/a><a name=\"title\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><u><b><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Of Witchcraft and Whimsy: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Basic Witchcraft<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><i><u><b><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">by Rose Orriculum<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19515\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ofwitchwhimsy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1521157324\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1521157324&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=paganpages-20&amp;linkId=2101d6fe210e13549c0a4454938d3530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Of Witchcraft and Whimsy: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Basic Witchcraft<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">is <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">a great <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">book written by Rose Orriculum. It is tagged as a beginner\u2019s guide to witchcraft, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">h<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">owever, after reading it, I feel that anyone could enjoy the contents of this book regardless of where they are on the<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ir<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"> magical path.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The book begins with a chapter on the \u201cbasics\u201d. This tends to be the run of the mill basics but Rose is honest and open. She makes it a point to let you know that witchcraft is not <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">a<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"> certain way. She makes it feel open and inviting. This would be a great read for someone who is on the fence about joining the magical community.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">One of my favorite chapters is Potions. This chapter is about infusing your <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">hot chocolate, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">coffee, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">&amp; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">tea<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">s<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">. Rose makes magic so simple that you can incorporate <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">potions<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"> into your daily life. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">The book goes into detail regarding the seasons and <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">how you can celebrate them<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">. One of my personal favorites from her collection is <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">how you can use<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">a<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"> snowman as a poppet. What a grand idea. Especially since it would allow families to do the act together.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">At the back Of Witchcraft and Whimsy, Rose has included many of her own spells, glamours, bindings and curses.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Rose Orriculum has such a way with words and spells. I enjoy her work and cannot wait to see what else she comes up with. To learn more about her, check out my interview with her in this issue!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1521157324\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1521157324&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=paganpages-20&amp;linkId=1963cc261a94d30dac14beaad0d7513b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Of Witchcraft and Whimsy: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Basic Witchcraft on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19515\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ofwitchwhimsy-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"211\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Review Of Witchcraft and Whimsy: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Basic Witchcraft by Rose Orriculum &nbsp; &nbsp; Of Witchcraft and Whimsy: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Basic Witchcraft is a great book written by Rose Orriculum. It is tagged as a beginner\u2019s guide to witchcraft, however, after reading it, I feel that anyone could enjoy the contents of this book regardless of where they are on their magical path. The book begins with a chapter on the \u201cbasics\u201d. This tends to be the run of the mill basics but Rose is honest and open. She makes it a point to let you know that witchcraft is not a certain way. She makes it feel open and inviting. This would be a great read for someone who is on the fence about joining the magical community. One of my favorite chapters is Potions. This chapter is about infusing your hot chocolate, coffee, &amp; teas. Rose makes magic so simple that you can incorporate potions into your daily life. The book goes into detail regarding the seasons and how you can celebrate them. One of my personal favorites from her collection is how you can use a snowman as a poppet. What a grand idea. Especially since it would allow families to do the act together. At the back Of Witchcraft and Whimsy, Rose has included many of her own spells, glamours, bindings and curses. Rose Orriculum has such a way with words and spells. I enjoy her work and cannot wait to see what else she comes up with. To learn more about her, check out my interview with her in this issue! &nbsp; Of Witchcraft and Whimsy: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Basic Witchcraft on Amazon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}