My apartment is clean. My apartment is clean. My apartment is clean.... So mote it be!" Who knew that a traditional elementary school punishment such as writing lines was really an "Air Spell" in disguise? Readers will find such tidbits galore in this hands-on spell book, a follow-up companion to Lipp's earlier The Way of Four
. Both volumes use the four elements—air, fire, water, earth—as the primary foundations for beginning spell casters to learn and practice their art. A high priestess in the Gardnerian Wiccan tradition, Lipp likens this elementary spell book to a "cookbook," and indeed, readers will find spells structured like recipes, with lists of "needed tools" replacing ingredients sections and clear sets of instructions for whipping up each spell. Lipp's prose style is easy to follow, though so casual as to be almost annoying at points. While the book includes many essentials commonly found across the vast array of available spell books, it also offers less typical guidance, such as a helpful warning against practicing spells while pregnant. As well, readers are sure to enjoy some of the more unusually pleasurable spells, including a wonderful-sounding bath spell to alleviate writer's block; cookie spells; sex spells; and many others. (Apr.)
