First published in Horns Magazine Issue #4: Winter Solstice 2017
There are books that surprise you, that give you the exact thing that you were looking for, and that leaves you wanting more. I started reading Wicca Spellcraft for Men, by A. J. Drew expecting something related to male spirituality, masculine mysteries, or anything that could be exclusive to we men, but I have to say I’m disappointed. Drew first wrote that there would be no introductory descriptions and no basic knowledge, that the reader should have an already solid background before reading the book, and if not, he recommended his previous book. I was confident enough to keep on reading despite not having a copy of his last work, but found that the author mixed introductory knowledge with specific subjects in several chapters.
Print Length: 256 pages
Publisher: New Page Books (May 1, 2001)
Publishing Date: May 1, 2001
ISBN-10: 156414495X
ISBN-13: 978-1564144959
Wicca Spellcraft for Men is more like a collection of essays that, despite being juicy and interesting and embodying Drew’s unique point of view, just have little to do with the title, and it’s interesting that, in one of the chapters, he criticized titles that were far from the content of the book. Page by page, the author described things we can all learn during the first years learning magic, and while it is great to have these lessons all together in one place, the title itself of the book was a total lie to me and I felt as if I was reading something else, which is not a pleasant experience for any reader. There is some useful information about gods and their associations, as well as some words about how to make spells for adult and young men, it would be hateful to deny it, but the amount of it is just too little compared with the number of pages that speak about ethics, magical theory, guidelines, and so on, just to mention a few of them.
There are books that surprise you, that give you the exact thing that you were looking for, and that leaves you wanting more. I started reading Wicca Spellcraft for Men, by A. J. Drew expecting something related to male spirituality, masculine mysteries, or anything that could be exclusive to we men, but I have to say I’m disappointed. Drew first wrote that there would be no introductory descriptions and no basic knowledge, that the reader should have an already solid background before reading the book, and if not, he recommended his previous book. I was confident enough to keep on reading despite not having a copy of his last work, but found that the author mixed introductory knowledge with specific subjects in several chapters.
Print Length: 256 pagesPublisher: New Page Books (May 1, 2001)
Publishing Date: May 1, 2001
ISBN-10: 156414495X
ISBN-13: 978-1564144959
Wicca Spellcraft for Men is more like a collection of essays that, despite being juicy and interesting and embodying Drew’s unique point of view, just have little to do with the title, and it’s interesting that, in one of the chapters, he criticized titles that were far from the content of the book. Page by page, the author described things we can all learn during the first years learning magic, and while it is great to have these lessons all together in one place, the title itself of the book was a total lie to me and I felt as if I was reading something else, which is not a pleasant experience for any reader. There is some useful information about gods and their associations, as well as some words about how to make spells for adult and young men, it would be hateful to deny it, but the amount of it is just too little compared with the number of pages that speak about ethics, magical theory, guidelines, and so on, just to mention a few of them.
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