A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
“Wicca - A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner”
© 1988
Llewellyn Publications
A Division of Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
ISBN: 0-87542-118-0
www.llewellyn.com
Being a Solitary Learner I have no direct, one-on-one interaction with an instructor. What I do have are the words, thoughts and teachings of Scott Cunningham, and the other authors that I read. Very few books are specifically written for the Solitary Learner/Practitioner. Those that are often are difficult to read and understand. This is not the case with the Cunningham books. They are very easy to read and understand.
I needed a basic place to start. I was given “Wicca….” as the book to read first. Cunningham opens his book with an extensive section on Theory. He begins with Wiccan and Shamanism and then describes and explains the Deities, Magic, Tools, Ritual and preparation for Ritual, the Magic Circle and the Altar, Days of Power, and Initiation. He carefully presents all of this basic preparatory material before he deals with Exercises and Magickal Technique. In this book is also included his own Book of Shadows.
While I may still be only a Solitary Learner - and in no way - yet! of being any kind or type of Practitioner - I still need Guidance and Instruction. It is through my Readings of Cunningham and others that I receive that Instruction.
Included with the main text of this book is a very comprehensive glossary of all the terms used in the book, a very extensive suggested reading list, and a detailed index to the text. There are also two appendices covering occult suppliers and Wiccan, Pagan and Shamanisic publications. This is not only a very well written book but it is well designed and edited for ease of reading and study.
This was a superb first book for my Readings. I may be a Solitary Learner - but with my books - and my Guides & Guardians - I am never really ever alone.
Scott Cunningham passed on from this life on March 28, 1993. He had authored over 30 books, both fiction and non-fiction