Description
“A necessary addition to any collection on magic and witchcraft.” – Publisher’s Weekly
Human beings are incredibly complex. We are more than just our happiness or sunny dispositions, and we have much to offer others and ourselves even on our worst days. There is magic and energy and potential in these moments-in the shadow-and we cannot be the fullest expression of ourselves, at our most powerful, unless we embrace and embody all that we are.
Shadow Magic is here to assist you in uncovering, understanding, and celebrating your own shadow. Writer Nikki Van De Car teaches us to work with the shadow, slightly than trying to suppress or ignore it-allowing each of us to uncover the whole, integrated witch within. Through foundational lessons on psychologist Carl Jung’s concept of the shadow; explorations of magical topics like the moon, dream magic, and symbology; and rituals and spells for connecting to your own deepest self, Shadow Magic invites all of us to harness the shadow’s power to bring more magic into our lives. The spells and rituals in this book will help you bring awareness and healing to whatever you will be carrying that you would slightly leave in the back of. As you do so, You can uncover your personal power, including abilities and gifts that you may not have recognized within yourself. You can work with sigil magic and symbology, with tarot and candle magic, with the moon, and with dreams. Each section includes three spells for you to check out: one for creativity, one for intuition, and one for self-love. And along the way You can encounter profiles of witches and women all through history who embraced their own shadows, even when it wasn’t popular.
Throughout this book you’re going to learn to embrace what it means to be in relationship with your own shadow, in a process of growth and exploration that will make stronger all aspects of the self, taking into account a fuller, more magical life.
