cover image THE WICCA PACK: Weaving Magic into Your Life

THE WICCA PACK: Weaving Magic into Your Life

Sally Morningstar, with Gwyn . F&W/Walking Stick, $19.99 (128pp) ISBN 978-1-58297-088-2

The visual elements of witchcraft are celebrated in this book and divinatory card set by Morningstar in consultation with traditional witch Gwyn). Not a conventional tarot, the cards depict a hodgepodge of goddess figures, magical elements and animal spirits; each is subtitled with its interpretative meaning (Black Cat represents "psychism," Cauldron represents "the womb"). The pen-and-ink drawings are finely detailed and brilliantly colored, although the figures look eerily nonhuman—a problem typical of divination decks. With its lavish illustrations and happy neopagan jumble of mystic associations, the pack makes a fine fall gift for amateur occultists. (Oct.)