The Witchs Book of Spirits by Devin Hunter

9780738751948

292 Pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications, Llewellyn Worldwide
Release Date:

Nonfiction (Adult), Religion, Spirituality, Spirit Communication

The book is divided into the following sections

Part 1: The Familiar Craft
Chapter 1: Witches, Spirits, and the Familiar Craft
Chapter 2: Staying on Top
Chapter 3: The Art of Mediumship
Chapter 4: Spirit Guides and Familiars
Chapter 5: Preparing for Takeoff
Chapter 6: The Art of Flying
Chapter 7: Conjuration at a Glance
Chapter 8: Conjuration in Three Parts
Chapter 9: The Keys of Hecate

Part 2: The Spirits of the Familiar Craft
Chapter Ten: Angels
Chapter 11: The Dead
Chapter 12: Faeries
Chapter 13: Demons

Part 3: The Grimoire of 33 Spirits or the Book of the VEXNA-KARI
Chapter 14: The VEXNA_KARI
Chapter 15: The Others

I was pleased to read the forward written by Judith Illes. The author describes Familiar Craft as magical and psychic working with spirits. He also states that this book is a work to Hecate. I love the author’s statement about no religion can stake claim to a spirit type.

There is a great list of prohibitions and boundaries to consider when working with spirits. I never considered divination as a part of mediumship. That was very interesting to read. The section on flying refers to astral travel, or journeying, which is something I am always interested in doing. The author also provides recipes for oils, ointments, and incense.

The chapter on Hecate’s keys is amazing. He goes into detail about each key, the description, what it does, and how to activate it. I really enjoyed the section on Faeries. I work them a lot, especially as a follower of the Faerie Faith, and the book gave me tips and hints while working with them. If you are interested in working with spirits, this is definitely a book worth considering.

Let me first say this book is packed with a lot of material, and would serve as a good reference book.

I read this more just out of curiosity. I do have a natural, and I think well-deserved, respect for contacting spirits. Hunter does a good job of explaining spirits, and their hierarchy. And Hunter makes a very good point saying that whatever religious predilection you have, all the spirits are connected, they just have different names. I thought that was important, and makes it a little easier for me to read. For some reason, maybe because I was raised in a cult-ish branch of Christianity, but I don't really connect with the terms of angles and demons. This has a weird vibe with me, and thinking of calling upon angles (or demons) to be my spiritual helpers doesn't sit well. Long rant, I know.

Each chapter is Hunter's book is well organized, but sometimes it is a little over my head. Hunter refers back to his previous work, so that may be a better place to start than picking this book up right away. There are plenty of journal prompts to get you thinking, if you are into that sort of thing. Sometimes I am, and sometimes I'm not. I didn't do the prompts for this book, but I read through them, and I thought they did have merit if you were going to do a full study of spirit conjuring.

Hunter also provides lots of exercises. How to meet your spirit guides, activating the etheric body, going to different planes, and much more. Lots of stuff on Sigils, tools of spiritual communication, rituals, Like I said, there is a lot of information in this book.

I recommend for the beginner and intermediate, as this has so much stuff in it, I'm sure just about anyone interested in this work would find this useful. Honestly, it would take a long while to delve deep into this book, so be prepared to put some work in.

This was an incredibly insightful book and it fascinated me on the subject. Sometimes a little bit too personal or text-heavy, it nevertheless really did explain his POV in a fascinating way and I enjoyed reading it for future reference.

I have always been fascinated with witchcraft and have studied it for years. I wish I had of had this book years ago. This is not a read it and pass it on type of book. As a matter of fact it is not a story at all. This is one of those books you will want to add to your reference library and pull it out quite often. This book will teach you many different aspects of witchcraft. It will teach you spells, rituals, and so much more. No it is not a book of spells. It is kind of like a text book of witchcraft and all that is involved. If you have ever wanted to learn the craft or just brush up this is a great book. It is not a cheesy made up fascination it is very indepth. You can learn so much from this book. It will also teach the right way to go about the craft so you do not suffer in the end with mistakes made in spells that can haunt you in the end run. You may even want to have a notebook handy as you read this book, I did.

Talk about an interesting reading! Devin Hunter makes it all look so simple in the first pages that you cannot stop reading, but when things get more complicated is that you understand that there is more than meets the eye with this book.
This book acts as a guide for those who wish to start working and developind mediumship-related abilities and that don’t know where to start. With simple ideas, information that is easily understandable and many, many exercises that will help on that.
After a juicy introduction on the subject, Hunter provides enough teachings for the witch to start working with her/his mediumship side, developing them on an almost daily basis, although it should be expected to do a lot of work to achieve this.
Along with it, with guest texts from other authors, that act as a window for further references and research, speak on specific and interesting topics to feed the boom with more useful tips and guidance.
What I do have to say doesn’t look that good is that it looks like a dark fantasy novel intended for teenagers and some won’t take it seriously, being me one of those. Some parts are so high into the subject I’m not sure they could work, although provide a base, a “skeleton,” to do something more in accordance with the witch's principels and ideals.
I’d be really interested in reading more about this author and his experiences, including his previous book, “The Witch’s Book of Power,” who seems to be a kind of prequel to the content on this one.

The Witch’s Book of Spirits is a must-have if you are interested in broadening your understanding of the spirit world beyond Theosophy or television psychics. There’s so much information presented, readers basically earn a Bachelor’s Degree in the Spirit Arts after digesting all of it. It took me a month to read, but it was worth it.