Enchantments

Table of Contents 

Intro

Part One: Witchy Implements 

1. Altars: Create a Sacred Space
2. Colors: Hues to Help You Achieve Your Goals
3. Candles: Craft a vessel for your intention
4. Plants and Minerals: Harness your energy with herbs and crystals
5. Planets: Tap into the power of the solar system
6. Calendar: Find ways to Embrace the Changing Seasons
7. Covens and Collaborators: Work Magically with Others
 
Part Two: Magical Intentions
 
8. Uncrossing, Protection, and Banishing: How to clear negativity from yourself and your space
9. Attraction Magic: How to Draw Love, Warmth and Abundance
10. Money Drawing: How to Invite and Encourage Prosperity
11. Divination: How to Access Inner Knowledge
12. Astrology: How Movements of the Planets Mirror and Influence Us


Chapter 1

Where the Magic Happens, or Altars

Now that we re well acquainted, I ll show you my altars. The altar is an area of your home that s devoted to your spiritual life. It can serves as a workspace for building your spells, or as a tiny temple for honoring a deity, saint, intention, or concept. The important part is that your altar is a dedicated space. Most people who practice witchcraft or another polytheistic worship have at least one altar in their home. But no pressure. Even people who aren t spiritually inclined seem to be able to get down with the beneficial function of an altar as a place to model peace and balance in our lives. It s aspirational.

If you don t already have a designated altar, find an uncluttered area where you can place items of spiritual significance to you: photos of departed loved ones, plants, postcards, paintings, crystals, mirrors, beads and jewelry, flowers, shells, stones, miscellaneous items of sentimental value. Go nuts. I wish I could come over and help you with this part. It s my favorite. I actually have a dream of starting a business called Spalter s Altars, where I

Mya Spalter

Hilariously conversational, deceptively deep, and phenomenally illustrated, Enchantments will blow your mind and make you laugh while imparting expert knowledge of witchcraft and why it s so needed today. Natasha Lyonne, actress and producer
 
Imagine that your best friend, a supremely cool, funny, and irreverent person, is also a witch willing to educate and inspire you toward your own witchy practice with humor, sass, and intelligence. Wouldn t that be the greatest? Thankfully, Mya Spalter has written Enchantments, a book infused with jokes, real talk, occult know-how, stylish lingo, and serious best-friendliness. Enchantments has totally jump-started my own practice, and I am feeling the results daily. This book is magic literally! Michelle Tea, author of Modern Tarot
 
Part memoir, part recipe book, and part poetry collection, Enchantments lets readers in on the great secret of all witchcraft that being a witch is about being free to be yourself. In a spirit of collaboration and community and with limber humor and wit, Mya Spalter empowers all of us to be the best magical practitioners we can be. A future classic for both new and experienced witches, or anyone in the mood for a little divination. Dorothea Lasky, author of Milk and co-creator of Astro Poets
 
All the things you ve always wanted to know about becoming a witch but were afraid to ask! We can all use more magic in our lives in these trying times, and Enchantments will help us get started. Now who wants to join my coven and cast some spells?! Kimya Dawson, singer/songwriter, The Moldy Peaches