This almanac is a must-have for the modern day Wicca. It has, among other things, vital information such as lunar cycles and Sabbats. It also has recipes, histories on various magickal subjects, and helpful spells. It is easy to read and all the information is valuable, yet concise. I highly recommend this book for the practicing Wicca and anyone else who is interested.

Each year Llewellyn provides us with an Almanac that gives us dates, lunar phases, moon signs, colors and incenses for the days and festival notations.

This year the Magical Almanac is 15 years old, and is still giving us the necessary information we need to keep our internal clocks in time with the seasons and the planets.

But the lure of the Magical Almanac is not so much the calendar, which is what we originally bought it for, but the articles.

There are a few well known authors here, and some new ones, presenting fresh and innovate insights into who we are, where we come from and where we are going to.

The theme this year is 'Magic from around the Globe' and reflects our interests and background with articles on the 'old ways' as in 'The Charge of the God' by Steven Repko or 'A Family Imbolc Ritual' by Twilight Bard. From the global material there is 'Pre-Islamic Deities' by Eileen Holland and 'Eostra and the Ancient New Year' by Sorita Loock. And just because; there are articles like 'Angels Are Like Buses: A Quick Field Guide to Invisible Beings' by Raven Kaldera and Tannin Schwartzstein and 'The Magic of Chocolate' by Lynne Sturtevant.

The material is as varied as the authors themselves, with a total of 80 articles for you to read, digest, agree with or disagree with, ponder, and maybe even come away with a different view of our world. There are recipes, herb articles, craft projects, spells and poems. This book is more than an almanac, it is a celebration of the written word by some truly good authors. boudica