From the editor: Don't underestimate this book! Out of the millions of Harry Potter fans worldwide, there are tens of thousands who want to really do the magickal things J. K. Rowling writes about. Yet, would-be Wizards must rely on information passed down from Wizard elders. Is there a Hogwarts anywhere in the real world? A real Albus Dumbledore? Where is the book these aspiring Wizards need?

Luckily for all these fans, male and female, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, today's foremost genuine Wizard, has written this essential handbook. What's more, he has gathered some of the greatest names in Wicca-including Raymond Buckland, Raven Grimassi, Patricia Telesco, Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart and many more-into a modern-day "Grey Council" to publish for the first time everything an aspiring Wizard needs to know.

Lurking within the parchment pages of Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard are:

· Biographies of famous Wizards in history and legend.
· Detailed descriptions of magickal tools and regalia (with full instructions for making them).
· Spells and workings for a better life.
· Rites and rituals for special occasions.
· A bestiary of mythical creatures.
· Systems of divination.
· The Laws of Magick.
· Myths and stories of gods and heroes.
· Lore and legends of the stars and constellations.
· Instructions for performing amazing illusions, special effects, and many other wonders of the magickal multiverse.

While intended as a first handbook and introduction to wizardry, Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard is an essential reference and permanent resource for every aspirant. It is illustrated with original art by Oberon and friends, as well as hundreds of woodcuts from medieval manuscripts and alchemical texts-plus, charts, tables, and diagrams.

With his long grey hair and beard, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart is known and respected worldwide throughout the magickal community as today's foremost genuine Wizard. He is prominently featured in The World of Wizards by Antonia Beattie. For more than three decades, beginning in 1968, Oberon edited and published the legendary award-winning journal Green Egg. His editorials and articles won him the Wiccan/Pagan Press Alliance's Pentacle Award for Favorite Pagan Writer.

Pages: 360, Large Format
Special Interest: Wizards, Magickians, WitchCraft, Complete Grimoire, Instructional, Paranormal, Occult, Magick, Ritual, Sorcery.