What I particularly loved about this book was the additional Moon Magic correspondences, such as crystals, oil recipes, herbs, colours, written guided meditation, spells and moon cycle ritual. I know from my own personal practice that it is such a huge relief now to have this "Go To Moon Magic Bible" to discover what crystals and herbs I should be working with in a particular moon phase. Violet Mary Firth Evans (better known as Dion Fortune), was a British occultist and author. Her pseudonym was inspired by her family motto "Deo, non fortuna" (Latin for "by God, not fate"). Due cose ritornano nei libri di Fortune: spesso le informazioni e i dialoghi sembrano incompleti, sono definiti dalla stessa narratrice "indovinelli" perché trattando di occultismo e magia di un certo livello non tutto poteva essere comunicato direttamente e alcune cose andavano cifrate. La seconda cosa, che apprezzo meno, alcuni momenti di pathos e a volte le conclusioni stesse dei libri risultano un po' brusche e tagliate. Lilith Le Fay, one of the two central characters is more of a lightly detailed sketch than a fully fleshed out personality. She is also rather unappealing, having been given a cold predatory nature and seemingly no real emotions or desires of her own beyond surface level. The Little Book of Moon Magic: Working with the power of the lunar cycles (The Little Book of Magic)

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The book and recordings lead us through a series of Transmutational Meditations for personal growth. They are aimed at overcoming Anxiety, quieting the chattering mind, and building focus you need for magical workings. The Yin phases encourage us to meditate inward, healing and strengthening the skill of intense focus. In the Yang phase we turn our energy out ward as we impress our will on our reality, manifesting our desires.

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As we reach the Full moon, our intentions from the New moon come to fruition. Here we harvest the lessons, rewards, and outcomes we set. At the full moon, the apex of yang, we have the opportunity to execute powerful magic to create change inward or outward.

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With the help of this special guide I was able to find exercises that would help me during each moon phase depending what I wanted to accomplish. I also learned about candle magic, lunar meals, lunar gardening, eclipses, astrology signs and even what a blue moon is and how to work with it. I would recommend this well written, easy to understand read to anyone who has a fascination for the silent beauty we call moon. This one blew me away." Skeptic or not, I believe that this book holds value in aiding you in self-awareness and taking the time to understand and confront your emotions, actions, and limitations. You don’t have to believe in the power of the Moon, you can just use the Moon as a prompt or benchmark for self-reflection. The knowledge you can obtain about yourself from this book is endless. You will walk away not only with a better understanding of the energy and phases of the Moon but the phases of your own internal rhythms and desires." The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite. She accompanies and influences us in many ways, even if we can’t always perceive it. Most Witches are extremely sensitive to the lunar cycles and can sense the effect that the Moon and its phases are having on them. This can be used to make better decisions and expect better results in turn. This phase of the moon starts 3 days after the New Moon, when you can begin to see a small portion of the moon in the dark sky.The crescent moon is the symbol and representation of the Wiccan Goddess, embodying Manifestation and Abundance. Moon Magic: A Handbook of Lunar Cycles, Lore, and Mystical Energies (Volume 3) (Mystical Handbook, 3)

Lilith explains her aesthetic and practical choices in some detail in Moon Magic, and also explains why she must remain celibate. There is a kind of cosmic sexual engagement that occurs between priest and priestess during the ceremonial rites; so, the sexual energy between the pair is used for the magic and cannot be used in the normal fashion. Apparently, it is understood in certain occult communities that, "When sex comes in the door, magic goes out the window" (i.e. they become magically impotent). In the rituals Fortune describes in her books, the goddess has thankfully stopped demanding literal sacrifice of men's lives and is content to have their energy and vitality drawn off them during the ceremonies, to use to her own ends. The goddess promises to bless them in exchange for their service, but the blessing will come in her own time and her own way. After these rites, both priest and priestess are left vigorous and revitalised (following a brief period of post-ceremonial exhaustion) much as couples feel after good sex. So their energy that is taken up by the goddess is returned to them manifestly amplified (which is not the case with the blood sacrifices of earlier times, where the reward had to be gained in the afterlife, or not at all).