The Bottom Line
Empowering Your Life With Wicca by Sirona Knight explains in detail how to make the most out of the things that draw so many people to Wicca in the first place. She explains in detailed steps how to take charge of your life and take control while making each day sacred. Well worth reading, and the hands-on activities can be used in all aspects of life.
Pros
- Full of original meditations and rituals
- Outlines a concise plan for self-empowerment through Wiccan principles
- Uses anecdotes and pop culture references that anyone can relate to
- Can be used effectively by either beginners or established practitioners
Cons
- Some activities require an amount of time and energy that not everyone may be willing to invest
Description
- Those looking for a quick fix to life's problems will be disappointed. Work and effort is required for personal betterment.
- The lessons learned in here are useful not only on a spiritual level but a mundane one. It would be a great book for teens.
- The appendices at the back, which reference empowering deities, plants, crystals and gemstones are a handy resource.
Guide Review - Book Review: Empowering Your Life With Wicca
Sirona Knight's book, Empowering Your Life With Wicca (2003, Alpha Books) reminds us what it is that attracted so many of us to Wicca in the first place -- the chance to empower ourselves by making our own choices, our own decisions, our own way. By offering up a concise outline of how to achieve those things, this book is one that offers useful tools to both the novice and the advanced practitioner.
The first step is the should-be-obvious-but-usually-isn't idea of setting a goal. Knight details ways to not only establish what it is you want, but also how to get outside the box and break established patterns in your life. This is good -- after all, if you didn't want to change things, you wouldn't be seeking empowerment, would you?
From there, she details how to create your own empowerment plan, which involves taking control of priorities and setting time frames. She then leads readers on a step-by-step journey in which they can develop new tools and learn how to use them, ultimately resulting in positive changes. Throughout the text, Knight includes well-written (and refreshingly original) rituals, affirmations and meditations, each designed to give you a bit more focus on your way to achieving your goals. Once they begin to manifest, you'll be able to enjoy to rewards of your hard work.
Far more than the typical "believe it and you'll achieve it" books that are out there, Empowering Your Life With Wicca stresses not just the end result, but the journey as well. This book doesn't just tell you "think positive and set a goal" -- it tells you exactly how to do those things in a way that will bring results.
