Product Description

Magical Household.

Recognize and celebrate the magic of life with timeless rites and spells. Create a magical household—a haven of harmony, safety, spirituality, security, and romance. The benefits include a happier existence, protection against thieves, improved health, restful sleep, satisfying spiritual experiences, and a perfect environment for positive magic. This warm and wise guide by much loved author Scott Cunningham has been helping people create sacred space in their homes and gardens for nearly twenty years.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45559 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

From the Publisher
Frankly, I'm surprised nobody wrote this book sooner. There are many books about the magic in places all over the world, but leave it to Scott Cunningham and David Harrington to write a book about the magic in the place where you spend the most time: your home. The Magical Household is so rich with information about everything from purification to protection that I hardly know where to begin.

Every part of your home, inside and outside, is covered in this book. Outside are the garage and garden, windows and doorways. This book gives you ways to bring in the good — health, love, peace, wealth, friends — and keep out the bad — disease, accidents, poverty, unwanted intruders.

Magical tips are given for each room inside the house, too. Rituals, incenses, and techniques to provide you with what is needed in your life are described. Whether it is the kitchen or living room, bedroom or den, you will find magical advice and folklore that can bring magic into your life.

Sometimes the magic is as easy as moving furniture and hanging an herb above a door. Other times it might be a brief rite combined with candles of a particular color. It's all described here.

The information comes from all over the world. Some comes from Europe, other pieces come from Asia, Hawaii, and even ancient Egypt. The book is serious, but it is also fun. Scott and David write so well that it seems more like they are talking to you than writing a book.

The Magical Household is for anybody who lives anywhere. That means me. That means you. So right now I'm going to lean back in my oak chair, get up from my teak desk, go over to an oak bookcase and go through this book again. That's where you'll find what these different types of wood can magically provide. This book is a gem!

About the Author
Scott Cunningham practiced magic actively for over twenty years. He was the author of more than fifty books covering both fiction and non-fiction subject matter; sixteen of his titles are published by Llewellyn Publications. Scott's books reflect a broad range of interests within the New Age sphere, where he was very highly regarded. He passed from this life on March 28, 1993, after a long illness.
David Harrington lives in Chula Vista, California and has a long-term interest in the mysteries of household magic. ~

Customer Reviews

Blessing your Sacred Domicile+
I'm not a big fan of Scott Cunningham's writings.Yet,this was an interesting spellbook on house blessings.Many people will have a priest or pastor bless a house,to bane evil spirits away.This book is for those seeking a neo-pagan touch to this hearth tradition.There is some folklore information,but not much profound pagan history.I would still recommend this book.It has many good ritual ideas and makes a great house-warming present.Your rooms are your sacred spaces.Your living room,your bedroom,your kitchen and even your reading room ,all have a character of their own.One's personality is a strong force,during one's lifetime and after death.That's why we believe some buildings are haunted by spirits.The protective spells provide a buffer zone between our physical world to an outer spiritual level.And free any fettered soul onward ,toward a more peaceful destination. You can develop more elaborate and advanced rituals,using this fine book as a primer.

Love, Love, LOVE this book!!
This is one of my favorite books in my library. I've given this as gifts many times, mostly to non-pagan but open minded friends. Everyone finds something that they they love about it. This isn't a 101, how-to, Wicca book. This book has ways to charm and improve every room and everyone in your home. It's a really fun, interesting, and inspiring read. I don't usually do spells and tell, but I will say that everything I've tried that this book has suggested has worked. Magical experience all around! I only wish there were more books out there like this one!!

Priceless book
If I were only allowed to have three magic books, they would be Scott Cunningham's The Magical Household Magical Household: Spells & Rituals for the Home (Llewellyn's Practical Magick Series), Gerina Dunwich's Exploring Spellcraft Exploring Spellcraft, and Patricia Telesco's 365 Goddess 365 Goddess: A Daily Guide to the Magic and Inspiration of the Goddess.

The Magical Household is my favorite Scott Cunningham book. The index is painstakingly created to give you insight into every type of spell you could probably ever cast. I was amazed at how many mini-spells, as well as more complicated ones, were in this book. There is a small section on the use of herbs, as well as another on animals and their relationship to magic (listed by animal). There are charms, spells, correspondence information, purifications, blessings for objects, and recipes for incense (among other things).

Where this book really excels is in the old folklore and traditions handed down through generations to bless our homes, our pets, our families, and ourselves. Hence the title, Magical Household. It is easy to place five shiny pennies under your doorstep to bring wealth and prosperity into your home and it is equally easy to take a bath in salt water to purify yourself of negative thoughts. Little things like this make life steeped in tradition that you can hand down to your children and they really work. More importantly, they can be done by pagans, Wiccans, Christians, or other denominations. Prayer and magic have been around for centuries. No religion has cornered the market on prayer or ritual.

I find that among the many magical authors, Scott is my favorite. Perhaps it is because my daughters and I are solitary practitioners as well, or because we have affinities for animals, herbs, and our home as he did. Whatever the reason, his books are full of wonderful tidbits and painstakingly simple ways to enrich our lives.

There are mini-spells throughout and most do not involve exotic ingredients that would take years to find or complicated arrangements of your altar and items. If you are a huge Buckland fan, you would probably not appreciate the spells in this book, which are not grandiose and ceremonial. If you love Dorothy Morrison and Patricia Telesco, then you will love this book as well.

This book is truly a rare find. Get one while they're in print.