Conjure more confidence, banish toxic energy, and embrace your inner witch with this funny, feminist guide to self-care and self-empowerment. Want to feel terrifyingly beautiful? Wear the right color of eye shadow to project otherworldly glamour. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Repeat the proper incantation and make it disappear. Want to increase your energy? Whip up a tasty herbal "potion" to rev up your stamina. In Basic Witches, DIY projects, rituals, and spells--along with fun historical sidebars--summon the best trends of the modern witchy lifestyle and the time-trusted traditions of the hell-raising women of the past. With humor, heart, and a hip sensibility, Jaya Saxena and Jess Zimmerman dispense witchy wisdom for the curious, the cynical, and anyone who could use a magical boost.
Cast spells, perform rituals, strengthen friendships, and conjure the life you actually want.
- Turn spells, rituals, potions, talismans, and other magical traditions into playful tools of modern life for building confidence, setting intentions, practicing self-care, and embracing your own power
- Make peace with your body, counter impostor syndrome, navigate personal demons, and let go of relationships and expectations that bring you down
- Explore rituals for deepening friendships, practicing vulnerability, dating, talking about sex, understanding consent, and creating healthier connections with the people in your life
- Experiment with crystals, herbal potions, tea-leaf reading, incantations, DIY projects, beauty glamours, and other accessible practices, alongside entertaining sidebars about witches in history and pop culture
- A funny, irreverent gift for curious witches and self-care skeptics
Cast spells, perform rituals, strengthen friendships, and conjure the life you actually want.