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    Ask-A-Priestess: Magic Answers & Spells from a Real Witch
    Ask-A-Priestess: Magic Answers & Spells from a Real Witch
    Ask-A-Priestess: Magic Answers & Spells from a Real Witch
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    Ask-A-Priestess: Magic Answers & Spells from a Real Witch

    By Dixie Deerman

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    Wish you had a wise woman on-call for spells, spirituality & solutions to stresses? Lady Passion (The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells For Modern Problems) answers magic questions from folks worldwide — empowering all to work Witchcraft to help themselves and the planet thrive. From jobs to Jesus, fairies to flying ointments, and pets to persecution, no topic is taboo for this R.N. Witch counselor!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDixie Deerman
    Release dateJan 13, 2010
    ISBN9781452390871
    Ask-A-Priestess: Magic Answers & Spells from a Real Witch
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    Dixie Deerman

    Published Book: The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells For Modern Problems, Sterling Publishing,NY, NY 2005 Available: amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, everywhere Italian translation: Il Libro Degli Incantesmi: Antique Formule Magiche Per Risolvere Problemi Attuali, Milan, Italy E-book: Ask-A-Priestess in color, fully illustrated, author-signed edition at: www.oldenwilde.org Citations in other authors' books: Drawing Down the Moon, Margot Adler, 2006 The Temple of High Witchcraft, Christopher Penczak, 2007 Mystical Dragon Magick, D.J. Conway, 2007 The Living Temple of Witchcraft, Vol. 2, Penczak, 2009 Magazines: NewWitch, Oracle 20/20, The Mystic Buffet Newspapers: Mountain Xpress, The Indie, Asheville Citizen-Times Other web site: www.wiccans.org Numerous activist Witch national and state legal precedents set in the categories of Religious Rights, Public Health, Environment, and Peace (see at: oldenwilde.org Charitable works funded by donation in these categories: Activism Advocacy Divination Education Herbal Home Legal Magical Medical Military Personal Rites For counseling: http://www.oldenwilde.org/oldenwilde/members/pass/consult_lady_passion.html

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      Ask-A-Priestess - Dixie Deerman

      Ask-A-Priestess:

      Magic Answers and Spells From a Real Witch

      Lady Passion, 3° (Dixie Deerman, R.N.)

      Published by Coven Oldenwilde at Smashwords

      Copyright © 2020 by Lady Passion (Dixie Deerman)

      All rights reserved.

      Cover photo of Lady Passion by Michael Heller

      Smashwords Edition 1.1, January 2020

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Lady Passion has been High Priestess of Coven Oldenwilde, in Asheville, North Carolina, since 1994. A 3rd-Degree Gardnerian Wiccan, she practices a blend of traditional British and Italian Strega magic. She has been a Registered Nurse since 1988, is an artist and herbalist, and counsels folks worldwide in how to solve their magical, medical, legal, and personal problems. Lady Passion, a.k.a. Dixie Deerman, is the co-author of The Goodly Spellbook: Olde Spells for Modern Problems (Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 2005).

      View her Author page on Smashwords.com at: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/LadyPassion

      The following 70 questions were selected from the thousands of questions that Lady Passion received via e-mail from folks worldwide during a two-and-a-half-year period following the publication of The Goodly Spellbook. Most were originally published in her Ask-A-Priestess column in the Asheville independent newspaper, The Indie.

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      CONTENTS

      Astrology

      All write that my astro-sign’s bad. Am I flawed and doomed?

      Charms

      What charm can I wear to help me thrive during difficult times?

      How can I meet, enchant, and keep a soul mate for life?

      Curses

      How can I know if I’m cursed?

      Is anything so bad that I’m justified in working a curse to stop it?

      Is it true that Witches’ Books of Shadows are cursed?

      Cursing someone by using a Witches’ Bottle only happens in movies, right?

      Entities

      What’s an Entity that follows me, but can’t be seen?

      Four years ago I conjured a female lover Entity. She’s taken over, and now I wonder — what is she?

      Can I conjure a fallen one [demon] by writing their name upside-down in the Theban magical alphabet?

      Ethics

      Aren’t all spells coercive, and therefore innately unethical?

      Is it ever ethical for a Witch to keep found valuables?

      Fights at school abound. Should I protect others by violence?

      How can Witches both worship Nature and eat of it?

      Shouldn’t all Witches be tea-drinking, non-smoking vegans?

      Fairies

      I want to see real Fairies. What magic can I do to conjure them?

      Friends & Family

      Should I encourage my kids to practice Witchcraft?

      How can I stop Christian favoritism at my kids’ school?

      Are teen Witches rebellious, or seriously spiritual?

      My mate’s suspicious of my online Witch friends. What can I do to make my mate appreciate my Witchcraft?

      How can I prevent friends and family from stealing my Craft books and supplies?

      What’s the best magical method to prove my son was murdered?

      Ghosts

      Do ghost-photos show gray circles, white streaks, and the like?

      Are ghost-pix a mix of dead people and other kinds of Entities?

      Can telling scary stories make them come true?

      Gods & Goddesses

      Do Pagans believe that the Gods live upward, somewhere out there, in space?

      Herbal Remedies

      What herbal remedies can I make to cure common ailments?

      How can I scent my home with the essence of the Elements Air, Earth, Fire, and Water?

      I sweat bullets in summer. What herbal remedy can I make to cool me down?

      Kinds of Witches

      Good Witches are white and bad Witches work black magic, yes?

      Are some Witches born into families with no apparent magical history?

      How long does it take to become a Coven High Priest/ess?

      What’s the difference between a Pagan group, a grove, a Coven, and the Community?

      Magical Symbols

      Is the logo for the T.V. series Charmed a real magical symbol?

      As in the movie National Treasure, is a triskelion symbol really behind the Declaration of Independence?

      Myths about Witches

      Did Witches get their magic from the Freemasons?

      Do Witches row eggshells as boats in the ocean and fly upon broomsticks in the night?

      Near-Death Experience

      Like others I’ve heard of, when I briefly died during surgery, I didn’t review my life. Why?

      Out & About

      What spell can I work to prevent accidents before I leave home?

      What can I do to work spells confidently outdoors?

      What can I gather while walking outside to use in spellwork?

      I lack a green thumb. What can I do besides plant in spring?

      Pagan Persecution

      Cops ticketed me for having my athamé [Witch knife] in my car. Is this legal?

      Many of my co-workers wear crosses. How can I wear my pentagram, yet prevent persecution?

      How can I stop workplace theft of my magical valuables?

      How can I make co-workers who are bigoted against Witches leave the company?

      Am I duty-bound to read Tarot, or otherwise divine, for people who turn around and denigrate me?

      Pet Familiars

      How can I atone to the God/desses for accidentally exposing my cat to leukemia?

      I’m devastated that my cat died. How can I honor my magical familiar? What Rite of Passage could I perform?

      Seasonal Sabbats

      Do Witches celebrate Christmas?

      How can I encourage my kids to be magical and not materialistic, at Christmas?

      How can I infuse mundane New Year’s with magical meaning?

      What love potion can I make for Valentine’s Day?

      Spellwork

      Must I cast a formal circle every time I do spellwork?

      What should I do if I make a mistake during ritual?

      A spell I cast long ago yielded zip results. Did it fail, and if so, why?

      I used to trance in front of a fire-pit in the woods. Was this a real spell?

      Spells I worked when younger flopped. Was this due to doubt in the veracity of magic?

      Wiccan Knowledge

      Is Wicca a real religion?

      Do I have to believe in Wicca to work effective magic?

      Is it true that Witches believe that everything has a soul?

      Can I be a Witch and a Christian?

      Do Witches like money?

      Do Witches believe the world will end in 2012?

      Why do Witches say Marry in May and rue the day?

      Are those who think the Sun is ‘female’ and the Moon is ‘male’ wrong?

      Witch Practices

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