To wiccans only?

Question

How many of you guys have a book called "elemental encyclopedia of 5000 spell" Ive seen others saying its a great spellbook?

I mean Ive seen it in yahoo answers

How much does it cost.

And also does wiccan mean "wise one"?

Answer 1

I have seen and read it. One of our students purchased it. It is a nice addition to a library collection.
I have very strong feelings about spell books. This book I have to say was well researched and interesting.

Blessings )O(

The Oxford Unabridged Dictionary provides us with a variety of examples of early spellings and uses of the word "witch". Study of Old English shows us that consistency in spelling and word usage was slow in developing, and some variations of any given word may be found only once in old documents.
The word "witch" was spelled many ways including: wych, wice, wic, wyc, wyche, weyche, wich, wicca, wiccian, wytche, wysshyn, wycchyn, wycca, witche, wiech, weche, weach, vytche, vyche and weech.

Other words found using the root word of "wych" are:

"wicca" A wizard, soothsayer, sorcerer, magician
"wicce" A witch, sorceress
"wicce-craeft" Sorcery, magic art
"Wicce-dom" Witchcraft, sorcery, magic
"Wiccian" To practice witchcraft

The word wicca was originally pronounced "wich-a" and would have pertained to an action or a person performing and action (witch-er) rather than applying to a religion. Gerald Gardner chose the word "wicca" (and pronounced it wik-a) as the name for his newly created religion.

The Teutonic prefix of "wik-" means to bend, and is applied generally to various forms of trees which have pliable branches. These would include trees whose branches were used to bake bows such as the "Wych Elm". Other pliable trees include "Witch-wood" (Mountain Ash or rowan-tree), witch alder, and witch hazel. These are all so named because of the flexibility of their branches. As far as we are able to determine the people who came to be called "witches" were so named because of their use (or supposed use) of various pliable branches in their work. Use of a branch for "witching" water (a divining rod used for finding underground water sources), for example, pertains first to the use of a flexible branch for the process, and only later to the person using the branch.

I believe the book is around 30 bucks, you could check that easily on the net.

Answer 2

I read it, but I wasn't impressed. After studying the elemental, herbal, and gemstone correspondences, most witches prefer to create their own spells using symbols, gestures, and correspondences that have personal meaning to them. I preferred the book "Elements of Ritual" by Deborah Lipp because it goes into detail explaining the various parts of a ritual and why each step is done. It helped me to look at all of the various actions in my rituals and spells and analyze exactly what I was doing and why. The physical elements of magic are secondary to the meaning of those elements and the ways they are used.

Answer 3

I have it, and it costs abour £20. Wicca does originate from the word wice which means wise one