{"id":13104,"date":"2017-10-31T15:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T20:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=13104"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:27:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T20:27:37","slug":"witches-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=13104","title":{"rendered":"Witches & Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may remember when I wrote about \u201cHuman Tribe<\/a>\u201d I suggested that perhaps it\u2019s my nosy nature but I\u2019m always curious about people. Let me add that I\u2019m particularly interested in the lives of historic magical practitioners, which is why when offered the chance to read \u201cWitches and Wizards: The Real-life Stories Behind the Occult\u2019s Greatest Legends\u201d by Lucy Cavendish I jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ Let me start with, any of the subjects in \u201cWitches and Wizards\u201d is worthy of a whole book unto themselves. Many of them do have whole books dedicated to them! However something about the mix of types and eras makes for an interesting \u201cbig picture\u201d look at magical practitioners that shaped our world. Inside you\u2019ll read about Merlin, Aleister Crowley, Doreen Valiente, John Dee, the witches (or not witches) of Salem, Massachusetts and of course more.<\/p>\n

I hate to sound like a total book nerd, but I also love the physical format of the book too. It\u2019s small, hardcover with no slip cover, just a cover with beautiful cover art on it. This book is going to last, and better still it says, \u201cThe Supernatural Series Book One\u201d at the top. This hopefully means I can look forward to a shelf full of these attractive and interesting books.<\/p>\n

You can learn more about \u201cWitches and Wizards\u201d here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"