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"Dee Norman's delightful and inspiring work has proven my childhood instincts correct. The Magic is real and has been practiced with full intent for generations. Please join me around la tavoloa of Italian American Magic." --Lon Milo Duquette
This is a beautifully illustrated introduction to a popular topic. Tarot and magic expert Dee Norman shares traditional practices and rituals for anyone interested in Italian magic.
The Italian folklore tradition is one of the most ancient unbroken chains of wisdom on earth. Discover the previously unwritten secrets of an Italian American family's magical tradition passed down from generation to generation. This spellbook provides easy step-by-step introductions to the basics of an authentic magical practice.
Discover how to:
- Run a magical household, including creating a family altar and connecting with your ancestors
- Enhance your well-being for self and family through Buona Fortuna
- Perform transformative candle magic
- Diagnose, cure, and ward away malocchio
- Learn time-tested health remedies--from relieving symptoms of viruses to maintaining healthy skin and sleep routines
- Develop your most important magical tool--your mind
- Master divination through cartomancy, dreams, pendulums, and more
With tarot and folk Italian magic expert Dee Norman as your guide, build your magical tool kit and discover one of humanity's longest-lasting traditions for good fortune, a happy home, and self-care.
"Part family memoir and part introductory spell book, this cozy manual breathes life into an often overlooked magical tradition." --Publishers Weekly
"Burn a Black Candle is a beautiful 'guide to joyful living' through the practice of real ancestral Italian folk magick." --Fiona Duncan, aka Lisa Infantino, headmistress and founder of The Magickal Path School of Witchcraft, Conscious Spirituality & Personal Transformation
Dee Norman
Author, artist, and witch Dee Norman grew up in her family's Italian American magical tradition and has been a student of cartomancy since the mid-eighties. Throughout the past twenty years, she has taught workshops on tarot, Lenormand, and a variety of practical magical topics. She has been a professional card reader since 1997 and has clients around the globe. She has hunted ghosts in Australia and the US, has been a high priestess for three teaching covens, and is the creator of the Occult Observatory, the largest active club of its kind on Clubhouse. A lifelong student and teacher, her focus of study is on esoteric art, practical and ritual magic, and grimoires. She lives in Spring Hill, Tennessee, with her beloved partner, madcap daughter, and a pampered dog named Halloween Jack.
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