Although enthralled by witchcraft for as long as I can remember, I had not set out to be a metaphysical writer. But one such rejection actually led to the writing and publication of Pure Magic.
My attempts at being published had been frustrating prior to Pure Magic, as I had run into many brick walls and received plenty of rejections for other works. This is especially true when re-reading your first book, which in my case was Pure Magic. Memories flood back in intense detail regarding who you were and where you were when the book was first written. That's an experience more akin to time traveling. It's a completely different situation, however, for authors revisiting their own works. I can't even begin to guess how many times I've re-read The Master and Margarita by Russian novelist and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov or George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin, but each time I do, they bring fresh insights. There are books that one returns to over and over, partly for love and pleasure but often also because there always seems to be something new to discover at each reading. This book was previously published as The Big Book of Practical Spells.
This new Weiser Classics edition includes a foreword by Mat Auryn, author of Psychic Witch and a new preface by the author.
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