Practical Magic: A Beginner's Guide to Crystals, Horoscopes, Psychics, and Spells

Practical Magic: A Beginner's Guide to Crystals, Horoscopes, Psychics, and Spells is for the casual clairvoyant, the weekend witch. This charming entre into the mystical introduces readers to the wonders of modern magic, from crystals and astrology to chakras, dream interpretation, and, of course, a few spells!

Focusing on three primary areas -- healing, magic, and fortunetelling - Practical Magic provides the perfect primer, with a warm, welcoming tone and spell-binding illustrations. Clear introductions on trending topics, like herbal tonics and astrological charts, are paired with home remedies, hands-on instructions, and suggested rituals in a chic, stylish format that will capture the imaginations of good witches of all ages.

Nikki Van De Car is a blogger, knitter, and mother whose books
What To Knit When You're Expecting and
What To Knit: The Toddler Years chronicle the way her knitting changed as her daughter grew. Her popular knitting blog has received over 1.5 million pageviews since its inception in June 2008, and her patterns have been published in
Interweave and
Ply magazines, among others. Nikki lives in Hawaii with her family.