Dame Darcy is a renowned underground entertainer, artist and practicing witch, and for all of her potential readers, she’s released “Handbook for Hot Witches” for the 12 and older age bracket. Released through “Henry Holt and Company,” author and illustrator Dame Darcy provides her young female readers with an illustrated guide to almost everything they could want to know about witchcraft, wicca, and mysticism.
Though not featuring the necessary ingredients, “Handbook for Hot Witches” is a flawless guide book and handy tool for the perspective practicing witch and coven, providing life affirming and enriching spells and recipes for the young reader who wants to spread good will and love with their craft. Author Darcy covers most of the more curious topics of the witchcraft world.
Is a black cat really bad luck? What do door knobs have to do with meditation? Want to know how to knit or read palms? How can you offer a tarot reading to your friends or loved ones with average playing cards? There’s also explorations in to the more notable witch holidays including Samhain (Halloween) and what it means to the witch culture. There’s also looks in to Dia De Los Muertos and Mabon. For the more conscious witch, there’s a full length dream dictionary covering the primary symbols of the dream world so prospective witches can read their own dreams and decipher their meanings, as well as methods for planting your own flowers, and creating your own magic water bottle dolls.
There’s also lessons on how to create your own corn husk dolls, a guide to the witches Zodiac, a look at the famous witches of the past, history lessons on the Salem Witch trials, and even small little tips like how to get rid of zit with lemon juice. Dame Darcy’s book is a guide that practices offering its readers with helpful and productive tips on living a healthy and happy life, while introducing them to skills that could help them in the future and give them a sense of meaning and purpose. There are also some interesting spells for readers that could grant them love, friends, and popularity, as well as grooming techniques for the valued priestess who appreciates looking good while exercising their faith. “Handbook for Hot Witches” is an entertaining and breezy read for its young audience, offering up lovely illustrations from Dame Darcy, who adds her personal flair to the book with pictures of mermaids, fairies, and witches, along with small interlude comic strips that will tickle the readers’ funny bones.Dame Darcy has provided young readers with a great tool to a larger world, and for fans interested in the occult, mysticism, or witchcraft, or are simply just looking for an entertaining read on Halloween, “Handbook for Hot Witches” is a rich and comprehensive tool.