This book discusses not only meeting your lover from the Astral Plane, but also many psychological issues concerning your astral/dream lover, including interaction within nightmares, sex dreams, etc. An excellent book.

I have found that the fabric of the material (loosely from mary baker eddy) is the time and space we will overcome to bring us to eternity...scientists have uttered the words 'AT FIRST THERE WAS NOTHING AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHT.For me it was that which was that had died inside:for my love to live i had to overcome...as freud would say..the self imposed...i prayed and thank god for my sanity and the sanctity of all..cobwebs,labyrinth, kings and pretty princes through the lookinf glass and to find the wing on the tail of a kite she would call to know...Theologically, "a man will cleave to his wife becoming one flesh,,,i assume most have found to share the mind is as well an exxtasyty.as we now all brave our vistas and find love we were to deligate to coerce will come some of the hard work of life.., food, clothes, shelter...peace and love, met "where we are at" with humor.

This novel is compelling to the last page. Those who look into reading it should know that there are two more books added on to this volume. Readers will find that the text is simple to understand and is a great read for rainy days. It is a great addition to the realm of Fantasy literature.

Dream Warrior is an excellent novel. You get pulled into the story and you really care how it turns out. D. J. Conway has the ability to keep you reading - whether it's research books or a novel.

I totally attracted to the cover & bought the book at a local store. The first couple of chapters on dragon mythology is absolutely great, except for tiny little mistakes about Oriental dragons (I should know, I'm from the Orient & Chinese). The rituals brought forth were interesting & I can't wait to try them out in my regular rituals, but some of the things, like the incense list is common in other witchcraft/wicca/pagan books. Overall, the book makes for excellent reading and does present some very interesting ideas for rituals and sources of power.

Beware: don't get this book (or you can get it, just don't use it), if you are not serious about this sort of stuff and aren't sure if you believe its "real" or not. Also, definatley do not get this book if you are thinking of trying to bind Universal energies to your will; it will not be good. But, if you really are interested and certain that you want to contact higher beings (for the right reasons, of course), then this is a great book. It works very well, and, although I'm sometimes cautious about the things Llewellyn publishes, this is really a wonderful book containing a lot of history on dragons and great spells, as well as directons for finding dragon lines. If you've read some of the reviews above, trust me, you do not need a sword to do this stuff (which is good for people like me with a low budget and who a very disorganized (my athame is SOMEWHERE in my room)). I loved it, and, being raised a Wiccan, I'm hard to please in the magick area. I've been Wiccan for 15 years (16 this month)and I still learned a lot of great stuff from this book. YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK!

The book is great!! I love dragons!!! I am only beginning with magic and so I'm not able to do the rituals.. ; i read until an point of the book then had to stop cause I wasn't ready for it, but the book is AMAZING!! When I grew up and my powers become strong enough I will dedicate myself into dragon magic!! The book has a lot of intresting information about dragons and many strong spells. I can't wait to get to the dragons, I'm practising every day till I get sick!! This is a MUST HAVE for everyone who likes drogons: In this case you will LOVE this book!!!!

This was the second D.J. Conway book I got, and I loved it from the beginning. Lots of info on animals and their magickal traits, many rituals geared toward animals, great meditations I found extremely helpful for many occasions (like the one where you transform yourself into an animal to gather certain traits for a time) and I, like another reveiwer, found the Four Corner Wolves to be a very good find! I have a kinship with wolves like you'd neve imagine. This was a great book indeed!

Animal Magick: The Art of Recognizing & Working with Familiars

The author states that Animal Magick "captures the subject of animal familiars from a European Pagan perspective." She explains the purpose of the book is to show the reader "how to work with animals for your spiritual growth and increased magickal power."

Conway devotes roughly one-fourth of the book to teaching the reader to work with animal familiars. There are plenty of exercises: meditations, chants, and rituals. From a shape-shifting meditation to exploring the oceans to riding Pegasus, you will be taught the skills to journey through your mind. There is detailed instruction on how to attract a familiar. There are rituals for protection, prosperity, love, spiritual growth, gaining wisdom, and many more.

The bulk of the book is a dictionary of animals with introductions to the major families. Each of the alphabetical listings contains information about the animal, its magickal attributes, a chant, and folklore and superstitions.

The thing I like best about this book is that the author maintains a narrative style. When she describes the animals, she does not quote the length in centimeters or the weight in ounces. She gives a good description without breaking into scientific jargon or overall statistics. It reads as if she is holding a personal conversation with you. She dispenses the information in an exciting way. Her writing is accomplished and cohesive. I recommend this one for pleasure reading, as well as personal growth.

D. J. Conway is the author of several books. She has studied the occult for more than 25 years.

Alicia Karen Elkins, GWN Reviewer, Native American column editor

Reprinted from Gotta Write Network Online

This book is divided into several sections, each section contains a different class of animal. It tells about the different types of energy each animal has and how to use that energy in magickal workings as well as the messages they have for us. Sometimes we cannot work with the physical animal itself so we have to work with them on the astral plain, ie meditation. They are always there to help us out, we just have to stop and pay attention to what they have to tell us. A great book for a shaman or a witch, DJ Conway has done it again. She is such a great author.

Perhaps I expected a bit too much from this book. It was more magazine-like than anything else. Some of the stories/essays included were good, others were of absolutely no interest to me. If you want all the zodiac signs, planetary movement, etc.. then this is good for you. But you can also get that off the Llewellyn Witch's Calendar and get more enjoyment out of it.

this book has different articles by popular authors and other people that practice magick. there are articles in here on the lbrp,how to consencrate a statue,pagan parenting,taking a sacred shower,joining a magickal lodge,dogs,bugs,etc. the middle part of the book is a calendar and the last part of the book is filled with advertisements. also be sure to check out the witches almanac

A lot of people say that these almanac's were invented just to sell. I disagree, I mean look at all the talented Wiccan writers who add to it. Now I will admitt, some of the book is a little immature, but isn't Wicca supposed to be something that brings laughter? If it was just rigid rituals and ceremonies why would anyone practice it? And there are some very interesting articles in here, for example I found the "Choosing Your Craft name" by Silver RavenWolf very interesting. And as for spells, the "Glamoury Spell" was a great find. So if you like a little fun with your Wicca I suggest you get this book, it's definetly worth your money. And if you want to be a drill-sargent, I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself.

This gorgeous tarot deck succeeds in so many ways! The creators of these beautiful cards and companion reference book succeeded at combining elements from many wisdom traditions into the most meaningful divination deck and book I've yet encountered. Bravo! It's rare to find a work of such beauty, grace and wisdom that is so useful and practical. Of the three tarot decks I've used, this one is the very best. I've used this deck with friends who've worked with many different decks, and they agree that Shapeshifter is the most sensitive and information-packed. The deck is extremely easy to work with, since the basic meaning of each card appears on the front of the card. In addition to the regular cards one finds in a tarot deck, this deck contains three new major arcana cards (the Double, the Journey, and the Dreamer), which I found to be some of the most interesting and useful cards in the deck. Unless you are already familiar with a traditional tarot deck that you feel comfortable with, I'm sure you'll enjoy and probably even prefer this deck. Obviously, any divination tools will work (even stones or tortoise shells), but an outstanding tarot deck like Shapeshifter sets itself apart from all the rest with elegance and eloquence; it's simply in a class by itself.

DEFFINITELY THE BEST TAROT DECK OUT THERE! After buying the deck, I sat down and did some readings for some of my friends, and we were all amazed at how right on the cards were. The images are splendid, and the book very informative although the cards are so easy to use that I found myself not having to refer to the book. This deck is for people who are looking for something more than just a traditional deck. The idea of shapeshifting and using power animals is great, and I'm looking forward to other books on this subject. I highly recommend this deck to all who use tarot to do readings for themselves and others. The cards are very accurate.

"The Shapeshifter Tarot is very impressive. The images on the cards are so ethereal, magically rendered from the realm of Camelot and the land of fairies. The book is a magical catalyst. Sirona Knight and D.J. Conway are a dynamic duo of writers whose styles and visions synthesize gloriously. "The Shapeshifter Tarot" stretched my magical vision beyond its limits. I predict that this will establish these authors as leaders in the spiritual writing field. There is a wonderful feeling of spiring and of nature's unexpected potential in this deck...Michael Peter Langevin, Publisher, Magical Blend Magazine.

The reason this book is cool is because there is something new and fun to do every month. Lots of recipes and crafts w/ the dates of the old rituals and feasts and an occasional myth thrown in. I would recommend it to any wiccan or anyone else who wants to buy it!

I love this book. It appeals to my kitchen witch nature. There is more than moon magick in this book, it is more like an almanac. Besides the information like different names for the moons, there are Correspondences (something I found truly useful), Old Sayings & Lore, Recipes, Crafts, Myths, and Rituals. A group of us just did Conway's Bast Ritual (from the April moon) and found it to be great fun! I think this book makes each Esbat seem like a celebration, more special. I found it fun, see if you don't as well.

I have had Moon Magick for a few years and I always pick it up and read some of it again. It has great information on the Lunar Cycle and Moon Goddesses.The back of the book has a very useful list of several goddesses from around the world. It also has great recipes, crafts and lore for every month of the lunar year. I would recommend this book for anyone looking for a fun informational book.

I was told by a friend to pick this book up because it was a good read. After only reading the first couple chapters, i could tell that this book is a good read, but not very helpful. I am just beginning in astral projection, but i find that this book tends to make me feel that im doing something wrong. If you want to just waste a couple of hours, than this is the book for you.

This was a very informative book about astral projection. In this book, D.J. Conway creates a very simple and useful guide on how to astral project, meditate, set up a practice in the astral world, look through records of your past lives, protect yourself from black magic, and even find your astral lover. It may be a little confusing at first, but once you're in the air everything makes sense. A must-read for people who want to learn how to astral-project!

this book teaches you how to do astral projection,magick in the astral plane,how to create a watcher,and how to protect your self on the astral plane. it also talks about astral lovers and how to pick them and looking in to akasha records of past lives. i reccomend this book

The author specifies 20 different stones, 34 healing patterns, & 6 metaphysical/magic patterns. The diagrams are line drawings, not photos. The bibliography is extensive (& necessary). Multiples of various stones are used in the patterns. She gives a short sentence on what each stone type in the layout is supposed to do/represent. While you may find yourself wishing for a little more detail, the publisher HAS billed it as a "companion" to her book "Crystal Enchantments" (also with no photos). Note: some systems do not advocate using an abundance of different stones in a layout & the author herself gives a warning not to leave them on for longer than 15 minutes.

Very practical applications. Lack some explanations and how different layouts may work though. One has to try the layout himself/herself in order to find out.

I picked up a copy of this because of the number of people telling me that this was so much better than Conway's other poorly-done books. After reading it, I strongly disagree!!

Beginning in the introduction, when she incorrectly states that "the words Wicca, Witchcraft and the Craft are actually interchangeable", there is very little here that can't be found in dozens of other phoney McWicca-lite introductory texts.

Her history is based on the myth that there was once a peaceful matriarchy, and everyone worshipped "the Goddess" until evil patriarchy came along and spoiled everything. She would do well to actually read some of the accurate archeological works listed in her bibliography!

She then proceeds to confuse the term "Paganism". In spite of the way she misuses the word, "Paganism" is actually a large group of related, but highly dissimilar religious. It is not a single path "based on a specific pantheon of deities", and there are certainly more than "only a few differences between Wicca and Paganism, besides the difference in their ages". (And NO religion can be dated back to the Stone Age! NO ONE knows what beliefs existed then, what their 'religious' practices were, or even if they HAD any religious beliefs!) She also defines many Traditions within Wicca inaccurately, and shows little understanding of the history of Wicca, or the various practices that define it's many branches.

When speaking of Deities, she first states that Wicca is polytheistic, then proceeds to "explain" that all Gods are a reflection of a single God archetype, and even the Gods are subservient to the Goddess. (That's not polytheism.) She also speaks of Triple aspects of Goddess, saying that this is a universal concept, and that it has been recognized "from the beginning of religion". This is untrue. (She has quite a habit of stating historical "facts" that are contrary to the archeological evidence, without saying where she is obtaining her "information". She also frequently speaks of conclusions of how found items were used or what they signify that are very different from what the scholars who are trained to interpret such finds conclude. Especially when the archeologists determine that NO conclusions can be made from the evidence available.)

In my opinion, Ms Conway's version of "wicca" is a blend of New Age thought, Ceremonial Magic influence, and poor research. While I don't doubt that it could be used to create a viable and valid spiritual path, it bears little relation to actual Wicca. If one wishes to learn about Wicca, I would strongly suggest starting with The Heart of Wicca by Ellen Cannon Reed, then moving to books such as Spiral Dance and The Twelve Wild Swans by Starhawk, and When, Why... If by Robin Wood. No, it won't be as easy as what Ms. Conway has written... but *real* Wicca cannot be condensed into a 400-page how-to manual.

I must admit, I've never read any other books by this author, but I found this book to be helpful on more than one occasion! Some of her ideas are somewhat off-the-mark my my eyes, but one of the true lessons of Wicca is to question everything!! :o) Excellent book.

I believe the author, D. J. Conway has gotten a bad rap given some of the material she's put out in recent years. There were only two books by this author that I really wasn't disappointed in. Moon Magick and The Ancient Shining Ones. I am glad that Wicca, The Complete Craft is another one I can add on my shelf and not feel silly about. Even if one DOES dance with dragons, it's not something that should be written about if you ask me...but then that's my opinion.

Wicca, The Complete Craft really IS comprehensive. The chapters are broken down in a formula of ascending importance. I found some of her references a bit frustrating because she doesn't list page numbers. While I found the material in this book digestible in theory and practice, I cannot in truth say if all her references are intact. That will take a bit of research on my part or on the part of any other serious practioner that doesn't want get caught in an 'oops!!' situation in quoting something that doesn't exist. Believe me, it's happened. There are no listed references for any of the stones or herbal correspondences, though most are well known enough that it no longer matters. Still, one would like to know just whom the author patronized for knowledge when SHE was learning enough to fill a book this size with. To be honest, though, I would recommend this book long before I would some of the other more popular books by authors who think ALL children should be measured by the manners, maturity, and aptitude their own children may possess. I agree with Ms. Conway that to teach teenagers magick cannot be ethical because most lack the emotional maturity to make sound decisions involving the practice of good manners let alone the practice of magick.

A good all around reference guide, but by no means the be all and end all to Wicca or Witchcraft reference. Worth the money.