![]() ![]() Three more volumes followed: More Small Poems (1976) Still More Small Poems (1978) and Small Poems Again (1986). After settling in Clinton, NY, Valerie met Natalie Babbitt at Kirkland College, and Natalie began to illustrate Valerie's work, starting with Small Poems in 1972. Shortly thereafter she married George Bahlke, a fellow Swarthmore graduate. Valerie returned to Swarthmore to attend college, graduating with an English degree and High Honors. The family then moved to Tampa, Florida, and Bangalore, India, where they lived for one year. Whether you have been doing magic for a long time or are a beginner, this book is a must.Īcclaimed poet Valerie Worth Bahlke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in nearby Swarthmore, where her father taught biology at Swarthmore College. If you're ready to win another's love or to sweeten someone's disposition, if you want to turn hair long and golden or discover tree spirits, this is the book you must have. This is more than just a book about magic, it is a folklorist's bonanza. #MAGICAL WORDS HOW TO#You'll learn how to tell fortunes with sand or with tea leaves. ![]() You'll read about how to bring rain and how to stop rain from falling. You'll find a simple fertility charm and a way to conjure with smoke. Let it draw the juices up Twenty times upon one day, brush them over the excrescence Under sunlight dry the essence-Soon the wart must shrink away." For example, to cure a wart the instructions are: "Stamp within a silver cup mullein and houseleek together. The spells are easy, poetic, and evocative. It's all in this book.Įven if you don't know a thing about magic, you can use this book. ![]() Or perhaps you want to pass through a locked door. Do you need something to help you lose weight or have longevity? You'll find them here. #MAGICAL WORDS FREE#Need a spell to summon a ghost? Or perhaps you want the opposite: a spell to free a house from being haunted. If you can think of a purpose for a spell, it's probably in this book. Crone's Book of Magical Words (previously published as The Crone's Book of Words) by Valerie Worth is the book you've been waiting for! In its pages are over 125 spells, incantations, and charms. ![]()
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