The Goodly Spellbook is now available from Sterling Publishing Co.

Form a Goodly Spellbook Study Group

"Here is the thoroughly comprehensive, absolutely definitive guide to spells, the basic handbook for anyone looking to practice some hands-on magic."

Sterling Publishing Co., about The Goodly Spellbook

We encourage everyone -- including students, friends, prisoners, and military Pagans -- to start a TGS study group and practice its techniques.

Because studying and practicing magic is Constitutionally protected, you shouldn't run into any difficulty doing so. If you do experience discrimination, however, cite the reasons we give below to elicit support.

If you still meet resistance, email us.

Student TGS Study Groups

"All arts and sciences are interconnected through correspondences, but schools organize them into different departments, which then separate themselves further by developing specialized technical languages. This prevents us from seeing their similarities. If you're a student in school, studying many different subjects, you are especially fortunate to be learning the Art of Correspondences now -- it will help you find the connections between such seemingly diverse disciplines such as math and music, history and poetry, and geology and dance."

The Goodly Spellbook, page 113

• Magic is a legitimate, important field of study that links most parts of any school curriculum, such as:
  • History -- Magic preceded and spawned both science and religion, and has been the subject of many of the world's persecutions and conflicts.
  • Mathematics -- Magic generates sacred geometry, as in architecture proportions
  • Social studies -- Magic pervades every culture, including modern industrial countries.
  • Art -- Magic explains the psychological effects of music, colors, and sculpture shapes
  • (Browse TGS's Table of Contents to find many more examples)
• The Goodly Spellbook is a treasure trove of facts for oral presentations and research papers on the history, theory, or culture of Witchcraft. Its thorough bibliography also aids further research.
• Wherever monotheistic (Bible, Talmud, or Koran) study groups are encouraged, polytheistic study groups featuring tomes such as The Goodly Spellbook are a perfectly legal spiritual alternative.
• Learning and practicing magic empowers young people, and gives them hope and control over their own destiny.
      This is especially important because the suicide rate for those between 15 and 24 has tripled over the past 25 years. 30% of American children now suffer from depression, according to psychologist Martin E. Seligman (author of The Optimistic Child).

TGS Study Groups Of Friends,
Relatives, Neighbors, or Like-minded Folks

"Witches and warlocks without any bother,
Like Gypsies, on meeting, well know one another."

The Goodly Spellbook, page 334

• Your meetings and magical rites are legally protected from disruption by bigots.
• You have as much right to get together and support each other in studying books on magic such as The Goodly Spellbook as anyone else does to meet study books about Christianity, Judaism, or Islam.
• You have every right to post notices of your meetings on bulletin boards or in newspapers, if you wish, without fear of censorship.

Prisoner TGS Study Groups

"Astral travel is an exciting adventure for any spellcrafter. It's also very useful if you are unable to travel conventionally -- if you are physically limited or confined to a prison cell, for example."

The Goodly Spellbook, page 397

• If someone you know is a Wiccan or Pagan prisoner, they have a legal right to read Craft literature and form a Witchcraft study group.
• The Goodly Spellbook is as legitimate a spiritual treatise as the Bible, Talmud, or Koran.
• To ensure that Pagan prisoners can study The Goodly Spellbook:
      Either order the book on a prisoner's behalf and mail it with a cover letter asking the state's prison book review committee to approve it for inmates; or let the prisoner know that their prison chaplain is legally obligated to work with them to get TGS submitted for approval from the committee.

Military TGS Study Groups

"Today, flags around the world bear the Witches' five-pointed star, even those of Communist and Islamic nations, as an American-inspired symbol of aspiration toward freedom. Very few...who patriotically salute their national flag realize that they are paying homage to a pre-Christian magical sign."

The Goodly Spellbook, page 26

• The First Amendment of the US Constitution protects military Pagans' and Wiccans' right to freedom of religion, and thus to study and practice magic.
• Wicca has been a recognized religion in military chaplains' handbooks for decades now, and the courts have repeatedly affirmed military Pagans' rights.

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