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I will not bother going through the details of every topic this book addresses. I am a late reviewer and several of the other reviews handle that issue quite well, so there is no need to rehash the table of contents. Instead, I am going to write about what I think makes this book stand out from all the other 101-ish sorts of books out there. And here it is: this book is about Witchcraft, not only Wicca. In my experience, most of the 101 level books on the market presume the reader is interested in exploring only the Wiccan path. But of course, that is not necessarily so. This book does not make that presumption, and takes the time to explain (albeit at a pretty high level) that there are other choices out there. It does not bash Wicca in the slightest, mind you - it just presents the idea that there are other options. The other thing that I really like is that there are not a ton of spells in this book - only a few 'starter spells' in the very back of the book (there is another spellbook sold under a separate cover, however, by the same author to complete the 'series'). This is a reasonably thick book, but the focus is on learning the 'what' and 'whys' of things, which is very important at that level. This book does not have a newcomer running around casting spells (that probably would not work) without a proper introduction. And I like that. Witchcraft is not something that should be approached using a Quick Start Guide. It must be respected...and this book accords it the proper amount of respect.