Every parent has felt that certain dread: your toddler gets lost in the mall; your teenager isn't home by curfew; your third-grader walks to school alone. The psychotherapist Janna Malamud Smith rigorously argues that fear of child loss has the keenest effect on mothers and has proven to be a powerfuly underrated motivation for them throughout history. Bearing the brunt of responsibility for keeping children safe and healthy, mothers constantly accommodate to the need to be vigilant. Their fears make them vulnerable in many ways, affecting their daily lives in the workplace, at home, and within the social hierarchy. Smith takes the long view of this phenomenon, uncovering a buried message to mothers in advice books from the days of the Puritans to the present, in medicine and psychology, in art and literature. It is a history brimming with mothers' stories from ancient times to today. Like Arlie Hochschild's The Second Shift and Ann Crittenden's The Price of Motherhood, A Potent Spell confirms women's real experience of motherhood in America.

Unlock the Mysteries of Wicca and Elevate Your Craft Dive into the ancient and mystical world of Wicca with "Witches' Grimoire," a detailed guide designed for both novice and experienced practitioners. This comprehensive collection of spells, rituals, and insights offers you the tools needed to enhance your magical skills and deepen your spiritual journey. What You'll Discover Inside: Foundational Spells: Start your path with basic spells that teach control and harnessing of natural energies. Love and Healing Spells: Craft powerful spells focused on healing and fostering love in your life. Protection Spells: Protect yourself and your loved ones with potent incantations and rituals. Prosperity Spells: Attract abundance and success through tailored spells. Seasonal Rituals: Align yourself with the Earth's rhythms and learn how the changing seasons can influence your magical practices. Each spell includes step-by-step instructions, ingredient lists, and tips for enhancing their effectiveness, ensuring practitioners of all levels can find success and growth. Ideal for Both Beginners and Seasoned Witches Whether you're just starting your journey or looking to deepen your existing practice, "Witches' Grimoire" provides valuable insights and practical advice to help you achieve your spiritual and magical goals.

Today we enjoy more privacy than ever before, yet the encroachment of the media, computer data gathering, and electronic surveillance in our lives undermines our sense that we have privacy at all. Although privacy is essential to our capacity to love and create and think, it can be used for the wrong reasons. The same condition that sustains intimacy, creativity, and freedom can also be invoked as an abusive kind of secrecy. In Private Matters, Janna Malamud Smith explores this paradox through various prisms: the bedroom, the psychiatrist’s couch, the biography, the presidency, the media, women and their bodies, and post–9/11 policy. More pertinent than ever before, this modern history of privacy offers important insights into the role of this increasingly elusive and fragile virtue.

Take control of your life with this essential handbook of 85 everyday easy spells for the modern witch, revised with 10 new spells and filled with beautiful illustrations and helpful tips. Every witch needs a book of spells... The world's most popular fortune-telling techniques—crystal balls, tarot cards, and palm-reading—originated with the Romany people, whose belief in magic, spell-casting, and prophecy has endured for nine centuries. Now you can bring the power of these time-honored magical traditions into your everyday life with this beautifully illustrated new edition of Gillian Kemp’s The Good Spell Book. The 85 easy-to-follow spells, including 10 new ones, make use of common ingredients like candles, flowers, ribbon, and string, and they can help solve problems we all face, from attracting the one you love to improving your health to landing your dream job. Whether you’re a complete beginner, advanced spell caster, or simply curious, these spells will increase your self-worth and empower you to lead a healthier, happier, and more fulfilled life.

If you knew the power of your black ancestry lived inside of you…would you look within to let it out? If the answer was yes, the Hoodoo tradition is ecstatic to welcome you back. Built on the wisdom of generations of unbreakable spirits, Hoodoo magic not only connects black people to our ancestral roots, but it can be our biggest ally to achieving those goals that constantly seem so far out of reach. If you’re ready to reconnect with our ancestral tradition and give your life the turn you’ve been waiting for, this book is for you. The Powerful Book of Hoodoo Spells is the most complete introduction into Hoodoo practices you’ll find: from the history and ethics of Hoodoo to easy rituals and spells for every day that will open up your power and improve your spirit and life since day 1. Inside these pages lies the knowledge passed down from our ancestors to us, and now from us to you. This includes much helpful guidance such as: ● How to use your spirituality to empower yourself ● The 80 herbs of power you must have in your arsenal at any time ● 11 irresistible love spells to upgrade your relationships ● A complete color guide for ritualistic candles ● How to build an altar your ancestors will feel at home in just 3 days ● 12 infallible conjure oils recipes for luck, protection and more ● The secret reason why you should plant your herbs instead of buying them ● What “black magic” actually is and why you mustn't play with it ● And so much more! Take a step into the greatest spiritual, financial, romantic, and professional growth of your life by diving into the power of the people who came before us. It has always been meant for you. You just have to let it out. Get The Powerful Book of Hoodoo Spells and reconnect with your magic today!

Mysteries Of Voodoo: Unlocking The Secrets Of Powerful Spells is a comprehensive guidebook that delves into the enchanting world of Voodoo. It explores the origins, principles, and rituals of Voodoo, providing valuable insights into connecting with the spirit world, casting powerful spells, and harnessing the supernatural forces of the Loa deities. The book reveals the secrets of Voodoo symbols, empowering talismans, and the art of divination. It also covers the ethical considerations of hexes and curses, as well as the healing properties of Voodoo. With compelling chapters on rituals, dance, and music, the book demonstrates how Voodoo can be incorporated into modern life, fostering a stronger connection with ancestors, and manifesting abundance. Mysteries Of Voodoo offers readers a captivating journey into the mystical realm of Voodoo and provides practical guidance for unlocking its powerful secrets.

Modern witches are having a powerful moment. The Apprentice Witch’s Spellbook provides the most accessible collection of spells and charms for powerful women to embrace this moment Modern witches are having a moment. Far from the image of pointy hats huddled over a cauldron, today's witches are strong, powerful young women who are standing up for themselves and womankind. The millennial witchcraft movement is focused on feminism, political engagement, and empowerment. This collection of more than 40 spells and magic charms, written by experienced witchcraft author Marian Green, is designed to encourage readers to embrace elemental magic, the power of the planets, the magic of time, kitchen witching, and dream weaving to attract magic forces. • Contains three super potent “Emergency Use Only” spells printed on sealed pages—only for the most powerful of amateur witches.