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Way of the Witch by Ipsita Roy Chakraverti

About the Book

The word ‘witch’ comes from the old English word wicce or wicca, meaning ‘wise’. History says that the first divinity we worshipped, the Mother Goddess, was a witch.

Written by well-known Wiccan priestess Ipsita Roy Chakraverti and featuring exclusive excerpts from her diary, Way of the Witch is a captivating guide to the world of Wicca. The book delves into the history and evolution of witchcraft, shedding light on this oft-maligned art which has sadly led to witches facing persecution over the centuries. It also describes in meticulous detail the implements and tools of witchcraft, the goddesses worshipped as part of it, and the important spells, powerful natural crystal and charms used by its practitioners. Full of insights and hitherto unknown facts, this is the perfect manual for the budding witch and a spellbinding read for anyone interested in the craft.

Ipsita Roy Chakraverti says, ‘I wrote this book because that is the way Destiny and I chose to walk. My ancestors came from the old Bengal aristocracy and were from a different world. They were people like reformer and philosopher Keshub Chandra Sen, Coochbehar queen Sunity Devi; there was Sucharu Devi, the Maharani of Mayurbhunj; my grandfather Nishith Chandra Sen, a hard-hitting barrister and mayor of Calcutta; my great-aunts Dr Jamini Sen who was the house physician to the Nepal royal family and Kamini Roy, the poetess whose works are still taught today in schools and colleges; and my father Debabrata Chakraverti, who kept India’s flag flying high at the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization. In the midst of all this, I wanted to take up witchcraft and learn its mysteries. This was very different from their world, but I knew that I carried the same genes and somewhere along the way, I would doff the tiara and wrap myself in a black cape. The same fire and beauty burn in both the princess and the witch.’

About the Author

A descendant of the old Bengal aristocracy, from the houses of Cooch Behar and Mayurbhunj, Ipsita created a storm when she declared herself a ‘witch’. She is credited with singlehandedly bringing Wicca to India and presenting before the people an understanding of the supernatural, divorced from superstition. Ipsita is the founder–chairperson of The Wiccan Brigade, India’s first academy for the study of Wicca and other areas of the esoteric. It is under her pioneering research that the first investigations into the orb phenomenon as spirit manifestation has been carried out in India. Ipsita is the author of many books on Wicca and allied subjects. Many of her stories have been adapted for film and television as well. Over the years, her journey as a Wiccan has been fascinating. It has taken her from a chalet in the Laurentian Mountains, to the temple of the 64 yoginis in Hirapur, and to the academic world of UK. But her destiny has always been Wicca and today, in India and the subcontinent, one can truly say that Ipsita is Wicca and Wicca is Ipsita.

For further information please contact sagiri.dixit@harpercollins.co.in
Non-fiction/Wicca | Rs 399

 

 

 

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