Raye Snover
Raye Snover is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The New York Daily News and The Village Sun. She was also co-editor of The Temple Bell --the newsletter for The Temple of Witchcraft Having been a witch for over twenty years, Ms. Snover is a High Priestess in the Cabot Tradition and a member of The Sisterhood of Avalon. She is also a Veriditas trained Labyrinth facilitator, and lives in New York City. sisterhoodofavalon.org templeofwitchcraft.org
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Book Review – Cerridwen: Celtic Goddess of Inspiration by Kristoffer Hughes
Book Review Cerridwen: Celtic Goddess of Inspiration by Kristoffer Hughes Published by Llewellyn Publications 336 pages Publication Date: March 8, 2021 Cerridwen, keeper of the cauldron, the “Goddess” of Awen, mother of Taliesin—any modern day pagan would be hard pressed to not have heard her story. But, who is she really? What is her history? How did she become so revered? Luckily, author Kristoffer Hughes elegantly answers these questions and more in his new work Cerridwen: Celtic Goddess of Inspiration. Hughes, a native Welshman, Chief of the Anglesey Druid Order, and a Haemus Scholar has given us a definitive guide to all things Cerridwen. As he follows her…
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Book Review – Wild Soul Runes: Reawakening the Ancestral Feminine
Book Review Wild Soul Runes: Reawakening the Ancestral Feminine By Lara Veleda Vesta Published by Red Wheel/Weiser LLC 199 pages Publication Date: May 1, 2021 “Runes are beings. Not merely shapes, not only sigils, not just magic,” says Lara Veleda Vesta in her new work Wild Soul Runes: Reawakening the Ancestral Feminine. Vesta, who teaches at the Wild Soul School and is author of The Moon Divas Guidebook and The Moon Divas Oracle, has delivered an intriguing new approach to build working relationships with runes. Started as a “lived practice” in a year of personal turmoil, Vesta used scholarly research, and personal gnosis, to develop a thirty-three week…
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Book Review – The Beginner’s Guide to The Akashic Records: Understanding Your Soul’s History and How to Read It by Whitney Jefferson Evans
Book Review The Beginner’s Guide to The Akashic Records Understanding Your Soul’s History and How to Read It by Whitney Jefferson Evans Publisher: Adams Media 208 pages Publication Date: 1/12/2021 Imagine being able to open a file to find all your past and future selves– to learn from and discover “your true purpose in life.” These are the Akashic Records that Whitney Jefferson Evans writes about in The Beginner’s Guide to the Akashic Records: Understanding Your Soul’s History and How to Read It. According to Jefferson Evans, a Reiki Master and Deputy Editorial Director and Director of Pop Culture at BuzzFeed, “the Akashic Records are an energetic, vibrational…
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Book Review – The Book of Candle Magic: Candle Spell Secrets to Change Your Life by Madame Pamita
The Book Of Candle Magic: Candle Spell Secrets to Change Your Life by Madame Pamita Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide 336 Pages Publication Date: 10/08/2020 This is such a pretty little book—all purple, gold and silver. As the light flickers like a flame off the metallic cover, it beckons to be opened. However, The Book of Candle Magic: Candle Spell Secrets to Change Your Life is not just a frivolous confection. Madame Pamita has used her vast experience to create a powerful, informative “guide on how to do magic in general,” using candles specifically. Madame Pamita, owner of Madame Pamita’s Parlour of Wonders, host of the Magic and the Law…
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Book Review – Magickal Mediumship: Partnering with the Ancestors for Healing and Spiritual Development by Danielle Dionne
Book Review Magickal Mediumship Partnering with the Ancestors for Healing and Spiritual Development by Danielle Dionne Llewellyn 288 Pages Every now and then a book appears out of the ether at the perfect time. Magickal Mediumship by Danielle Dionne is one of those books. Dionne, a psychic medium and witch, has blended magic and communing with the dead to create not just a “bridge” to the deceased but a working tool to enhance our personal spirituality. Written with a down to earth warmth, this is no esoteric tome, but rather a step-by-step plan to connect not only with ancestors, but with deities, angels and ascended masters—enabling the reader to receive their…
