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Review: Living Folk Magic
Title: Living Folk Magic: Crafting Your Own Magical Life Author: Mary-Grace Fahrun Publisher: Weiser Books Date: November 3, 2025 Pages: 224 Mary-Grace Fahrun explains the how’s and why’s of folk magic so readers can build an entire folk magic practice. She shares personal experiences and wisdom gained from her Italian family, as well as sharing customs from other cultures and religions. Folk magic is a way of life rooted in ancestral traditions practiced throughout time in all cultures as people sought to understand, connect with, and control their world, especially when other options failed. It blends superstitions, religious beliefs, customs, folklore, and magic. This magic is not separate from mundane…
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Book Review–Before You Do Magic: Train Your Mind to Awaken Occult Skills, by Donald Tyson
Before You Do Magic: Train Your Mind to Awaken Occult Skills by Donald Tyson Publisher: Llewellyn, Woodburg, Minnesota 248 page E-book. Publication date: December 2025 Tyson lays it all out in his intro: there’s plenty of value in this book, but the reader will have to work to extract it all. Fair and friendly warning–Before You Do Magic is not for the faint of heart. When Tyson says it’s about training your mind, he ain’t kiddin’. Be ready to do mental heavy lifting. (Lots of it!) And bring your “A” game. The main body of this tome consists of twelve chapters. Topics range from meditation to incantations to astral projection. All have exercises. Tough ones. Our author…
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Book Review-Thor: An Illustrated Guide to the Thunder God by L. Dean Lee, Illustrated by The Saxon Storyteller
Book Review Thor: An Illustrated Guide to the Thunder God By L. Dean Lee, Illustrated by The Saxon Storyteller Publisher: Red Wheel 128 Page Fully Illustrated, Full Color Harcover Release Date: September 16th, 2025 Thor: An Illustrated Guide to the Thunder God by L. Dean Lee and beautifully illustrated by The Saxon Storyteller, is the introduction that I wish I had to mighty Thor when I first started out. Thor and I have an interesting relationship; he at once protects me and guides me, but he seemingly tests me at times. One particular quote from this book perhaps sums up why I’ve felt this way when it comes to Thor:…
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Book Review-Magic for the Resistance: Rituals & Spells for Change, Revised and Expanded Edition by Michael M. Hughes
Book Review Magic for the Resistance: Rituals & Spells for Change, Revised and Expanded Edition By Michael M. Hughes Publisher: Crossed Crow Books 290 Page Paperback Release Date: September 23rd, 2025 Magic for the Resistance is a quintessential guide for witches, sorcerers, occultists and other magickal folks who want to fight the oppressive regime currently ruling the U.S. The first edition was released during the first Trump term, and I remember reading through it then, but not embodying many of the practices due to other distractions like a job that was draining every ounce of life out of me at the time. I digress. Here we are, and again, Trump is…
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Review: Bloom & Shadow
Title: Bloom & Shadow: Earth and Moon Spellcraft for Growth, Love, Life, and Beyond Author: Elohim Leafier Publisher: Independently published Date: October 2, 2025 Pages: 405 pages When this book was first published in January 2016 as “Wicca! Lobe & Soul: Teachings and Experiences About Love, Life and White Magic,” Elohim Leafier was just finishing college. He was feeling “the extreme limitations” of the Wiccan coven he had just left and maintaining his Afro-Caribbean background as he published all the rituals he had done up to that point. In the ten years since then, he has met witches and wizards from different practices and places. He has since studied…
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Review: Become an Exceptional Tarot Reader
Title: Become an Exceptional Tarot Reader: The Card Meanings & Skills You Need to Ace Every Reading Author: Ethony Dawn Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Date: December 8, 2025 Pages: 416 A culmination of Ethony Dawn’s twenty-five years teaching tarot, “Become an Exceptional Tarot Reader” takes you through the steps to become confident and successful reading cards. The book is structured so that each chapter builds on the ones before it, therefore it is meant to be read in the order it is written. Information is presented in a logical manner beginning with basics such as myths, how the seventy-eight cards are grouped into segments, and various ways to pick cards.…
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Review: Memento Mori Deck
Title: Memento Mori: 36 Cards to Embrace Life Author: Red Wheel Publisher: Weiser Date: October 6, 2025 Pages: 36 cards “Memento mori” is Latin for “remember you will die.” This concept of remembering death is found in cultures around the globe and throughout history. In art, it is portrayed using skulls, withered flowers, timepieces, smoke, coffins, flickering candles, rotting fruit – objects symbolizing the fragility of existence, the passing of time, and the impermanence of life. While some find reminders of death morbid or distasteful, the tradition of memento mori is meant to remind people that death is inevitable and life is short, so not to waste any of it.…
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Magick for all Seasons. A grimoire for the Wheel of the Year by Marla Brooks
I love the cover of this book. It holds several elements that are key to wiccan life. The crow caught my eye right away, but the more I looked the more detail I found in the cover. The stars, the rustic looking border, the different flowers that are used in practice. It just flows together really well. The next thing I noticed was the dedication. Having a real person have their wisdom be brought into this text is amazing. The link between the past and present and how wisdom and guidance from the past has shaped the present practice for the author gives me a more real feel. Sections in…
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Book Review–Witchcraft Essentials: A Beginner’s Guide to the Witchy Path, by Lady Shay Bygul
Book Review Witchcraft Essentials: A Beginner’s Guide to the Witchy Path by Lady Shay Bygul Publisher: www.purrfectlypagan.,com 98 page paperback Publication Date: January 3, 2024 Hey, hi Pilgrims, Weyland here. Just so you know, in addition to my duties at PaganPagesOrg, I also write for Purrfectly Pagan eMag. Lady Shay is my boss there. I have several bosses and supervisors at my day job too, but I only recognize the redhead at home as my true kingpin. She feeds me. Lady Shay‘s Witchcraft Essentials: A Beginner’s Guide to the Witchy Path, is aimed at newbies, sure, but the absolute goldmine of info within covers such a wide spectrum of enlightenment it belongs on everybody’s bookshelf. (I’ve already…
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Review: Stone Witchery & Divination. Lithomancy and Magick with Rocks, Gems, and Crystals by Amber K
I have always been in love with stones, crystals and gems. Every chance I get even now I hunt for interesting stones or do gem mining. My daughter has inherited this love, so this book is something that both interests me, but also supports a part of my personal practices. The quote after the dedication made me giggle, because this is very true for myself. I have walked off trails and down beaches just getting lost in my own world of trying to find a nice addition to my current collection. Some of the most cherished pieces I have in my collection were gifted to me by one of my…