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Book Review – The Magical Girl’s Guide to Life by Jacque Aye
Book Review The Magical Girl’s Guide to Life: Find Your Inner Power, Fight Everyday Evil & Save the Day with Self-Care by Jacque Aye Published by Ulysses Press 192 pages Publication date: December 21, 2021 The Magical Girl’s Guide to Life is an anime-inspired approach to self-help for magical girls of any age. Guided by the gentle and encouraging hand of Jacque Aye, the reader is taken on a journey through personal growth and empowerment as explored through the animé trope of the “magical girl” or mahou shoujo, which can be seen in shows and movies like Sailor Moon, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and others. Featuring colorful, lighthearted illustrations…
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Book Review – Pagan Portals: The Temple Priestesses of Antiquity by Lady Haight-Ashton
Book Review Pagan Portals: The Temple Priestesses of Antiquity by Lady Haight-Ashton Publisher: Moon Book Publication Date: July 29, 2022 128 pages Temple Priestesses are sadly a thing of the past. These women were revered and held in high esteem, unlike a lot of women nowadays. This book was not only empowering, but informative and a joy to read. Lady Haight, a Third Degree Gardnerian High Priestess, wrote this, not just intellectually, but with such reverence that I could not put it down. She explains the life of the ancient Temple Priestesses and how society saw them as if she was there and experienced it herself. I learned…
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Deck Review – The Rota Mundi Tarot by Daniel E. Loeb
Deck Review The Rota Mundi Tarot: The Rosicrucian Arcanum By Daniel E. Loeb Publisher: RedFeather Mind, Body, Spirit 78-card deck and 256-page guidebook The Rota Mundi Tarot kit is an in-depth class on western occultism packaged neatly into a traditional 78-card Tarot deck and an expansive and substantial guidebook. The kit comes in a very sturdy 6 inch by 9 inch by 2 5/8 inch cardboard box with a magnetic clamshell closure and a matte finish with gold lettering. The guidebook is the first thing we see when we open the Tarot kit box. It is a 5 3/4 inch by 8 3/4 inch matte soft cover book…
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Book Review – The Little Book of Rootwork by Paris Ajana “The Hoodoo Goddess”
Book Review The Little Book of Rootwork: A Beginner’s Guide to Hoodoo by Paris Ajana “The Hoodoo Goddess” Publisher: Ulysses Press 256 pages Publication date: April 12, 2022 Do You Hear The Call Of The Ancestors? The Little Book of Rootwork might be the answer you’ve been looking for. This book says it will help you discover how to tap into your inner power to invigorate your mind, body, and soul. If you’ve ever wondered about Hoodoo, how to make Honey Jars, Mojo Bags, and more, then this is the book you’ve been waiting for! For a long time I’ve…
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Book Review – The Magick of Birthdays by Hannah Hawthorn
Book Review The Magic of Birthdays: Rituals, Spells, and Recipes for Honoring Your Solar Return Through Rootwork and Conjure by Hannah Hawthorn Publisher: Penguin Random House 269 Pages Publication date: July 12, 2022 Bright Blessings! I am thrilled to share an amazing new book with you that discusses exactly what the title says it does — birthdays and all the magic that comes along with them. I don’t read all that much for myself, because my day job entails plenty of research. As somebody who has to share facts and history on a weekly basis, I have to say I…
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Book Review – Pagan Portals: Abnoba: Celtic Goddess of the Wilds by Ryan McClain
Book Review Pagan Portals: Abnoba: Celtic Goddess of the Wilds by Ryan McClain Published by Moon Books 112 pages Publication date: October 1, 2022 Ryan McClain’s Abnoba: Celtic Goddess of the Wilds is a straight-to-the-point guide to learning about Abnoba, the Gaulish goddess of the hunt. McClain provides historical evidence of her with examples of artifacts found in the Black Forest region of Germany and references in ancient literature. He discusses similar goddesses of the hunt to help illustrate who Abnoba could have been, and also adds his own UPG to fill in the rest. The book includes epithets and…
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Book Review – Dedicant, Devotee, Priest by Stephanie Woodfield
Book Review Dedicant, Devotee, Priest: A Pagan Guide to Divine Relationships by Stephanie Woodfield Publisher: Llewellyn 202 Pages Publication date: January 8, 2022 Dedicant, Devotee, Priest is an amazing book that provides a comprehensive walkthrough of many of the personal situations we have as witches. Especially if you’re in a situation where you don’t know many others who practice, it can be difficult to even know where to begin on your journey. This book takes you through the layers. How to meet a god. How to cultivate and maintain that relationship. It explores the different levels of closeness to be achieved with the divine. The different kinds of…
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Book Review – The Holy Wild Grimoire by Danielle Dulsky
Book Review The Holy Wild Grimoire By Danielle Dulsky Publisher: New World Library 208 pages Publication: September 13, 2022 From the Publisher: “Claim Your Mythic Purpose: This grimoire — a book of magick, spells, ceremonies, journaling exercises, recipes, and incantations — is an invitation to be Witch and bewitch. As you journey through this book, you will reflect and reshape your story, beholding your life’s poetry and wielding a mythic intelligence. Danielle Dulsky guides you to see through the lens of the five elements, earth, water, fire, air, and ether, and to call upon age-old archetypes to heal and liberate…
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Book Review – Reclaiming the Power of Hoodoo by Alisha J. Brown
Book Review Reclaiming the Power of Hoodoo: A Beginner’s Guide to African American Folk Magic To Cultivate Peace and Abundance in Your Life Through Rootwork and Conjure by Alisha J. Brown Publisher: Independently Published 180 Pages Publication date: April 6, 2022 Bright Blessings! I am thrilled to share all about Alisha J. Brown’s Reclaiming the Power of Hoodoo book. Before I delve into what the book discusses, let me say this is hot off the press, released this year in 2022 and was independently published. It’s an ample 180 pages, and an easy read. Let’s explore Brown’s writings, but first…
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Book Review – Pagan Portals: Polytheism: A Platonic Approach by Steven Dillon
Book Review Polytheism: A Platonic Approach by Steven Dillon Publisher: Moon Book Publication Date: March 22, 2022 144 pages Polytheism is the belief in multiple gods. When I got this book to review, I was expecting a completely different book than what I got. I am polytheistic so I was quite excited by the title. I thought this sounded like an interesting approach and possibly a book I could give to any of my monotheistic friends so that they could maybe get a better understanding of what polytheism was. Sadly, that was not what I got. Instead of a book easy for anyone to read and understand, this…
