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Book Review – Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change by Day Schildkret
Book Review Hello, Goodbye 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change by Day Schildkret Publisher: Simon & Schuster 208 Pages Publication Date: March 1, 2022 Events shape our lives, stirring up emotions, bringing transitions, and forcing changes. These moments — a birth, health crisis, marriage, job transfer, the loss of a pet, leaving for college — tend to get lost amid routinely busy days with their unending demands. Day Schildkret, artist and author behind the Morning Altars movement, believes we need ritual to observe, sanctify, and make sense of these transitions. Being mindful of them, being willing to honor these times with purpose and meaning, provides…
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Oracle Deck Review – Rainbow Kipper By Toni Puhle & Artist Steven Bright
Oracle Deck Review Rainbow Kipper By Toni Puhle Artist Steven Bright Publisher: Red Feather 36 Cards, 112 Page Book Publication Date: April 28, 2021 The Rainbow Kipper is a Kipper deck created by author Toni Puhle and artist Steven Bright, and is published by Red Feather Mind, Body, Spirit, an imprint of Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310. Copyright 2021 by Toni Puhle and Steven Bright. A Kipper deck is a cousin to the Lenormand and Gypsy or Tzigane Oracles. Kipper is a German divination system dating back to the 19th Century, using 36 cards that are clearly focused on day-to day roles, relationships and…
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Book Review – The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul by Connie Zweig, Ph. D.
Book Review The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul by Connie Zweig, Ph.D. Publisher: Park Street Press 416 pages Publication Date: September 7, 2021 I turned sixty in 2020 – the first year of the COVID pandemic. As someone who has lived through years of drug addiction, violent relationships, homelessness and poverty, I never expected to live this long, nor did I expect to end up in such a lovely home with the financial security that understandably don’t quite trust. I enjoy pretty good health but most of my friends are dead or dying, due to years of too much partying – some have succumbed…
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Book Review – Seasons of a Magical Life: A Pagan Path of Living by H. Byron Ballard
Book Review Seasons of a Magical Life A Pagan Path of Living by H. Byron Ballard Publisher: Weiser Books 224 Pages Publication Date: August 2021 In “Seasons of a Magical Life,” pagan, witch and farmer H. Byron Ballard extends an invitation to return to a simpler time of earth-based spirituality and ritual living, through essays written from a small forest-farm in the Appalachian Highlands. The first part of the book offers background on the Wheel of the Year. In Part II, chapters are broken into eight sabbats. Each contains traditions, activities, skills, chores, celebrations and opportunities. The final section is a brief overview on physical and spiritual…
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Book Review – A Little Zodiac Series by Daria Harper
Book Review A Little Zodiac Series by Daria Harper Publisher: Chronicle Books A 12 Book Series for Ages 1-3 Publication Date: August 2020 This book series is amazing for any new parent looking to introduce their children to their Sun signs and finding themselves off the bat! This 12 book series goes through each individual sign with a cute rhyme that is catchy to baby’s ear and will have them coming back for more every time. Each book is made of a hard board like many other children’s books so they can take some wear and tear throughout the day and your child can be safe running off…
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Book Review – Archetypal Tarot: What Your Birth Card Reveals About Your Personality, Path, and Potential by Mary K Greer
Book Review Archetypal Tarot What Your Birth Card Reveals About Your Personality, Path and Potential by Mary K. Greer, foreword by Theresa Reed Published by Red Wheel/Weiser 288 Pages Publication Date: June 1, 2021 Archetypal Tarot is a 7 inch by 10 inch soft cover book with a matte finish full color front cover showing the book’s title and a version of the Wheel of Fortune card, and a back cover containing reviews, a description of the book, and a brief bio of Mary K. Greer. It contains 271 pages with black print on sturdy off-white paper that is amenable to pencil notations; my copy is already filled…
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Book Review – Yemaya: Orisha, Goddess, and Queen of the Sea by Raven Morgaine
Book Review Yemaya Orisha, Goddess, and Queen of the Sea by Raven Morgaine Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser LLC 190 Pages Publication Date: September 2021 Bright Blessings, Readers! Red Wheel Weiser LLC has brought us another fantastic book, and this one was written with tender loving care by the charismatic Raven Morgaine. Morgaine is a witch, a Voodoo, Santeria, and Candomblé devotee, an artist, and owner of the shop Familiar Spirits in Rhode Island. He is actually a devotee of this amazing goddess he has written this entire book about. Online reviews of him state he is very helpful in helping with questions about magic, and gives outstanding psychic readings and…
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Book Review – Money Magic: Practical Wisdom and Empowering Rituals to Heal Your Finances by Jessie Susannah Karnatz
Book Review Money Magic Practical Wisdom and Empowering Rituals to Heal Your Finances by Jessie Susannah Karnatz Publisher: Chronicle Books 208 Pages Publication Date: March 1, 2022 In “Money Magic: Practical Wisdom and Empowering Rituals to Heal Your Finances,” intuitive financial coach Jessie Susannah Karnatz, aka “The Money Witch” presents a detailed seven-step system to assess your financial situation, plan for goals, and overcome obstacles. It’s a workbook combining practical advice and a sprinkling of magical rituals to take control of your money, getting readers from where they are to where they want to be. Much has to do with healing the emotional blocks surrounding money that prevent…
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Oracle Deck Review – Secret Woods: Guides and Inspirational Messages by Kelly Patton
Oracle Deck Review Secret Woods Guides and Inspirational Messages by Kelly Patton Publisher: Schiffer Red Feather Pages: 28 Cards, 72 Page Guide Book Publication: June 29, 2021 Author and artist Kelly Patton honored experiences she’d had spanning more than a decade by expressing insights and life lessons through art. Twenty-eight cards in her oracle deck feature unique animals, nature spirits and unusual creatures as guides who share their secrets and offer loving advice. “Secret Woods” comes packaged in a sleeve with a die cut offering a peek at the cover of the box beneath. The wrap-around box has a magnet to hold down the flap. Inside is the…
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Witch & Popcorn
Review of Dumb and Dumber Bright Blessings Film Lovers! This time, I’m reviewing a comedy you’d think would be the last film that offered a magical lesson, but it does! I can’t count how many times I’ve watched it over the years because it’s just that good. It was released in 1994, and brought a cult following, had two spin-off films, and even a cartoon series. The film drew $247 Million at the box office, won four MTV Movie Awards, made it on Empire Magazine’s Top 500 Films of All Time, and was voted fifth greatest comedy by the readers of Total Film magazine. Not bad. Watch the…