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Book Review – Witchcraft and the Shamanic Journey by Kenneth Johnson
Book Review Witchcraft and the Shamanic Journey by Kenneth Johnson Publisher: Crossed Crow Books 233 Pages Published: January 31, 2023 Are Witches Shamans? Where does witchcraft originate? Is it related to Shamanism and the Shamanic Journey? According to Kenneth Johnson, Witches are the direct decedents of the remnants of European Shamanism. He uses history, written observations by historical figures, courtroom confessions during the European witch trials, and anthropology and archaeology studies to show us the path taken from ancient shamanism, through medieval witch-scares, to modern day witchcraft. First we’re shown what it means to be a shaman, how shamans are spiritual healers who go to the Otherworlds to…
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Book Review – Earth Witch: Finding Magic in the Land by Britton Boyd
Book Review Earth Witch: Finding Magic in the Land by Britton Boyd Publisher: Hierophant Publishing 184 pages Release Date: December 15, 2022 Earth Witch is a great book for exploring the area otherwise known as green witchcraft. Earth witch is another name for those who identify as “wild” or “green” witches. It is those practitioners who choose to primarily work in nature with the earth, the moon and life upon the planet including trees, plants and herbs. In this easy-to-read book, Ms. Boyd shares with her readers the path in which she has been called to. She shares with us her need to get away from…
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It’s All Rite
Spring is a time of hope, new beginnings, potential, and planting. Air, east, the new moon, the maiden archetype, inspiration, imagination, fresh flowers, nests, eggs, hawks, seeds, chimes, dragonflies, wonder, joy, playfulness, communication, spiders, purification, daffodils, childhood, and adventure are all associated with Ostara. For readers who want to keep it simple, below is a collection of easy yet meaningful activities to celebrate the Spring Equinox. Pick whatever interests you, and continue as long as you wish. Perhaps one of them will become a daily practice. * Put a bowl of candied eggs on a table or counter to bless new beginnings with sweetness and happiness. * Hang wind chimes…
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Poetry by Angela C Wood
Witch’s Trance counting down from 5 to 1 relax your body and mind reaching down to number 4 seeing 3 so you see more for 2 it takes you to the deep finding love and finding peace I will bring you to this dance fully charged in the Witch’s Trance release your worries and your woes feeling lifted as your light grows charging up to find the truth getting rid of what’s no use enjoying peace and harmony in this place will show your power, strength and ability to nurture the seeds you sow a time for you, your needs are met goals and…
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Book Review – Witches, Druids and Sin Eaters: The Common Magic of the Cunning Folk of the Welsh Marches by Jon G. Hughes with Sophie Gallagher
Book Review Witches, Druids and Sin Eaters: The Common Magic of the Cunning Folk of the Welsh Marches by Jon G. Hughes with Sophie Gallagher Publisher: Destiny Books 312 Pages Published: September 2022 Witches, Druids and Sin Eaters: The Common Magic of the Cunning Folk of the Welsh Marches by Jon G. Hughes and Sophie Gallagher represents the collaboration between a lineage Druid and a witchcraft researcher and is a thorough and comprehensive guide to the ancient magickal practices of the people of the Welsh Marches. The insight that Mr. Hughes and Ms. Gallagher bring to this tome is clearly evident in the content as a lineage of…
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Make it so – Poetry of Angela C Wood
Make it so think it so and it will come the dreams that cannot hide believe it will and make it so the pictures you see inside you have the power to create anything you need realize and generate that thought that was the seed become the life dreaming big passing on you sum make it so this is your will think it so, it will become realize your dreams come true the blessed ideas that come from you release the thought as it is done believe the thought it will become *(Photo by Timothy Perry on Unsplash) ** About the Author: Greetings…
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I Am – Poetry of Angela C Wood
I AM I am a good eclectic witch and I embrace my natural gifts enhancing life to manifest with open hands, I will get I am a caring natural witch open to my powerful shift accepting in my colourful flow and changing in each step I grow I am a gifted joyful witch deserving my practical myth creating me a future life from within has taken flight with harm to no-one so I will it, it will become with Angela’s majic this spell is done *(Photo by Adrien King on Unsplash) ** About the Author: Greetings it’s nice to be able to introduce…
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MagickalArts
What Are the Magickal Arts? … As magickal practitioners we are all “artists” in our own ways, honing our skills of creating magick, weaving patterns of energy that affect change and calling to the most Divine of our natures as we align with cosmos, greater earth and all of the many Beings that inhabit those realms. And, I like where this trend is taking us in exploring the craft in all of forms…. Let’s continue honing our skills as we explore the Art of Divination… When we hear the word “Divination” it usually conjures up a picture of the gypsy fortune-teller who will predict your future love interest,…
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Book Review – Becoming the Witch: The Art of Magick by Danae Moon Thorp
Book Review Becoming the Witch: The Art of Magick by Danae Moon Thorp Published by Llewellyn 408 Pages Published: September 2021 “Becoming the Witch leads you from the origins of Witchcraft to the secrets of sacred thinking and beyond. In a distinct, almost lyrical tone, Danae Moon Thorp teaches you what every beginner must know when starting on the Witch’s path, including the elements, spells, tools, deities, rituals, and more…” Becoming the Witch: The Art of Magick by Danae Moon Thorp is separated into nineteen (19) chapters replete with dozens of spells, an Appendix of Correspondences and a bibliography containing enough reading recommendations to keep a new witch quite…
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Book Review – Craft of the Hedge Witch: A Guide to the Solitary Path by Geraldine Smythe
Book Review Craft of the Hedge Witch: A Guide to the Solitary Path Written by Geraldine Smythe Foreword by Rachel Patterson Illustrated by Wycke Malliway Publisher: Crossed Crow Books 177 Pages Publication Date: August 22, 2022 This short review cannot possibly tell you the many gems the book contains or the immense amount of wisdom it covers. This is a book for the solitary witch, for the one who walks their own path, who makes their own rules. Geraldine Smythe shares her own personal journey and gives you thoughts and insights about being a hedge witch but she also gives you practical advice. This is an excellent book for…
