{"id":13044,"date":"2016-11-01T01:10:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T06:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=13699"},"modified":"2016-10-31T21:23:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T02:23:35","slug":"book-review-the-witches-almanac-issue-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2016\/11\/01\/book-review-the-witches-almanac-issue-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: The Witches&#8217; Almanac, Issue 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t<!--\n\t\t@page { margin: 0.79in }\n\t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.08in }\n\t-->\n\t<\/style>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Book review<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The Witches\u2019 Almanac, Issue 36<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Water: Our Primal Source <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Papyrus, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Published by the Witches\u2019 Almanac Ltd.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13700\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/almanac.jpg\" alt=\"almanac\" width=\"436\" height=\"662\" \/><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\">\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lucida Grande', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">This almanac, founded in 1971, has become a traditional pagan reference. It starts with <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Lucida Grande', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">the beginning of the astrological year, running from Spring 2016-17. Its theme is water; the current year\u2019s theme is air.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lucida Grande', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">One of the parts I find most useful is the moon calendar noting the moon\u2019s phases and place in the zodiac. I also enjoy the year\u2019s astrological forecasts for each zodiac sign, beginning with the vernal equinox. Each two-page spread touches on highlights for the year, health, love, spirituality and finance. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lucida Grande', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Other reference information includes astrological keys, eclipses, retrograde planetary motion and how to plant by the phases of the moon. While all this information is available somewhere online, it\u2019s nice to have it all in one place you can trust.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lucida Grande', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The rest of the 206 pages are a collection of ancient lore and legends, trivia and wisdom. Among this issue\u2019s lineup of obscure topics are \u201cWaynaboozhoo: The Great Flood Story of the Ojibwa \u2013 A traditional tale of good and evil,\u201d \u201cThe Margate Grotto: A Mystery Spelled in Shells,\u201d and \u201cThe Singing Tower and Spook Hill: A Sacred Journey though Old Florida.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lucida Grande', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The almanac\u2019s short articles present a mix of perspectives and traditions; with more than 40, there is sure to be something of interest to you. Black-and-white images appear on nearly every page.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lucida Grande', serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">If you use the moon at all in your practice, you\u2019ll be reaching for this again and again.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book review The Witches\u2019 Almanac, Issue 36 Water: Our Primal Source Published by the Witches\u2019 Almanac Ltd. This almanac, founded in 1971, has become a traditional pagan reference. It starts with the beginning of the astrological year, running from Spring 2016-17. Its theme is water; the current year\u2019s theme is air. One of the parts I find most useful is the moon calendar noting the moon\u2019s phases and place in the zodiac. I also enjoy the year\u2019s astrological forecasts for each zodiac sign, beginning with the vernal equinox. Each two-page spread touches on highlights for the year, health, love, spirituality and finance. Other reference information includes astrological keys, eclipses, retrograde planetary motion and how to plant by the phases of the moon. While all this information is available somewhere online, it\u2019s nice to have it all in one place you can trust. The rest of the 206 pages are a collection of ancient lore and legends, trivia and wisdom. Among this issue\u2019s lineup of obscure topics are \u201cWaynaboozhoo: The Great Flood Story of the Ojibwa \u2013 A traditional tale of good and evil,\u201d \u201cThe Margate Grotto: A Mystery Spelled in Shells,\u201d and \u201cThe Singing Tower and Spook Hill: A Sacred Journey though Old Florida.\u201d The almanac\u2019s short articles present a mix of perspectives and traditions; with more than 40, there is sure to be something of interest to you. Black-and-white images appear on nearly every page. If you use the moon at all in your practice, you\u2019ll be reaching for this again and again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}