{"id":14252,"date":"2017-06-01T01:15:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T06:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=14735"},"modified":"2017-06-01T05:48:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T10:48:15","slug":"welcome-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/01\/welcome-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14736\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Lilys-Goddess.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"641\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">Welcome<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">***<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><em>(This month&#8217;s cover graphic is created by 11 year old artist Lilia Portuguez. She enjoys drawing and playing with her cat. \u00a0Do you have Pagan art you would like to share? \u00a0email us at jenniferwright@paganpages.org)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0***<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">This June Issue of PaganPagesOrg is full of all the articles, information, book reviews, &amp; interviews you have come to know and love us for, plus, 2\u00a0new columns to welcome!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/bad-witches-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14700\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/The-Bad-Witches-Guide-Logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">First we are pleased to introduce to our readers, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/bad-witches-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Bad Witch&#8217;s Guide<\/a>&#8220;, by our newest columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/author\/lucy-drake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucy Drake<\/a>. \u00a0Are you a Good Witch or a Bad Witch?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_67247\"  width=\"960\" height=\"540\"  data-origwidth=\"960\" data-origheight=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5t5VP0Me24Q?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">Second, our own <a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/author\/imelda-almqvist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Imelda Almqvist<\/a>, shares her Shamanic Experiences, Dreams, &amp; Journeys with us through her own <a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/art-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Videos<\/a> in a New Column.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/book-excerpt-dreaming-of-cupcakes-a-food-addicts-shamanic-journey-into-healing-by-jennifer-engracio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14586\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/cupcakes2-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">We are so lucky this month! \u00a0Author Jennifer Engr\u00e1cio has graced PaganPagesOrg Readers with a Book Excerpt\u00a0on Ancestors from her amazing book, \u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/book-excerpt-dreaming-of-cupcakes-a-food-addicts-shamanic-journey-into-healing-by-jennifer-engracio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dreaming of Cupcakes: A Food Addict\u2019s Shamanic Journey into Healing.<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/interview-with-evernia-fay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14761\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/EverniaFay-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">This month we have an <a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/interview-with-evernia-fay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview with\u00a0Evernia Fay<\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">T<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">he life &amp;\u00a0Craft of this Connecticut Witch are One.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/witchcrafting-crafts-for-witches-35\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14724\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/fairyhouse2-184x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">And our<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/author\/lynn-woike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lynn Woike<\/a> <span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">has a wonderful chat with Tess Ahlberg, who knows just the right way to attract the Fae with her Faery Houses, in her column <a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/witchcrafting-crafts-for-witches-35\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WitchCrafting: crafts for witches<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">Trapped in our book reviews section, screaming to get out\u00a0are reviews of&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/book-review-pagan-magic-of-the-northern-tradition-customs-rites-and-ceremonies-by-nigel-pennick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14582\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PaganMagicBook-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/book-review-pagan-magic-of-the-northern-tradition-customs-rites-and-ceremonies-by-nigel-pennick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pagan Magic of the Northern Tradition; Customs, Rites and Ceremonies by Nigel Pennick<\/a>.\u00a0In this book Pennick describes how magic was deeply embedded in the everyday life of pre-Christian societies in Northern Europe. People believed in magic both because it worked and because their whole worldview was inherently magical. In this book Pennick examines the underlying principles of this work and how different forms of magic are powered and used.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/book-review-of-epona-hidden-goddess-of-the-celts-by-p-d-mackenzie-cook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14614\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Epona-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/book-review-of-epona-hidden-goddess-of-the-celts-by-p-d-mackenzie-cook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Epona: Hidden Goddess of the Celts by P.D. Mackenzie Cook<\/a>.\u00a0Mr. Cook&#8217;s love of Epona shines forth in every word, as he discusses Her symbolism, the animals and plants associated with Her, as well as, of course, the symbolism of the horse.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/spellcrafting-spells-rituals-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14680\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Spellcraft-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">\u00a0\u201c<span lang=\"en-US\">Practical Spellcraft: A First Course in Magic\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">by Leanna Greenaway is reviewed in the column <a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/spellcrafting-spells-rituals-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SpellCrafting: Spells &amp; Rituals<\/a>. Leanna Greenaway offers a comprehensive introduction. Her book takes readers from the early steps \u2013 relating Wiccan beliefs, the sabats and setting up an altar \u2013 through more than a dozen important topics including the significance of botanicals, the meaning of animals, and correspondences<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">And last, but certainly not least,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>The Seven Archetypal Stones: Their Spiritual Powers and Teachings, featured in the <a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/crystal-connections-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crystal Connections Column<\/a>. \u00a0What makes this book special is that it focuses specifically on seven minerals, Obsidian, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Emerald, Amethyst, Quartz and Diamond. Published by Destiny Books, and written by Nicholas Pearson, this 293 page book offers an in depth exploration that includes each stones spiritual uses, history, lore, chemical make up and geol<\/b><\/span><strong>ogy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2017\/06\/crystal-connections-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14676\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crystal-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0***\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">Join us on<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PaganPagesOrg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook <\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">,<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaganPagesorg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">, &amp; Our<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/communities\/108979387032451462432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google+ Community<\/a><span style=\"color: #742bbd;\">!!<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Welcome &nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*** &nbsp; (This month&#8217;s cover graphic is created by 11 year old artist Lilia Portuguez. She enjoys drawing and playing with her cat. \u00a0Do you have Pagan art you would like to share? \u00a0email us at jenniferwright@paganpages.org) &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0*** &nbsp; This June Issue of PaganPagesOrg is full of all the articles, information, book reviews, &amp; interviews you have come to know and love us for, plus, 2\u00a0new columns to welcome! &nbsp; &nbsp; First we are pleased to introduce to our readers, &#8220;The Bad Witch&#8217;s Guide&#8220;, by our newest columnist Lucy Drake. \u00a0Are you a Good Witch or a Bad Witch? &nbsp; &nbsp; Second, our own Imelda Almqvist, shares her Shamanic Experiences, Dreams, &amp; Journeys with us through her own Videos in a New Column. &nbsp; We are so lucky this month! \u00a0Author Jennifer Engr\u00e1cio has graced PaganPagesOrg Readers with a Book Excerpt\u00a0on Ancestors from her amazing book, \u00a0\u201cDreaming of Cupcakes: A Food Addict\u2019s Shamanic Journey into Healing.&#8221;\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; This month we have an interview with\u00a0Evernia Fay:\u00a0The life &amp;\u00a0Craft of this Connecticut Witch are One. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; And our Lynn Woike has a wonderful chat with Tess Ahlberg, who knows just the right way to attract the Fae with her Faery Houses, in her column WitchCrafting: crafts for witches. \u00a0 &nbsp; Trapped in our book reviews section, screaming to get out\u00a0are reviews of&#8230; &nbsp; &nbsp; Pagan Magic of the Northern Tradition; Customs, Rites and Ceremonies by Nigel Pennick.\u00a0In this book Pennick describes how magic was deeply embedded in the everyday life of pre-Christian societies in Northern Europe. People believed in magic both because it worked and because their whole worldview was inherently magical. In this book Pennick examines the underlying principles of this work and how different forms of magic are powered and used. &nbsp; &nbsp; Epona: Hidden Goddess of the Celts by P.D. Mackenzie Cook.\u00a0Mr. Cook&#8217;s love of Epona shines forth in every word, as he discusses Her symbolism, the animals and plants associated with Her, as well as, of course, the symbolism of the horse.\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00a0\u201cPractical Spellcraft: A First Course in Magic\u201d\u00a0by Leanna Greenaway is reviewed in the column SpellCrafting: Spells &amp; Rituals. Leanna Greenaway offers a comprehensive introduction. Her book takes readers from the early steps \u2013 relating Wiccan beliefs, the sabats and setting up an altar \u2013 through more than a dozen important topics including the significance of botanicals, the meaning of animals, and correspondences &nbsp; And last, but certainly not least,\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; The Seven Archetypal Stones: Their Spiritual Powers and Teachings, featured in the Crystal Connections Column. \u00a0What makes this book special is that it focuses specifically on seven minerals, Obsidian, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Emerald, Amethyst, Quartz and Diamond. Published by Destiny Books, and written by Nicholas Pearson, this 293 page book offers an in depth exploration that includes each stones spiritual uses, history, lore, chemical make up and geology.\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0***\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; Join us on Facebook \u00a0,\u00a0Twitter\u00a0, &amp; Our Google+ Community!! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-14252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14252","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}