{"id":22665,"date":"2020-07-01T01:10:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T05:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=22665"},"modified":"2020-06-28T14:17:08","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T18:17:08","slug":"book-review-broth-from-the-cauldron-by-cerridwen-fallingstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2020\/07\/01\/book-review-broth-from-the-cauldron-by-cerridwen-fallingstar\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – Broth from the Cauldron: A Wisdom Journey Through Everyday Magic by Cerridwen Fallingstar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book Review<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

Broth from the Cauldron<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

A Wisdom Journey <\/span>T<\/span>hrough Everyday Magic<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

b<\/span>y Cerridwen Fallingstar<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

280 <\/span>Pages<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

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The stories Cerridwen Fallingstar <\/span><\/span>tells<\/span> about her life in \u201cBroth from the Cauldron: A Wisdom Journey through Everyday Magic\u201d range from fairly ordinary to well out of the ordinary. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Since 1976 she\u2019s been a Wiccan priestess teaching shamanic classes. In 1992 she began teaching year-long apprenticeship programs she calls \u201cHogwarts for Grown-ups.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The memoir does not follow the classic chronological order. \u201cSometimes the true way to tell a story is the twisted path, the journey through the labyrinth, the path that doubles back on itself, full of odd turns, improbable coincidences, and strange miracles,\u201d Cerridwen writes in the introduction. \u201cThe key is the thread of meaning that we carry as we journey to the center and return again,\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The stories flow easily. Some are silly. Some are simple. Others are profound. Some date back to when she was three years old and befriended a tarantula. Some are about family and friends. Some of her sacred and striking revelations happened during ritual, but most occurred while living her \u201cordinary, amazing life.\u201d She tells of the incoming tide parting and going around a sacred circle, her actions in a dream that protected her boyfriend from a probable murder, and uncovering both a trident and a torpedo while scuba diving off Crete where she was doing research for a historical novel based on a past life she remembered.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cerridwen pours these seventy-five stories into a cauldron \u2013 a tool of change and transformation \u2013 seasoning them with just the right amount of humor, innocence, and unexpected insights so readers can consume a brew that can nourish, teach, entertain, inspire and heal. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The writing is conversational. Reading one essay makes you want to read another and they\u2019re short \u2013 most are three pages long \u2013 so you can justify just savoring one more. All are true. Nuggets of wisdom abound as the stories meander through her life \u2013 from growing up in a Republican household doing the Cold War where she befriended a tarantula at age three, protesting as a radical bisexual hippie, and becoming a pagan priestess. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I got pulled in, reading long into a few early mornings,<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cerridwen Fallingstar<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(born Cheri Lesh, November 15, 1952), is an American Wiccan priestess, shamanic witch, and author. She has written, taught, and lectured about magic, ritual, and metaphysics. She founded three covens, and an organization called EarthRite that offered public rituals for a dozen years. She worked closely with Starhawk during the early years of Reclaiming, and is considered a leading authority on pagan witchcraft.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For information on classes, rituals and private sessions, or to set up workshops and lectures in your area, contact her by email at <\/span><\/span><\/span>c.fallingstar@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nBroth from the Cauldron: A Wisdom Journey through Everyday Magic on Amazon<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lynn Woike<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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thewitchonwheels.com<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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All my life I have known magic was real. As a child, I played with the fae, established relationships with trees and \u201cjust knew things.\u201d In my maiden years I discovered witchcraft and dabbled in the black-candles-and-cemeteries-at-midnight-on-a-fullmoon magick just enough to realize I did not understand its power. I went on to explore many practices including Zen, astrology, color therapy, native traditions, tarot, herbs, candle magic, gems, and, as I moved into my mother years, Buddhism, the Kabbalah and Reiki. The first man I dated after my divorce was a witch who reintroduced me to the Craft, this time by way of the Goddess. For 11 years I was in a coven, but with retirement, I have returned to an eclectic solitary practice. When accepting the mantle of crone, I pledged to serve and teach. This is what I do from my skoolie \u2013 a 30-year-old school bus converted into a tiny house on wheels that I am driving around the country, following 72-degree weather, emerging myself into nature, and sharing magic with those I meet. Find me at <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>thewitchonwheels.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, Facebook and Instagram.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Book Review Broth from the Cauldron A Wisdom Journey Through Everyday Magic by Cerridwen Fallingstar 280 Pages     The stories Cerridwen Fallingstar tells about her life in \u201cBroth from the Cauldron: A Wisdom Journey through Everyday Magic\u201d range from fairly ordinary to well out of the ordinary. Since 1976 she\u2019s been a Wiccan priestess teaching shamanic classes. In 1992 she began teaching year-long apprenticeship programs she calls \u201cHogwarts for Grown-ups.\u201d The memoir does not follow the classic chronological order. \u201cSometimes the true way to tell a story is the twisted path, the journey through the labyrinth, the path that doubles back on itself, full of odd turns, improbable coincidences, and strange miracles,\u201d Cerridwen writes in the introduction. \u201cThe key is the thread of meaning that we carry as we journey to the center and return again,\u201d The stories flow easily. Some are silly. Some are simple. Others are profound. Some date back to when she was three years old and befriended a tarantula. Some are about family and friends. Some of her sacred and striking revelations happened during ritual, but most occurred while living her \u201cordinary, amazing life.\u201d She tells of the incoming tide parting and going around a sacred circle, her actions in a dream that protected her boyfriend from a probable murder, and uncovering both a trident and a torpedo while scuba diving off Crete where she was doing research for a historical novel based on a past life she remembered. Cerridwen pours these seventy-five stories into a cauldron \u2013 a tool of change and transformation \u2013 seasoning them with just the right amount of humor, innocence, and unexpected insights so readers can consume a brew that can nourish, teach, entertain, inspire and heal. The writing is conversational. Reading one essay makes you want to read another and they\u2019re short \u2013 most are three pages long \u2013 so you can justify just savoring one more. All are true. Nuggets of wisdom abound as the stories meander through her life \u2013 from growing up in a Republican household doing the Cold War where she befriended a tarantula at age three, protesting as a radical bisexual hippie, and becoming a pagan priestess. I got pulled in, reading long into a few early mornings, Cerridwen Fallingstar\u00a0(born Cheri Lesh, November 15, 1952), is an American Wiccan priestess, shamanic witch, and author. She has written, taught, and lectured about magic, ritual, and metaphysics. She founded three covens, and an organization called EarthRite that offered public rituals for a dozen years. She worked closely with Starhawk during the early years of Reclaiming, and is considered a leading authority on pagan witchcraft. For information on classes, rituals and private sessions, or to set up workshops and lectures in your area, contact her by email at c.fallingstar@gmail.com.   Broth from the Cauldron: A Wisdom Journey through Everyday Magic on Amazon *** About the Author: Lynn Woike thewitchonwheels.com All my life I have known magic was real. As a child, I played with the fae, established relationships with trees and \u201cjust knew things.\u201d In my maiden years I discovered witchcraft and dabbled in the black-candles-and-cemeteries-at-midnight-on-a-fullmoon magick just enough to realize I did not understand its power. I went on to explore many practices including Zen, astrology, color therapy, native traditions, tarot, herbs, candle magic, gems, and, as I moved into my mother years, Buddhism, the Kabbalah and Reiki. The first man I dated after my divorce was a witch who reintroduced me to the Craft, this time by way of the Goddess. For 11 years I was in a coven, but with retirement, I have returned to an eclectic solitary practice. When accepting the mantle of crone, I pledged to serve and teach. This is what I do from my skoolie \u2013 a 30-year-old school bus converted into a tiny house on wheels that I am driving around the country, following 72-degree weather, emerging myself into nature, and sharing magic with those I meet. Find me at thewitchonwheels.com, Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10005],"tags":[10346,10095,12105,12106,12108,10373,12077,10541,10065,11870,10075,12109,12107,10253],"class_list":["post-22665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-author","tag-book","tag-broth","tag-cauldron","tag-cerridwen-fallingstar","tag-everyday","tag-from-the","tag-journey","tag-magic","tag-memoir","tag-review","tag-short-stories","tag-through","tag-wisdom"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22665","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=22665"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22669,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22665\/revisions\/22669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}