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A guide to the practice of planetary magic • Offers tools ... Read more

A guide to the practice of planetary magic • Offers tools for practitioners of green magic and folk magic to incorporate astrology into their practice • Includes an extensive collection of magical remedies to resolve astrological afflictions • Provides information on creating planetary altars and the astrological correspondences of traditional pagan holidays Traditionally, magically oriented astrology has focused on Sun-sign horoscopes while modern Western astrology has focused on attempting to become as “scientific” as possible in hopes of aligning with its sister science of astronomy. In Pagan Astrology, Raven Kaldera, a practicing astrologer and Pagan shaman, uses the commonalities and strengths of Western astrology and Pagan green magic to introduce a hands-on astrological practice that incorporates intuition, spells, and other modes of folk magic into astrology. Kaldera includes an extensive compendium of modern magical remedies to counteract negative astrological influences and shows how to use planetary energy to aid Pagan worship and green magic practice through spell casting, love magic, and shamanic stargazing. Kaldera also explains how to create planetary altars that enhance the astrological correspondences of traditional Pagan holidays using the tools of folk magic. Practitioners of green and folk magic and those who love traditional astrology will welcome this unique approach to planetary magic. Minimize

Father Terry Dunn thought he'd seen everything on the ... Read more

Father Terry Dunn thought he'd seen everything on the mean streets of Detroit, but that was before he went on a little retreat to Rwanda to evade a tax-fraud indictment.... Minimize

Free Worldwide Delivery : Christians and Pagans : Hardback ... Read more

Free Worldwide Delivery : Christians and Pagans : Hardback : Yale University Press : 9780300119084 : 0300119089 : 30 Jul 2010 : Offers a comprehensive account of the coming of Christianity to Britain, its coexistence or conflict with paganism, and its impact on the lives of both indigenous islanders and invading Anglo-Saxons. This title illuminates how the conversion process changed the hearts and minds of early Britain. Minimize

Barbara Ardinger teaches us that a contemporary spiritual e ... Read more

Barbara Ardinger teaches us that a contemporary spiritual experience can show up in some of the most unexpected places- such as The Muppet Show and Dirty Dancing. Clearly Pagan Every Day is not your ordinary goddess-a-day or spell recipe book! Rather than writing about the usual sabbat rituals and offering the standard goddess-speak, Ardinger offers 366 (365 plus one to grow on) literate and witty entries on various topics that provoke readers with new ideas and new ways of exploring paganism as a spiritual practice. Included are the holy days of other cultures, pagan elements in literature, lessons from history, famous pagans, and popular culture and paganism. Ardinger teaches us to look for undercurrents of esoterica not only in witch movies or fantasy -television, but in the mainstream culture. Take February 2- reflect on the movie Groundhog Day and how it symbolizes karma and reincarnation. Intertwined are some more traditional pagan beliefs, with a contemporary twist. On August 17, Ardinger retells the familiar story of Odin and his search for runes and transforms it into a shamanic journey for each of us to find our own runes. Jane Goodall, Judy Chicago, John Donne, Miss Piggy, Harry Potter, the Ghosts of all those Christmases, Mary Magdalene, not to mention Saturn, Diana, Sonnenwenda, Adonis, Aphrodite- they all have their places in Pagan Every Day. Pagan Every Day offers good reminders that every day offers something ordinary and luminous at the same time. Minimize

Wicca for Beginners is a great introduction to Wicca. This ... Read more

Wicca for Beginners is a great introduction to Wicca. This is a concise ‘How-to’ book that is designed to give the reader the easiest and quickest way to get a good grounding into Tarot Reading. Wicca as it stands today is a revival and recreation of ancient pagan religious ideas, sometimes known as Pagan Witchcraft, the Witch Cult, The Old Way or just simply as The Craft. It's characteristics include an intensely earth-centred outlook (including a reverence for the natural world, nature worship and the observance of seasonal rites), as well as a belief in the higher spiritual realms of the Goddess and the Horned God Pagan Witchcraft attempts to tie us back to our beginnings and our belongings, reminding us of where we come from, to what we owe our existence, and placing us within the natural order. For the Pagan all of life is sacred; an expression of the Goddess and the God. It is for this reason that modern Pagans try to reconnect with nature, consider all of their habits and actions as part of a sacred journey. To find guidance, most Pagans conduct Ceremonies, Rites, or Magic(k) in which they attempt to manifest the qualities of the Goddess and the God, and bring balance to the spiritual forces at work in their life. Within this guide I hope to introduce you to some of the key concepts for the Wiccan practitioner. Whilst this is certainly not an exhaustive study by any means, it will arm you with the beginners' tools necessary to start your own investigations into this nourishing and fulfilling spiritual journey. May your journey be long, and may the Goddess watch over you. Minimize

In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, ... Read more

In the waning years of the Roman Empire, Jews, Christians, and pagans alike used rituals to bridge the gap between the human and the divine. Depending on one’s point of view, however, such rituals could be labeled negatively as "magic" or positively as "theurgy." This has led to numerous problems of interpretation, including marginalizing certain ritual practices as magic or occult while privileging others as genuine or orthodox. In Icons of Power, Naomi Janowitz sifts through the polemics to make sense of the daunting mosaic of religious belief and practice in Late Antiquity. From rabbis who ascended to heavenly places, to sorcerers seeking to harm enemies with spells, to alchemists working metals to purify the soul, Janowitz reveals how ritual practitioners held common assumptions about why their rituals worked and about how to perform those rituals. Indeed, such assumptions were so much a part of the inherited mentality of the age that they were, for the most part, never explained—and this is precisely what Janowitz accomplishes in Icons of Power. By shifting the discussion out of the rhetoric of "magic" or "mysticism" and describing the mechanisms of ritual with semiotic terms, she moves us beyond the value-laden terminology of ancient polemicists and modern scholars so that we can better see how these rituals worked and how they affected the social identities of their followers. Janowitz recovers a lost world of religious expression that has been clouded by misinterpretation for many centuries. In the process, Icons of Power makes an important contribution to our understanding of society in Late Antiquity. Minimize

Enter into a world of magic, lust, love and betrayal. Evan ... Read more

Enter into a world of magic, lust, love and betrayal. Evan Bartholomew lives life as a gay pagan with a deep interest in magic. Not wise choices in the small town he resides in. When he comes across a book of magic in an old bookstore, he fantasizes about the portrait of a man within its pages. The first time Evan attempts one of the spells in the book, he finds himself in a world he never knew existed, completely clueless. A world of demons, magic, a queen who wants to kill him, a king who lusts after him, and the man of his fantasies, Aidan Loriel. Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, violence, hot gay men, a few elves, a demon, and a determined king. Oh, and magic thrown in for good measure. Minimize

Raven Digitalis, who's fast becoming a recognized and highl ... Read more

Raven Digitalis, who's fast becoming a recognized and highly influential voice in the Wiccan/Pagan community, returns with a unique and dynamic spellbook reflecting his signature approach to magick and spirituality. Organized by the planets, Sun, and Moon, these powerful spells are aligned according to the astrological energies. Digitalis introduces fifty-five profound rituals that can be easily customized according to one's magickal and spiritual path. From personal growth to practical concerns, you'll find spells to sharpen intuition, summon ancestors, honor Saturn returns, relieve depression, manifest abundance, reveal the truth, undo social conditioning, purge impurities, help the dying cross over, and much more. Minimize

Best Selling Wiccan Author Gregory Branson-Trent returns wi ... Read more

Best Selling Wiccan Author Gregory Branson-Trent returns with Wicca 101 Traditions, Customs, Spell Casting And More. Branson-Trent offers a complete instructional book for the beginning Witch or Wiccan. Author of the best selling Wiccan/Witchcraft book Magick: Wicca, Witchcraft, And The Book Of Shadows, offers up an introduction to make anyone feel welcome and at a level anyone could follow. In short there is a little something for every Pagan, Wiccan, or Witch to use in daily or celebrations in life. Included in this volume are: The History Of Wicca, Finding Your Way Into Wicca, How To Find a Coven, Before You Join A Wiccan or Pagan Coven, Benefits of Joining a Coven, Is Wicca Paranormal or Normal?, Days Of The Week In Wicca, What Is A Potion?, Write Your Own Spells, How Do Wicca Spells Work, Use your Association in Writing Wicca Spells, Basics Of Candle Magick, 5 Candle Magic Spells, Cauldron Usage, Wicca Tools, Casting A Circle - How-To, Practical Aspects of Wiccan Elements, Raise Your Power Levels, Magickal and Healing Attributes of Gems, 12 Steps of Visualization, Lucidity, Laws of Attraction, Herbal Home Remedies, Wicca Recipes For Tea Usage, Moon Protection for Amulets, How To See Auras, How To Hold an Esbat Rite, Celebrate the Full Moon, Cakes and Ale Ceremony, How To Draw Down the Moon, Spring Full Moon Ritual, Ostara, The Witch's Herbal First Aid Kit, Herbal Meanings, Wicca Rites And Celebrations, Scents Of Wicca / Incense Recipes, The Basics of Blending Oils / Oil Recipes, Essential Oil Recipes, Mixing Winter's Magic, Yule Incense, Incense Recipes, Sabbat Oil Recipes – Yule Oils, Sabbat Scent Recipes, 12 Days Of Yule, and much more. Minimize

The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illus ... Read more

The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking. From the serpent goddesses of ancient Crete to modern nature-worship and the restoration of the indigenous religions of eastern Europe, this wide-ranging book offers a rewarding new perspective of European history. In this definitive study, Prudence Jones and Nigel Pennick draw together the fragmented sources of Europe's native religions and establish the coherence and continuity of the Pagan world vision. Exploring Paganism as it developed from the ancient world through the Celtic and Germanic periods, the authors finally appraise modern Paganism and its apparent causes as well as addressing feminist spirituality, the heritage movement, nature-worship and `deep' ecology This innovative and comprehensive history of European Paganism will provide a stimulating, reliable guide to this popular dimension of religious culture for the academic and the general reader alike. Minimize

The Pagan Stone had stood for hundreds of years, long befor ... Read more

The Pagan Stone had stood for hundreds of years, long before three boys gathered around it to spill their blood in a bond of brotherhood, unwittingly releasing a force bent on destruction ...Gage Turner has been running from his past for a long time. The son of an abusive drunk, his childhood in the small town of Hawkins Hollow was tough - his only solace his friendship with Fox O'Dell and Caleb Hawkins. But, aged ten, the boys unleashed evil on their town: every seven years murder and mayhem reign, and each cycle is more extreme than the last. Now Gage has returned home to help his friends save Hawkins Hollow, but a lifetime as a loner has made him wary of emotional ties. And who can make plans for the future when their present is so uncertain? For unless they find a way to use the Pagan Stone against the demonic force, everything they know and love will be destroyed ... Minimize

Arnaldo Momigliano is the greatest contemporary scholar of ... Read more

Arnaldo Momigliano is the greatest contemporary scholar of the history and historiography of classical civilization. M.I. Finley has written in the New Statesman that "there is no one alive today who knows the subject as he does."On Pagans, Jews, and Christians is an important addition to his masterly work, bringing together nineteen essays written in the past five years from sources such as The New York Review of Books, The American Scholar, and the Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. It is written with literate clarity and elegance, humane wisdom, and breadth of intellect. The focus of this book is the secular cultures of pagan Greece and imperial Rome, and the religious cultures of Judaism and Christianity which, in turn, grew from and influenced them and the modern world. For Momigliano, religion, secular ideology, and politics live in and illuminate the present. Chapters include "The Jews of Italy" (history viewed in the autobiographical perspective of the Momigliano family), "The Disadvantages of Monotheism for a Universal State," "How to Reconcile Greeks and Trojans," and "The Theological Efforts of the Roman Upper Classes in the First Century B.C."A new book by Arnaldo Momigliano is always a scholarly event. Minimize

Years ago, after their blood brother ritual, Gage, Fox, and ... Read more

Years ago, after their blood brother ritual, Gage, Fox, and Caleb emerged from the woods, each with a piece of bloodstone. Now, it will become their weapon in the final fight against the demon they awakened. Winner take all… Shared nightmares, visions of blood and fire, and random violence begin to plague the longtime friends and Quinn, Layla, and Cybil, the women bound to them by fate. None of them can ignore the fact that, this year, the demon has grown stronger—feeding off of the terror it creates. But now, the three pieces of the bloodstone have been fused back together. If only they could figure out how to use it. A gambling man like Gage has no trouble betting on his crew to find a way. And though he and Cybil share the gift of seeing the future, that’s all they share. Were they to take their flirtation to the next level, it would be on their own terms, not because fate decreed it. But Gage knows that a woman like Cybil—with her brains and strength and devastating beauty—can only bring him luck. Good or bad has yet to be determined—and could mean the difference between absolute destruction or an end to the nightmare for Hawkins Hollow. Minimize

Rufinus' vivid account of the battle between the Eastern Em ... Read more

Rufinus' vivid account of the battle between the Eastern Emperor Theodosius and the Western usurper Eugenius by the River Frigidus in 394 represents it as the final confrontation between paganism and Christianity. It is indeed widely believed that a largely pagan aristocracy remained a powerful and active force well into the fifth century, sponsoring pagan literary circles, patronage of the classics, and propaganda for the old cults in art and literature. The main focus of much modern scholarship on the end of paganism in the West has been on its supposed stubborn resistance to Christianity. The dismantling of this romantic myth is one of the main goals of Alan Cameron's book. Actually, the book argues, Western paganism petered out much earlier and more rapidly than hitherto assumed. The subject of this book is not the conversion of the last pagans but rather the duration, nature, and consequences of their survival. By re-examining the abundant textual evidence, both Christian (Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome, Paulinus, Prudentius) and "pagan" (Claudian, Macrobius, and Ammianus Marcellinus), as well as the visual evidence (ivory diptychs, illuminated manuscripts, silverware), Cameron shows that most of the activities and artifacts previously identified as hallmarks of a pagan revival were in fact just as important to the life of cultivated Christians. Far from being a subversive activity designed to rally pagans, the acceptance of classical literature, learning, and art by most elite Christians may actually have helped the last reluctant pagans to finally abandon the old cults and adopt Christianity. The culmination of decades of research, The Last Pagans of Rome will overturn many long-held assumptions about pagan and Christian culture in the late antique West. Minimize

The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illus ... Read more

The first comprehensive study of its kind, this fully illustrated book establishes Paganism as a persistent force in European history with a profound influence on modern thinking. From the serpent goddesses of ancient Crete to modern nature-worship and the restoration of the indigenous religions of eastern Europe, this wide-ranging book offers a rewarding new perspective of European history. In this definitive study, Prudence Jones and Nigel Pennick draw together the fragmented sources of Europe's native religions and establish the coherence and continuity of the Pagan world vision. Exploring Paganism as it developed from the ancient world through the Celtic and Germanic periods, the authors finally appraise modern Paganism and its apparent causes as well as addressing feminist spirituality, the heritage movement, nature-worship and `deep' ecology This innovative and comprehensive history of European Paganism will provide a stimulating, reliable guide to this popular dimension of religious culture for the academic and the general reader alike. Minimize

Pagan Studies is maturing and moving beyond the context of ... Read more

Pagan Studies is maturing and moving beyond the context of new religious movements to situate itself in within of the study of world religions.Introduction to Pagan Studies is the first and only text designed to introduce the study of contemporary Paganism as a world religion. It examines the intellectual, religious, and social spheres of Paganism through common categories in the study of religion, which includes beliefs, practices, theology, ritual, history, and role of texts and scriptures. The text is accessible to readers of all backgrounds and religions and assumes no prior knowledge of Paganism.This text will also serve as a general introduction to Pagan Studies for non-specialist scholars of religion, as well as be of interest to scholars in the related disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology and Cultural Studies, and to students taking courses in Religious Studies, Pagan Studies, Nature Religion, New Religious Movements, and Religion in America. The book will also be useful to non-academic practitioners of Paganism interested in current scholarship. Minimize

Although Laurel has come to accept her true identity as a f ... Read more

Although Laurel has come to accept her true identity as a faerie, she refuses to turn her back on her human life - and especially her boyfriend, David - to return to the faerie world.... Minimize

For fans of Geoffrey Wolff's Age of Consent and Mary Karr's ... Read more

For fans of Geoffrey Wolff's Age of Consent and Mary Karr's The Liar's Club, a wrenching and beautiful memoir of a child's life in a sixties commune. . "Sometimes it seems like I've spent my life searching for the words that will open my childhood for you. It's always the same-even as I'm trying to use my story to knock down the wall between us, I can see that I'm turning myself into a freak, my childhood into a sideshow. " Pagan Time is the story of Micah Perks's struggle to make comprehensible her unorthodox childhood. She was raised at her family's commune in the Adirondack wilderness, and at the core of her book lie memories of and feelings for her wildly eccentric father, a self-proclaimed pagan intent on demolishing conventional boundaries and morality. This complex memoir mixes a moving celebration of the utopian spirit and its desire for community and freedom with a lacerating critique of the consequences of those desires-especially for the children involved. How could the campaign for a perfect home and family create such confusion and destruction? The sixties, for many, became a laboratory of hope and chaos, of good intentions run riot. "There is breathtaking beauty in this memoir Micah Perks writes with great sympathy, subtlety, and precision about the explosive paradise of her youth. " -Joanna Scott, author of Make Believe. Minimize

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Illustrated throughout. Contents: The Transformation of Rom ... Read more

Illustrated throughout. Contents: The Transformation of Rome from a Pagan into a Christian City; Pagan Shrines and Temples; Christian Churches; Imperial Tombs; Papal Tombs; Pagan Cemetries; Christian Cemetries; Minimize

Magical Spirituality for the Solitary Pagan. The Wiccan Way ... Read more

Magical Spirituality for the Solitary Pagan. The Wiccan Way is filled with simple acts of sacredness and ways to bring magic to your daily life. This evocative book for connecting with the wisdom of prayer, enchantment, and healing magic begins with a thorough description of what prayer means to the Pagan mystic: an attitude of reverence toward nature and its creatures. Prayer and spells are highlighted throughout this enriching book. You will learn: How to create magical prayers; Prayers and spells for health, wealth, and good fortune; How to get help from a familiar spirit; Steps along the path; How to consecrate an altar; Prayers for the eight sabbats. The author's lyrical writing style brings to life the way of magic and the importance of honoring the spirit of all beings.The Wiccan Way, written for the solitary practitioner, is easy to use. Minimize

You don't need to be Wiccan to enjoy this friendly book of ... Read more

You don't need to be Wiccan to enjoy this friendly book of home cooking and natural remedies. To the kitchen witch, every recipe is like a little spell bringing the opportunity to create love and positive energy in the home and for loved ones. This year-round guide to seasonal recipes and rituals for all the pagan festivals, will be invaluable to Wiccans wishing to celebrate the good things that are given to us by the land. Wicca is a peaceful, balanced and harmonious way of life.The word 'witch' comes from the words 'wise' or 'wisdom' and witches or Wiccans originally were called 'The Wise Ones.' They also study natural remedies and the infl uences of the cycles of the moon and the planets. Witches seek to harm noone, knowing that the energy they send out comes back threefold. The Kitchen Witch follows the eight pagan festivals: Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasadh and Mabon. This book is about being at one with nature, and the four elements. During these festivals birth, life, death, rebirth and union are celebrated. The celebrations involve sharing food with loved ones or friends. Each of the eight festivals has delicious recipes using a variety of seasonal foods and foods commonly found in most kitchens. There is also information on herbs, plants, spices, fl owers and essential oils that you can use for spell or circle work, and homemade lotions and potions. This book is a guide for the everyday witch that can be enjoyed by everyone. Soraya is a white witch, and an internationally renowned author and psychic. She writes for The Weekly News, a leading weekly paper. She is the author of Tarot, Spells, Psychic Powers and Runes. Minimize

More than one million American children are schooled by the ... Read more

More than one million American children are schooled by their parents. As their ranks grow, home schoolers are making headlines by winning national spelling bees and excelling at elite universities. The few studies conducted suggest that homeschooled children are academically successful and remarkably well socialized. Yet we still know little about this alternative to one of society's most fundamental institutions. Beyond a vague notion of children reading around the kitchen table, we don't know what home schooling looks like from the inside.Sociologist Mitchell Stevens goes behind the scenes of the homeschool movement and into the homes and meetings of home schoolers. What he finds are two very different kinds of home education--one rooted in the liberal alternative school movement of the 1960s and 1970s and one stemming from the Christian day school movement of the same era. Stevens explains how this dual history shapes the meaning and practice of home schooling today. In the process, he introduces us to an unlikely mix of parents (including fundamentalist Protestants, pagans, naturalists, and educational radicals) and notes the core values on which they agree: the sanctity of childhood and the primacy of family in the face of a highly competitive, bureaucratized society.Kingdom of Children aptly places home schoolers within longer traditions of American social activism. It reveals that home schooling is not a random collection of individuals but an elaborate social movement with its own celebrities, networks, and characteristic lifeways. Stevens shows how home schoolers have built their philosophical and religious convictions into the practical structure of the cause, and documents the political consequences of their success at doing so.Ultimately, the history of home schooling serves as a parable about the organizational strategies of the progressive left and the religious right since the 1960s.Kingdom of Children shows what happens when progressive ideals meet conventional politics, demonstrates the extraordinary political capacity of conservative Protestantism, and explains the subtle ways in which cultural sensibility shapes social movement outcomes more generally. Minimize