Tag: Paganism
Beltane: Dancing with the faery folk
One of the four major fire festivals of the Wiccan Wheel of the Year, Beltane symbolizes birth and fertility.
Beltane, by Melanie Marquis
Beltane: Rituals, Recipes and Lore for May Day is a perfect guide to ignite the spark of creativity, of growth, of love and of promise.
Ostara: Welcoming the fecund earth
Ostara is associated with the Earth’s renewal and fertility after the long winter.
Animal Messengers, by Regula Meyer
Animal Messengers may be a useful resource for anyone interested in wildlife and symbol and synchronicity. Its entries are meant to prompt personal inquiry and self-realization.
Imbolc: Lambs, light and the Feast of Brigid
Coming next in the Wheel of the Year after Yule, the return of the light, is Imbolc on February 2, the time of renewal and preparation.
Imbolc, by Carl F. Neal
Imbolc: Rituals, Recipe & Lore for Brigid’s Day is a small book packed with information for Imbolc and beyond.
Pagan Ways Tarot
The Pagan Ways Tarot is a wonderful and rich source of knowledge for the Pagan tarot reader.
Heathenry and Anglo-Saxon cosmology
Anglo-Saxon Heathenry is sometimes called Fyrnsidu, and is a nebulous and lesser-understood branch of Germanic cultural Heathenry.
Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans, by Ivo Dominguez Jr
Practical Astrology for Witches and Pagans is a book to grow with.
Kink Magic, by Taylor Ellwood and Lupa
In Kink Magic: Sex Magic Beyond Vanilla, Taylor Ellwood and Lupa magick and kinky sex, and present a perspective on the topic that is the right mix of serious and light-hearted.
Yule: Lighting up the night
Yule or the winter solstice -- December 21 or 22 in the northern hemisphere -- was celebrated as the point of survival through half the winter.
The Morrigan, by Morgan Daimler
With this publication, Morgan Daimler has written a thorough and extensively researched book on the great Irish goddess of battle, the Morrigan.