Tag: Spirituality
The Witches’ Almanac, Issue 33
The Witches' Almanac, Issue 33 Spring 2014-2015: The Mystic Earth, edited by Andrew Theitic The Witches' Almanac, 9780982432396, 208 pp. (incl. letters, ads), 2013 Reading The...
Sacred Sounds of the Female Orishas, collected by Raul Canizares
Sacred Sounds of the Female Orishas consists of nine tracks to separate orishas (the Santerian designation of Christian saints and divinities).
Talking to the Spirits, by Kenaz Filan and Raven Kaldera
Talking to the Spirits is an excellent exploration of communication with spirits and the spirit world.
Genuine Witchcraft is Explained, by John of Monmouth
If your concept of witchcraft is composed exclusively by the modern Pagan movement and Wicca, then Genuine Witchcraft Explained will be a real eye-opener.
Robert Graves’ fabrication of the Celtic tree calendar
Robert Graves provides neither the original Irish poem, nor anyone else’s translation. He sets off creating his own Celtic tree calendar.
A Book of Pagan Prayer, by Ceisiwr Serith
A Book of Pagan Prayer is a book I never thought I would see. Most of the Pagans I know aren't big on formalized, scripted prayer.
Magical correspondences and social values
A spiritual path is a way of seeing the world and a way of interpreting our relationships with the many things, events, people, and places in the world.
The Akashic Experience, edited by Ervin Laszlo
The Akashic Experience, edited by Ervin Laszlo Inner Traditions, 9781594772986, 288 pp., 2009 The Akashic Experience presents a series of accounts dealing with the intrusion of...
100 Years of Fringe Religion: Thelema, Discordianism, Wicca, Satanism and…Atheism?
I was putting together a time-line for another essay when something occurred to me. Various religions that started as fringe have grown and expanded...
Occult profiling: Where it comes from and why it’s worth fighting
For the past couple of years, I've had a Google Alert set for the word “Satanic.” I created it because I wanted to study how...
Pagan Christmas, by Christian Rätsch and Claudia Muller-Ebeling
Far too often people focus of the most visible of Yuletide symbols and ignore the myriad of other details that surround Pagan Christmas.
Thoth, by Lesley Jackson
Thoth: The History of the Ancient Egyptian God of Wisdom, by Lesley Jackson Avalonia Books, 9781905297474, 225 pp., 2012 This is a rather unique book in...