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Excerpt: Magick for the Elemental Witch

by Deanna Anderson
“The elements are very important in life and in magickal practices because of the natural energy they give off.  Working with all of the elements either separately or combined can really lend a sense of ‘old-world’ or ancient power to magick and rituals.  Exploring and working with each element separately helps one to [...]

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Excerpt: Magick for the Kitchen Witch

by Deanna Anderson
“Kitchen Witchery is about easy tasks or spells, multi-tasking (sweeping the floor can be a ritual), and adding magick to the tasks we do anyway.  Some lemon grass in the mop water will help cleanse and clean your home.  A braid of garlic or garlic clove in the window absorbs negativity and traps [...]

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Excerpt: The Resurrection Murders

by Donald Michael Kraig
Crash!
Simon was interrupted by the sound. For a moment both he an Allenda held their breaths—surprised, shocked. He quickly looked around the familiar room. It was large and circular with a high, conical ceiling crossed by sweeping, open beams. The window-filled walls were hidden in shadows created by the few [...]

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Excerpt: Seekers Guide to Learning Wicca: Training to First Degree in the Southern Hemisphere

by Amethyst Treleven
Am I the only one who’s sick and tired of reading Wicca and Witchcraft 101 books and finding they’re virtually all by northern hemisphere writers who simply don’t understand the issues we face about festival dates, circle directions and quarter placements in the southern hemisphere? If you’ve found the same thing and are [...]

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Excerpt: Seekers Guide to Learning Wicca: Training to First Degree in the Northern Hemisphere

by Amethyst Treleven
Welcome to The Seekers Guide to Learning Wicca for the northern hemisphere. I must admit up front that this book was originally written for students who live at the bottom of our wonderful planet but because I had so many students around the world who lived on the top half of our planet, [...]

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Excerpt: How and What Witches Learn: Modern Witchcraft in Suburban Australia

by Ziggy Smith (author’s “muggle” name)
After years of academic research, writing and publishing, I’ve learnt a major rule of thumb. There’s a fine line between being an achiever and being absolutely batty…
Someone once asked me why I wrote this book and I must admit that it took me a while to find the answer. I’ve [...]

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Excerpt: De-Stress Now! Your Personal Program for Reducing Stress

by Ziggy Smith (author’s “muggle” name)
The millennium cusp has been an incredible time for humanity. During the last fifty years, the planet Earth has been involved in one of the fastest periods of change ever experienced. Where once we were reliant on mechanical processes for productivity and wealth, now we’re reliant on information and technology [...]

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Excerpt: Bridging the Gap: Working Within the Dynamics of Pagan Groups and Society

Chapter 1: Why Politics and Community?
Navigating through life can be complicated. Demands on our time from family, mundane jobs, covens, mentoring and teaching make time management complicated at best and like juggling raw eggs on the worst of days. One slip and it feels like there is goopy, slippery egg all over your feet, making [...]

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Pùqest Book 1: The Hunter

by Amber Carez
~ 1 ~                 Hunter
The hunter slid silently to a halt upon hearing the scream of violent death a short distance away. It had been three days since he had eaten and the sýlvra sheen of the moon on the melted, then refrozen crust of the snow indicated that life had not stirred among [...]

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Warrior’s Blood Red

“Sorcerer Kalath, why have you woken me?” High Priestess Caitlan pulled on a gold silken robe, the same color as the mana emanating from her skin, and crossed her arms over her chest. Her eyes bore into him expectantly.
“I apologize for the intrusion, especially at this late hour, Priestess Caitlan.” Sorcerer Kalath paused, pulling the [...]

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