Magick Matters

“Fairy Witchcraft: A Neopagan’s Guide to the Celtic Fairy Faith” by Morgan Daimler (Pagan Portals)

"Many neopagans today are drawn to honor the fairies but find that the modern-day path to Fairy is hidden in mist and shadow. Yet the path is still there, waiting for those who are ready to seek it out. This is a guidebook for those seeking a path that combines modern neopagan witchcraft with the older Celtic Fairy Faith. Topics include basic beliefs and practices, holidays, tools, altar set up, and theology, with the intent of giving the seeker a solid grounding in the basics of modern Fairy Witchcraft."...>>

“The Warrior-Magician Manual: Practical Occultism for Beginners” by Astennu Sever

"This is a collection of articles written by myself, Astennu Sever, over a couple of years. Some of these have appeared in occult magazines and websites, namely occultist.net, while others have not been published until now. My primary motivation in publishing this work has been to explain occultism in a very pragmatic manner for those who are interested in this path. I consider occultism a comprehensive worldview by which the person regularly gets in touch with powers that are outside of ordinary sense perception. The main reason for getting in touch with these powers, which often present themselves as spiritual entities during rituals, is so that the occultist can manipulate external and internal reality...>>

“The Genesis of Living Forms” by Raymond Ruyer

"The philosophy of Raymond Ruyer was an important if subterranean influence on twentieth-century French thought, and explicitly engaged with by figures such as Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Georges Canguilhem, Gilbert Simondon, and Gilles Deleuze. The Genesis of Living Forms is Ruyer’s most focussed and forceful analysis of a central but apparently paradoxical biological phenomenon that also presents serious problems for philosophy: embryogenesis. When a cat develops from the early stages of fertilization to an adult, what is it that makes it the same cat? How is it that a living being can at once be the same and constantly changing? Ruyer’s answer to these questions unfolds through a detailed set of encounters with major scientific fields, from...>>

“Wandlore: The Art of Crafting the Ultimate Magical Tool” by Alferian Gwydion MacLir

"Learn the secrets of wandmaking and gain a powerful new tool for magical workings of all sorts. This enchanting, one-of-a-kind guidebook is for anyone who's ever wanted to know how magic wands work or longed to have a real magic wand of his or her own. Written by the foremost authority on the making of wands, this book is the first devoted solely to the art of wandmaking and its mysteries. Discover how a tree branch is transformed into a wand of magic, from selecting the wood and working in harmony with the tree spirits (or dryads) to understanding the magical correspondences of different stones, colors, and metals. Wandlore reveals aspects of wand theory that...>>