Magick Matters

“Writing About Magic: Professional Techniques for Paranormal and Fantasy Fiction” by Rayne Hall

"Do you write fantasy fiction? This book is a resource for authors. Crammed with information, tips, and plot ideas, it helps you create stories about magic and magicians which are believable and exciting. Learn about power-raising, ritual, training, initiation, love spells, sex magic, costuming, equipment, correspondences, magical weapons, healing, protection, miracles, spells, amulets, talismans, curses, hexes, illusionists, charlatans, natural and ceremonial magic, witchcraft, shamanism, alchemy, necromancy, ethics, conflicts, secrecy and more. Draw up a psychological profile for your magician, invent fictional spells that work, avoid blunders, and create trouble for your characters."...>>

“Liminal People: Terrifying Nightmare Parallel Realities” by G. Michael Vasey

"Demons, Angels, Shadow People, BEK... Join G. Michael Vasey as he explores the Liminal people and entities that occupy the edge of our perception. The edge of our reality. Terrifying true tales of black eyed kids, shadow people, demons and other liminal entities fill the pages of this fascinating and scary book. In the mists of the liminal live both the monsters and the gods. They know of our existence. In fact, to some of these entities, we are prey, and our fear, anger and passions are the energies that feed, sustain and attract them. In this book, G. Michael Vasey, master of the paranormal, investigates these ghostly liminal worlds using all true personal and third...>>

“Thrifty Witchery: Magick for the Penny-Pinching Practitioner” by Vincent Higginbotham and Martha Kirby Capo

"A Practical, Penny-Wise Roadmap to Spellcasting Discover the secrets to practicing magick on a budget with this empowering guide. Featuring more than forty exercises, Thrifty Witchery shows that intuition, wisdom, and intention are more important to your magick than expensive trinkets. With these three skills, you can turn everything you touch into a magickal tool. Vincent Higginbotham and Martha Kirby Capo teach you how to see the world with a witch's eyes and mind. Learn how to safely forage for supplies, find specific items you know you need, and fabricate separate components into something new and full of magickal intention. You will speed up a spell with hot sauce, create sigils with liquid eyeliner, use eggshells...>>

“Eyes Wide Open: Cultivating Discernment on the Spiritual Path” by Mariana Caplan

"The spiritual path is like any other road―it’s going to have its share of potholes and detours. Safe travel requires a quality rarely taught yet critically important in today’s world: discernment. In Eyes Wide Open, Mariana Caplan supports us in cultivating the acute judgment and discrimination that will help us to live a spiritual life with intelligence, clarity, and authenticity. Is enlightenment less about fireworks and bliss and more about dismantling illusions? How do we fully integrate our practice into daily living? What’s the best way to work with the ego and the shadow? Eyes Wide Open explores these questions and more, offering practitioners from any tradition―or those just getting started―a traveler’s guide through "the labyrinth...>>

“Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind” by Annaka Harris

"As concise and enlightening as Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, this mind-expanding dive into the mystery of consciousness is an illuminating meditation on the self, free will, and felt experience. What is consciousness? How does it arise? And why does it exist? We take our experience of being in the world for granted. But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: Why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? How are we able to think about this? And why should we? In this wonderfully accessible book, Annaka Harris guides us through the evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousness....>>