Magick Matters

“The Nightmare Before Dinner: Over 50 Hauntingly Good Dishes and Drinks to Die For” by Zach Neil

"Craft a spooktacular spread inspired by iconic creepy films and characters, with over 50 deadly delicious food, dessert, and drink recipes. Gather ’round the haunted table, where every day is Halloween! If you delight in ghoulish frights and movies like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, and The Evil Dead; then get your goth on with over 50 recipes from Beetle House, the Halloween-inspired restaurant with locations in New York and Los Angeles that honors the legendary director Tim Burton and all his amazing films and creative characters. The Nightmare Before Dinner includes sauces and dips for the recently deceased, eerie appetizers, sinister sides, cauldron companions like soups and salads, macabre mains, devilish desserts, and dark...>>

“Written in Your Stars: Use Your Saturn Return, Pluto Square, and Other Planetary Cycles to Become Your Best Self” by Narayana Montufar

"Using your age as a reference, learn and grow from the lessons and opportunities of your past, current, and upcoming planetary cycles. What does every 27-year-old have in common? At first glance, not much! But when you look at their specific age through an astrological lens, they are all at a critical moment along their life journey. Each of them is experiencing a Saturn Return, an important transition from adolescence to maturity where one sets the template for their major life goals. Written by one of Vogue’s "13 Astrologers to Follow" Narayana Montúfar, Written in Your Stars is the ultimate accessible guidebook for navigating planetary cycles, and their corresponding life events and transitions. You will...>>

“The Celtic Year: Folklore, Myths and Magic” by Alison Davies

"The Celtic Year is your year-long companion to the magic and mystery of the Celts. As you follow along with the Wheel of the Year, you will discover the traditions, beliefs and rituals of these ancient people. With this beautiful book as your guide, immerse yourself in nature and harness the power of the elements as you discover everything from practices and deities, to signs, symbols and sacred sites. Learn your tree sign and discover a new festival every month. Plus, with simple creative exercises and nature-inspired rituals, this book will remind you to live more in tune with the seasons. Celebrate the magic of the Celts in every phase of the year with The Celtic Year."...>>

“Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting, and Why We Keep Looking” by Alice Vernon

"A social, historical and scientific exploration of ghost-hunting, and why our fascination with the paranormal is as timeless as the ghosts we hope to find. The history of ghosts is ancient, but the history of active ghost-hunting is relatively recent, and investigations into the paranormal have developed hand-in-spirit-hand with scientific discoveries, from radio waves to smartphone apps. Now, more than ever, we want to find our own ghosts. Is it to help process grief? Become influencers? Or ease our fears of death? Ghosted follows the story of paranormal investigations from the Victorian era to the modern day, examining how our fascination with ghost hunting has changed alongside technology and culture. Where we once gathered around tables,...>>

“Saints: A new legendary of heroes, humans and magic” by Amy Jeffs

"From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild, comes a sweeping new legendary of miracles, magic, human frailty and heroic strength. Illustrated with over thirty original paper cutouts by the author. Saints' legends suffused medieval European culture. Their heroes' suffering and wonder-working shaped landscapes, rituals and folk beliefs. Their tales spoke of men raised by wolves, women communing with flocks of birds and severed heads calling from between bristling paws. In Saints, Amy Jeffs retells legends born of the medieval cult of saints. She draws on 'official' lives, vernacular romances, artworks and obscene poetry, all spanning from the fourth to the sixteenth centuries. The legends' heroes originate from as far east as Turkey and...>>