Magick Matters

“Propelled: How Boredom, Frustration, and Anticipation Lead Us to the Good Life” by Andreas Elpidorou

"Discover the value of discontent and how boredom, frustration, and anticipation make our lives better. Many of our endeavors—be it personal or communal, technological or artistic—aim at eradicating all traces of dissatisfaction from our daily lives. They seek to cure us of our discontent in order to deliver us a fuller and flourishing existence. But what if ubiquitous pleasure and instant fulfillment make our lives worse, not better? What if discontent isn't an obstacle to the good life but one of its essential ingredients? In Propelled, Andreas Elpidorou makes a lively case for the value of discontent and illustrates how boredom, frustration, and anticipation are good for us. Weaving together stories...>>

“A Pocket Guide to Tarot Card Archetypes: When You Don’t Want to Carry Around a Library” by Abbi Clark

"As the title suggests, this pocket-sized guide to tarot archetypes will save you the difficulty of carrying around your whole library of reference texts for convenience while conducting readings on the go. With a guide to choosing the right deck for you, suggestions for when and where to perform readings, instructions for your basic three-card draw, and the commonly accepted meanings of different elements in the Major and Minor Arcana, this little zine is a perfect companion to any tarot deck, and can provide novice tarot readers and more experienced practitioners alike with a handy reference. Grab a copy to give to a friend along with a new deck, or pick one up to...>>

“Unfamiliar Familiars: Extraordinary Animal Companions for the Modern Witch” by Megan Lynn Kott and Justin DeVine

"Unfamiliar Familiars is a comprehensive and humorous handbook to finding and caring for the unconventional animal companion. This guide will help you find the animal best suited to your personality and particular magical needs. Animals include a narwhal (strong in clairvoyance and fencing), an albatross (best for sea-faring witches), or an earthworm (for garden-based magic and fish summoning). • Features real-world facts with a playful, magical spin • Includes a helpful quiz for finding your own familiar • Brimming with suggested names, strengths, weaknesses, and more Forget the toads and black cats: Every witch is unique, so shouldn't you have a familiar as one-of-a-kind and extraordinary as yourself? Unfamiliar Familiars is an entertaining and educational guide to a menagerie of magical,...>>

“Tantra, Yoga of Ecstasy: The Sadhaka’s Guide to Kundalini and the Left-Hand Path” by Leigh Hurley and Phillip Hurley

"Tantra is an ancient discipline with deep cosmic roots. Every movement in time and space is ritual for the Tantric sadhaka, and every moment is a moment of transmutation, of alchemy. Shiva and Shakti bring us back to first principles in a feeling way that engages all of our senses, and all levels of our being. The Tantric sadhaka is enlightened by the manifestation of these first principles in their life — physically, psychologically, sociologically, and spiritually. Tantra, Yoga of Ecstasy details ritual, practice, meditation and psychology for the serious student of Tantra. Topics discussed include: Meaning and intent of classical Tantric rituals; Tantric philosophy; How to raise kundalini; Shiva Shakti meditation and Tantric...>>