03.10.2023

“The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft” by Diana Helmuth

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "A skeptic’s year-long quest to find spiritual fulfillment through modern Witchcraft, perfect for fans of A.J. Jacobs and Mary Roach. Diana Helmuth, thirty-three, is skeptical of organized religion. She is also skeptical of disorganized religion. But, more than anything, she is tired of God being dead. So, she decides to try on the fastest growing, self-directed faith in America: Witchcraft. The result is 366 days of observation, trial, error, wit, and back spasms. Witches today are often presented as confident and finished, proud and powerful. Diana is eager to join them. She wants to follow all the rules, memorize all the incantations, and read all the liturgy. But there’s one glaring problem: no Witch can...>>

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03.10.2023

“Cats: Keepers of the Spirit World” by John A. Rush

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🕵️🐷🕵️ zero-day🕵️🐷🕵️ "Explores our intertwined spiritual history with cats • Examines spiritual and occult beliefs connected to cats from Mayan, Aztec, and Native American mythology as well as from ancient India, Samaria, Babylon, Japan, and Egypt • Looks at spiritual behaviors attributed to cats as well as modern biological research into cat behavior and their highly sophisticated sensory systems • Reveals the similarities between cat and human emotions and the deep connection between cats and meditation We have been connected to cats for more than 30 million years. To our prehistoric ancestors cats were deadly predators of the night, and because of this ancient memory etched onto our DNA, cats epitomize our fear of the dark. Yet in addition...>>

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03.10.2023

“Embracing the Darkness: A Cultural History of Witchcraft” by John Callow

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"As dusk fell on a misty evening in 1521, Martin Luther — hiding from his enemies at Wartburg Castle — found himself seemingly tormented by demons hurling walnuts at his bedroom window. In a fit of rage, the great reformer threw at the Devil the inkwell from which he was preparing his colossal translation of the Bible. A belief — like Luther's — in the supernatural, and in black magic, has been central to European cultural life for 3000 years. From the Salem witch trials to the macabre novels of Dennis Wheatley; from the sadistic persecution of eccentric village women to the seductive sorceresses of TV's Charmed; and from Derek Jarman's punk film Jubilee...>>

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03.10.2023

“The Tea Magic Compendium: Create Your Own Brews and Herbal Potions While Discovering the Grounding Power of Tea Witchcraft” by Phoebe Anderson

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"The Magic Tea Compendium by Phoebe Anderson is a beautiful homage yet a practical guide to the enchanting world of tea witchcraft. What this book includes: Absolutely everything about teas: From the differences between green and herbal tea to how to properly dry and store leaves and everything in between. Tea blending: All the secrets to blending herbs' medicinal and magical properties into delicious potions to heal the body and spoil the soul. Tea Witchcraft 101: How to wave tea magic into witchcraft, including creating custom tea offerings, setting stronger intentions, and making potions and brews for everyday healing. Grounding: Filled with valuable...>>

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03.10.2023

“Ritual Embodiment in Modern Western Magic: Becoming the Magician” by Damon Zacharias Lycourinos

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"In the Western world, magic has often functioned as an umbrella term for various religious beliefs and ritual practices that seek to influence events by harnessing supernatural power. The definition of these myriad occult and esoteric traditions have, however, usually come from those that are opposed to its practice; notably authorities in religious, legal and intellectual spheres. This book seeks to provide a new perspective, directly from the practitioners of modern Western magic, by exploring how a distinctive mode of embodiment and consciousness can produce a transition from an ‘ordinary’ to a ‘magical’ worldview. Starting with an introduction to the study of magic in the Western academy, the book then presents the author’s own participant...>>

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