HAPPY SAMHAIN!!!
This newsletter has come about as an effort to reach out to the
Pagan/ Occult community (particularly in Seattle where we are based) to inform the community of what events are happening at our store. I've got great plans for this newsletter. Hopefully, as time goes by, it will only get bigger and better. Without further ado, welcome, and enjoy. Regards, Erica (Raven) Branch-Butler, Editrix golanv1@yahoo.com
WHO WE ARE:
Edge of the Circle Books is Seattle's resource for Paganism & the Occult. This newsletter seeks to provide the Seattle community with a place to list events, post articles, and do a bit of networking. We are located at: 701 E. Pike St, corner of Boylston Ave., just two blocks west of Broadway, on Capitol Hill. Edge of the Circle Books strives to be everything that you could want in a Magical Pagan store.
Open 7 days a week, Noon 'till 9pm.
Call: 206-PAN-1999
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NOW IN STOCK ! :
New “WE'MOON- Reinvent the Wheel” 2010 Calendars and planners!
We also have the new 2010 “Sage Woman” and “Goddesses” (art by Susan Sedon Boulet) Calendars in stock.
NEW BOOKS:
LEGION 49by Barry William Hale
Birthed from strange and ancient larvae, the demon Beelzebub is often heard but seldom seen. His presence throughout history is fleeting, sudden, ever evasive. Even in the light of modern studies, references to the ‘God of Ekron’ are scant and largely academic.
Barry William Hale has nurtured an early fascination with the order Diptera to develop a buzzing, post-modern grimoire-bestiarum. Drawn from many years practical experience working with Beelzebub and his servitors, Legion 49 provides us with a rare glimpse of ‘the Lord of the Flies’ and the dark quintessence of his Legion. In a series of short, de-constructionist essays the artist explores traditional methods of evocation and the myths surrounding Beelzebub, before providing an iconographical and sigillic recension of his horde of forty-nine servitors, glimpsed through the protective-symmetry of the paper-cut traditions of old Mexico.
Legion 49 is a fusion of styles, influences and approaches, the modern and ancient, direct and indirect, refined and raw: it seeks to capture for a moment that flitting, fleeting, Chaotic gnosis symbolised by the Lord of Flies.
Standard edition
Limited to 777 numbered copies
Illustrations, gilt-stamped cloth and dust-jacket
160pages, 230mm x 175mm
List Price: $50.00
PUBLICATION DATE: June 11th
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(Philotheo Giordano Bruno, The Nolan.)
Which has been arranged with regard to the work
on The Art of Memory which he has entitled The Judiciary.
Which has been arranged with regard to the work
on The Art of Memory which he has entitled The Judiciary.
Translated by Darius Klein.
Translated by Darius Klein.
Author: Bruno, Giordano.
Seattle: Ouroboros Press, 2009.
Limited Edition of 1,000 copies..
Small octavo. 138pp. With nine illustrations; a preface by the publisher, William J. Kiesel,
and introductions by John Regnault & Bruno.
Black cloth, gilt, in a pictorial dust jacket.
Hardcover. List Price: $40.00
BOOK BLURB:
"There can be no doubt as to the importance Giordano Bruno's life and writings had on the western esoteric tradition and the history of scientific thought. With this in mind, Ouroboros Press is pleased to be issuing the first English translation of Giordano Bruno's Cantus Circaeus, rendered from the original Latin by Darius Klein. Originally printed in Paris 1582, the eloquence of Klein's English translation is fitting for the words of the Nolan.
"To one who is about to behold the Daughter of the Sun, she who is learned in magical lore, and who comes forth from the hidden places; you shall go as a free man into the House of Circe, not bound by the fetters of Night." From Giordano Bruno; Cantus Circaeus.”
“In the beginning of his Cantus Circaeus, Bruno portrays the doctrine of correspondence as used with the seven planetary invocations, which are themselves tokens of praxis in the Hermetic tradition. The incantatory litanies include the names, attributes, plants, stones, animals and other qualities associated with the astral bodies, and are thus memory palaces of planetary arcana. Through dialogue, Circe and her assistant Moeris, explicate the use of images in the imagination in order to facilitate use of the Art of Memory which constitutes the latter half of the text."
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OUT OF THE BROOM CLOSET: 50 TRUE STORIES OF WITCHES WHO FOUND AND EMBRACED THE CRAFT
by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Provenance Press (September 18, 2009)
List Price: $12.95
BOOK BLURB:
How do you yell your mother you’re a witch?
Coming out as a witch isn’t easy.
People drawn to America’s fastest growing religion often feel misunderstood, rejected, even discriminated against by friends, family, and coworkers who don’t really know what it means to be a witch. In this one-of-a-kind collection, fifty real-life witches reveal what drew them to the craft, why they chose this spiritual tradition, and how they dealt with telling their families.
From the witch who heard the Goddess speak to her during a terrible car accident to the witch who knew she was on the right path when she picked up her first tarot deck, readers will find the encouragement and inspiration they need to practice magick with pride and dignity, no matter where they are on their path.
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CAULDRON OF MEMORY: RETRIEVING ANCESTRAL KNOWLEDGE & WISDOM
by Raven Grimassi
Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (October 1, 2009
List Price: $17.95
BOOK BLURB:
Many of us long to walk in the footsteps of our ancestors and take part in the sacred traditions of past generations. As a vitally important lineage bearer of your ancestors, you have the ability to tap into a wealth of hereditary knowledge for spiritual health, personal transformation, and enlightenment.
The Cauldron of Memory is a groundbreaking book that teaches you how to retrieve ancestral memory, based on the emerging science of morphogenesis and the theory that ancestral memory is stored within our DNA as energy. Raven Grimassi guides you through an effective and powerful system of creative visualization, magical techniques, meditations, and pathworkings for each of your three inner levels: regeneration, abundance, and enlightenment.
Reconstruct pagan rituals and works of magic, relive sacred rites, communicate with otherworldly beings, contact your spirit guides, and unearth long-buried mysteries. Reconstructionists, eclectics, and traditionalists alike will discover empowering techniques for calling forth a treasury of ancestral wisdom.
Discover the living ancestral memory at the core of your own spiritual center and reclaim the hidden vessel of your ancestral lineage--the Cauldron of Memory.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Raven Grimassi is a Neo-Pagan scholar and award-winning author of over twelve books on Witchcraft, Wicca, and Neo-Paganism. He is a member of the American Folk Lore Society and is co-founder and co-director of the College of the Crossroads.
Raven's background includes training in the Rosicrucian Order as well as the study of the Kabbalah through the First Temple of Tifareth under Lady Sara Cunningham. His early magical career began in the late 1960s and involved the study of works by Franz Bardon, Eliphas Levi, William Barrett, Dion Fortune, William Gray, William Butler, and Israel Regardie.
Today Raven is the directing Elder of the tradition of Aridian Witchcraft, and together with his wife Stephanie Taylor he is developing a complete teaching system known as Ash, Birch and Willow. This system is the culmination of over 35 years of study and practice in the magical and spiritual traditions of the indigenous people of pre-Christian Europe.
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GREEN EGG OMELETTE:AN ANTHOLOGY OF ART AND ARTICLES
FROM THE LEGENDARY PAGAN JOURNAL
by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart , Chas S. Clifton , Christopher Penczak
Paperback: 286 pages
Publisher: New Page Books; 1 edition (October 2008)
List Price: $15.99
BOOK BLURB:
As acknowledged in every history of modern Paganism, the articles, poetry, art, and letters published in Green Egg over the past four decades informed, inspired, and shaped the emerging Pagan community into the fastest-growing religious movement in the English-speaking world.
This richly illustrated anthology of favorite writings and artwork from those legendary issues opens a window into the birth, infancy, and adolescence of a transformative cultural revolution that is now, in the 21st century, entering its maturity.
Selections from 40 years of Green Egg include articles from numerous contributors, including Antero Ali, Isaac Bonewits, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Darryl Cherny, Phyllis Curott, LaSara Firefox, Ed Fitch, Jesse Wolf Hardin, Anodea Judith, Ralph Metzner, Diana Paxson, Starhawk, and Robert Anton Wilson.
Experience the magick, the mystery, the humor and the history as it first appeared--in the pages of the Green Egg.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Oberon Zell-Ravenheart is the author of Grimoire for the Apprentice Wizard, Companion for the Apprentice Wizard, and A Wizard's Bestiary. A respected leader and Elder in the worldwide magickal community and an initiate in several different Traditions, he has created and participated in many Pagan and interfaith groups and projects, playing a major role in reclaiming the spiritual heritage of pre-Christian Europe. As publisher of the award-winning magazine Green Egg, Oberon was the first to adopt the words "Pagan" and "Neo-Pagan" to describe the newly emerging Nature religions of the 1960s. Since 1968, Green Egg has served as a primary catalyst and journal for the entire Pagan community. Oberon resides in Sonoma County, California, with Morning Glory, his beloved wife of 35 years.
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THE SORCERER'S SECRETS: STRATEGIES IN PRACTICAL MAGICK
by Jason Miller
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: New Page Books (August 20, 2009)
List Price: $15.99
BOOK BLURB:
This book is about real magick, effecting real change, in a real world.
There are some books on magick that teach it purely as spiritual advancement. Others teach it as a form of psychological self-help that effects only inner change. While magick can and should be both of these, it is also something more. The Sorcerer's Secrets is about success in practical magick; it is a book that aims at changing both the outer and inner worlds.
Beyond a mere spell book or training course, The Sorcerer's Secrets is a field manual on successful sorcery written by a professional sorcerer. The first part of the book lays out the qualities, concepts, and exercises necessary to attempt practical magick. The second part presents clear strategies for tackling almost any type of issue with sorcery.
You will learn how to:
* Attack problems from multiple angles, not just by casting a spell.
* Blend mundane and magickal action to ensure success.
* Figure out whether what you are doing is working, and fix it if it isn't.
* Go beyond readings, into magickal intelligence-gathering.
* Influence the minds of other people.
* Work most effectively on behalf of others.
The Sorcerer's Secrets will help rescue the art of Magick from those who have ignored, downplayed, or just outright denied the existence of practical sorcery in favor of arcane titles, intangible results, and fantasy attainments.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jason Miller (Inominandum) has devoted the last 20 years to studying magick in its many forms. He has traveled to New Orleans to study Hoodoo, Europe to study Witchcraft and Ceremonial Magick, and Nepal to study Tantra. Miller is a member of the Chthonic Ouranian Temple and the Sangreal Sodality, as well as an initiated Tantrika in the Nyingma and Bon lineages of Tibet. He is the author of Protection & Reversal Magick: A Witch's Defense Manual and the Strategic Sorcery blog. He is also a regular contributor to Behutet magazine. Miller lives with his wife on the New Jersey shore, where he practices and teaches magick professionally.
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WITCH'S COIN: PROSPERITY AND MONEY MAGICK by Christopher Penczak
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (October 1, 2009)
List Price: $17.95
BOOK BLURB:
Along with quick-fix money spells, this timely book explores the consciousness of prosperity and how to transform poverty into abundance through magick, meditation, affirmations, and astrological timing. The Witch's Coin offers a materia magicka of the most powerful correspondences in wealth spellwork, including gods, stones, metals, herbs, and coins. Unlike most money magick books, it builds upon a foundation of real-world financial principles. Penczak also discusses offering magickal services professionally, including how and when to charge for readings and healings.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christopher Penczak is an eclectic witch, writer, and healing practitioner. His practice draws upon the foundation of modern Witchcraft blended with the wisdom of mystical traditions from across the globe.
Formerly based in the music industry, Christopher was empowered by his spiritual experiences to live a magickal life, and began a full-time practice of teaching, writing, and seeing clients.
His books include:
The Inner Temple of Witchcraft: Magick, Meditation, and Psychic Development
The Inner Temple of Witchcraft CD Companion set
City Magick (Red Wheel/Weiser)
Spirit Allies (Red Wheel/Weiser)
Gay Witchcraft (Red Wheel/Weiser)
The Outer Temple of Witchcraft: Circles, Spells, and Rituals
The Outer Temple of Witchcraft CD Companion Set
The Witch's Shield, Magick of Reiki, Sons of the Goddess
Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft
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NEW TAROT:
UNIVERSAL TAROT PROFESSIONALBy: Lo Scarabeo
Imprint: Llewellyn
Specs: Boxed Deck
English, Spanish | 7 x 4 inches
Pub Date: July 2009
Price: $34.95
DECK BLURB:
Impress your clients with the Universal Tarot Professional Edition. The larger cards make reading quicker, and the high quality card stock and coating ensure a long life. A must for teachers and workshop leaders!
NEW MEDIA : DVD'S
ALEISTER CROWLEY (2007)
Starring: Joss Ackland, Thomas Bewley Director: Robert Garofalo
Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD
Actors: Joss Ackland, Thomas Bewley, Sean Brosnan, Brian Jackson, Paul Bellamy
Directors: Robert Garofalo
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: All Regions
List Price: $24.95
BLURB:
"In Search of the Great Beast 666" documents the chilling life, impulses and journey of Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), one of the most controversial and mysterious characters of the 20th Century; infamously known as "The Wickedest Man in the World."
Voiced by acting legend Joss Ackland (Watership Down, Lethal Weapon 2, White Mischief & The Hunt For Red October), this vivid portrayal unearths the barely believable and shocking facts surrounding this infamous Occultist, Spy, Poet, Dark Magician, Hedonist, Writer and accomplished Mountaineer. Was he related to US President George Bush? How was he connected to Scientology, Jack the Ripper, Winston Churchill, Hitler and Ian Fleming (creator of James Bond)? How did this man come to know so many remarkable people and why did he become the subject of fascination for generations of world-class musical icons?
Under various guises and camouflaged by pseudonyms, Crowley traveled the world in his quest for supreme knowledge and ultimate power through the Occult. He reveled in what some describe as acts of sexual decadence yet recognized by others as extreme depravity. His influence on modern culture is evident yet his reputation remains shrouded in a veil of infamy.
Through dramatically reconstructed period scenes, this biographical film explores the boundaries of the self appointed "Beast 666," a man who is not only said to have inspired the free-love movement, but also through his literature is notorious for replacing the Ten Commandments with just one: "do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law."
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CALENDAR: OCTOBER
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4th HARVEST FULL MOON
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5th ,
RECONSTRUCTIONIST GROUP 7-9PM
For More Information:
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11th , LAST QUARTER MOON
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18th NEW MOON
MONDAY OCTOBER 19th ,
CLASS:SHAE SAVOY, “BEGINNING RITUAL”
7-9PM
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd (Every 4th Thursday)
WITCH'S MEETUP 7-9PM
SUNDAY OCTOBER 25th, FIRST QUARTER MOON
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31st
AQUARIAN TABERNACLE CHURCH PRESENTS
SAMHAIN RITUAL
Open to public.
Free.
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ONGOING:
SEATTLE CHAOS MAGIC
We meet at 3:33 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month, at
Edge of the Circle Books, 701 E. Pike St., Seattle, WA 98122.
Anyone practicing, curious about, or otherwise interested in
Chaos magic is welcome to attend.
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SERVICES AVAILABLE
AT EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS
TAROT READINGS /SPIRITUAL ADVICE
UNCOMMONSENSE TAROT
Tarot readings by
Erica (Raven) Branch-Butler
Please inquire about Tarot Parties, classes and other events.
Available every day except Thursdays, 12:30-8.30PM.
Sundays 3:30-8:30 PM
*Raven will be out of town this month from the 12th through the 21st.*
KELLY MARJORIE KELLEHER
Daughter of the Ancients
Psychic, Healer, Muse...
Thursdays at Edge of the Circle Books
TAROT READINGS BY SHAYE
Sunday's from Noon--3:30pm.
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COMING SOON TO EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS:
This concludes our Newsletter for this month.
Look for us again on the first of November.
Sincerely,
Raven
Editrix, Edge of the Circle Books Newsletter
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