Blessed Imbolc!
WELCOME
to the Edge of the Circle Newsletter. 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. Without further ado, welcome, and enjoy.
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 your ideal Magical
Pagan store.
Open 7 days a week, Noon 'till 9pm.
Call: 206-PAN-1999
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Saturdays,
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Classroom/Ritual
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SPECIAL EVENTS
COMING
SOON:
A Reiki Drumming demonstration.
Sunday Feb 9th 2014, Edge of the Circle Books
701 E Pike street, Seattle WA.
6pm-7:30pm
Reiki Drumming is a modality of sound healing, that combines the gentle nature of Usui Reiki, Sound healing, and shamanic journeywork.
As part of this event participants will experience a guided and structured shamanic journey, supported by the energy of Usui Reiki.
This will be done through the use of a one sided Native American framed drum.
It will be a night designed to gently and safely explore a connection to spirit animals for the retrieval of wisdom and healing.
Agenda for the night will include:
- Short introductions.
- What is Reiki?.
- The Origins of Reiki.
- What is a Shamanic Journey?.
- What is Reiki Drumming?.
- Preparatory exercise for a shamanic journey.
- Reiki Drumming Journey.
- Processing time/ Sharing. (Sharing experiences is 100% Optional and Not mandatory)
- Parting of the ways.
NO PREVIOUS REIKI, SOUND HEALING
OR SHAMANISM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED,
ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOMED.
This event is FREE of Charge and subject to the limit of people the venue can hold.
There is a lot to do in the schedule and we will start at 6pm Sharp. So please be on time!
Bio:
Roman Delgado
has been practicing Reiki at the Master level since 2003.
He grew up in Mexico among spiritual healers. It was in that time that his first experiences with shamanic healing came into his life. His first shamanic teachers were members of his own family.
Since then he has been trained in many forms of Energy healing. He also has been through the core shamanism class through the foundation for shamanic studies.
His goal is to bring healing and tools for personal growth to others. He does his best to foster equality among all. He also is ordained through the World Reiki Ministry. An interfaith ministry dedicated to spiritual healing.
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 13TH, 7-8PM, FEE;
$10.00
The
History of the Esoteric Tarot
A
Lecture by Osiris Snuffin
This
lecture will examine how the Tarot evolved from a Medieval card game into a
modern tool of divination and magick…
For
more information, contact: fraterosiris@hotmail.com
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SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT: SEATTLE HAS A NEW RESOURCE FOR PAGANS!
PSPRG :
The Puget Sound Pagan Resource Guide
"Are
you a Pagan in the Puget Sound area? Find groups, shops, events, classes,
makers of thinks, officiates, healers, readers and more!"
About
the Puget Sound Pagan Resource Guide
The scope of this
project is limited to doing a few things very well, aimed a connecting the
wider Puget Sound Pagan community. The
site will serve two main functions… first to act as a community calendar,
second to act as a pagan "yellow pages". It is, and always will be, free to all.
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Article: A Simple Tarot Valentine’s Day Spell for Love
A SIMPLE
TAROT SPELL FOR LOVE:
By Erica (Raven) Branch-Butler
Ugh! Valentine’s Day for some of us, brings visions of
lonely hearts staring morosely into their cocktails at the bar. Alone.
Instead of moping about on the Day for Lovers, why not try a
Lovers Card Spell to bring the perfect love into your life?
It’s certainly a better idea than nursing that hangover the
next day, right?
Let’s make this simple; here are some things you’re going to
need:
The Lovers card from the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck,
A Rose Quartz, preferably in the shape of a heart,
A Love Oil, such as Lucky Mojo’s Come to Me Oil,
A Love Incense, such as Nu Essence’s Venus Resin Planetary Incense,
A Pink Jumbo Candle,
…and if you want to get really fancy, you can add Rose
Petals, Jasmine Petals, or Orange Blossom Petals—or use all three!
It’s also nice to have a pink or white cloth to put down on
a surface, which will become your Love Altar.
Here’s how to do this:
On Valentine’s Day, when you get up, do some things that
make you feel like you deserve that love of your life! Today is the day that
you’re going to take action to create that love in your own life, so—play music
that puts you in that headspace. When you bathe or shower, use body wash or
bath salts that make you feel luxurious! Get dressed, made up, and impeccably
groomed; as if you’re expecting to meet this person today, when you interact in
the world.
Cover the surface you’re using as an Altar with a Pink or
White cloth. Dress your Pink Candle with the Love oil, by anointing the candle
with it, and smoothing the oil from the top to the bottom, drawing the energy
towards you. Put it in the candle holder; surround the base of the holder with
the flower petals. Make it attractive. Place the Lovers card in front of the
candle, and place the Rose Quartz on top of it.
Light up that incense!
Light the candle.
Hold your hands over the candle and say, “I bring the most perfect love for me into
my life, here and now, by the free Will of all, for the good of all, and with
harm to none.”
Anoint the Rose Quartz and say, “I bring the most perfect love for me into my life, here and now, by
the free Will of all, for the good of all, and with harm to none.”
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Anoint yourself with the love oil, saying, “I bring the most perfect love for me into
my life, here and now, by the free Will of all, for the good of all, and with
harm to none.”
Then say, “By my Will,
it shall be so, with harm to none.”
Snuff out the candle, re-lighting it anytime you're going
out to meet people. Carry the Rose Quartz with you; as you never know when
you're going to meet that special person!
I know, I know. Some of you are shaking your heads, “Why is
she harping about this free will, harm-to-none stuff? It’s soooo fluffy!”
Here’s why.
Love spells are tricky, and I have found it best to let the
Universe find the right person for you, rather than try to coerce an uninterested
object of your affections into an unwilling romantic entanglement with you.
So I leave you with this; don’t limit yourself by fixating
on one person. If you let Spirit find your mate, you might be surprised to find
a person who is exactly the right fit!
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Happy Hunting!
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Note:
all prices are subject to change without notice.
IDOLATRY
RESTOR’D
Witchcraft
and the Imaging of Power
By
Daniel A. Schulke
96 pages, with
Illustrations by the Author
Three Hands Press, February, 2014
Standard
Edition: Cloth hardcover with dust
jacket, limited to 396 copies
List Price: $64.00
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The translation of magical power to image is a matter well
understood in so-called ‘primitive’ sorcery, in which occurs a mutual
embodiment of re-presentation and the Represented. The Fetish, for example,
apprehends a reciprocal process between Object and Creator that often begins
long before chisels and adzes are set to wood, participating in its own
reification. Many of these eldritch forms of image-making were concerned with
accessing power, and it was only later, in the context of religious devotion, that
their forms densified into ‘mere’ idols. With increasing levels of religious
control over art, a Moiré pattern arises between the Artist and the forces of
the Divine, which may either suppress individual visionary power in favor of
canonized icons, or, when correctly accessed, give rise to an ‘heretical
creativity’.
Witchcraft, because of its syncretic nature, partakes in
multiple infusions of traditional image-making lore, including not only sorcery
and religious iconography, but also science, craftsmanship, and the fine arts.
However, because much of its images are used privately, and indeed created for
a limited set of observers, they participate in a concentrated alembic of
exposure wherein all who experience them do so in the context of magical practice
and devotion. This intensity of private magical interaction provides a locus
which enables the image to transcend its medium —and indeed that fetish known
as ‘icon’— and generates living numen.
First published as an essay in the British folklore
quarterly The Cauldron in 2009, Idolatry Restor’d drew upon the experiential
arenas of magical practice and Image-Artistry which came to inform Schulke’s
book Lux Haeresis (Xoanon, 2011). Here substantially expanded with
illustrations prepared especially for the work, Idolatry Restor’d is a book of
engaging fascinum for both Artists and Beholders alike, and strikes at the
heart of magical image-aesthesis.
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DION
FORTUNE'S RITES OF ISIS AND OF PAN
By
Gareth Knight , Dion Fortune
Paperback: 140 pages
Publisher: Skylight Press (November 30, 2013)
List Price: $18.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Dion Fortune encoded much practical magical lore within her
novels, leaving it up to the reader to work out how to make use of it. Behind
the novels were two major rituals, the Rite of Isis and the Rite of Pan, which
Dion Fortune occasionally performed in public in the 1930s as part of her drive
to open up occultism beyond the closed walls of esoteric fraternities. Now for
the first time, these important magical workings have been released from her
society's archive in their complete and original form.
Edited and explained by Gareth Knight, this book contains
the full text of the original Rite of Isis and Rite of Pan which formed the
basis for Dion Fortune's Moon Magic, The Goat-Foot God, and The Sea Priestess.
Further archive material elucidates the practical magical principles found in
The Winged Bull.
The book is supplemented by several articles written by Dion
Fortune in the 1930s which shed further light on the practical content of her
novels, including the essay Ceremonial Magic Unveiled, a review of the work of
Israel Regardie in which she gives her views on the controversies within the
Golden Dawn and frankly describes her own falling out with Moina MacGregor
Mathers.
“The
clearest, simplest – and best – analysis and explanation of what magic is and
how it works that I have ever come across. Gareth Knight shows that DF’s novels
are initiatory and were intended to be so. He supplements his exposition with
DF’s own commentaries on her work and reveals the secret methods she employed
in her art to link the reader’s imagination to spiritual and cosmic realities
in order to activate the powers of the soul.”
— The
Warden, Society of the Inner Light
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BY
NAMES AND IMAGES
Bringing
the Golden Dawn to Life
By
Peregrin Wildoak
Paperback: 372 pages
Publisher: Skylight Press (March 21, 2012)
The Golden Dawn (GD) system of magic is the main source of
the esoteric and magical wisdom and techniques practiced in the West today.
While the rituals and bare teachings of the tradition have been published for
sixty years, the inner workings and esoteric keys that empower those rituals
have largely remained unpublished or unexplored in contemporary works. By Names
and Images remedies this lack by providing detailed and clear instructions for
the visualisations, spiritual connections and energetic practices required for
every major GD practice and ritual, as well as several unpublished techniques.
Focusing on the meanings and use of sacred names and
practical techniques of visualisation, the book thoroughly explores meditation
and divination, purification ritual, invocation and evocation, grades of
initiation, and direct experience of the inner realms. Also covered is an
explanation of the Qabalah and its use as a magical framework.
While the book is sufficiently practical and clearly
explained to be of huge benefit to a newcomer to magic, its primary aim is to
allow people already practicing the Golden Dawn system to do so more
effectively, and to be touched by the amazing spiritual blessings the rituals
offer.
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THE
LITTLE BOOK OF THE GREAT ENCHANTMENT
By
Steve Blamires
Paperback: 338 pages
Publisher: Skylight Press (June 21, 2013)
List Price: $24.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
William Sharp (1855-1905) was a prolific writer; friend and
confidant to the literati of the day; an active member of the occult world of
the late Victorian period; and a man who spent his life cloaked in layers of
secrets - the most important being that he was the pen behind the writings of
the mysterious Fiona Macleod. He kept her true identity a closely guarded
secret.
Many famous people - W.B. Yeats, "AE", MacGregor Mathers, Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- were involved in Sharp's short life; he was a member of the Hermetic Order of
the Golden Dawn and Yeats' secret Celtic Mystical Order;
and he and Fiona Macleod were involved with the mysterious Dr. Goodchild whose
ancient bowl was proclaimed by many to be the Holy Grail. But the enduring
legacy of these two fascinating writers is the wealth of Faery magical lore
contained in the writings of Fiona Macleod.
For the first time this book reveals previously unknown
secrets from the life of William Sharp and shows clearly how to recover the
Faery lore contained in Fiona Macleod's literary output. These writings are not
only about the Realm of Faery, they are the first authentic first-hand accounts
from the Realm of Faery, revealing previously unknown Faery gods and goddesses,
Faery belief, lore and magic.
The Little Book of the Great Enchantment adds significantly
to the corpus of serious writings on this greatly misunderstood subject.
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THE
CHRONICLES OF THE SIDHE
By
Steve Blamires
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Skylight Press (October 31, 2012)
List Price: $19.99
For a thirteen-year period, the reclusive Scottish writer
Fiona Macleod enthralled the Victorian reading public with a deluge of stories,
novels, poems and essays drawn from the wildly romantic Highland and Island
landscape. Although it was later revealed that these works had issued from the
pen of William Sharp, it was clear that Fiona Macleod was more than a
pseudonym; to Sharp she was very much an autonomous entity. What’s more, the
wealth of previously unknown and unheard of myths, names, traditions and
beliefs in her writings, while shone through a Celtic prism, show every sign of
having emanated from the Realm of Faery.
Steve Blamires presents a ground-breaking assessment of the
Faery lore within Fiona Macleod’s literary output as part of his ongoing study
of this enigmatic writer. Building on the established groundwork of his
biography of Sharp, The Little Book of the Great Enchantment, he explores the
mythology and traditions of Faery, their symbolic and magical significance, and
the devices employed by Fiona in the transmission of Faery teachings and
inspirations. Using examples from Fiona’s rich and resonant body of work, his
detailed interpretation will enable the reader to tease out the Faery gems that
are still to be found woven into the lines and verse of her writings.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Born in Ayr, Scotland, Steve Blamires is an authority on the
writings of Fiona Macleod and William Sharp, and has written several books on
Celtic and Faery magical lore. He is author of The Irish Celtic Magical
Tradition and The Little Book of the Great Enchantment, both published by
Skylight Press. He founded the Celtic Research and Folklore Society in Scotland
and was editor of its Seanchas journal. After moving to the Hudson Valley area
in New York State he continued to advance the cause of Celtic peoples and their
culture, and has led many tours to
sacred sites in Europe and served as both presenter and tour-guide on National
Geographic expedition ships. After studying some twelve years with Gareth
Knight, Blamires has also become a distinguished writer and teacher in the
Western Mystery Traditions, continuing the work of Dion Fortune, Bligh Bond and
other ‘Avalonians.’
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THE
BOOK OF MÉLUSINE OF LUSIGNAN:
In
History, Legend & Romance
Edited
with translations by Gareth Knight
Paperback: 222 pages
Publisher: Skylight Press (April 25, 2013)
List Price: $24.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Considerable interest
in faery tradition has grown up in recent years and not least in the story of
Mélusine of Lusignan, the subject of a prose romance by Jean d’Arras at the end
of the 14th century, swiftly followed by one in verse by Couldrette. This book
provides a collection of material from various sources to give an all round
picture of the remarkable faery, her town, her church, her immediate family,
and the great Lusignan dynasty she founded.
An established authority on Mélusine, Gareth Knight collects
together all the best source material, which he translates from the French, and
presents his own researches into the Lusignan family of the 12th century, whose
dynasty included kings of Cyprus and Jerusalem, examining the possibility of a
familiar spirit guiding the family in its destiny.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Gareth Knight is one of the world’s foremost authorities on
ritual magic, the Western Mystery Tradition and Qabalistic symbolism. He
trained in Dion Fortune’s Society of the Inner Light, and has spent a lifetime
rediscovering and teaching the principles of magic as a spiritual discipline
and method of self-realisation. He has written around fifty books covering
topics as diverse as Qabalah, history of magic, Arthurian legend,
Rosicrucianism, Tarot, Faery, the Inklings (Tolkien, C.S.Lewis et al) and the
Feminine Mysteries, as well as several practical books on ritual magic. He has
lectured worldwide and is a regular contributor to Inner Light, the journal of
the Society of the Inner Light, and Lyra, the Avalon Group journal.
The magical fraternity founded by Gareth Knight in 1973 is
now run by his daughter Rebecca, and known as the Avalon Group.
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THE
ESSENTIAL ENOCHIAN GRIMOIRE:
An
Introduction to Angel Magick from Dr. John Dee to the Golden Dawn
By
Aaron Leitch
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (February 8, 2014)
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Discover how to perform Enochian magick with a
straightforward guide that shows just what to do. The Essential Enochian
Grimoire is an easy-to-read manual that’s light enough to carry in a magickal
circle yet provides all the details you need to perform the ceremonies.
Impeccably researched and clearly organized, this book is the definitive primer
on a topic that has captivated esotericists for centuries.
Explore the history of Enochian cosmology, the angels and
the spirits of the system, the temple setup, and the making and usage of the
tools. Learn the secrets of John Dee’s classical Enochian system as well as the
modern system developed by the Golden Dawn. Practice the rituals of the new and
the old . . . and summon the angels who guard the gates of heaven.
Praise:
“Aaron
Leitch has done a remarkable job of clarifying the Enochian system for the
benefit of both beginners and advanced magicians alike. You will not find a
better introduction to Enochian magick anywhere.”—Chic and Tabatha Cicero,
Chief Adepts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and co-authors of The
Essential Golden Dawn
“In the
complex and often confusing world of Enochian magick, Aaron Leitch has
accomplished the seemingly impossible by bringing clarity and precision while
never oversimplifying or speaking down to the reader.”—Donald Michael Kraig,
author of Modern Magick
“An
indispensable addition to any Enochian magician’s bookshelf.”—Frater Yechidah,
author of Enochian Magic in Theory
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Aaron Leitch has been a scholar and a spiritual seeker for
nearly three decades. He is a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn,
the Gentlemen of Jupiter, and the academic Societas Magica. His writings cover
such varied fields as ancient Middle Eastern religion and mythology, Solomonic
mysticism, shamanism, Neoplatonism, Hermeticism and alchemy, traditional Wicca and
Neopaganism, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Thelema, angelology,
Qabalah, Enochiana, African Diaspora religions, hexcraft and hoodoo folk
traditions, psychology and consciousness expansion, cyberspace and virtual
reality, and modern social commentary. He is the author of Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires and The Angelical
Language, Volumes I and II.
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ONGOING AT EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS
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WEDNESDAY: IRISH LANGUAGE DROP IN CLASS-7-9PM
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Every first Sunday of each month--SEATTLE
CHAOS MAGIC
We
meet at 3:33 pm. 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.
·
Every 1st Monday of each month CELTIC RECONSTRUCTIONIST
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REMINDER:
We buy used Occult Books! Our buyer is in on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays,
and Sundays!
We
also have classroom/ritual space-- please call for details.
Need
Spell or Ritual advice? Just ask!
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TAROT
READINGS / SPIRITUAL ADVICE
UNCOMMONSENSE
TAROT
Tarot
readings by Erica (Raven) Branch-Butler
"I've
been reading Tarot for more than thirty years, and reading professionally at
the Edge for a decade. My belief is that Tarot is best used for putting you in
touch with your own subconscious, allowing you to make healthy decisions that
can change your life for the better. My readings tend to be rather
commonsensical. They are often geared toward helping the client deal with the
often self-imposed obstacles in their lives in a healthy, self –affirming way,
so that they can achieve their goals and fully enjoy the fruits that life has
to bring."
Please inquire about Tarot Parties, classes and other
events.
Available every day except THURSDAYS-- 12:30-8.30PM.
Sundays 12:30-8:30 PM
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Kiyan
Fox
Tarot and
Geomancy
Thursdays -2PM-8PM
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This
concludes our Newsletter for this month.
Look
for us again March 1st, 2014!
Raven,
Editrix, Edge of the Circle Books Newsletter
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