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BLESSED OSTARA!




Spring or the Vernal Equinox Arrives Between March 20 - 23
Also known as: Lady Day or Alban Eiler (Druidic)



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.
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.


Edge of the Circle Books strives to be your ideal Magical Pagan store.
Open 7 days a week, Noon 'till 8pm.A
Call: 206-PAN-1999


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We are also now on Facebook:
Become a Fan; post your event on the discussion page!



Also on Facebook: THE SEATTLE PAGAN, OCCULT AND METAPHYSICAL RESOURCE BOARD has been created in order to facilitate networking throughout the Pacific Northwest. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1000179343332589/

If you have a Magical Group, Ritual Group, Pagan Church or organization, Druid Grove, please feel free to post your events and classes here.
Meetups, talks, book signings, public rituals, etc—all are welcome here.
We'd prefer no advertisements for Professional Readers, Reiki practitioners, etc. However, if you are teaching a class, or giving a workshop or talk, feel free to post your event.
This group is specifically for sharing events of interest to the local community, it is not meant for discussing magical paths and traditions, or asking general questions about magick or paganism. Please remain civil, do disparaging posts about groups or individuals. Off topic posts WILL be moderated.



..and check out the Edge’s new TUMBLR Page!




REMINDER: We buy used Occult Books! Our buyer is in on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays!



CLASSROOM/RITUAL SPACE IS AVAILABLE-- PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS!
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EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL EVENT:


FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH, 6 PM TO CLOSE :
Tony Rella's CIRCLING THE STAR book release at Edge of the Circle Books in Seattle!

An event celebrating the release of local author and therapist Anthony Rella's new book, Circling the Star.

This book is a personal and spiritual journey through the Iron and Pearl Pentacles, tools that originated in the Anderson Feri Tradition and have branched to influence many practitioners, communities, and traditions such as Reclaiming and Morningstar Mystery School.

From Gods & Radicals: "Circling the Star offers the seeker a spiritual philosophy which will empower their resistance to capital and Empire. Weaving together psychology, Egyptian polytheism, queer and occult theory, Kabbalah, intersectional feminism, and Feri witchcraft, witch and therapist Anthony Rella offers us a powerful manual for personal and political liberation."

Come meet the author, listen to an excerpt from the book, participate in a guided meditation, and buy your own signed copy!

Reading begins at 7pm.



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Prices subject to change without notice.






CIRCLING THE STAR
by Anthony Rella
Gods&Radicals Press, 2018
Specifications: 140 pages, Perfect Bound 6″x9″, Matte cover, black&white with illustrations.
List Price: $16.00

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
With your freedom, what would you make of this world?



Circling The Star is a practical journey into the esoteric wisdom of the Iron Pentacle for activists, witches, rebels, and mystics seeking a deeper understanding of themselves and of the world they wish to transform.

Circling The Star offers the seeker a spiritual philosophy which will empower their resistance to capital and Empire. Weaving together psychology, Egyptian polytheism, queer and occult theory, Kabbalah, intersectional feminism, and Feri witchcraft, witch and therapist Anthony Rella offers us a powerful manual for personal and political liberation.

Those already familiar with the workings of the Iron Pentacle but seeking a more engaged witchcraft will find Circling The Star invaluable. Those new to these workings will find Circling The Star an ideal introduction. And the many of us wary of mass-market glossy ‘magic’ texts and white-light spiritual bypassing will find Circling The Star an exhilarating glimpse of what engaged, radical witchcraft can be again.

Drawing on his years of magical practice and spiritual study, Tony blends his own devotional practice with his training in psychotherapy. The result is a deep understanding, coupled with a dash of poetry. He calls on us to open to states of wonder. To plumb our depths. To be strengthened and renewed.

These tools can change you, too, if you let them.”–T. Thorn Coyle

Featuring illustrations from Alley Valkyrie, cover art from Li Pallas, and a foreword from T. Thorn Coyle, Circling The Star was released on 14 February, 2018, the 3-year anniversary of the birth of the beautiful resistance that is Gods&Radicals.

Specifications: 140 pages, Perfect Bound 6″x9″, Matte cover, black&white with illustrations.




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THE BARDIC BOOK OF BECOMING:
An Introduction to Modern Druidry
by Ivan McBeth (Author),‎ Orion Foxwood (Afterword),‎ Philip Carr-Gomm (Foreword),‎ Fearn Lickfield (Contributor)
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Weiser Books (April 1, 2018)
List Price: $24.95

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The Bardic Book of Becoming is a warm, user-friendly, eclectic introduction to modern Druidry that invites you to take the first steps into the realms of magic and mystery.

In this book you will be introduced to the various techniques and practices of a Druid in training. Written by Ivan McBeth, the cofounder of Vermont's Green Mountain School of Druidry, with Fearn Lickfield, the book incorporates lessons, visualizations, rituals, and magical stories. Many different activities and exercises are included that provide the reader with hands-on learning. Ivan also provides personal stories that demonstrate his own journey from spiritual seeker to Druid.





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THE NAKED WITCH:
An Autobiography
by Fiona Horne
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Rockpool Publishing (February 1, 2018)
List Price: $21.95

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Fiona Horne's extraordinary journey through a metaphysically laced material world has all the breathtaking twists, turns, perils, redemption, and enlightenment of a fantasy novel merged with Siddhartha and Entertainment Weekly.

This is her autobiography. It's the late 70s and a 10-year-old girl builds an altar in the bushland of suburban Sydney. Stones, leaves, and flowers are offerings for her animal friends and the mystical creatures of her imagination. Hidden from the real world the girl feels accepted and safe. Alone in the bush she is a little pagan. Fast forward to the 90s and Fiona Horne is now the face of modern witchcraft, a bestselling author, a radio and TV personality, and a founding member of electro-rock group Def FX. She has Hollywood and the world at her fingertips. But simmering beneath the sparkling surface the demons lie in wait . . .

At once heartbreaking and inspirational, you will wonder how one person could pack so much into one life.




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THE ELEMENTS OF SPELLCRAFTING:
21 Keys to Successful Sorcery
by Jason Miller
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: New Page Books; 1 edition (February 19, 2018)
List Price: $16.99

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
There is no shortage of spells out there. Some books highlight thousands of spells, but do any of them actually work? And how well do they work? I don't mean just getting a result--I mean getting a result that matters, a result that will impact your life or the lives of those you work for. The Elements of Spellcrafting provides the most effective and efficient ways to get things done with magic.

The Elements of Spellcrafting identifies and explains 21 keys to successful sorcery--a best practices of sorcery--in three sections:

Principals and strategies for how best to apply magic before you begin.
Methods and tactics that will ensure a positive outcome.
How to take spells to the next level--building a life of spiritual accomplishment and material success beyond the basics.

If you have ever cast a spell that didn't work, The Elements of Spellcrafting will help you figure out why.

If you regularly cast spells that seem to work but you still wind up in the same circumstances, this book will definitely help you chart a new course for victorious spellcrafting.




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GODDESS MATTERS:
The Mystical, Practical, & Controversial
by Judith Laura
Paperback: 202 pages
Publisher: Open Sea Press (September 15, 2011)
List Price: $14.95


FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Goddess Matters: The Mystical, Practical,& Controversial, presents an in-depth look at today's global trends in Goddess spirituality and emerging Goddess religions. The book covers a wide range of subjects, some of them rarely discussed in other books. These include contemporary Goddess temples and conferences, Goddess ethics, various controversies, practical approaches to sexual risks, responses to natural disasters, emerging Goddess figures in Judaism and Christianity, and cutting edge thought that relates Goddess and science. The book also has chapters on intuitive and psychic work, death and the possibility of afterlife, various approaches to spirituality and religion, and a look at the probable future of Goddess spirituality. There are also chapters with definitions of terms used to discuss religion, and words used to describe psychic work. This is Judith Laura's third Goddess book.





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Pagan Portals
GWYN AP NUDD:
Wild God of Faery, Guardian of Annwfn
by Danu Forest
Series: Pagan Portals
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Moon Books (October 27, 2017)
List Price: $10.95

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Gwyn, the bright god of the Brythonic underworld Annwfn and Faery king of the wild Welsh spirits, the twlwyth teg, is an ancient and mysterious figure. His tales are scattered through oral folklore and across medieval Welsh literature, a depository of our ancient god-tales. Said to dwell within the legendary glass castle in Glastonbury Tor, as well as the black mountains of Wales, he is both a figure of romance and fear. A dark lover through the winter months, leader of the wild hunt, and guardian of the dead. He is the ancient companion of bards and visionaries through the initiatory journey to the depths of the Celtic Underworld, in search of the Goddess of the land herself. With a close look at traditional magic and lore as well as practical exercises, Gwyn ap Nudd is an essential guide for all those who seek wisdom from the darkness and wild communion with the sovereignty of the land.




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DEEPER INTO THE UNDERWORLD:
Death, Ancestors & Magical Rites
by Christopher Allaun
Paperback: 204 pages
Publisher: Mandrake (December 1, 2017)
List Price: $23.00

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Deeper into the Underworld we go...

The Underworld is home to our beloved ancestors, those who gave us our flesh and blood and our breath. Their blood flows through our veins and contains great magick and power. They have the ability to help us heal old karmic wounds of the past and aide us in our spiritual development. They can teach us many things about the world of spirit. All we have to do is honor them. All we have to do is call to them.

The cycles of Life are sacred to our pagan and magical cosmology, but what of Death? As we honor life, so, too, must we honor the sacredness of death and dying. As we go further in our Underworld studies, we will learn about the Angel of Death and energetic process of dying. Death is not the end. It is a magical transition into the world of spirit where we are rejoined with our beloved ancestors. The Ancestors are our link to our past. We will learn to honor them and create a sacred shrine so that we may commune with them in a magical and healing way. By honoring the ancestors, we will strengthen our bonds with the spirits and learn to heal our family karma that began long ago and affects us even today.

By learning to work with the ancestors, we will learn to work with the spirits of the dead for magick and healing. We will learn how ancient cultures summoned the beloved dead to heal grief and say final goodbyes. We will also learn magical techniques to summon the shades of the dead and the Hidden Company; those powerful spirits that can teach us ancient wisdom of long ago that can help us tread our spiritual path to find balance and healing.





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PAGAN ANARCHISM
by Christopher Scott Thompson
Nonfiction, 6×9 inches, perfect-bound paperback, matte cover, b&w with images.
Published November 2016 by Gods and Radicals
List Price: $15.00

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Strange dreams are stirring, drifting into the sleeping consciousness of mystics, visionaries and revolutionaries. Dreams of the fallen and most often the forgotten—those who fought in all of the uprisings and revolutions since the beginning of history. They stir on the edges of sleep like revenants besieging a presidential palace. They want us to hear them and to heed their call.”

What is Pagan Anarchism?
Witches who poison bosses and landlords. Slave revolts instigated by a god of ecstasy. Eviction notices issued in the name of land spirits and Faerie queens. A ghostly general leading loom breakers. Elves who destroy factories.

Were these all merely myths, they’d still be more true than the superstitions upholding Empire and Capital. Yet they’re not myths, but our own history: the history of uprisings, of a fierce magic and a revolutionary current woven throughout the threads of Paganism and anarchism. As historian Peter Linebaugh named them, they are the ‘Red and Green,’ the revolutionary and the Pagan threads which comprise the yearly celebration of May Day.

Poet, writer, anarchist, and Pagan Christopher Scott Thompson pulls and spins these threads that run from Rome to the Occupy Movement, from the Levelers and Luddites to the witchpunx and Wobblies–and from them weaves a tapestry of revolution.





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MADAME PAMITA'S MAGICAL TAROT:
Using the Cards to Make Your Dreams Come True
by Madame Pamita
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Weiser Books (March 1, 2018)
List Price: $18.95

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
While many people are aware that tarot is an amazing system for accessing deep spiritual wisdom, what most haven't realized is that it's also a powerful and practical tool for manifesting all that we dream of and desire.

Madame Pamita's Magical Tarot is a joyful journey that reveals the light in each of the 78 cards--even the ones that have traditionally had strongly negative connotations. Readers will find the spells, affirmations, exercises, and card descriptions exceptionally useful in using the tarot as a spiritual roadmap to their best life. Experienced tarot readers and novices alike will be drawn to the practical ways to use the tarot to attract positive people, create abundance, open up opportunity, and realize a life of fulfillment, success, and pure happiness.






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CBD TAROT DE MARSEILLE
by Dr. Yoav Ben-Dov
79 cards, 2.5” x 4.75”
List Price: $$21.95

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Published posthumously as a tribute to its creator, Yoav Ben-Dov, this Marseille deck is a faithful reproduction of the traditional tarot cards created by the esteemed Nicholas Conver in 1760. This vibrant 79-card deck includes an extra blank logo card to be used as a carte blanche, "for everything that is open and possible”. Also included is a 56-page booklet with instructions for reading the cards, with both upright and inverse meanings.

CBD Tarot de Marseille was voted by 13,000 Tarot Association Facebook subscribers as one of Top 50 Essential Tarot Decks, the only one in the “Marseilles decks” category.

"Ben-Dov has created what I believe to be the most elegant restoration of the classic Conver Marseille deck available.” —Mary K. Greer





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ARCANUM TAROT
by Renata Lechner
Publisher: Llewellyn, March 2018
Boxed 78 Card Deck, 128 page Guidebook
List Price: $26.95 US

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Mystical insights await within the stunning imagery of the Arcanum Tarot. From the creator of the Thelema Tarot this deck features realistic figures set among lush and magical landscapes. Designed to connect the deepest parts of your soul to the highest realms of the divine, the Arcanum Tarot will show what you need to see in order to move forward toward your destiny.





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THE DRAGON TAROT:
by Nigel Suckling
Includes a full deck of 78 specially commissioned tarot cards and a 64-page illustrated book Cards
Publisher: CICO Books; Illustrated edition (February 13, 2018)
List Price; $18.95

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The mysteries of the tarot and the legend of dragons come together in this stunning box set, including a full tarot deck and 64-page guidebook.

Majestic in its power, the dragon in Western culture appears in myth and legend as the jealous guardian of a treasure hoard—epitomized by J.R.R. Tolkien’s Smaug, and seen more recently in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series and George R.R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series. But that is not the whole story—dragons are complex creatures, and the beast is usually credited with cunning and often the power of speech—it is not just a brutal, terrifying monster. Although occasionally hostile, as when an earth dragon stirs and human cities crumble, there is no personal malice. Dragons simply operate by different laws that do not always place our interest at their center. Understanding those laws and adapting to accommodate them is one path to wisdom. This is the spirit in which dragons inspire this tarot—tarot also operates by laws that are slightly beyond our conscious grasp, lifting the veil on the spiritual undercurrent of the worlds we inhabit. This traditional 78-card deck contains fire-breathing dragons, winged dragons of the air, sea serpents, and earth dwellers who will reveal to you the secrets of the past, the possibilities of the present, and all the potential of the future.








SERVICES AVAILABLE AT EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS

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 advice? Just ask!

We have Seattle's best Psychic Readers, in house, 7 days a week, from 2pm—8pm.

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DON'T FORGET THAT WE HAVE MOVED!!!!

We are NOW located at: 1307 NE 45th St., between Brooklyn Ave NE and University Way NE, next to the Neptune Theatre, in the University District.


This concludes our Newsletter for this month.
Look for us again APRIL 1st, 2018!!!!
NO JOKE! ;-)
Raven, Editrix, Edge of the Circle Books Newsletter



















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