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.
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An Exploration of History, Folklore & Modern Practice
By Kelden
Llewellyn Publications (January 8, 2022)
Paperback, 216 pages
List Price: $16.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Discover the Hidden Depths of the Sabbath
Take flight for a mesmerizing exploration of an event long shrouded in fear and mystery―the Witches' Sabbath. Kelden presents an in-depth examination of the Sabbath's historical and folkloric development as well as its re-emergence within the modern practice of Witchcraft. From discussions on the folklore of flight and the events of nocturnal gatherings to enchanting rituals and recipes, you'll find everything you need to not only understand the nature of the legendary Sabbath, but also journey there yourself. Offering impressive research and compelling stories from across Europe and the early American colonies, this book is the ultimate resource for discovering an oft misunderstood and overlooked aspect of Witchcraft.
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Thirteen Keys to Modern Traditional Witchcraft:
by Christine Grace
Publisher : Weiser Books (November 10, 2021)
Paperback, 224 pages
List Price: $18.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The Forest's Edge Tradition
The essence of the Forest’s Edge way is to honor the specificity of the individual, while holding that each witch is fully themselves only within the web of human and Other relationships in which we live and have our being. Our way of witchcraft is not inherently religious, although all are encouraged to reflect on their relationship with the idea of gods. Some draw on the traditions of recent ancestors, such as Christian folk magic; some reach back to the gods of the ancients; and still others remain agnostic. We are all united by the understanding that everything has a spirit, and the world is infused with magic.
About the Author:
Christine Grace is a longtime teacher of the Craft and a founder of the Forest’s Edge Tradition of witchcraft. She is cohost of the Betwixt & Between podcast, covering a variety of topics in witchcraft and everyday magic. She has graduate degrees in theology and mental health counseling from Vanderbilt University.
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A Search for the Goddess in All of Us
by Dawn Reno Langley PhD
Llewellyn Publications (January 8, 2022)
Paperback, 224 pages
List Price: $17.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
This book reveals that the divine feminine dwells, at one level or another, in all of us. Filled with empowering first-hand experiences of the divine feminine from spiritual teachers and students from around the world, this book serves as a stepping-off point for your spiritual journey.
Every woman holds the divine feminine within her, but sometimes it can be hard to find inside ourselves. Dawn Reno Langley delivers the advice that goddesses offer us, as well as how we can incorporate those lessons into our daily lives. With powerful interviews and journaling prompts, Langley invites you to find your inner strength, let go of the expectations of society, and embrace your own divinity.
You Are Divine is a celebration of all women, sharing inspiring stories of divine female archetypes from different cultures across the globe. It features powerful examples of mythological, historical, and contemporary women who represent the best qualities in all of us. With this book, you can discover your unique way of taking back power, calling for justice, connecting with your creativity, exploring ecofeminism, and so much more.
Reviews
"A compelling look at how women can honor their creativity and claim their right to divinity…This book is a go-to for all who wish to change the course of their life at any juncture and a must-read for any woman who wrestles with finding her voice and her place in the world."―Susan Sanders, poet and co-author of Behind These Hills
"While reading, I found I had many shared common experiences with these women. The best part of this book are the practices at the end of each chapter, which are super helpful to dig deep, acknowledge and honor that divine within us all."―Mandy Nicolau Bernard, owner of Salty Dog Yoga and Surf
"You are Divine is a magnificently researched tribute to all women! The desire to learn, to inspire, to create, to connect, and to trust the Goddess within is the result of this must read dedication to the Divine Feminine."―Priscilla Connelly LCMHC, LADC
About the Author:
Dawn Reno Langley, PhD, (Durham, NC) is a writer, social justice activist, TEDx speaker, and Fulbright scholar. She holds an MFA from Vermont College and a PhD from the Union Institute and University. She has taught classes on women's issues, spoken publicly about her own spiritual journey, and has published more than thirty books.
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by Phoenix LeFae
Publisher, Llewellyn Publications (January 8, 2022)
Paperback, 256 pages
List Price: $17.99 (Llewellyn)
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Take Back Your Power and Unleash It on the World...
Filled with transformative stories of powerful women from legend and history, this book explores themes that witches, heretics, and warriors confront in a patriarchal world. Join the fight against the status quo by learning how to invoke your own defiant female ancestors and the lessons they represent. Each chapter examines a topic like standing tall in your beliefs, finding your voice, embracing your sexuality, and loving your body.
This book will inspire you through the stories of Circe, Anne Boleyn, Marie Laveau, Mary Magdalene, Jeanne D'Arc, Salome, Boudicca, Moving Robe Woman, and Harriet Tubman. Phoenix LeFae also shares hands-on practices― including rituals, crafts, and meditations―designed to support you as you connect to your inner rebel. Learn how to create shrines, connect to your community, work with essential oils, and more as you find and embrace your own personal power.
Review
"This book is not just for those who identify as women, it is for anyone who is tired of hiding in the shadows, living small, or letting others control their lives. If you are ready for a total spiritual shift that will have you loving yourself, believing in your dreams, and living life on your terms, Phoenix is at your side sharing her radical role models, gentle guidance, and exercises for self-empowerment. Read this book, and you'll be inspired, motivated, and activated in all the best ways."―Madame Pamita, author of Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft and The Book of Candle Magic
"Once again Pheonix Le Fae's unique and beautiful view of the world around her has brought forth great wisdom. Never would I have ever thought to find Marie Laveau, Mary Magdalene and Boudicca all in the same book, yet here they all are, power houses of femininity, teaching us that it's OK to be rebellious, nonconformist and absolutely magical; showing us how we can own our witchdom and encouraging us to stick a finger up to the mundane. Witches, Heretics and Wild Women is empowering, insightful, honest, and it encourages us to be the same."―Tara Sanchez author of Urban Faery Magick
"Witches, Heretics, and Warrior Women challenges us to rise up and reclaim our powers. With advanced magic and unique methods to experience the three aspects, Phoenix LeFae encourages striking insights, a rewilding of the soul, and the cultivation of true inner strength. This deeply inspired book reminds us we only have one precious life, and it should be lived in our wild, sacred truths. From one rebel to another, I thank her."―Astrea Taylor, author of Intuitive Witchcraft and Air Magic
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Navigating Depression Through Magic and Ritual
by Terence P Ward,M. Macha NightMare, Foreword
Publisher, Llewellyn Publications (January 8, 2022)
Paperback, 288 pages
List Price: $17.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Depression is a universal condition that people of all walks of life face. Author Terence P Ward shares his experiences with depression and the spiritual methods he has used to cope.
Praise:
"I don't say this lightly or often—this is an important book, not only for the community that is its target market but for anyone who is living with depression. Empty Cauldrons is a rare gift to anyone who has been looking for answers to the shadowy questions that haunt them—it's readable, sensible, hopeful and effective. Get it. Gift it. Give thanks for it."—H. Byron Ballard, priestess and pastor, author of Roots, Branches and Spirits
Empty Cauldrons shows readers how to tend to their life of prayers, offerings, and dreams, and also provides spells and strategies for developing a non-monotheistic relationship with depression.
You will discover rituals for drawing off miasma and appealing to the gods of the wind, traditional Hellenic ancestor feasts, ideas for tending a depression shrine, and much more.
A Pagan Guide to Coping with Depression...
Whether it is impacting you or a loved one, depression can be difficult to discuss or even acknowledge. Empty Cauldrons explores the isolating influence it can have and why many people resist professional help. With contributions from Pagan clergy, depression sufferers, and therapists, author Terence P Ward creates a picture of depression that draws upon both science and religion. He also shares his own experiences with this common affliction and the spiritual methods he has used for relief.
Discover how to draw off miasma, appeal to the gods of the wind, purify yourself with sound, and host a traditional Hellenic ancestor feast. Learn about conducting shadow work, tending a depression shrine, keeping a dream journal, and much more. Throughout the book, Ward compassionately presents dozens of simple strategies for developing a polytheistic relationship with depression, seeking comfort, and rekindling.
Includes a foreword by M. Macha Nightmare, priestess, witch, and cofounder of the reclaiming collective
Reviews:
"Empty Cauldrons stands alone in how it navigates through the poignant to the profound. Terence P. Ward has provided a unique work that while modern and cutting edge also flows like a timeless grimoire, exploring ancient magic and formula that is not only invaluable to whom may be challenged by depression but those immersed in the healing arts and community for a better understanding of those we support, work with and love. Empty Cauldrons supersedes anything of the like I have ever read, a truly unique and altering read."―Witchdoctor Utu, founder of the Dragon Ritual Drummers and author of Conjuring Harriet "Mama Moses" Tubman and the Spirits of the Underground Railroad
"Few works in our communities have set about tackling this topic, for as Ward states plainly, depression is an antagonist thatdoes not like to be talked about...[Ward does] an admirable and soulfullynecessary;job of breaching the boundaries of the looming elephant in our room –depression – as a serious medical condition, wrought with obstacles not just within the throes of its tendril’d unfolding, but from without in a society which systemically shifts from vantage upon them, and these. From topics of suicide to stigmas inside and out, this book compassionately (and with temperance) implores readers to sit with their biases and fears, examining the realities of an oft under-examined element of harrowing impact in the lives of so many today. Now, more than ever before, is a time in which wemustcourageously plunge into the depths of discourse and awareness of the seriousness of depression and trauma, beyond sorrow or situational sadness, and recognize it – name it – as the dire threat it is, and ever has been, for so many amongst us."―Theanos Thrax, author/scholar, mental health consultant, polytheist priest
"I don't say this lightly or often―this is an important book, not only for the community that is its target market but for anyone who is living with depression. Empty Cauldrons is a rare gift to anyone who has been looking for answers to the shadowy questions that haunt them―it's readable, sensible, hopeful and effective. Get it. Gift it. Give thanks for it."―H. Byron Ballard, priestess and pastor, author of Roots, Branches and Spirits
"A remarkable undertaking addressing what it is to have chronic depression and to be pagan...Ward, a well known pagan journalist, has assembled his personal journey into a deep yet accessible discussion of how depression affects our spirituality and how our practice may help us address depression. He brings perspectives from many pagan leads who he interviewed for this work. While reading this I found myself thinking I should order a couple dozen copies for people I've known and counseled over the years, and their families."―Rev. Dr. C. Davis Sprague, MD, HP Stewart Tradition
"Depression isolates us from all that we love. With Empty Cauldrons, Terence Ward helps break that isolation through courageous truth telling and a thoughtful, practical approach to a range of Pagan spiritual tools. Ward brings together a multiplicity of voices and traditions, creating something more than a mere self-help book with a Pagan twist. Encompassing storytelling, devotionals, spellcraft, and above all, a deep respect for the wisdom traditions of Paganism, he has created a book that belongs on the shelves of any Pagan who has struggled with depression, or who knows someone who has. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough."―Cat Chapin-Bishop, MSW, LICSW, author of Quaker Pagan Reflections and founding chair of the Pastoral Counseling Department at Cherry Hill Seminary
About the Author:
Terence P Ward (Mid-Hudson Valley, NY) is a journalist and practicing Pagan for more than thirty years. He has been bound to a Wiccan coven, communed with the Earth as a backpacking Pagan (aka Gaiaped), and been tapped by the Olympian gods. He manages his depression through his work as a priest to Poseidon, and he's a minister ordained through the Church of the Sacred Earth: a Union of Pagan Congregations in Vermont. Ward is also a member of the order of the occult hand.
M. Macha NightMare is an author, teacher, priestess, and ritualist with a penchant for collaboration. She is an initiate of two traditions of Witchcraft: Reclaiming and Faery/Feri, Reclaiming's root tradition. An internationally published author, Macha co-authored, with Starhawk, and edited The Pagan Book of Living and Dying (HarperOne, 1997), Witchcraft and the Web (ECW Press, 2001), and Pagan Pride (Citadel, 2004).
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Conjure the Love You Want (and Keep It)
by Starr Casas
Publisher, Weiser Books (January 14, 2022)
Paperback, 232 pages
List Price: $18.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
"I’m a conjure woman, plain and simple. This is how I was raised and what I live by. I have done conjure work for over forty years.
If you want to understand this type of magic, you should have an understanding of our ancestors who practiced it. It may seem too simple to seem real, but you have to understand, the ancestors were simple down-to-earth people. They worked from daylight until dark; by the time the end of the day came they were too tired to do an elaborate ritual. The work was practiced in their everyday life from the way they swept their yards to the way they threw out old dishwater. So please don’t be fooled by the simplicity of this type of work— it holds the power of thousands of ancestors behind it."- Starr Casas
Although love magic is among Starr Casas’s specialties, she has never written about it extensively before. In Hoodoo Your Love , Starr shares her professional knowledge and also reveals her never before published family secrets to help readers obtain the love they seek.
Hoodoo Your Love explores all facets of love magic. Within these pages, you will learn to draw new love toward you, bring errant lovers back, and improve and control your current situation. Starr explains how to build a love altar, heal a broken heart, stimulate and maintain family peace and happiness, and maybe most crucially, learn to really love yourself. Tools include herbs, roots, candles, and assorted simple household items, so anyone can put Mama Starr’s knowledge into practice.
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Countermagick Spells for the Irritated Witch
by Diana Rajchel
Publisher, Llewellyn Publications (December 8, 2021)
Paperback, 288 pages
List Price: $17.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Break Spells, Hexes, Curses, and Any Harmful Magick Thrown at You
Even if you're the most mild-mannered practitioner who sticks to personal development magick, you can still end up getting energetically attacked. Hex Twisting is the key to countering any curse or hex cast your way. Providing a variety of techniques to defend yourself, this indispensable guide helps you drive hurtful magick out of your home, trap malevolent spirits, and more.
Diana Rajchel has spent years handling psychic attacks, ancestral injuries, and work-for-hire hauntings. She carefully studied how each one worked, and now she passes that knowledge to you through this book's powerful collection of exercises, tips, and tools. Discover how to diagnose, recover from, and prevent jinxes, hexes, crosses, and curses. Explore countermeasure recipes, reversal spells, and cleansing rituals. Whatever is after you, this book can help you stop it.
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Ceremonies, Ideas & Experiences
for the Tarot Lover
by Nancy C. Antenucci
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (January 8, 2022)
Paperback, 240 pages
List Price: $17.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Nearly 100 Tarot Ceremonies & Spreads to Nourish Your Soul
Improve your connection to spirit, make special occasions more meaningful, and become a better tarot reader with this impressive collection of rituals, spreads, and exercises. Drawing on nearly forty years of experience, Nancy C. Antenucci presents the alchemy of ritual and tarot—a powerful combination that can transform both your divination and life. She guides you through the fundamentals of ritual practice and presents a plethora of group and solitary ceremonies. You'll also learn how to create rituals for yourself and others.
Within these pages, you'll find rituals for giving readings, celebrating events such as holidays, birthdays, and weddings, and more. Use the 22 Acts of Magic template to discover which major arcana card offers the best guidance. Create a strong sense of connection at your gathering with the Icebreaker ritual. Whether you're performing a ceremony for one at the Magician's altar or leading a group like the High Priestess, Tarot Rituals is your key to awakening the magic of the cards.
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This concludes our Newsletter for this month.
Look for us again MARCH 1st, 2022!
Erica (Raven) Branch-Butler, Editrix, Edge of the Circle Books Newsletter
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