Welcome to the 45th edition of 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. 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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NEW PRODUCTS:
NEW INCENSE:
ROSARIUM BLENDS
By Catamara Rosarium
~Ritual Incense Blends to Enliven the Senses~
Hekate ~ Goddess of the Crossroads, keeper of the keys of the universe.
~Storax, Frankincense, Myrrh, Willow & Aconite~
Witch Moon ~ Lunar sensuality, psychic and woodsy. Aligns one with the energies of the Witch Mother. Opens psychic sensors, accessing clairvoyance and magick. Use for ritual during any lunar phase.
~Frankincense, Camphor, Wormwood, Jasmine, Karraya, Willow, Mugwort & Sandalwood~
Divination ~ Use for increasing divination skills, rending the veil and opening portals into other worlds. Aids in gnosis to access and attune ones self to a heightened state of awareness.
~Sandalwood, Yarrow, Uva Ursi, Juniper, Bay, Mastic & Wild Lettuce~
Manifestation ~ Macrocosm earthed in the microcosm to initiate and materialize spiritual or material work.
~ Frankincense, Blessed Thistle, Lady’s Mantle, Jasmine~
Sekhmet ~ Fierce and passionate warrior and protectress! Egyptian goddess of the noontime sun. Use to invoke ardor or dispel unwanted energies. SA SEKHEM SAHU!
~Myrrh, Jumiper, Clove, Rose, Safflower, Bergamot & Snakeskin Sheds~
Phoenix ~ Firebird of rebirth and awakening— rising from the ashes. Fiery rebirth of true will.
~Myrrh, Cinnamon & Spikenard~
Summoning Spirits ~ Conjuration incense used for evoking spirits of past and present.
~Opoponax, Basil, Rosemary, Life Everlasting, Dittany of Crete & Damiana~
TUBELO'S GREEN FIRE:
MYTHOS, ETHOS, FEMALE, MALE & PRIESTLY MYSTERIES OF THE CLAN OF TUBAL CAIN
by Shani Oates,
Publisher: Mandrake of Oxford
Binding: Paperback
List Price: $22.99
BOOK BLURB:
This book explores historical and contemporary ideas of witchcraft through the perspective of the Clan of Tubal Cain - a closed Initiatory group aligned to the Shadow Mysteries within the Luciferian stream. As students of arte we mediate the ancestral stream, teaching through practice with the sacred tenets of Truth, Love and Beauty.
The Word is thus manifest in deed and vision.
“A driving thirst for knowledge is the forerunner of wisdom. Knowledge is a state that all organic life posesses, wisdom is the reward of the spirit, gained in the search for knowledge. Truth is variable – what is true now, will not be true tomorrow, since the temporal truths are dependent upon ethics and social mores – therefore wisdom is possibly eternal Truth, untouched by man’s condition. So we must come to the heart of the People, a belief that is based upon Eternity, and not upon social needs or pressures – the ‘witch’ belief then is concerned with wisdom, our true name, then is the wise people and wisdom is our aim.”
- - Robert Cochrane (1931-1966)
CONTENTS:
Mythopoesis
Goda, the Clan of Tubal Cain and Robert Cochrane
Hekate, Dark Mistress of the Soul
The Wisdom of Courtly Love/Dance of the Seven Veils
Hand of Fatima
Sila na gigh
Dia de los Muertos
Abbots Bromley, the Wild Hunt and Saint Nick
Summer and Winter Customs
The Wild Hunt
Green Knight, Dark God of Light
The Fisher King: Gnostic Priest of the High Mysteries of the Graal
The Divine Duellists
Why Cranes? An Exploration into their Mythic Significance in Legend and Lore
The Fruit of Wisdom
Musings on the Sacred
The Mystery Tradition
A Man for all Seasons
The Three Rings of the Compass
Traditional Enigma
The Alchemy of the Compass
What is an Initiation?
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A GRIMOIRE FOR MODERN CUNNING FOLK:
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT ON THE CROOKED PATH
by Peter Paddon
Paperback: 172 pages
Publisher: Pendraig Publishing (May 1, 2010)
Price $10.95
BOOK BLURB:
A practical manual of Traditional non-Wiccan Witchcraft. While there are a lot of texts that cover advanced and academic subjects of interest to traditional Crafters, all of the introductory books tend to focus on Wicca... until now. In this Book Peter Paddon - Magister of Briar Rose and host of the popular Crooked Path podcast - covers his particular path of Witchcraft from scratch. He goes over the basics of his personal Path, along with examples of alternatives from other traditions, covering philosophy, lore and practical techniques. The Crooked Path is a way of Crafting based on experiencing the Mysteries of Ancestors and the Sacred Landscape first-hand, and Peter guides the seeker through the basics with competence and humor.
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BYZANTINE MAGIC
MICHAEL PSELLUS ON THE OPERATION
OF DAEMONS
By:Stephen Skinner, Marcus Collisson
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
English | 96 pages | 7 x 10 IN
Pub Date: September 2010
List Price: $65.00
BOOK BLURB:
Michael Constantine Psellus (1018 – 1178 C.E) was one of the most notable writers and philosophers of the Byzantine era. The Byzantine domain was effectively the eastern Greek speaking part of the Roman Empire centred on Byzantium (Constantinople, modern Istanbul) which split off from the Latin West in 364 C.E. Its intellectual legacies helped lay the foundations for the Italian Renaissance.
It was the fall of Constantinople in 1453 that released a tide of Greek reading scholars into Western Europe, particularly Venice. With them came much of the magical and Hermetic knowledge which the Greeks in their turn had inherited from the Egyptians. The Key of Solomon was one such text. It is therefore essential to the understanding of such magical texts that one understands exactly how the Byzantines understood the nature of daemons. Psellus forms the bridge between the ancient world, Byzantine Greek, and the grimoire conception of the nature of daemons.
Hailing from Constantinople, Psellus’ career was an illustrious and practical one, serving as a political advisor to a succession of emperors, playing a decisive role in the transition of power between various monarchs. He became the leading professor at the newly founded University of Constantinople, bearing the honourary title, ‘Consul of the Philosophers’. He was the driving force behind the university curriculum reform designed to emphasize the Greek classics, especially Homeric literature. Psellus is credited with the shift from Aristotelian thought to the Platonist tradition, and was adept in politics, astronomy, medicine, music, theology, jurisprudence, physics, grammar and history.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Stephen Skinner began his career as a Geography lecturer and magazine publisher, but his long term interest has always been Western magic.
During the 1970s he was the driving force behind Askin Publishers, producing a number of classic magical works by Cornelius Agrippa, Paracelsus, Austin Osman Spare, Aleister Crowley, and others. During the 1970s he co-wrote many books with Francis King, including the still popular Techniques of High Magic. Also with Francis King he wrote Nostradamus. His interest in prophecy stimulated by this book, he went on to write the best selling Millennium Prophecies.
Stephen is credited with bringing the art of Feng Shui to the West, and in 1976 he wrote the Living Earth Manual of Feng Shui, which was the first English book on feng shui in the 20th century.
Stephen has written more than 20 books, which have been published worldwide in 17 different languages. These books have had introductions by such diverse people as Colin Wilson, HRH Charles Prince of Wales, and Jimmy Choo, shoe designer to the stars.
Stephen lives in Johor Bahru near Singapore.
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OCCULT FUNDAMENTALS AND SPIRITUAL UNFOLDMENT-
VOL. 1: THE EARLY WRITINGS
Paul Foster Case (Author), Paul A. Clark (Introduction), Tony DeLuce (Foreword)
Product Details
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Fraternity of the Hidden Light (October 12, 2008)
List Price: $19.95
BOOK BLURB:
Shortly after leaving the Alpha et Omega (MacGregor Mather's reformulation of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn), Paul Foster Case developed a lecture series entitled "The First Year Course". The purpose of the lectures was to provide students with a firm foundation in spiritual science and practice and to prepare them for Paul Case's rendition of the Golden Dawn Order.
When this coursework was expanded in 1924, the contents of the "The First Year Course" became known as Section A, `The Life Power', and Section B,`The Seven Steps of Spiritual Unfoldment'. The `Life Power' provided a firm foundation of Occult Fundamentals and the `The Seven Steps of Spiritual Unfoldment' utilized the Major Arcana of the Tarot to communicate the stages of Spiritual Evolution.
The early writings of Paul Foster Case are exceptionally clear and represent some of his finest work. Anyone approaching these lessons for the first time are encouraged to spend at least two weeks on each before proceeding to the next. This is precisely the manner in which the lectures and lessons were intended to be assimilated. Paul Case utilizes images in addition to words to communicate principles. Proceeding in such a manner will allow the corresponding ideas to take root and mature and thus facilitate understanding of the next lesson in the series.
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ESOTERIC SECRETS OF MEDITATION AND MAGIC -
VOLUME 2: THE EARLY WRITINGS
By Paul Foster Case (Author), Paul A. Clark (Introduction), Tony DeLuce (Foreword)
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Fraternity of the Hidden Light (January 12, 2009)
List Price: $19.95
BOOK BLURB:
In 1924, Paul Foster Case expanded his First Year Course by developing two advanced lecture series which he entitled Section C: ‘Concentration’ and Section D: ‘Magic’. The lectures built upon the material in the ‘First Year Course’(which had become known at this time as Section A:‘The Life Power’ and Section B: ‘The Seven Steps to Spiritual Unfoldment’). The Fraternity of the Hidden Light has recently published both of these lecture series as “Occult Fundamentals and Spiritual Unfoldment - Volume 1: The Early Writings.” This current volume provides the two additional lecture series that complete the original fundamental course structure of Paul Case. Section C, ‘Concentration’, expounds the esoteric secrets of Meditation. This section is a very advanced series of lessons that not only develops the essential skill of concentration but commences the student upon the‘Path of Return’ with a series of powerful “Qabalistic Meditations.” These Meditations have a tendency to facilitate deep spiritual experience in those who are prepared and chose to participate. This lesson series indeed represents some of the most advanced material written by Paul Case. Section D, ‘Magic’, provides the esoteric secrets of Magic in a very rare exposition of the fundamental tenets of magical practice by one of the greatest occultists of the 20th century. Here again is material published by Paul Case that cannot be found in any of his later developed lesson series and provides insight into the “tools of the trade” practiced by Golden Dawn enthusiasts today.
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THE LOST ART OF ENOCHIAN MAGIC:
ANGELS, INVOCATIONS, AND THE SECRETS REVEALED TO DR. JOHN DEE
John DeSalvo Ph.D. (Author), Lon Milo DuQuette (Foreword)
Paperback: 232 pages
Publisher: Destiny Books; Pap/Com edition (May 14, 2010)
List Price: $16.95
BOOK BLURB:
A practical guide to Dr. John Dee’s angelic magic
• Contains instructions for performing Enochian magic meditations
• Examines John Dee’s original diaries from the British Library
• Includes a CD of Enochian calls taught to Dee by the angels
Enochian magic is a powerful, ancient system for opening portals to heavenly realms and enabling the ascent to God. The basis for many of the modern systems of magic, including the Golden Dawn, Enochian magic is named after the biblical prophet Enoch, who received the same knowledge and wisdom that was later conveyed to the astrologer to the court of Queen Elizabeth I, Dr. John Dee, by angels in the 16th century.
In The Lost Art of Enochian Magic John DeSalvo traces the history of magic--from the earliest civilizations of the Akadians and Egyptians through the Greco-Roman period and up to the present time--to reveal how magic has penetrated and influenced our religious beliefs and practices today. Through his unprecedented investigation into the angelic magic of Dr. John Dee, during which time he deciphered Dee’s original phonetic notations in the margins of Dee’s 16th-century diaries, DeSalvo learned to properly reproduce the “Enochian calls,” which act like mantras in opening higher realms and invoking angels, key to this type of magical practice. DeSalvo shows how to use Enochian magic for personal spiritual development and also as protection from negative energies. In addition to providing detailed instructions for performing the magical meditations, this book includes a CD of Enochian calls to demonstrate and guide the correct pronunciation needed to practice Enochian magic.
FROM THE BACK COVER
Enochian magic is a powerful, ancient system for opening portals to heavenly realms and enabling the ascent to God. The basis for many of the modern systems of magic, including the Golden Dawn, Enochian magic is named after the biblical prophet Enoch. Enoch received the same knowledge and wisdom that was later conveyed by angels in the 16th century to Dr. John Dee, the astrologer to the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
In The Lost Art of Enochian Magic, John DeSalvo traces the history of magic--from the earliest civilizations of the Akkadians and Egyptians through the Greco-Roman period and up to the present time--to reveal how magic has penetrated and influenced our religious beliefs and practices today. Through his unprecedented investigation into the angelic magic of Dr. John Dee, during which time he deciphered Dee’s original phonetic notations in the margins of Dee’s 16th-century diaries, DeSalvo learned to properly reproduce the “Enochian calls,” which act like mantras in opening higher realms and invoking angels, key to this type of magical practice. DeSalvo shows how to use Enochian magic for personal spiritual development and also as protection from negative energies. In addition to providing detailed instructions for performing the magical meditations, this book includes a 20-minute CD that demonstrates and offers guidance in the correct pronunciation of the Enochian calls used in the practice of Enochian magic.
JOHN DESALVO holds a Ph.D. in biophysics and, for more than 20 years, scientifically studied the Shroud of Turin. The current director of the Great Pyramid of Giza Research Association, he is the author of five books, including The Seeress of Prevorst, Decoding the Pyramids, and Andrew Jackson Davis: The First American Prophet and Clairvoyant. He lives in Minnesota.
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FIRE FROM THE CAULDRON
By Shon Clark
Paperback: 142 pages
Publisher: Megalithica Books (January 26, 2010)
List Price : $19.99
BOOK BLURB:
Fire from the Cauldron is a bold step for Craft teachings. It takes traditional Craft teachings and blends them with stories of the Goddess Aradia and the God Cernunnos. The result is a series of Pathworkings (deep guided-meditation) that are designed to teach Craft wisdom to the "inner" or deeply intuitive part of the student. The goal is to create a profound link or bond with the student and the Gods. This link will help the student to take their own personal Craft to a new level because they will be able to draw from the essence of Craft, itself. This book is a call for the leaders and teachers of Craft. It is time for our faith to stand beside the other faith traditions of the world. It is time to stop seeing our tradition as one who stands in the back of the room, while the others are having a grand banquette. We need to stand at the table with the other traditions. In order for us to do this, we need teaching aids that allow us to deepen our Craft. This is one such aid. The pathworkings allow the pathwalker to stand with Cernunnos as he grows from the wild-child of the forest into an unlikely King and again when he gives up his life to become the Lord of Death and Resurrection. They also show the pathwalker the birth of the Star Goddess, join her as she teaches humanity the ways of Craft and see her loss as she sacrifices her Beloved so that the people might live.
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WOMEN'S VOICES IN MAGIC
By Brandy Williams (Editor)
Paperback: 202 pages
Publisher: Megalithica Books (November 30, 2009)
List Price:$20.99
BOOK BLURB:
Magical cultures like all communities encode expectations about gender. Women are witches; men are magicians. Women use receptive energy, men use active energy. Intuitive women embody the moon, focus on dreaming and enjoy making things, while intellectual men embody the sun, focus on accomplishment, and enjoy doing ritual. The essays in this book explode gender stereotypes and survey the spectrum of women's experiences in magic. Women are witches, but also ceremonial magicians, Satanists and sex magicians. Women dream, use intuition and make magical tools but they also argue, create ritual, and fiercely contest their right to achievement. In these essays, pregnancy is an occasion for analysis, alchemy exists in the lab and in the kitchen, desire is a path to self-knowledge, and gender itself is a door to the deep contemplation of the meaning of magic. In this book women's voices whisper their secret experiences, narrate lives of women magicians in the past, speak of the usual and the unusual, roar their triumphal discoveries, and sing the joy of life.
NEW TAROT/ORACLES DECKS
DARK ANGELS TAROT DECK
By:Lo Scarabeo
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; Cards edition (April 1, 2010)
Specs: Boxed Deck | 9780738720715
English | 3 x 5 IN
List Price: $22.95
Dare to explore your dark side with this gorgeously gothic tarot. Journey to a dimly lit, secret netherworld, where you'll have a rare opportunity to communicate with heaven's misunderstood outcasts—the dark angels. Achingly beautiful, mysterious, and wise, these unearthly creatures have much to teach us of our own shadow selves.
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CALENDAR:
ONGOING AT EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS
SUNDAY, JULY 4th
(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.
MONDAY, JULY 5th
(Every 1st Monday of each month)
CELTIC RECONSTRUCTIONIST GROUP 7-9PM
For More Information:
THURSDAY, JULY 22th
(Every 4th Thursday of each month)
WITCH'S MEETUP 7-9PM
MONDAY, JUNE 26th
(Every 4th Monday of each month)
BLACKSUN AND SHADOWHAWK PRESENT:
A NIGHT OF WITCHERY
For the past 30 years, we have been teaching the basics of Wicca, lecturing at festivals, writing articles and books on Paganism, and acting as priest and
priestess of StarWyrm Coven. We are now starting a new series of meetings for the those sincerely interested in Wicca, open to all seekers. If you are seriously considering making Wicca your own brand of spirituality but wonder what you might be getting into, this is a great starting point. This is NOT a recruitment or any sort of proselytizing device. The aim of these meetings is to give information and trade perspectives so you may make up your mind.
Blessed be,
Blacksun and Shadowhawk
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SERVICES AVAILABLE
AT EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS
AT EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS
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 nearly 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 (hence the name) and are geared toward helping the client circumvent the often self-imposed obstacles in their lives, 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 Tuesday, 12:30-8.30PM.
Sundays 3:30-8:30 PM
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TAROT BY COMPASS
Every Tuesday from 12:30-8:30 PM
“I've been reading cards for 20 years and doing readings professionally for nine. I've been reading cards at folk life and Bumbershoot for nine years along with various fairs and festivals on the west coast.
I believe the tarot works as an interpersonal growth tool that on some levels works like the childhood game of "broken telephone." Everyone of the 78cards in a tarot deck have a central meaning. Depending on where they fall in a spread, how they are dignified, and any colloquial non-sequiturs that happen to come out of my mouth create a personalized story of what's going on in ones life. The cards are great about "speaking" of the past and present. They can pick up on energies that are starting to manifest in ones life but ultimately after a reading is over everyone has free will and it is their choice how they deal with those energies. My job as a reader is multifaceted, from channel to help alleviate blocks; to sounding board as a listener. I've found that I get a wonderful thankful response from people I've given readings to.”
TAROT READINGS BY SHAYE
Sundays from Noon—3:30pm.
Poet-Priestess, Tarot Reader, Spiritual Counselor. Specializing in working with the healing and empowering energies of the Divine Feminine.
Offering Respect, Presence, Experience, Insight and a Playful Spirit.
This concludes our Newsletter for this month.
Look for us again AUGUST 1st 2010!
Happy 4th of July!
Sincerely,
Raven
Editrix, Edge of the Circle Books Newsletter
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