Summer!
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.
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:
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We buy used Occult Books! Our buyer is in on Wednesdays, Thursdays,
Saturdays,
and Sundays!
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SPECIAL EVENTS:
EDGE
OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL EVENTS AND
CLASSES:
THURSDAY, JULY 31st,
7-8PM
A young woman follows her lover
and finds her spiritual calling in the Autumn realm of the dead; a first-time
mother gives birth on the Winter solstice; a daughter’s grief heals in a
Spring-time garden; a joyous ceremony of mature sexuality celebrates the peak
of Summer: these stories explore magickal realism in ordinary life.
Following the Pagan Wheel of
the Year through the experience of the characters, the stories demonstrate how
the changing of the seasons is a spiritual model for the soul.
There will be time for q&a,
and book will be available for purchase.
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Note: all prices are subject to change
without notice.
PRACTICAL
PROSPERITY MAGICK:
Crafting
Success & Abundance
By Ellen Dugan
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn
Publications (June 8, 2014)
List Price: $16.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Learn how to optimize your
opportunities and draw success with this no-nonsense approach to prosperity
magick. Providing an accessible foundation grounded in the seven Hermetic
principles and the four elements, author Ellen Dugan explores how it can be
combined with the law of attraction to improve your future. Along your journey
you will discover:
- Success spells, good luck charms, talismans, and coin magick
- The law of attraction and the magick of manifestation
- How to remove obstacles to your success
- Your personal magickal energy and how it affects your spellwork
- Herb and crystal magick
- Planetary magick and prosperity deities
Filled with humor and candid
advice, Practical Prosperity Magick is everything you've come to expect from
Ellen Dugan. Join her as she explores practical and advanced techniques for
using transformative magick to change your luck and unlock personal and
financial success.
About the Author:
Ellen Dugan is the
award-winning author of fifteen books, and is known as the "Garden
Witch". A psychic-clairvoyant, she has been a practicing Witch for over
thirty years. Well known for her candor and humor, she is a Master Gardener,
and is the High Priestess of her Coven in the St. Louis area. Ellen teaches
classes both online and across the country on Witchery, Psychic Protection, and
Magick. She has contributed articles for over twelve years to Llewellyn's
Magical Almanac, Witches Datebook, Sabbat Almanac, and Witches Calendar.
Ellen's popular magickal books
have been translated into over ten foreign languages. When she's not working on
her next book project, or keeping up with her family (the kids are out on their
own, and the youngest is in Graduate school), Ellen likes to unwind by working
in her perennial gardens at home with her husband of 31 years. Ellen
wholeheartedly encourages folks to reclaim their personal power and to
personalize their Spell-craft. To go outside and connect with the spiritual
side of nature. To get their hands dirty and discover the wonder and magick of
natural world that surrounds them.
Visit her popular syndicated
"Blog of Witchery" at www.ellendugan.blogspot.com
You can visit her website at www.ellendugan.com
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ALEISTER
CROWLEY:
Magick,
Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World
By Gary Lachman
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Tarcher (May 15,
2014)
List Price: $17.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
This
definitive work on the occult’s “great beast” traces the arc of his
controversial life and influence on rock-and-roll giants, from the Rolling
Stones to Led Zeppelin to Black Sabbath.
When Aleister Crowley died in
1947, he was not an obvious contender for the most enduring pop-culture figure
of the next century.
But twenty years later,
Crowley’s name and image were everywhere. The Beatles put him on the cover
of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
Band. The Rolling Stones were briefly serious devotees.
Today, his visage hangs in goth
clubs, occult temples, and college dorm rooms, and his methods of ceremonial
magick animate the passions of myriad occultists and spiritual seekers.
Aleister Crowley is more than
just a biography of this compelling, controversial, and divisive figure—it’s
also a portrait of his unparalleled influence on modern pop culture.
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BLACK
SMOKE:
Healing
and Ayahuasca Shamanism in the Amazon
By Margaret De Wys
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Inner Traditions;
2nd Edition, First Paperback Edition edition (May 16, 2014)
List Price: $14.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
A diagnosis of cancer leads to
healing and transformation in the Amazon jungle
• Explains in vivid detail De
Wys’s experience of being healed from cancer through visionary ayahuasca
rituals in Ecuador
• Describes her apprenticeship
and relationship with the shaman who cured her
• Explores the ways this
spiritual medicine can heal the emotional origins of disease now plaguing our
modern technological culture
• Chosen as one of the “Top 10
Books of the New Edge” by Jonathan Talat Phillips on The Huffington Post
When composer and Bard College
music professor Margaret De Wys learned she had breast cancer, the diagnosis
shattered her comfortable life. Seized by fear, crushed by existential
loneliness, she couldn’t respond when her loved ones reached out to her. To
everyone’s concern, the illness propelled her away from her family and deep
into the Amazon to work with Carlos, a charismatic Shuar shaman and master of
medicina milenaria, an ancient mystical tradition with a highly sophisticated
and precise technology of healing. In Black Smoke, De Wys writes of her amazing
encounter with Carlos as he guided her into a world of potent visionary plants,
harrowing initiations, ritual purification, and miraculous healings, including
the complete disappearance of her cancer. It was, as Carlos called it, “the
path of the warrior.”
Sharing a journey not only
through cancer but also through self-transformation, De Wys provides an
intimate inside look at the shamanic ceremonies of ayahuasca and the ways this
spiritual medicine can heal the emotional origins of disease now plaguing our
modern technological culture. Capturing her physical, emotional, and “holy
voyage” through a world that differs vastly from our own in its perception of
healing and wholeness, she offers a revealing chronicle of spiritual insight
and a trenchant exploration of the limits of idealism. She not only provides a
probing look at how our society can learn and benefit from indigenous wisdom
but also weaves a cautionary tale about how potentially dangerous it is--on
both sides--to try to cross those frontiers.
About the Author:
Margaret De Wys is a composer
and sound installation artist whose musical works have premiered with dance
groups and orchestras across the country and been performed at venues including
the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. Since her initial experience
with ayahuasca, she has traveled extensively and worked closely with many
traditional healers throughout the world. Currently working with João de Deus
in Brazil, where they see more than 1,200 people a day, she also takes groups
to the Amazon in Ecuador to work with Carlos, the shaman who healed her of
breast cancer. The author of Ecstatic Healing, she lives in upstate New York.
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A
CEREMONY FOR EVERY OCCASION:
The
Pagan Wheel of the Year and Rites of Passage
By Siusaidh Ceanadach
Paperback: 175 pages
Publisher: Moon Books (March
16, 2012)
List Price: 19.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
A Ceremony for Every Occasion
has been written as a guide for Pagans and non-Pagans alike who wish to
celebrate the passing of the seasons, the Wheel of the Year and who need a Rite
of Passage for different times in their life.
These rituals are spiritual, at
the same time non-religious in the general accepted term. They can be adapted
and used in different parts of the World and with different Deity, with a
little work or simply used exactly as written.
This book is a practical, step
by step guide, and contains a basic list of all the items needed to take along
to a ritual site in order to perform the ceremonies.
There are illustrations and
instructions on for instance 'how to make a set of Handfasting Cords' with
photos as a guide.
Each chapter has an
introduction with points of interest about the season and the Deity associated.
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GRIMOIRE
OF THE THORN-BLOODED WITCH:
Mastering
the Five Arts of Old World Witchery
By Raven Grimassi
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Weiser Books (August
1, 2014)
List Price: $19.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Learn to Stand with Feet Rooted
in Shadow and Hands Stretched to the Stars
"In your hands is Raven
Grimassi's most personal and powerful work to date. In it he shares profound
Craft teachings that will transform your relationship with magick, and your
work as a Witch. I wish I'd had access to this treasure earlier on my path."--Christopher
Penczak, co-founder of the Temple of Witchcraft and author of the Plant Spirit
Familiar
For the first time in more than
a decade, Grimassi introduces readers to a new system of witchcraft, one that
draws upon the old ways and the old days. Rich with spells, rituals, and
detailed illustrations of plant spirits, Grimassi dares readers to take the
path that leads deep into the darkened woods--to traverse upon the Thorned
Path.
Meet the entities that dwell
within the organic memory of the earth, the devas, the deities, the magical
life force that lies within the wooded glen. Learn to work with these spirits,
and use their wisdom to transform your life and your practice.
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NEW
TAROT BOOKS AND DECKS:
THE
WILD UNKNOWN TAROT GUIDEBOOK
By Kim Krans
List Price : $20.00
FROM THE AUTHOR:
A sweet and helpful guide to
all your tarot needs. 200 pages of info and drawings, handwritten by Kim Krans.
This book is especially great for those new to the tarot... it leads you
through shuffling, cutting the deck, spreads, the meaning of all 78 cards, suits,
and more. Even seasoned readers will appreciate the glimpse into where the
concepts of the illustrations came from. A real gem! Paperback, black and
white, 200 pages.
THE
WILD UNKNOWN TAROT DECK
By Kim Krans
$40.00
FROM THE AUTHOR:
78 cards filled with magical
and mysterious imagery. Intricately illustrated by Kim Krans. Great for
seasoned readers or those totally new to the Tarot. The cards come in a
beautiful box with a black lifting ribbon and fold-out guide to get you
familiar with the cards. Open your mind, draw a card, and have fun on your journey...
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SILVER
WITCHCRAFT TAROT KIT:
Book
and Card Set
By Barbara Moore (Author),
Franco Rivolli (Illustrator)
Publisher: Lo Scarabeo (June
30, 2014)
List Price: $29.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Expressing the wisdom and magic
of the ages through Luna’s ethereal light, the Silver Witchcraft Tarot Kit
combines the rich tradition of the Rider Waite tarot with modern Pagan
symbolism, creating a unique and beautiful reading experience. Weaving the
phases of the moon and the Pagan holidays into each suit, this exquisite deck
offers knowledge of a material, emotional, and spiritual nature, whispering
sagely into the ear of all who will listen.
Card edges feature a beautiful
silver foil finish.
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LES
VAMPIRES ORACLE CARDS:
Ancient
Wisdom and healing messages from the Children of the Night
By Lucy Cavendish (Author),
Jasmine Becket-Griffith
Paperback: 164 pages, 44 cards
Publisher: Blue Angel Gallery
(March 31, 2014)
List Price: $21.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Their promise? You will not go
through these dark times alone…
A stunning deck designed
specifically for people facing difficult decisions, upheaval in relationships
or wishing to move away from draining careers, situations or people. Vampiric
energies have often been feared and reviled, but today, the amazing creatures
of Les Vampires are proving to be allies from the most mysterious of realms,
helping many humans through their own dark night of the soul. Full of wise
guidance, ancient teachings, proven methods of protection, deeply comforting
advice and provocative challenges to our flawed perceptions, Les Vampires
offers a clear pathway through the darkest and most troubled of times.
Featuring the award-winning art
of Jasmine Beckett-Griffith and insightful wisdoms channeled by Lucy Cavendish,
Les Vampires is a profound oracle to work with for healing our own inner fears,
harnessing our power and dissolving the patterns that hold us back. Insightful,
elegant, courageous and gorgeous, this is an oracle deck unlike any other you
have experienced - until now.
With 44 lavishly painted cards,
and a detailed guidebook including simple yet revealing layouts for your
readings, this oracle deck will help you walk through night's darkness, and
return to the light of hope, health, healing, and awareness.
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ORACLE
OF VISIONS
By Ciro Marchetti (Author,
Illustrator)
Paperback: 140 pages, 52 cards
Publisher: U.S. Games Systems
Inc.; Box Tcr Cr edition (April 18, 2014)
List Price: $21.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The lush Victorian-influenced
images of the Oracle of Visions deck provide unique perspectives for insightful
divination and meditation. The imaginative scenes encourage us to set aside
pre-conceived ideas and investigate the choices, decisions, and consequences we
face each day. Set includes 52 cards and 140-page booklet.
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UNDER
THE ROSES LENORMAND
By Kendra Hurteau (Author), Katrina Hill (Author)
Publisher: U.S. Games Systems
Inc.; Gmc Crds/B edition (April 18, 2014)
39 cards, 60 page booklet
List Price: $14.00
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Discover the buried secrets in
Under the Roses, a charming 39-card Petit Lenormand deck. In addition to the 36
standard cards, this deck includes alternate cards for the Child, the Gentleman,
and the Lady. The 60-page booklet offers keywords, instructions and diagrams for
learning to read with the Lenormand method.
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CHRYSALIS
TAROT
By
Toney Brooks (Author), Holly Sierra
(Artist)
Cards: 60 pages, 78 cards
Publisher: US Games Systems; Crds edition (May 8, 2014)
List Price: $20.00
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Chrysalis Tarot opens up your
psyche and illuminates your path toward personal destiny.
Exquisitely drawn Otherworld
characters and mythological archetypes guide you on your spiritual quest. Both
the Major and Minor Arcana feature beautifully illustrated scenes that inspire
reflection and stimulate your psychic intuition and imagination.
The four suits that make up the
Minor Arcana are: Stones (Pentacles); Mirrors (Cups); Spirals (Wands); and
Scrolls (Swords). In the Court Cards you'll meet a delightful Troupe of
medieval troubadours who inspire you to fulfill your dreams.
Deck includes 78 cards and
60-page booklet with instructions for a 5-card Pentagram Spread.
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THE
GHOST TAROT
By Davide Corsi (Author)
Cards: 64 pages, 78 cards
Publisher: Llewellyn
Publications; Crds edition (September 8, 2014)
List Price: $22.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Between the visible and the
invisible, between memory and the supernatural, there is the world of ghosts.
The Ghost Tarot takes you to a romantic and eternal world, where wisdom abides
among the restless spirits searching for lost mortality.
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ONGOING AT EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS
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DROP IN CLASS-7-9PM
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.
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!
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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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This
concludes our Newsletter for this month.
Look
for us again, August 1st, 2014!
Raven,
Editrix, Edge of the Circle Books Newsletter
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