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| “Spirit of Spring” -Alphonse Mucha, 1894. |
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 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.
Edge of
the Circle Books strives to be your
ideal Magical Pagan store.
Open 7
days a week, Noon 'till 8pm.
Call:
206-PAN-1999
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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. 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.
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!
No charge if your class or event is free!
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EVENTS AND CLASSES:
OLOTEAS annually presents Skiing the
Magickal Bunny Slope
A Really,
Really Introductory Course on Wicca, Magick, and Everything
2016 Class Session will be held on: April 8, 15, 22, and 29
And May 6, Friday evenings from 7:00-9:00 PM
(Edge of the Circle Books will stay open late for the duration
of the class.)
This five-session class includes instruction, exercises, and
question-and-answer time.
Enrollment is open to all, but note that due to the class
structure and content, attendance at the first day’s class is required. If you
can’t make it the first day, please join us when the next series is offered. If
you’ve taken the class before, you’re welcome to come to any session you may
have missed previously, or re-take any you found particularly interesting.,
This
class is completely, absolutely, 100% free of charge! It is
presented once a year as a community service of OLOTEAS, and is supported by
donations from our ritual events. Many thanks to Edge of the Circle Books for
allowing us to use the space at no cost!
These are
some of the materials that are given to students of our Skiing the Magickal
Bunny Slope classes:
·
A Brief Guide to Pagan Etiquette
·
Magical Ethics
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Basic Circle Casting
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Correspondences - Key of Solomon
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Magickal Weapons and Tools
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Spellcraft
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The Oracle™
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The Tree of Life
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Temple Arrangement
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The Wheel of the Year
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Some Seattle Area Magickal Groups
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Recommended Reading List
·
Glossary
When we hold classes, we do request an email RSVP to OLOTEAS@oloteas.org to let us know that you’re planning to attend
(so we have some idea how many chairs to put out and handouts to make!).
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Prices subject to change without notice.
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A ROSE
VEILED IN BLACK
Art and
Arcana of Our Lady Babalon
Edited
by Robert Fitzgerald and Daniel A. Schulke
Three Hands Press, 2015.
A Fine Premium Cloth Volume in Dust Jacket.
Designed and produced to the highest standard, the book is 264
pages, with numerous images in both color and black and white.
Standard hardcover edition with dust jacket, limited to 1,092
copies.
List Price: $58.50
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The Lady Babalon is one of the more enigmatic figures in the
Cult of Thelema. She is a manifold deity in the sense that She is a divine
harlot, an initiatrix, a creator and a destroyer. In representative form, the
letters of Her name encompass an heptogrammic star; yet She lies beyond mere
representation, and Her star signifies only the powers of Her train and not the
station of Her immanence. She is the unsignified, a cipher conveying
manifestation, and yet the veritable seal of the invisible Order of Illuminated
Adepts. In Her subtle and etheric anatomy flows the life-blood of the Saints –
the All-Living – and in this is Her deepest mystery, for, as it is written, in
the Gospels, and in Aleister Crowley's Liber 418, ‘The Blood is the Life.”
A ROSE VEILED IN BLACK is the second volume in Three Hands
Press' Western Esotericism in Context Series which began with Hands of
Apostasy. The book is a potent gathering of twelve essays and rituals of
Babalon by scholars, practitioners, and allies of Thelema, dedicated wholly
unto the manifest contemplation of Her Mystery. Exploring occult themes of
sacrifice, magical liberation, prophecy, witchcraft, and abomination, it marks
a watershed publication for the discourse on this important and previously
neglected aspect of Thelemic Studies. The written works are enhanced by an
offering of original and visionary art from contemporary practitioners, each
exploring Her magical arcana from a ritually embodied perspective.
Contributors include:
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Amodali
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Gordan Djurdjevic
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Richard Kaczynski
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Manon Hedenborg-White
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Erik Davis
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Liv Rainey-Smith
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Robert C. Stein
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Barry William Hale
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Grant Potts
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Mitchell Nolte
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Linda MacFarlane
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Caroline Wise
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Robert Fitzgerald
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Nicole DiMucci Potts
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Timo Ketola
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Daniel A. Schulke
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Hana Lee
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Frater A.I.
·
Sarah Lindsay
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PAGAN
PORTALS – BRIGID:
Meeting the
Celtic Goddess of Poetry, Forge, and Healing Well
By
Morgan Daimler
Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Moon Books (March 25, 2016)
List Price: $9.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Pagan Portals - Brigid is a basic introduction to the Goddess
Brigid focusing on her history and myth as well as her modern devotion and
worship. Primarily looking at the Irish Goddess but including a discussion of
her Pan-Celtic appearances, particularly in Scotland. Her different appearances
in mythology are discussed along with the conflation of the pagan Goddess with
Catholic saint. Modern methods for neopagans to connect to and honor this
popular Goddess include offerings and meditation, and personal anecdotes from
the author's experiences are included as well. Who was Brigid to the
pre-Christian pagans? Who is she today to neopagans? How do we re-weave the
threads of the old pagan Goddess and the new? Learn about Brigid's myths among
the pagan Irish, the stories of Bride in Scotland, and the way that people
today are finding and honoring this powerful and important deity to find the
answer.
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THE CHAOS
PROTOCOLS:
Magical
Techniques for Navigating the New Economic Reality
By
Gordon White
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (April 8, 2016)
List Price: $17.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The years since the financial crash have seen the realization
dawn that the great promise of modern civilization will go unfulfilled. Study
hard, work hard, buy a house, retire happy. It's all a lie, spun for the
benefit of a tiny elite. The richest eighty-five people on earth have as much
wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion. Each month, the numbers change but they
never improve.
Magical and spiritual discourse has failed to keep up with
this new reality. The Chaos Protocols aims to fix that.
Join Gordon White as he shows you how to use chaos magic not
only to navigate these trying times, but to triumph as well. Discover how to
become invincible through initiation, and wage the mind war that will keep you
moving toward what you really want. From sigil magic to working with spiritual
allies, The Chaos Protocols helps you act on the unwavering belief that your
life should matter and you're not going to let something as trifling as the
apocalypse get in the way of it.
Praise:
"Gordon
White gives a master class on the hard economic realities and the kind of low
down and dirty magic for which he has become famous. Pragmatic, sharp, and
funny, The Chaos Protocols is a treasure of a book."―Peter Grey, author of
Apocalyptic Witchcraft
"Take
two parts Magick Without Tears, a measure of The Wealth of Nations, a pinch of
Ian Fleming and a dash of Noel Coward and you have this almost promiscuously
readable text. Whoever said books on magick can't be fabulously entertaining as
well as eminently practical has obviously not read up on their Gordon White.
Remedy that situation."―Chris Knowles, author of The Secret History of
Rock n' Roll and Our Gods Wear Spandex
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THE HERB
GARDENER'S ESSENTIAL GUIDE:
Creating
Herbal Remedies and Oils for Health & Healing
By
Sandra Kynes
Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (April 8, 2016)
List Price: $22.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Learn how to use twenty-eight popular, easy-to-grow herbs to
treat everyday ailments and maintain good health. From selecting plants to
harvesting and storing them to making remedies and savories of all sorts, The
Herb Gardener's Essential Guide presents an abundance of practical and
satisfying ways to incorporate herbs into a healthier lifestyle and diet.
Utilizing both herbs and essential oils, this beautifully illustrated
guide explains how to choose and make the ideal herbal mixture for a wide
variety of medicinal and culinary uses. Need help getting to sleep? Try a cup
of Thyme to Settle Tea. Add a sweet, spicy flavor to roast meat or vegetables
with Coriander Spiced Butter. Ease muscle pain and stiffness with soothing
Rosemary Warming Massage Oil. Featuring an ailments-and-issues guide,
instructions for creating a personalized apothecary garden, and detailed
profiles for each of the herbs, this accessible book belongs on every
gardener's shelf.
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THE ART
AND SCIENCE OF HAND READING:
Classical
Methods for Self-Discovery through Palmistry
By
Ellen Goldberg and Dorian Bergen
Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Destiny Books (February 6, 2016)
List Price: $35.00
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
A comprehensive guide to the inner psychology revealed by the
hand
• Details how to interpret the entire hand--the shape of the
palm and fingers, mounts, lines, fingerprints, flexibility, nails, and skin
texture
• Reveals the personality archetypes, strengths, and
weaknesses connected with each of the seven mounts and how the rest of the hand
modifies these traits
• Explains how lines change and the decisive influence of the
person’s own mind in healing defects found on the lines
Palmistry is a science and a universal language. The hand
tells a story about your talents, relationships, health, and how you feel about
yourself. It reveals periods of ease or challenge in your life, and it speaks
about your weaknesses and the traits you need to develop. As you change, so do
your hands, reflecting the progress you have made.
In this comprehensive guide to hand reading, based on Ellen
Goldberg’s 40 years of teaching palmistry and the Western Mystery tradition,
the authors make the powerful insights of the hand accessible in an inviting
and user-friendly manner. The book presents the character traits and
personality archetypes associated with each of the seven mounts of the palm and
shows how to determine which are most influential in the nature of the
individual. The mount archetypes reveal the lifestyle, love, sex, and marriage
preferences; the best career choices; and the unique strengths and weaknesses
for each person. The book also examines other factors that enhance the
qualities revealed by the mount types, including the flexibility of the hand,
texture of the skin, and the shapes of the fingers, fingertips, and nails. The
meaning of each major and minor line is described in detail as well as the
influence the person’s own mind has in healing defects and obstacles found on
their lines. The authors also provide accurate timing guides for each line,
making it possible to locate specific events and to see how your lines change
over time.
Presenting the hand as a guide to self-fulfillment, The Art
and Science of Hand Reading incorporates correspondences to other mystical
sciences such as astrology, Kabbalah, the Hermetic teachings, and archetypal
psychology. It also includes practical examples and more than 600 illustrations
to show how to integrate the meanings of each part of the hand to form a
complete picture of your inner psychology and your ever-changing destiny.
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THE
MAGICAL USE OF PRAYER BEADS:
Secret
Meditations & Rituals for Your Qabalistic, Hermetic, Wiccan or Druid
Practice
By
Jean-Louis de Biasi
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (April 8, 2016) \
List Price: $16.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Join author Jean-Louis de Biasi as he explores how the
profound tactile experience of using prayer beads can be used to deepen
spiritual work in Qabala, Wicca, Druidry, and Hermetic traditions. With tips
and techniques for choosing prayer beads as well as cleansing and consecrating
them for spiritual use, The Magical Use of Prayer Beads is an ideal guide for
beginners and adepts alike. Includes rituals that can be performed alone, with
two people, or with a group―extending the useful applications and power beyond
the more traditional approaches. This book explores unique practices for some
of the most prominent Western mystery traditions, creating new paths on the
journey of spirituality and magic.
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ASTROLOGY,
PLAIN & SIMPLE:
The Only
Book You'll Ever Need
By
Cass and Janie Jackson
Series: Plain & Simple
Paperback: 168 pages
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing (April 1, 2016)
List Price: $14.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Everyone reads their horoscope in the newspaper and online;
however few really understand very much about astrology. To the uninitiated,
astrology can seem rather daunting. All those measurements, degrees, and
logarithms--what's simple about it? This wonderful introduction demystifies a
topic that everyone knows a little bit about and provides a basic framework for
understanding it.
The Jacksons' easy and straightforward approach explains how
you can learn more about yourself and those around you through the zodiac. They
also explore some more esoteric topics in astrology, including trines, aspects,
and conjunctions. Look up the characteristics of each sun sign, create a birth
chart, find out your rising and moon signs, and more.
Illustrated with line drawings and charts, this plain and
simple guide will be received enthusiastically by the novice and the
experienced alike.
This book was previously published by Sterling in 2005 as
Simply Astrology.
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LOST CODE
OF TAROT KIT
By
Andrea Aste
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications, Lo Scarabeo
Pub Date: June 2016
Specs: Boxed Kit, 160
page guidebook and deck set
List Price: $34.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Enter a parallel world where tarot comes to life.
Designed by artist Andrea Aste to look like it was created
during the era of the master alchemists, the Lost Code of Tarot is full of
allegorical images and esoteric languages. Inspired by the codes of Leonardo da
Vinci, this deck is reminiscent of a time when science and magic were fused
together and a place where wisdom emerges from the space between the lines.
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ANNE
STOKES LEGENDS TAROT
By
Anne Stokes
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (Fournier); June 8, 2016
Specs: Boxed Deck
List Price: $29.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Born from the union of love and sensuality, the Anne Stokes
Legends Tarot opens new doorways to embracing the light while dancing with the
dark. The stunning images suggest ancient and powerful wisdom, revealing
destiny and releasing fear from the hearts of all who embrace their mysteries.
One of the most popular artists in the fantasy genre, Anne Stokes shows us the
most delicate and emotional part of the spirit realm.
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MASONIC TAROT
By
Patricio Diaz Silva
Specs: Boxed Deck – Large
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications, Lo Scarabeo
List Price: $22.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Let your spirit and imagination enter into the sacred
symbolism of the Freemasons. With inspired art by Chilean artist Eduardo
Patricio Diaz, this deck acts as a gateway into the secret mysteries of the
soul that have been incorporated into Masonic rites for generations.
Corresponding to the four elements of alchemy―earth, water, fire, air―this deck
is a work of integration and interaction for deep self-knowledge.
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EL GRAN
TAROT ESOTERICO
(The
Great Esoteric Tarot) Tarot Card Deck
By
Maritxu Guler, Luis Pena Longa
Specs: Boxed Deck
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications (Fournier)
Pub Date: June 2016
List Price: $22.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
With brilliant colors and unique design, the El Gran Tarot
Esoterico provides a reading experience of deep magical insight. Featuring
classic Tarot motifs—with certain enlightening variations inspired by the Eudes
Picard tarot system—along with astrological symbols and Hebrew letters, this
deck is a favorite among readers who want to explore an alternative approach to
the themes found in Rider-Waite decks.
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DALI: TAROT UNIVERSAL
By
Johannes Fiebig
Publisher: Taschen America, LLC Publication date: 10/01/2014
78 card deck and booklet
List Price: $29.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Magician, death and the moon: Surrealism meets Symbolism in
Salvador Dalí's Tarot deck
Legend has it that when preparing props for the James Bond
film Live and Let Die, producer Albert Broccoli commissioned Surrealist maestro
Salvador Dalí to create a custom deck of Tarot cards. Likely inspired by his
wife Gala, who nurtured his interest in mysticism, Dalí eagerly got to work,
and continued the project of his own accord when the contractual deal fell through.
The work was published in a limited art edition in 1984, the
first-known Tarot deck completed by a well-known painter. Dating back to the
Renaissance era, Tarot—thought by some to be an interpretation of dreams or a
foretelling of the future—had seen a new surge of popularity during the 1970s
hippie movement. Here, Taschen resurrects Dalí's fascinating deck of 78 cards,
featuring compelling renditions of such characters and symbols as the Magician,
the Lovers, the Moon, Death, the High Priest, and the Empress, in collage
designs of drawings, icons, and color splashes. The deck is accompanied by a
booklet by renowned German Tarot author Johannes Fiebig.
Text in English, French, and German.
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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, Pendulum, Norse Rune and Goddess Amulet Oracle readings
By Erica (Raven) Branch-Butler~
"I’ve been reading Tarot for more than thirty years and
reading professionally at Seattle’s Edge of the Circle Books for more than 15
years. 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 commonsensical, geared toward
helping the client deal with issues and obstacles to wholeness in a way that
brings a sense of self-empowerment.
Please inquire about Tarot Parties, classes and other events.
Available Thursday through Sunday-- 2:00-8.00PM.
Sundays 2:00-8:00 PM
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KIYAN FOX
Reader Extraordinaire-
GEOMANCY, TAROT
Mondays from 2-8PM.
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 MAY 1st, 2016
Raven,
Editrix, Edge of the Circle Books Newsletter
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