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THE MAGIC OF THE SWORD OF MOSES :
A Practical Guide to Its Spells, Amulets, and Ritual
by Harold Roth
Publisher : Weiser Books (August 1, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 192 pages
List Price: $21.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
A practical guide to the famed medieval book of pre-kabbalistic Jewish magic, freshly interpreted and revealed for the first time with instructions on how to use the spells.
The Sword of Moses is one of the earliest Jewish magic books, which describes a rite for adjuring angels to assist in controlling and wielding the "Sword of Moses" for magical purposes. The rite involves a short period of purification and then the adjuring of four sets of angels, each higher than the last. These angels in turn give the magician the power to control the Sword through a series of divine names that work as magical spells. The spells, 137 in all, have a wide variety of uses, including healing, harm, love, sex, exorcising demons, divination, and more.
This work was first translated by Moses Gaster in 1896, but he removed many of the spells, making the text unusable for magic. The Magic of the Sword of Moses is the first book to show in detail, exactly how a magician can use the Sword—how to do the purification ritual, adjure the angels, and pronounce and use the divine names for each spell.
Review
“The spells in this text are as relevant today as they were 1,500 years ago when they were written. . . . I have probably learned more about Jewish magic from The Magic of the Sword of Moses than from any other single book I have read in the past. Apart from the translation of the text itself, and the modern applications that Harold suggests, the context that is given is extensive and delicious. I particularly appreciate the passages detailing the thoughts of different rabbis on magic and the relationship between angels and humans. Ancient works of magic are sometimes difficult to use in the modern day without significant changes, but the Sword of Moses can be wielded by anyone willing to follow the instructions and put in the effort.” —Jason Miller, author of Consorting with Spirits and Protection and Reversal Magick ― Reviews
About the Author
Harold Roth is among the foremost authorities on plants within the modern occult community. The author of The Witching Herbs, he teaches classes on botanical magic and witchcraft.
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SECRETS OF SANTA MUERTE:
A Guide to the Prayers, Spells, Rituals, and Hexes
by Cressida Stone
List Price: $18.95
Publisher : Weiser Books (August 1, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
A deeply informed and practical guide to working with Santa Muerte, the “Saint of Death.”
The Secrets of Santa Muerte is a practical handbook on how to connect with the mysterious Mexican folk saint. Drawing from authentic Mexican sources and traditions, it details secret, esoteric knowledge that will foster a deep connection with the Saint of Death.
The book covers the fascinating history of this revered folk saint as well as practical tips on how to:
Create an altar to Santa Muerte and keep it cleansed of negative energies and free of demons.
Interpret the acceptance of offerings and signs from Santa Muerte.
Use the moon’s power to heighten your work with her.
Work with her saint through candles and statues.
Use color combinations in your spell work to achieve your desires.
Prayers, spells, and rituals are included for a wide range of needs: love, sex, money, good health, aid with legal matters, as well as hexes against and protection from enemies.
For novices who wish to begin working with Santa Muerte as well as for more advanced practitioners who want to fine-tune their practice, discover new spells and rituals, and take their work with Santa Muerte to a deeper level.
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THE WITCH COMPASS:
Working with the Winds in Traditional Witchcraft
by Ian Chambers, Griffin Ced (Foreword)
List Price: $17.99
Publisher : Llewellyn Publications (August 8, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Experience the Witch Compass: Your Vehicle, Map, and Destination
Explore the compass of the eight winds, a magical circle at the heart of Traditional Witchcraft. More than a tool for protection or raising power, this framework provides the ritual means to traverse the worlds and a mythic landscape that can be accessed at any point in time and space. Traditional Witch Ian Chambers teaches how the Witch Compass represents an entire worldview, a cosmological map, and a method for magic and revelation. He helps you develop your own compass and use it for divination, spirit work, and practical sorcery. This book shows you the world through the lens of your Witch Compass and reveals the many realms and spirits available to you.
Reviews
"With this invaluable book, the aspirant unto traditional Craft and the seasoned practitioner alike are carefully guided through the workings of the compass as the map, via which the Crafter may traverse magical realities, encounter spiritual presences, and commune with ultimate Truth."―Gemma Gary, author of Traditional Witchcraft
"A scholarly, inspiring, and eminently informative work. I give it my highest recommendation."―Lon Milo DuQuette, author of The Magic of Aleister Crowley
"I'm delighted to see a book that studies and explores the use and properties of the compass that is so important to the witchcraft tradition. Chambers has drawn from a wide range of sources including Howard, Cochrane and Chumbley―names I love to see in a bibliography. This is a book that I will refer to often and will be amongst the very well-thumbed editions on my bookshelf."―Graham King, author of The British Book of Spells and Charms
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THE DEVIL'S DOZEN
by Gemma Gary
Publisher: Troy Books,
Expanded Edition, Paperback Edition, 224 pages, illustrated with new line drawings, plus 8 pages of black and white photographic plates.
List Price: $23.50
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
We present Gemma Gary’s The Devil’s Dozen as a new edition, expanded and complimented with an attentive exploration of the witch’s relationship with the Old One as initiator, empowerer and liberator in history and lore, alongside additional line imagery and photography.
The operations of magic and witchcraft deal with the hidden worlds of spirit and the powers innate within the natural world; within plant, stone and magical loci. The ‘Old One’, who in folk tradition is often named ‘The Devil’ embodies both the ‘rend in the veil’ and the spanning bridge between the worlds of the material and spiritual, the revealed and the hidden. It is through union with this entity that witches and folk magicians gained access to the powers that reside both within the hidden realms and the natural world, and could awaken the potent fire within.
In traditional folk belief, the Devil existed also as an embodiment of the chaotic forces of nature; a belief quite distinct and separate from that of the Church with its ‘Satan’ figure. To the witch, he might also represent the ‘darker’ aspects of the divine; the keeper and the revealer of the divine light, the psychopomp guide of souls, and sentinel of the threshold unto the mysteries of death and the Otherworld.
Something, it would seem, of the ‘elder divinity’ and the old ‘spirit of the wild’ has lingered through to the present; permeating regional faery lore, the calendar of ritualistic seasonal folk-customs, and traditions attached to ancient landscape features. The themes of untamed, wild nature – its freedom, its spirits, its power and its magic, so repugnant and threatening to the Church, were grafted onto the diabolical, affording yet greater preservation of the Old One for those who sought to stray from the path of limitation and conformity, and tread instead the hidden ways of the witch and magician.
Historical witch-lore records varied rites of initiatory contact, via which the worker of magic and witchcraft entered into a close, working relationship and union with the Old One and the spirit world. Via such union, would the ways unto curing ailments, exorcising ill influence, the attainment of desires, and the destruction of the oppressive be known, and the old artes of the circle, the spirits, the knotted cord, the pierced candle, the witch-bottle, the magical image and the spoken, inscribed and herbal charms be mastered.
From this wellspring of inspiration ‘The Devil’s Dozen’; a modern ‘gramarye’, or ‘black book’ of thirteen Craft rites of the Old One has been created and is offered by a present day initiate of the ‘Old Craft’.
Within its pages there are to be found thirteen rites – for both the ‘lone’ practitioner and the assembled companie – of vision, sacred compact, dedication, initiation, consecration, empowerment, protection, illumination, union, transformation and devotion. ‘They are my own creations all; given in hope that they may provide usefulness or inspiration, and each a personal offering of devotion unto the starlit and smoking altar of the Old One.’ – Gemma Gary.
Table of Contents:
- The Man in Black – The Witch’s Compact
- A Call Unto the Dark Man
- Under the Horns – Dedication and Initiation of the Witch
- A Rite of Witch-Initiation & Dediction
- The Witch’s Nowl – Hallowing of the Working Ground
- A Rite of Hallowing for the Working Ground
- Raising the Stang
- The Rites of Hallowing, Shodding & Raising the Stang
- The Horned Castle – A Rite of the Compass
- A Rite of the Witch’s Compass
- The Wisht Hounds – Rites of Warding & Turning
- A Call unto the Wisht Hounds
- A Rite of Turning
- The Light Betwixt – Witch-fire & the Grand Array
- A Devotional Conjuration of the Witch-Fire
- A Devotional Mass for Old Master Bucca
- All is One – Union with the Old One and the Spirit World
- The Rite of Union
- Skin Turning & The Wild Hunt
- The Assumption of the Horns
- An All Hallow’s Rite of the Wild Hunt
- The Bucca Vessel – A Rite of the Oracular Skull
- A Rite of the Bucca Vessel
- The Old Farmer
- A Rite of the Green-Cap
- The Figure at the Threshold
- Witch-fire and Compacts of Power
- Bibliography
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MAGIC FOR TROUBLED TIMES:
Rituals, Recipes, and Real Talk for Witches
by Deborah Castellano
Publisher : Llewellyn Publications (August 8, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 208 pages
List Price: $17.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Spells, Rituals, and Guidance for Your Transformative Journey through Troubled Times
Magic is always possible, even when it's hard to see. No matter what you're struggling with, this book can help you overcome it. Featuring gentle ways to recover and a magical plan of action, Magic for Troubled Times gives you the courage to reach the joyful times in your future.
Deborah Castellano sits you down for some real talk on how to navigate difficult waters, whether you're facing a pandemic or a messy breakup. She first helps you get back on your feet, and then she guides each step forward with grounding and healing exercises, protection and money spell work, delicious recipes, and more. From luck and glamour magic to offerings and hexing, this book is full of useful strategies for both getting through the roughest parts of life and making each day better.
Reviews
"Deborah's book offers everything I love in a book about the craft, it's practical and very applicable in today's current world climate, and will still be relevant for future generations as well. Her writing style is very candid and refreshing."―Eron Mazza, host of The Witching hour with Eron Mazza podcast
"At some point in our lives we all face troubled times. Whether it is a shock that a whole community or even the world experiences alongside us or a personal loss that becomes private grieving we hold in our hearts, none of us are immune. But, when we go through these difficult or traumatic moments, it helps to have someone to assist you in picking up the pieces. Reading Magic for Troubled Times is the help that you need when you have to navigate those rough waters. Reading Deborah Castellano's words evokes that magical auntie who will come over to your house, wipe your tears away with a wet washcloth, help you put away the clothes scattered all over the floor and give you a spell to do that will magically make you feel that you can face another day. If, like me, you find magic to be a source of healing, you will refer to this book again and again whenever you need to lean on something to get through the tough stuff."―Madame Pamita, author of Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft and The Book of Candle Magic
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THE BIG BOOK OF CANDLE MAGIC
by Jacki Smith
Publisher : Weiser Books (July 1, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 320 pages
List Price: $24.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The definitive guide to candle magic, written by a leading authority with over 30 years of experience making magical candles and creating candle spells.
Author Jacki Smith, founder of Coventry Creations (currently among the largest and most successful magical supply companies), shares her magical secrets with readers, enabling them to empower themselves through successful spell casting. Her book explains the nature of magic spells and provides examples for a wide variety of purposes including love, money, healing, and protection, liberally punctuated with tips from "Aunt Jacki," deriving from her many years of experience.
The Big Book of Candle Magic shows:
How to create your own candles
The basics of crafting your own spells
How to use basic supplies for everyday magic
Reviews
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"Candle magic is an easy yet potent tool to incorporate into your spiritual practice. To learn the secrets to spell crafting and how to set your intentions, then buy this illuminating book. Jacki Smith lights the way with sacred play!” —Amy Zerner & Monte Farber, authors of The Enchanted Tarot and The Wild Goddess Oracle
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“Jacki Smith has done it again! In her latest work, The Big Book of Candle Magic, she successfully marries magic with psychology. This book is not only a great read, but thoughtfully written, insightful, and transformative. Smith is truly an alchemist of the soul.” —Storm Cestavani, co-host of Keep It Magic ― Reviews
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TWIST YOUR FATE:
Manifest Success with Astrology and Tarot
by Theresa Reed
Publisher : Weiser Books (August 1, 2022)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
List Price: $18.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Use astrology and tarot to discover your unique challenges, talents, and to set yourself up for success.
Are you running your own show or is your life running you? Wondering how some folks seem to reach the top with ease while you’re struggling to figure out where to even begin? Some people are born (financially, socially) into good “fate,” but most of us need to twist fate to achieve our best lives.
The best way to twist fate to your advantage is to know your strengths, pay attention to what’s happening around you, and trust your instincts. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of your natal chart, being attuned to the insights that Tarot can provide, and trusting your intuition are the tools you need to master any situation and create success on your terms.
Twist Your Fate will show you how to find your best path and maximize your talents. You’ll learn how to use Tarot to brainstorm new creative ideas, compare career options, and make intelligent decisions. You’ll also learn how astrology can help you find divine timing for every situation.
Review
“Reed skillfully balances informativeness and entertainment, using playful prose that will keep beginners onboard as she explores more advanced material. The result is a fresh and fun fusion of two esoteric traditions that has something new for novice and experienced practitioners alike.” —Publishers Weekly
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ANATOMY OF A WITCH ORACLE:
Cards for the Body, Mind & Spirit Cards
by Laura Tempest Zakroff
Publisher : Llewellyn Publications (August 8, 2022)
Language : English
Cards : 136 pages
List Price: $24.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Discover the Full Power of Your Witch Body
This stunning 48-card oracle celebrates the Witch’s body and how it unites the material and metaphysical worlds. Check the pulse on different areas of your life with cards featuring systems of the magical body, lunar and solar events, senses, and more. This deck helps you pinpoint what needs your attention most while the full-color companion offers new perspectives and directs you toward action. With the Anatomy of a Witch Oracle, you can explore the full power of your Witch body―the most magical tool in your possession.
Drawing from the art and magic in Anatomy of a Witch, this visually stunning 48-card oracle celebrates how the Witch's body brings the material and metaphysical worlds together. With themes ranging from the systems of the magical body to spellcraft, artifacts, and symbols, the cards can help you check the pulse on different areas of your life. The included color book explores deeper meanings and guides you toward potential remedies with a message, keywords, and a prescription for each card.
About the Author
Laura Tempest Zakroff is a professional artist, author, dancer, designer, and Modern Traditional Witch. She holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and her myth-inspired artwork has received awards and honors worldwide. Laura blogs for Patheos as "A Modern Traditional Witch," for Witches & Pagans magazine as "Fine Art Witchery," and contributes to The Witches' Almanac. She is the author of several bestselling books, including Sigil Witchery and Weave the Liminal. She is also the creator of the bestselling Liminal Spirits Oracle. Laura lives in New England.
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THE GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHT TAROT
A 78-CARD DECK AND GUIDEBOOK
By MJ Cullinane
Publisher : Hay House Inc. (July 5, 2022)
Language : English
Cards : 257 pages
List Price: $29.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
ABOUT THE GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHT TAROT
From the creator of the Crow Tarot, a richly illustrated animal-themed 78-card tarot deck and guidebook that reminds us there is always light to be found even on the darkest nights-flickering fireflies illuminating our path through the forest.
From bats to bees to elephants to elk, discover a global collection of animal energy to guide you on your journey through the darkest, toughest times and discover the light and the lessons contained in those moments.
Not a tool to banish the darkness, this tarot deck is an invitation to dream the divine dreams that emerge from the night and to find beauty wherever you are on your path. The archetypal creatures of this deck will walk beside you and offer their individual gifts of wisdom and inspiration to your readings.
Read intuitively with the detailed, lush artwork or consult the comprehensive guidebook filled with animal stories and messages from your guides.
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UNTAMED SPIRIT ANIMAL ORACLE
(50 Cards and Guidebook)
by Francesca Matteoni, Rocco Lombardi,Illustrator
Publisher : Red Wheel (August 5, 2022)
Paperback : 112 page Guidebook with 50-Card Deck
List Price: $22.95
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Discover the sacred wisdom of 50 animals through this unique divination package of 50 cards and a 112-page book.
From our earliest beginnings, animals have been a significant part of our lives. They help us, inspire us, sometimes frighten us, but also protect us. In this dynamic oracle you will find 50 animals - from the land, water, and air - that are considered sacred in various cultures around the globe. Through symbolism and folklore, the cards present the ancestral wisdom of animals and how they can guide us today.
This dynamic package includes a 122-page book that describes the origin of each animal's sacred nature along with a chart that lists its element, where it lives, zoological information, symbols associated with it, and a brief charm to ask the animal for advice or guidance. Each of the 50 cards features a message specific to the animal represented. The illustrations are created with the scratchboard technique; using a black board, the artist scratches the surface to create a relief effect, which brings each creature to life.
Untamed Spirit is sure to attract all those interested in divination, totem animals, and the wisdom of nature.
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TRANSIENT LIGHT TAROT:
An 81-Card Deck and Guidebook Cards
by Ari Wisner
Publisher : Hay House UK (June 21, 2022)
Language : English
Cards : 136 page Guidebook With 81-Card Deck
List Price: $26.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
An 81-card deck and guidebook that invites the reader to embrace change and see it through a positive lens, with diverse, gender-neutral illustrations.
Discover your powerful inner magic, take control of your purpose and embrace opportunities for healing and growth with this beautifully crafted, plastic-free tarot deck.
Inspired by Ari Wisner's personal journey and the beauty of transience, this powerful tarot invites you to embrace the spirit of growth and celebrate our limitless collective connection. The imagery and symbolism of the cards hold universal appeal; this tarot is genderless, and reimagined so that each and every one of us can find ourselves within. By tuning in to the magic of the cards, you'll discover your own wisdom and opportunities for healing, reflection and authenticity.
The accompanying guidebook features card interpretations from Ari and 29 bespoke poems by Fausta Joly. There are also three additional cards, Past, Present and Future, which allow for unique spreads and insightful readings.
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Ari Wisner’s Transient Light Tarot provides a stunning genderless approach to the subject in a way that’s authentic, approachable and, most importantly, inclusive. A real gem and it’s plastic free! The perfect tarot deck for the LGBTQ+ community and anyone who considers themselves an ally.- Kyle Gray, bestselling author of Raise Your Vibration
About the Author
Ari Wisner is a queer artist, graphic designer, illustrator, and tarot deck maker based in South London. Ari aims to create tangible tools to aid reflection, prompt intuition and promote authentic, peaceful living.
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WILD MYSTIC ORACLE CARD SET:
A 50-Card Deck and Guidebook
by Anastasia Catris
Publisher : Peter Pauper Press (February 11, 2022)
Hardcover, 50 Card Deck with Guidebook Boxed Set
List Price: $24.99
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Seek insight through the earth's wild creatures with this beautifully illustrated oracle card deck.
Like tarot, oracle cards are selected and interpreted in order to answer important questions and receive guidance.
Each of our Wild Mystic Oracle Cards depicts a different animal archetype -- the tiger for strength, octopus for adaptation, hummingbird for energy, and many more.
Draw cards singly or in a spread to shed light on mysteries and pursue understanding.
50-card deck comes with an accompanying 128-page book that offers beginner-friendly instruction in reading oracle cards, and explains each card's meaning.Creator Anastasia Catris is an illustrator and writer from Wales, U.K. After graduating from Royal Holloway, University of London, she traveled to the United States to pursue her passion for comics and graphic novels by studying at The Kubert School of Comic and Cartoon Art. She has illustrated numerous books, comics, and other works. Her recent publications include the second volume of her illustrated horror series, Cirque du Mort.
About the Author
Anastasia Catris is an illustrator and writer from Wales, U.K. After graduating from Royal Holloway, University of London, she traveled to the United States to pursue her passion for comics and graphic novels by studying at The Kubert School of Comic and Cartoon Art. She has illustrated numerous books, comics, and other works including her illustrated horror series, Cirque du Mort.
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This concludes our Newsletter for this month.
Look for us again SEPTEMBER 1st, 2022!
Erica (Raven) Branch-Butler, Editrix, Edge of the Circle Books Newsletter
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