In the year of Manson, war, riots, and societal upheaval, a new and more insidious evil stalks the city, leaving a grisly trail of dismembered corpses and horrifying phenomena in its wake. And the only lead the police have is a fifteen-year-old girl with terrifying powers.From the author of ‘Hell: The Possession and Exorcism of Cassie Stevens,’ comes a terrifying new tale of supernatural horror. Sometimes evil has a child's face.

    

    I am a victim of domestic abuse and marital rape, a battered woman. I fell in love with a tall, dark and handsome man; a self-proclaimed bad boy with an unexpected and worsening drug problem. I was blind to his true colors when I said my vows and I feared there was no turning back.”Set in a small town in Minnesota and spanning over twenty years, Brynn Reeves navigates through an abusive marriage, motherhood and friendship while coming to terms with the unexpected path her life has taken. Based loosely on true events, My Only Sunshine is a story of love, determination and strength filled with raw emotion and kick-you-in-the-gut heartbreak.They said until death do them part; will Brynn find the strength to get out before it's too late?

    Witchcraft is not one defined path—rather, it is a diversity of practices you can curate and align with based on your lifestyle and unique gifts. Which witch are you?Do you have an affinity for working with plants and herbs for magic and medicine? You may be a Green Witch.Is the kitchen and home space sacred to you? Are you able to tap into the sensory and healing properties of food for spellwork? Is cooking an intentional act for you? You may be a Kitchen Witch.Are you able to easily connect with the spirit world or the liminal realms? You may be a Hedge Witch.Can you do many practices with ease? You may be an Eclectic Witch.The Path of the Witchdescribes the many different types of witches, their gifts and abilities, and their practices. Each path shows readers activities and rituals that they can use to discover and explore that type of witchcraft and discern which one is the fit for them.

    

    

    

    Courtney Weber (author of Brigid and The Morrigan) offers an informed, accessible journey through the lore and history of Hekate, the ancient goddess of crossroads, ghosts, and witchcraft, and reflects on Hekate’s relevance today. Tools and techniques for incorporating this goddess into your personal journey round out the book.Similar to her other works, Weber strikes a balance between the scholarly and the spiritual. Her exploration of Hekate combines solid research with practical, modern applications. The spiritual content is accessible to anyone with an interest in witchcraft, regardless of their faith or background.Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of Hekate, exploring original mythology, historical context, and contemporary connotations, concluding with spells and personal rituals. The final chapter is a grimoire full of rituals, offerings, and other practices designed to help readers align themselves with this extraordinary goddess. The book also explores magickal ethics, what it means to be a witch in the twenty-first century, and best practices for successful witchcraft.

    

    

    

    

    

    These papers are flashes of lightning across a darkened room and I want them gone. As they curl and burn, twisting in their black spirals like the farewell flourish of a travelling cloak, a sense of calm sweeps through my chest and shoulders. I feel it so strongly, like a blast of ice to my system, shivering out the old thoughts. I'm burning a path for something new to come in.'One winter, Jennifer Lane reached breaking point in her fast-paced office life. In the year that followed her stress-related illness, she set out to rediscover the solace and purpose that witchcraft had given her as a teenager.The Wheel is an immersive, engaging read - exploring the life-long draw of witchcraft and our vulnerability to toxic working environments and digital demands. In her year-long journey Jennifer explores ancient festivals and rituals, and visits fellow pagans and wild landscapes, in search of wisdom and peace.For those who are sick at heart of noise, anger and disconnection, The Wheel is full of wise words, crackling rituals and natural beauty. This is a quest to discover how to live fully connected to the natural world while firmly in the twenty-first century.

    

    To escape the ghosts of her past and the high cost of city living, Molly moves the Greene family to the isolated town of Old Castle where they move into a free-of-charge 200-year-old stately farmhouse...which isn’t quite vacant.The Greene family realise they've become unwitting participants in a macabre contest where the farmhouse is the first prize...or is it? Little do they know they're sharing their house with a sinister squatter that lingers in the fireplace and likes to come out and play when the sun goes down.Financially broke, Molly decides to go public about the ominous presence in the farmhouse, hoping to cash in on the phenomena, never considering the repercussions of her actions.

    

    Aunt Tilly was messing with things she had no business messing with, and after a spell went horribly wrong, she now thinks she's Marie Laveau, New Orleans Voodoo Queen.Reversing the spell should be easy, right? Wrong! Not when a band of marauding vampires joins forces with the fake Marie, intent on raising a voodoo army. I'm in a race against time to save Aunt Tilly and send Marie back to the afterlife where she belongs before a) New Orleans is lost to a supernatural Armageddon and b) Baba Yaga gets wind of my latest transgression and sends my butt back to the pokey.Meet magical Bounty Hunter, Midnight, in book three of the Midnight Chronicles and part of the Magic & Mayhem Universe. Full of mystery, romance, and laughs, this book is suitable for lovers of cozy mystery and paranormal women's fiction.

    Will she be able to save them from themselves?The Reed family has suffered a great loss—their patriarch, Harvey Reed, has passed away and his children are left to mourn. Soon after, Toby and his three siblings become victims of a series of bizarre events which occur one right after the other.One sibling, who’s driven to the verge of insanity, is convinced she’s seen her deceased father and heard his voice—adamant that his soul is not at rest. She believes his intrusion is tied to the fact that the family has neglected to have a headstone erected for his grave, but her siblings are not persuaded.Will the Reed family gain a greater sense of respect for the dead after their lives are almost ruined, or will they remain headstrong and continue to sink deeper into torment?

    

    The sea awakens.Within the Mariana Trench, a research vessel’s crew is threatened by a mysterious force. A father and daughter’s holiday by the ocean turns deadly as a sinister creature stalks them. A group of friends learn that some things should remain in the ocean. Filled with a sense of wonder, a young biologist discovers a new species of kelp, but with disastrous consequences.It Calls From the Sea is an all-original anthology of twenty brutal tales of horror from the deep blue sea.Eerie River brings you another round of insatiable horror. There is no end to the terrors we have in store and there is nowhere left to hide. Get comfy, this is going to be a wild ride.Featuring stories by:Chris Bannor“Euphoria”, Chris Hewitt “Reef Encounter” Christopher Bond “The Ocean Sings Softly”, Dan Le Fever “Xook” David Green “Into The Depths”, Georgia Cook “Dead Ships”, Holley Cornetto “Heaven's Lake”, Julie Sevens “Shoney's Revenge”, Lin Darrow “Cry of the Hunger Fish”, M.B.Vujacic “Jelly”, Mason Gallaway, “The Sea Reaches Up”McKenzie Richardson “The Hunter and the Prey”, R. L. Meza “Long Pork”, S.O. Green “The Shadow Over Innsmouth High”, Steve Neal “Hostile Territory”, T. M. Brown “Buoy 21415”, Tim Mendees “Fronds”, Trey Dowell “Abyssal Horror”, Watt Morgan “Please Leave”

    This wonderful tool features beautiful illustrations from award-winning artist Jennifer Hewitson, a variety of ways to celebrate the Wheel of the Year, and powerful wisdom from practicing witches.Learn about incorporating the elements into your magic (James Kambos), discover a hands-on guide to making potions (Michael Furie), empower your magic with seasonal energies (Melissa Tipton), work with a new moon forecast for 2022 (Danielle Blackwood) and a grief eater spell (Sasha Graham). Within these pages you will also find Sabbat musings, spells, recipes, and more than 100 magical tips. This indispensable, on-the-go tool will make all your days more magical.

    It runs, like a soul does, on logos: on words. And in exchange for those words—for a client’s life story—the corpse of their choosing might yet walk again. Careful, though. Words bear weight, so one must choose them wisely. Author M. Regan delivers a harrowing and beautiful glimpse into a world filled with desire, darkness, love, and loss.

    The philosophy of Hermeticism is based upon the teachings of the ancient Greek author and philosopher Hermes Trismegistus and posits that all life and truth flow from a single, universal creator. This universal creator then gave knowledge of universal truths to man and through a study of these truths of the physical world, great feats of science can be achieved and humans can reach their full potential. These truths have meaning to both the material world in its grandest sense and to the inner consciousness of each individual person. It is only by understanding the truth of the cosmos that a person can understand their own true self. The book is arranged around seven principles, which are the Principles of Mentalism, Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Cause and Effect, and Gender. The seven principles are then examined in depth in their own individual chapters. This enduring occult classic has introduced countless readers to the magical and mystical teachings of Hermeticism.

    After making sure it's healthy she brings it home to join the family. Dark deeds abound, Danielle starts finding her neighbour's dead pets in her house and shamefully buries them in the yard at night.Is Meow getting out and killing the neighbour's pets?Impossible, he's just a sweet, little kitty after all...

    His nerves and spirit shattered by the barbarity of battle, and demoralized by a cause that his heart secretly despised, Wingade returns home in hope of finding peace and healing.But, upon his arrival, he discovers that Hell had come to call. His beloved wife had been violated and transformed into a horrid bride of the undead, and his only son abducted by a band of diabolical outlaws led by the renegade vampire, Jules Holland. Along for the ride are three demonic henchmen from the fetid bowels of Hades and the dark witch, Evangeline.Aware that he is no match for the gang, Wingade rides across Georgia and Tennessee nonetheless, intent on rescuing his child from imminent disaster. During his journey, he witnesses the horrors and atrocities Holland and his evil confederates have wrought. Eventually, he finds himself at the outlaws’ mercy. An instant before death, he makes a final pledge to his stolen son.“I promise, Daniel! I will come for you!”DEAD, YET ALIVE…He awakens to discover that the cold finality of the grave has been thwarted. With the help of the Louisiana mojo man, Job, he has been resurrected. But, the frail and fearful man named Joshua Wingade is forever gone. In his place is the stoic, steel-nerved Dead-Eye with his blind eye aglow and a gun hand as swift and deadly as greased lightning.Together, they vow to pursue the vampire and his minions, and deliveryoung Daniel from his bondage. However, they know that time is their worst enemy. If Holland and the others make it across the Mississippi River to the Western territories beyond, their vengeance may never come to fruition. For they are entering a new purgatory known as the Devil’s Playground… a vast wilderness rife with violence and terrors unleashed from the Hole Out of Nowhere.A place where death and evil are dealt freely, without atonement to anyone… including God himself!

    The calling of a supernatural agent may bring power, but also comes with many risks. In these pages, games of cards usher in cloven-footed strangers, runic inscriptions conjure up demons, a communal warning is uttered every Bonfire Night, and the pagan dead rise from ancient barrows.Hellebore is a collection of writings and essays devoted to folk horror and the themes that inspire it: folklore, myth, history, archaeology, psychogeography, and the occult.Featuring words by Christine Ferguson, Victoria Anne Pearson, Per Faxneld, Efram Sera-Shriar, John Reppion, Katherine Weikert, Verity Holloway, Matthew Melvin-Koushki, and Francis Young. Artwork by Courtney Brooke (Lightwitch), Ellen Rogers, and Nathaniel Winter-Hébert.

     With a tarot deck in hand, readers will learn how to identify and access ancestral gifts, messages, powers, protectors, and healers.Tarot expert Nancy Hendrickson guides readers through the basics of finding recent ancestors, and navigating the confusing maze of DNA and ethnic heritage. As a longtime tarot enthusiast, she shows readers how to incorporate a metaphysical tool into a world of tradition.Ancestral Tarot spreads are included in relevant chapters. Each chapter includes three journal prompts that lead readers into self-discovery around ancestral gifts, wounds, and patterns they may have inherited. The better we know our ancestors, the better we know ourselves.

    

    The Beginner's Guide to the Occult helps you explore some of these mysteries for yourself, with simple explanations of different occult practices and their fascinating history. This guide is designed for any beginner who seeks to learn more about the occult and answer big questions about human nature as well as natural phenomena like the sky, the stars, and the Earth.A modern approach—Begin with an overview of the key history and beliefs of occult philosophy and how it gave rise to contemporary sciences like chemistry and meteorology.Occult philosophy—Explore different branches of occultism, from numerology to witchcraft, and see how they’re all interconnected.Try it for yourself—Find a collection of spells and techniques—like horoscopes and healing rituals—that you can use to get your own occult practice brewing.Step into the supernatural with this beginner’s guide to the power of the occult.

    

    From the ancient stone circles of the Cornish moors to the wealthy manor houses of Hampshire, from the windswept headlands of Northumbria to the golden streets of Oxford, from the turbulent Scottish borderlands to the rugged Causeway Coast, this guide ventures into hundreds of locations with magical links, exploring the works of authors and creators inspired by their strange, numinous beauty; the lives of the occultists, witches, and cunning folk who inhabited them; and the legends that persist.Explore over 500 locations with magical links: The Scottish mansion where Aleister Crowley summoned the Lords of Hell; The Cotswolds town that worshipped Pan; The desolate moors that inspired Conan Doyle’s ghostly hound; The library where Elizabethan magus John Dee conjured a demon; The 'evil oratory' where Sir Gawain met the Green Knight; The gateway to Fairyland in Iona; The spectral Yorkshire town that inspired Dracula; The ancient forest where Gerald Gardner’s coven performed a ritual to prevent the German invasion... and many more.Includes film, TV, and literary locations of folk horror and occult classics.Contributors: Reggie Chamberlain-King (Northern Ireland), Elizabeth Dearnley (Scotland), Verity Holloway (South East, East Anglia, London), Maria J. Pérez Cuervo (South West, Wales, film, TV, and literary locations), John Reppion (North East, North West), and Katy Soar (East and West Midlands).

    Author Coby Michael explains how, despite their poisonous nature, baneful herbs can become powerful plant allies, offering potent medicine, magical wisdom, and access to the spirit realm. Detailing the spiritual, alchemical, astrological, and symbolic associations of each plant, the author explores their magical uses in spells and rituals. He focuses primarily on the nightshade family, or Solanaceae, such as mandrake, henbane, and thorn apple, but also explores plants from other families such as wolfsbane, hemlock, and hellebore. He also examines plants in the witch’s pharmacopoeia that are safer to work with and just as chemically active, such as wormwood, mugwort, and yarrow. The author shares rituals suited to the individual nature and powers of each plant and explains how to attract and work with plant spirit familiars. He offers plant alchemy methods for crafting spagyric tinctures and magical techniques to facilitate working with these plants as allies and teachers. He shares magical recipes featuring the plants, including a modern witches’ flying ointment. He also explores safely cultivating baneful herbs in a poison garden.

    In The Tarot Directory, learn to understand the history and process of tarot reading. A powerful mystical tool, the tarot's imagery is a symbolic universal language that you can quickly learn to understand, and which will unlock your own innate psychic potential. From learning how to use and care for your deck to getting to know each individual card and their meanings, everything you need to become an expert in tarot lies with in these pages. Learn to read the cards individually and together to create infinite combinations of meanings and predictions. Satisfy your curiosity of the future and learn that tarot is about understanding the decisions you or others make. Perfect for beginners, tarot is a great place to begin learning about divination. This gorgeous book is a full guide to get you started on your journey with tarot reading. Make sense of your life, and your friends' lives, by learning to understand what the future may hold. The Spiritual Directories series offers concise handbooks on a variety of spiritual and new age subjects. Written by experts in their fields in easy-to-understand language and beautifully presented in a visually driven format, the directories are essential guides for beginners. With practical and simple step-by-step instructions, you’ll discover how to interpret the secret languages of the universe to create a happy and positive future for yourself and others. Other titles in this series: Astrology Directory, Chakra Directory, Crystal Directory, Fortune Telling Directory, Spirit Animal Directory,

    A hero sent to stop him. A city caught in the crossfire of a war between heaven and hell.The nation's top cop, Special Agent Jon Benz, is obsessed with one thing, saving Los Angeles from the brutal rule of invincible gangster, Damien Rehnquist. A mysterious tip brings Jon close to victory but instead of getting his man, Jon is shot, drugged, and wears the face of his mortal enemy.Now Jon is chased across the city, hunted by his best friend and protégé, Agent Harriet Hardy, who will stop at nothing to see him in a cell or a coffin. Leaving a trail of blood and destruction in his wake, Jon learns that the cops and Rehnquist's private army are all pawns in a larger game. Cold-hearted angels and wicked demons are both on Jon's trail, intent on his destruction. Will Jon unravel the secret of his identity, or will this bloody night be his own personal Armageddon.Blindspot is the first book in the Millennium Tower Series--stories set in a near-future Los Angeles where cops and gangsters team with demons and angels in a struggle for the soul of the city.If you like gritty drama, mind-bending twists, and dark supernatural action, then you can't miss the first of Kent Shawn's page-turning series.

    They describe the theme of your life—the challenges and the gifts. In Archetypal Tarot, popular tarot practitioner and astrologer Mary Greer connects astrology and numerology to the tarot to create an in-depth personality profile that anyone can use for self-realization and personal harmony.Greer takes readers on a personal exploration of how the tarot can be used as a tool for learning more about themselves and others.The book includes:Detailed instructions, charts, and exercises on how to determine your soul and personality cardsHow to determine your year card and name cardThe opportunities and challenges you will faceJournaling and exploratory exercisesArchetypal Tarot is a valuable tool for anyone wishing to learn how to use the tarot to interpret their strengths, challenges, and innermost desires. All you need is a pen and your date of birth and you can learn to cast your own tarot chart. This book was previously published as Who Are You in the Tarot.  This new edition includes a foreword by Theresa Reed, author of Tarot: No Questions Asked, and a new preface by the author.

    This unique 83-card deck, with a distinctively feminine point of view, includes five bonus cards: extra female versions of the four Kings and the Emperor. Readers can customize the deck by choosing which cards to include in their readings. Tarot of Mystical Moments features gilded edged cards and a 96-page guidebook with upright and reversed meanings.

    And while finding guidance may be as simple as drawing one card randomly from the deck, over the years many other layouts have been devised—from three-card past/present/future readings to more complicated layouts that use almost the entire deck. Bestselling author and master reader Cassandra Eason will guide you through this rich variety of spreads so you can get a more precise answer to your question. Address a lingering anxiety by laying down a 10-card Celtic Cross. Buying a house? About to undergo surgery? Confused by a flighty love interest? Look to this book for 1,001 different ways to draw and place cards that will give you clues about the future, context for the present, and insight into the past.

    a cowboy discovers the secret behind a dark Montana woods that the locals only speak of in hushed tones... monstrous terror arises anew in war-torn France after centuries of quiet... a cellar door refuses to close despite its owner’s insistence… a Celtic goddess gives a man what he desires, but is the price worth the cost...Within these pages are thirteen tales of supernatural happenings, nail-biting suspense, and the unexplainable. Author Jon Ring peels back the layers covering the surface of the ordinary world and exposes haunting visions of what lies beneath, into a realm of mysterious revelations and horrible circumstances. Enter a place that is familiar, but not as safe as reality...

    Alone, she has knit lies around her, to ward off constant fear of the unknown. In an unforeseen circumstance, her world collides with her neighbor’s boyfriend, Derek. The air between them draws them closer with each passing day, but Alice knows that they can’t be together—not when she owes her heart to a man from her previous life. Meanwhile, a cult that calls themselves Grasp, re-summon a demon to prey on lonely innocents each night. Now they’re after Alice, leaving a trail of blood in their wake. Alice needs to find out why, but to do so she must uncover her past. Will the secrets of Alice’s past turn out to be a solution or a life-threatening problem with no escape?

    

    The real one.Won’t find it on no map, and you’ll be hard-pressed to find someone who’s travelled it. I’d dare say this book’s the only evidence you’ll ever come across mentioning the forgotten road or the cursed bar and motel on it. Goes by the name of Whiskey Pete’s. The shiver you just felt, that’s a warning, and so’s this book.Thirteen stories of pure horror, terror, blood-curdling violence and spectacularly bad decisions, all inspired by the poor folks who fell foul of Route Thirteen and Whiskey Pete’s.Let this book be your warning if you find yourself on the forsaken road with the warming lights of Whiskey Pete’s upon your windshield. Turn back, or it will be your Last Stop.Original stories by best selling horror authors:Holley CornettoL. T. EmeryPeter J. FooteJ.W. GarrettDavid GreenStephen HerczegAbigail LinhardtBeth W. PattersonLynne PhillipsAustin ShireyJoshua D TaylorV. A. VazquezPatrick Winters

    They are associated with a wide range of spiritual entities, from small elementals to divine beings. This book explores the consciousness of the elements, which provides a system of understanding that supports most of the magic of the West and paganism. The use of the elements in a wide range of systems and practices will be examined. Much has been written about the four elements already; this book offers new teachings for newcomers and long-time practitioners alike. Each of the four elements is explored in depth, including how they interact and change as they rise on the planes. Practical applications for working with the elements are also woven throughout the book. The book concludes with the union of the elements that is more than just becoming Spirit, but the completion of their Great Work.

    Geoffrey Celest.Bennet, Master Celest's apprentice, modelling himself on his master, has resigned himself to living an eccentric, celibate and aesthetic life. But when his master dies suddenly, the young man is thrown utterly on his own resources. Almost by accident, he takes on an untried and rather mischievous young woman, Christa Wren, as his servant. Reluctantly drawn into a world of murder, blackmail and feuding, the two of them are pulled closer; more intimate than master and servant should ever be.In a tale packed with folklore and Medieval tradition, Bennet and Christa, battle with the evil forces in the town which threaten to tear them apart guided only by the deceased astrologer's advice and warnings laid down secretly in a little black book.Will the pair be protected by the benign influence of the planets or will those who seek to destroy them prevail?Can Bennet and Christa ever truly be more than master and servant or will true love find a way to triumph? ★★★★★ It's all in the stars. ★★★★★

    But who created its mysterious art and meaning, and why? What were they seeking? Does it originate in ancient esoteric wisdom or is this a vain fancy of the occultists? How has the interpretation and meaning of the cards evolved?   In Iconic Tarot Decks, Sarah Bartlett (the international bestselling author) presents 50 of the most iconic tarot decks – telling the powerful stories of how each was devised and designed and showcasing their most exemplary cards. Each of the fifty-six decks in this book holds its own unique symbolism and mystical beginnings: from Visconti-Sforza, the fifteenth-century deck that reveals the fates of two Italian dynasties, to the Sola Busca Tarot, with its esoteric alchemical codex; from the pioneering Rider-Waite-Smith deck to the occult riddles of English Magic Tarot.   With an introduction to reading tarot and useful tips on deciphering the cards – this is the perfect book for collectors, cartomancers, designers, tattoo artists and anyone interested in the art and mystery of tarot.

    Some were Mystics, some were Scientists, some were Charlatans. Some were Powerful, some were Wretched. All were pretty bonkers. From Dr. Dee to Kenneth Anger, from Mother Shipton to Madam Blavatsky, from Isaac Newton to David Bowie - centuries of eccentric, bizarre lives. Kevin Jackson and Hunt Emerson have made over 100 pages of comics dealing with the Lives of the Great Occultists. Over 40 Occultists in all, including Faust, Giordano Bruno, Strindberg, Isobel Gowdie, Kircher, William Blake, PL Travers, WB Yeats, Jack Parsons, and - repeatedly - Aleister Crowley. The comics are factual, and very funny.

    In Kurukulla, we have a goddess of tribal origins, initially venerated as a protector by various nomadic clans who related her to fertility and material affairs, yet also considered her dangerous and fearsome. Progressively, the goddess was incorporated into the Buddhist pantheon, and during this process, Kurukulla acquired different roles and lost others. Many practices were developed related to issues such as protection against animals and certain diseases, obtaining influential positions in society, love affairs, and even getting rid of one’s enemies.Kurukulla: Goddess of Bewitchment offers a tantric perspective on a deity considered the goddess of eroticism, the mistress of enchantments and bewitchment, who uses desire as a weapon for transcendence. Practicing with Kurukulla allows us to reach our true nature by making our daily life, our fears and weaknesses, the very source of liberation.The goddess of the red body represents the pure manifestation of intrinsic wisdom, the primordial energy that nourishes all realms of existence, as well as life and death as complementary opposites.The rituals and devotionals presented in this book are intended to openly and freely establish a deep connection with the deity. They are shared in a simple and understandable way that will allow practitioners to integrate them into their life easily and completely.

    Many are oblivious to the strange events surrounding them, the people who vanish without a trace and the bizarre occurrences that happen in the small town...When Rebecca “Beck” Rollins arrives in Cedar Lake and befriends Jon Reynolds, she claims to be running from her past – a past that she desperately wishes to escape.But, in reality, Beck is running toward something. She is here to discover the events of Cedar Lake that took place many years ago.Will Beck ever find the truth about her own past... a past she can never run from?Because once you arrive in Cedar Lake… you may never be allowed to leave!

    Printed on 100 gsm natural paper.Contents:Preface to the series.Methodologies: Creating a compassMiracle: Towards a definitionBa'al Zebul: The Lord of the ManorBibliography for the seriesFrom the Preface:"The earliest depictions we have of Jesus portray him as a magician, using a wand or staff as an aid in his wondrous feats. For many modern Christians, however, such images would be considered heretical because the Church today assumes that Jesus performedmiracles and the power of magic is given by God's adversary: Satan. The concept of a 'miracle', however, is anachronistic because today it means something that happens outside of the natural order but this concept was foreign to people in the first century. For the gospel writers and their audiences these events may have been extra-ordinary, they may have also carried divine significance and symbolism, but they were not dependent on an outside, 'supernatural' intervention for their occurrence. These 'signs and wonders' were considered part of the inherent, albeit infrequent, operations of nature. Another apologetic is to set the category of magic against one of religion and attempt to make a distinction between the two. The term 'religion,' however, is also a modern invention and, again, there is no equivalent word or concept to be found in Greek, the language used by the writers of the New Testament (NT), nor in the Jewish conceptualization of the ancient and Classical periods. What we term 'religion' was a dynamic that was not isolated from the larger culture in ancient times. We cannot separate magic from religion simply by the modern construction and definition of words. The further we examine religions, the more we see that they are steeped with strains of sorcerous forces. The term 'sorcery' is closely related to magic and, in this series, it will be used to mean communicating with entities in the spirit world so as to be empowered by them in the material dimension. In this book, the first of a comprehensive series, we will explore the feats attributed to Jesus and his followers which demonstrate that magic and sorcery were integral to the dynamics of the early Church. The evidence for this is so solid that the debate has already been conceded by many conservative Christian apologists. Our focus here, therefore, is not so much *that* the early Church performed magic but, rather undertsanding *how* they achieved these wonders."

    She works tirelessly as the only local vet and takes good care of her elderly father who suffers from dementia. Everything is ship-shape, until a huge problem bounds back into her world. A problem in the form of her old high school sweetheart.Joey Copeland. He's the one who got away, when his parents whisked him off to maximise his boxing potential. The closest she's come to him in years is hearing his name mentioned on ESPN. But after a chance reconnection, he's camped out at her house and can't remember anything about who he is... or who he once was to her. And she's not convinced he's altogether human.Veronica and Joey take a trip down memory lane as she tries to remind him about his past, while she worries about his future. Joey's facing the fight of a lifetime. But will it be to bolster his ailing pro-boxing career, or to win Veronica's heart?This novella takes place in the world created in the Midlife in Mosswood Paranormal Women's Fiction series.

    All is not as it seems with the latest addition to the family, and blood and guts ensues.If you’re looking for a happily ever after Christmas story, you’ve opened the wrong book. Join Toni as she navigates her way around her new rescue cat and all the problems that arise with your pets when you don’t know where they come from. “A short Khristmas story with a difference.” – Kazza’s Book Blog

    

    

    First impression.Includes four tipped-in color plates.Available for purchase as a print copy at the Spiritual Instinct Press website

    Join Jack Chanek on an exploration of Hermetic Qabalah and learn how its concepts can be interwoven with the essential elements of Wicca.Featuring an abundance of journal prompts, exercises, and correspondences, Qabalah for Wiccans is the ideal resource for understanding Qabalah as a Pagan practitioner. You'll uncover Qabalistic connections to Wiccan theology, ascend the Tree of Life through meditation and ritual, and explore the Tree's ten Sephiroth using the four elements, tarot, and more. Revealing many similarities between the two practices, this remarkable book shows you how Qabalah works and why it matters to your Wiccan path.Includes a foreword by Deborah Lipp, author of Magical Power for Beginners

    

    For more than thirty years, this almanac has provided useful spells, rituals, and ideas that inspire all levels of practitioners to improve their connection to magical energies and elements.This year's edition features dozens of compelling articles, grouped by element, on staff making, magical reversals, the history and use of the pentacle, how to create a magical threshold, third eye opening, spirit houses, healing waters, frog magic, and more. You'll also be treated to a fantastic coloring section with coloring pages, color correspondences, and two spells to be used with the coloring pages.

    When a lonely boy's new best friend is struck by a careless driver, his fear and anguish breeches the veil between life and death. Strange and unnerving events unfold through a series of messages from a local school. And as a sorrow stricken father goes for a run following the untimely death of his son, he soon discovers that fate is guiding him toward something bigger than his own grief. These are just some of the haunting tales found in this thrilling collection of supernatural stories

    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.

    They are considered to be the masterpiece of occultist, magician and philosopher Aleister Crowley and the core texts for the religion of Thelema. Their influence on alternative western thought and philosophy cannot be exaggerated.Also known as Book Four, or Liber ABA, the four parts bring together many rituals, received texts, theorems and unequalled insights into the practice of magick, culminating in The Book of the Law, the central, sacred text dictated to Crowley by a preternatural entity. Anyone interested in yoga, ceremonial magic, esoteric thought, invocation, divination and beyond, or those looking to delve into the fascinating, playful and illuminating writings of a unique man, will find inspiration.For the first time, one of the world's leading experts on Western esoteric traditions and magic, Dr. Stephen Skinner, introduces the text, sharing his insights into Crowley's take on yoga, ceremonial magick and Thelema. His long involvement with magick, both as an academic and as a practitioner, enabled Dr. Skinner to highlight the differences between the psychological and the spirit-orientated approaches to magick, and to show how that dilemma shaped Crowley's practice and his founding of Thelema, enlightening the reader to many previously unknown connections.

    Drawing on decades of experience, Paul Fenton-Smith presents a deep dive into the symbols and meanings of all 78 cards. Explore new ways to combine traditional interpretations with your intuitive impressions. Learn how to answer questions with confidence and accuracy. This must-have book also provides charts and correspondences as well as guidance on matters of career, health, relationships, and more.

    

    He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed when, back in human form, he is seen to carry a wound identical to that recently dealt to a marauding wolf. In Arcadia a man named Damarchus accidentally tastes the flesh of a human sacrifice and is transformed into a wolf for nine years. At Temesa Polites is stoned to death for raping a local girl, only to return to terrorize the people of the city in the form of a demon in a wolfskin.Tales of the werewolf are by now well established as a rich sub-strand of the popular horror genre; less widely known is just how far back in time their provenance lies. These are just some of the werewolf tales that survive from the Graeco-Roman world, and this is the first book in any language to be devoted to their study. It shows how in antiquity werewolves thrived in a story-world shared by witches, ghosts, demons, and soul-flyers, and argues for the primary role of story-telling-as opposed to rites of passage--in the ancient world's general conceptualization of the werewolf. It also seeks to demonstrate how the comparison of equally intriguing medieval tales can be used to fill in gaps in our knowledge of werewolf stories in the ancient world, thereby shedding new light on the origins of the modern phenomenon. All ancient texts bearing upon the subject have been integrated into the discussion in new English translations, so that the book provides not only an accessible overview for a broad readership of all levels of familiarity with ancient languages, but also a comprehensive sourcebook for the ancient werewolf for the purposes of research and study.