Books

The School of Life Design Monthly Magickal Record is a 158-page monthly planner and interactive book of spells.

Your thoughts create your reality, and your words are the spells that bring thought to life. With systematic clarity, the Monthly Magickal Record unveils the exact process of how your words become flesh.

There are 31 pages of the Daily Ritual, where you can chronicle your divination readings, pre-pave your experiences and manifest your desires. Between each Daily Ritual is a different spell for stepping into your power as god in human form.

Also included are six weeks of calendar pages for participating in time-based consensus reality. Designed for modern witches, conscious creators, and mindful magicians alike, this journal empowers users to make magick a daily practice.

The bestselling tarot classic in a new edition with a new preface by the author.

“Whenever I have a question about tarot, I reach for 78 Degrees of Wisdom. It is the most in-depth exploration of tarot and my most trusted resource. If you want to learn tarot, you’ll want 78 Degrees on your bookshelf too. It’s the gold standard in tarot.” —Theresa Reed, author of Tarot No Questions Asked

"What is your favorite tarot book? The answer is always 78 Degrees of Wisdom."—Melissa Cynova, author of Kitchen Table Tarot

“Essential reading for the beginner and a classic that tarot masters will return to time and time again, this is the book to have in your library.”—Benebell Wen, author of Holistic Tarot

When it was first published nearly 40-years-ago, Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom was an instant classic and inspired generations of tarot students. Often referred to as the "bible of tarot books" it has now helped to launch the "tarot renaissance" we're seeing today. Drawing on mythology and esoteric traditions and delving deeply into the symbolism and ideas of each card, the book offers a modern psychological interpretation of the tarot archetypes rather than a system of esoteric symbolism.

Harness the beneficial, healing magic of crystals with this exquisite guide.
 
Whether you carry crystals around with you, sleep with one next to your pillow, or follow ancient chakra practice and place stones directly on your body, make the most of their benevolent presence with this stunning guide. It features a crystal directory with each stone’s properties alongside superbly photographed examples so you can understand its secrets, realize its amazing powers, and enrich your life. See how to choose your personal stone, channel the natural energy of gems, and use them to balance chakras and as an aid to meditation.

The Self-Care Year reveals how to re-connect with your body and mind and engage with your surroundings, how to slow down, live in tune with the seasons, and pay attention to the present moment.

Each season is different and special, bountiful and beautiful in its own unique way. The book is divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter and covers how you can harness the changing seasons and take inspiration from the natural world, with bite-sized self-care practices, projects and mind and body exercises for each chapter.

Offering tips and rituals for better sleep, yoga positions, breathing and meditation exercises, as well as simple craft projects and seasonal affirmations, this book is for those who are seeking a slower pace and want to carve out quiet, mindful moments in their lives. Whether you're a lover of the first buds of spring, a summer sun worshipper, a fan of the fall leaves as the year turns or a winter wonderland devotee, there is something for everyone.

Herbal Wisdom and Healing Lore for Those Who Menstruate 

Sacred and Mysterious includes dietary, herbal and lifestyle information to help support and care for the body throughout each phase of menstruation. It includes information on nourishing and strengthening the body as well as advice for treating symptoms of menstruation and pre-menstruation.

An accessible in-depth guide to Celtic water lore, including spells, rituals, water spirits, and merfolk

Let Annwyn Avalon, a practicing water witch herself, take you into the world of water magic. The water magic and lore in this book focuses on the Celtic tradition, but draws on other water magic traditions as well, and features rainwater, as well as lakes, rivers, oceans, canals, swamps, and other watery locations, together with the folk and magical customs that have been and are still practiced at these places. The book teaches the reader how to set up a water altar at home, how to connect with water spirits, and how to gather or create water witch tools. Readers are encouraged to visit local water sites but will also find an abundance of material to perform at home. Included are practical examples, visualizations, and exercises so any reader can start to take up spell work and establish their spiritual connection to water.

A guide to the plant spirit ritual and witchcraft, with practical instruction on the use of 60 botanicals associated with the beloved goddess Hekate.

Bringing pharmakeia (the practice of plant spirit witchcraft) into contemporary times, Entering Hekate’s Garden merges historical knowledge with modern techniques. In it, author Cyndi Brennan offers her extensive insight into Hekatean ritual and witchcraft and its application to the use of over 60 botanicals, some from Hekate's ancient garden but most using North American botanicals, including American mandrake, bay laurel, birch, dandelion, hawthorn, juniper, pomegranate, and skullcap.

This book blends traditional methods with the author's personal approach, emphasizing her understanding of plant spirits as allies in the witch’s journey. It includes a new taxonomy for interpreting plant energies, methods for creating new correspondences, the importance of layering, using botanicals in spells, rituals, altars, and more, as well as ways to develop meaningful relationships with the pharmakoi (master plant spirits). Poetry, petitions, and musings about pharmakeia are woven throughout.

Entering Hekate’s Garden takes readers deep into the mystical world of botanical witchery in a way no other book has before.

Everyday Tarot has been designed for people who are ready to say YES to their intuition and who are inspired to create their future, using Tarot as their guide.

If you’re new to Tarot, I’ve got you covered with a crash course on how to read the cards so you can quickly and easily dive into the Everyday Tarot activities without having to be a master of Tarot.

And if you’re a seasoned Tarot reader, you’ll love the opportunity to venture deep into your soul and explore the Tarot cards in a new way that aligns your purpose with your everyday life.

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LETTING YOUR SHADOW IN a mindfulness deck for exploring big emotions

PEOPLE I'VE LOVED X Diving Deep Coaching, a collaboration with Susanne L'Heureux of Diving Deep Coaching on a deck designed to support you in feeling more authentic and whole. Letting the shadow in is about listening.

Instead of trying to overcome the parts of ourselves we deem unlovable, we welcome them so that we can transform.

Letting Your Shadow In contains 18 shadow prompts, 18 mindfulness exercises, 9 insights, and 9 affirmations to help you explore your own shadow and begin to see how it influences your life and relationships.

Blackthorn’s Botanical Brews has something for everyone. This book outlines the magical uses for many well-loved, traditional beverage ingredients found throughout time. Readers learn what potions are, what purpose they serve, and how to create their own brews, bitters, vermouth, and kombucha, as well as how to blend the perfect tea for their magical desires.

Included:

•Getting to Know Your Spirits

•Adding Magic to Your Daily Activities

•In the Kitchen

•In the Bar

•Fruit Feeling Frisky (Making Sodas and Syrups)

•Herbal Beers, Mead, and Cider

•What to Do with Leftover Potions?

Modern Day Magic is the only step-by-step guide that shows how to weave magical practice into your daily life.

The book offers practical exercises, meditations, rituals, and journal prompts designed especially for men and women with busy schedules.

With eight simple magic rules, Modern Day Magic is also a primer to help readers understand fundamental magic rules and practices to help them unlock their magical power and use it to reclaim and change their lives for the better.

A practical, hands-on guide to Mexican-American folk magic.

American Brujeria by J. Allen Cross is about the fascinating blend of American and Mexican folk magic currently practiced by those living in the US but whose roots are steeped in Mexican culture. The author, who has named this tradition “American brujeria,” explores this magical system, while also offering practical advice on using it. American brujeria is a living, vital tradition that -- while it shares things in common with other folk magic traditions, such as American Conjure—also features its own unique traditions, as well as familiar ones, such as the veneration of saints, both canonized, such as Guadalupe, and folk saints like Santa Muerte.

American Brujeria includes stories from Mexico (folk saints, the story of Guadalupe), the influence of Catholicism, the art of limpias (spiritual cleansings), spell casting, oil crafting, praying the rosary (in English and Spanish), making an altar to Guadalupe, using novena candle magic, crafting protective charms from saints’ medals, and more.

Discover inner strength and wisdom by bringing the power of the equine spirit to life with spells, meditations, and creative visualization.

Along with the bear, horses are a primary creature associated with shamanism and traditions influenced by it. They appear in 25,000-year-old cave paintings, such as those at Lascaux. They find a role in the modern African diaspora traditions such as Haitian Vodou, whose devotees are called “horses” for the spirits who ride them during trances.

The spirit of the horse exists in the subconscious minds of humans and takes shape in various forms, whether as a symbol of fertility in the land, as in Celtic mythology, or as a psychopomp, which leads the dead to the next world. The horse has made its way into the current of our collective unconscious as a universal archetype.

Horse Magick contains spells, rituals, chants, and meditations for many purposes, loosely based around equine imagery. Numerous traditions are represented, as are many deities, including Athena, Epona, and Baba Yaga. No contact with actual horses is required.

Through the use of spells and rituals, readers are able to magickally ride to their chosen destinies and fulfill their desires. Workings involve crystals, candles, and Tarot cards, items easily accessible for most readers.

Tarot is best used as a tool for self-discovery, healing, growth, empowerment, and liberation. Tarot archetypes provide the reader with a window into present circumstances and future potential. But what if that window only opened up on a world that was white, European, and heterosexual? The interpretations of the tarot that have been passed down through tradition presuppose a commonality and normalcy among humanity. At the root of card meanings are archetypes that we accept without questioning. But at what point do archetypes become stereotypes?

Humanity is diverse--culturally, spiritually, sexually. Tarot has the power to serve a greater population, with the right keys to unlock the tarot's deeper meanings. In Queering the Tarot, Cassandra Snow deconstructs the meanings of the 78 cards explaining the ways in which each card might be interpreted against the norm. Queering the Tarot explores themes of sexuality, coming out, gender and gender-queering, sources of oppression and empowerment, and many other topics especially familiar to not-straight folks. Cassandra's identity-based approach speaks directly to those whose identity is either up in the air or consuming the forefront of their consciousness. It also speaks to those struggling with mental illness or the effects of trauma, all seekers looking for personal affirmation that who they are is okay.

An important and profoundly edifying book. . . . Perhaps the most important tarot text that will define this decade.” — Benebell Wen, author of Holistic Tarot Tarot for the Hard Work is a provocative exploration of the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana that re envisions these archetypes as beacons that illuminate the various ways racism takes root both in ourselves and in the world. Author Maria Minnis, with compassion and wisdom, shows us how these insights can be turned into self-awareness, self-love, and positive social action.

Tarot for the Hard Workis a tool for passionately demolishing structural oppression. It is a map that we can take with us on a voyage as we discover our personal, subliminal views on race and how we’re impacted. Each card of the Major Arcana serves as a waypoint that challenges us to rethink our views on racial equity.” —Rashunda Tramble, from the foreword

Japanese American herbalist and acupuncturist Erin Masako Wilkins shares accessible and comprehensive herbal wellness practices, remedies, and recipes, rooted in Asian tradition for optimal health.

Erin Masako Wilkins is a California-based herbalist, acupuncturist, and the founder of Herb Folk, an online shop with an array of Asian American herbs, teas, and wellness products. In Asian American Herbalism, Wilkins shares a beautifully illustrated and photographed collection of herbal recipes, remedies, and wellness practices. Rooted in East Asian history and culture, these offerings will help the reader to prevent illness and restore health and vitality.

This comprehensive wellness guide addresses the root causes of illnesses and offers 100 easy and accessible herbal recipes to heal, uplift, and improve the quality of daily life. A central theme of this book is that food is our greatest medicine, and there is an emphasis on incorporating herbs into daily meals and drinks to address common ailments, such as allergies, anxiety and depression, digestion and gut health, menstrual disorders, and sleep difficulties. For example:

• Loquat cough syrup for a lingering cough
• Nettle soup and magnolia bud tea for seasonal allergies
• Okayu (Japanese rice porridge) for recovering from illness
• Reishi mushroom decoction for insomnia and night sweats
• Medicinal herb stock to increase energy and vitality
• Fresh mulberry sweet tea or an infusion of marshmallow leaf and rose to ease digestive woes
• Illustrated instructions offer guidance on how to practice gua sha for better health with a culturally mindful framework

In addition, Wilkins visually walks readers through the process of preparing homemade herbal remedies with ingredients that can be found at local markets.

The first contemporary book exploring the intersection of American folk herbalism and traditional Chinese medicine by an AAPI author, Asian American Herbalism is filled with practical remedies easy enough for even the busiest reader to implement and beautiful enough to display on a shelf or coffee table. An exploration of what it means to practice traditional Asian medicine in the context of modern-day life, it is the perfect health and wellness reference guide for our time.