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	Hearth Witch	The Hearth Witch sees the sacred within the physical, the magical in the mundane, and incorporate spiritual practice into her everyday life. She draws her strength from the sacred flame that burns in her hearth, from the earth that sustains her. A Hearth Witch is drawn to the traditional ways, and inherits the mantle of the village wise woman or cunning man. Read more...	Buy UK, Ireland, Western Europe £11.95 plus. postage Buy Elsewhere £13.95 incl. postage
	Familiars	Shamans and traditional witches all over the world work with animal spirits. Through this connection, the shaman can call upon the strength of the bear, the swiftness of the horse, or the far sight of the eagle and so on. Witches call these spirit animals familiars. Familiars explores the difference between types of animal helpers, how to gain a familiar, an animal ally, how to find your power song and much more, with a detailed look at 50 animals and their powers. Read more...	Buy UK, Ireland, Western Europe £15.95 plus. postage Buy Elsewhere £18.95 incl. postage
	Midsummer	The celebration of Midsummer is a pan-global custom. Every culture has, at some point in its history, marked the time and held it to be enchanted. The award winning Midsummer explores ancient and modern celebrations of the summer solstice, their history and lore, picking out the themes of the festival, and its associated magic and mystery. Part two of the book looks at how to celebrate Midsummer, with festival food, magic, rituals and so on.. Read more...	Buy Amazon UK
	Celtic Animal Oracle	This Celtic Animal Oracle is based on the teachings of British shamanic practice. But you don't have to be a shaman or a witch to use these cards. By listening to the lessons of the twenty-five animals in these cards, you can discover new ways of looking at your problems, new ways of approaching them, and what their deep-rooted causes might be. Read more...	Buy Amazon UK
	Oracle of the Goddess	The Goddess has been known to every race and in every corner of the world. She has had many names and many faces. She is chaste virgin and passionate lover, fruitful mother and barren crone, creator of life and bringer of death. The Goddess Oracle is a 25 card deck illustrating Goddesses from all around the world. The accompanying book details the mythology of the Goddesses and their lessons. The cards are designed to be used with divination, meditation and pathworking. Read more...	Buy Amazon UK
	Romantic Guide to Handfasting	A handfasting is a Pagan wedding, the marriage rite used today by many Pagans, Druids, and Wiccans. A Romantic Guide to Handfasting looks at the history and customs of the ritual, and how you can create your own ceremonies today. Full of practical advice, it helps you tailor the ceremony to fit your needs. Read more...	Buy Amazon UK
	Sacred Circle Tarot	The Sacred Circle Tarot is a seventy-eight card deck drawing on the Pagan heritage of Britain and Ireland, a truly Pagan deck that speaks to, and is of use to, modern Pagans. The imagery of each card is designed to work on a number of levels and to be used not only for divination but to facilitate personal and spiritual development and as an aid to meditation. The cards depict landscapes and sacred sites in Britain and Ireland, centres of energy and worship for thousands of years, emphasising our connection to the land and its cycles and the visible and spiritual legacy of our ancestors. Read more...	Buy UK, Ireland, Western Europe £25.99 plus. postage Buy Elsewhere £35.99 incl. postage
	Fairy Lore	Read more	Buy UK, Ireland, Western Europe £10.95 plus. postage Buy Elsewhere £13.95 incl. postage
	Herb Craft	There are many 'magical herbals' on the market today, but no others that deal with the Native British shaman's herb lore. Every plant is a living teacher and must be approached as an individual. This book is intended to give you a glimpse into the power of plants. 500 pages covering over 200 herbs. Read more...	Buy UK, Ireland and Western Europe £19.99 plus. postage Buy Elsewhere £22.95 incl. postage
	Magical Incenses and Oils	Rising smoke has always been associated with prayer rising to the Gods, whether from the domestic hearth, the Pagan altar, the Druid’s needfire or the Catholic church’s incense burner. In this book I show you how to make magical incenses and oils, how to choose suitable ingredients and how to use those incenses and oils. Read more...	Buy UK, Ireland and Western Europe £10.95 plus. postage Buy Elsewhere £13.99 incl. postage

	Lammas	Pagans celebrate Lughnasa as one of the eight festivals in the witches' Wheel of the Year, but many know little about it beyond the fact that it marks the beginning of harvest. If we dig deep we can find its traces. read more	Out of print. This book is about to be re-issued by Lear Books as Lughnasa in its intended original form. Llewellyn insisted we removed the chapter that examined the complex underlying themes of Lughnasa as it was "too difficult for the reader" and add lots of spells instead! Watch for details.
	Pagan Feasts	The dedication of the cakes and wine is one of the central points of any Craft ritual. It is the partaking of the sacrificed God of the corn and the body of the Goddess as Mother Earth, from whom all life stems. PAGAN FEASTS contains instructions for making beer, wine, preserves, drinks, teas, incense as well as festival food and rituals for the Eight Sabbats, Esbats and Handfastings, with hundreds of recipes and explanations on the nature of the festivals, and food and herbs associated with them. read more	Buy UK, Ireland and Western Europe £14.95 plus. postage Buy Elsewhere £17.95 incl. postage
	Path of the Shaman	The Path of the Shaman is book two in Anna Franklin’s Eight Paths of Magic series, exploring the role of the British shaman, the mediator between the world of humankind and the world of spirits. This book explores, from the perspective of native British shamanism, the shamanic cosmos, the web of power, the shamanic crisis and becoming a shaman, healing and soul work, as well as working with the spirits of the land, animal and plant allies. read more	Buy UK, Ireland and Western Europe £12.95 incl. postage Buy Elsewhere £15.95 incl. postage
	Personal Power	What is Personal Power? Perhaps it is easier to say what happens when you have lost your Personal Power. You feel as though control of your life lies in other hands- the authorities, doctors, your parents, your spouse, your friends, your enemies, fate. You feel weak and unable to control what happens to you. You might feel worn out, tired and ill. In shamanic societies it is said that when this happens it is because a person has lost their soul, their totem, life force or their Personal Power. Personal Power is cohesion of mind, body and spirit, whole and centred, balanced and harmonious. Once it is attained you feel in control, whole and centred. read more	Buy UK, Ireland and Western Europe £14.95 plus postage Buy Elsewhere £17.95 incl. postage
	Real Wicca for Teens	Many teenagers are getting involved or seeking information about the Craft, often from dubious sources. This book aims to give real information about Wicca, including methods of working real Wicca, to teenagers. It also aims to answer their parents' and friends' questions about the Craft. Read more...	Buy UK, Ireland and Western Europe £10.95 plus postage Buy Elsewhere £13.95 incl.postage
	The Fairy Ring Oracle	Listen to the wisdom of the Little People as they speak through the cards of The Fairy Ring. This new oracle will enchant with its evocative artwork as it enlightens with insightful readings. The full-sized guidebook includes fairy lore, upright and reversed card interpretations, and nine unique card layouts Read more...	Buy UK, Ireland and Western Europe £29.99 plus. postage Buy Elsewhere £32.99 incl. postage
	Spellcaster	Spellcaster addresses the theoretical and practical background of magic-exploring how magical energies operate and manifest. The seven essays represent different approaches and traditions-including Wicca, Hermetic Magick, Northern traditions, and freeform Natural Magick. The wisdom collected here is meant to inspire and empower beginners and less experienced magic users, so they may go on to safely and confidently customize their own magical practice. Read more...	Buy Amazon.co.uk Buy Amazon.com
	Watercolour Fairies	A Step-by-step Guide to Painting Fairies: A Step-by-step Guide to Creating the Fairy World Read more...	Buy Amazon UK Buy Amazon US
	The Wellspring	Seasonal inspirations for the Eight Festivals with rituals, pathworkings, recipes and more. Read more...	Buy UK, Ireland and Western Europe £9.95 plus postage Buy Elsewhere £12.95 incl. postage
	Working with Fairies	Amazingly similar stories of fairies, under a variety of names, exist around the world. In these legends of fairies, we can trace pre-Christian concepts of nature spirits, along with the principles of dealing with them. In the practices and taboos surrounding fairies, there are many parallels with shamanic cultures. It is in these beliefs and tradition that we find the real roots of modern witchcraft. Read more...	Buy Amazon UK Buy Amazon US
	The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fairies	The ultimate fairy encyclopaedia with over 3000 entries, plus full references and bibliography. Read more...	Buy UK, Ireland and Western Europe £14.99 plus postage Buy Elsewhere £17.99 incl. postage

Ongoing Projects...

	The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Goddesses	A-Z in-depth guide to the Goddesses of the world without the fluff. Read more...
	Witch Goddesses	Goddesses of witchcraft and magic. With Wade MacMorrighan
	The Hearth Witch's Herbal	A cunning woman's guide to using herbs with an A-Z guide, plus growing tips and recipes for healing, magic and kitchen witchery.
	The Hearth Witch's Formulary	From herb simples to natural cosmetics, household products and potions, an invaluable reference work for the cunning woman or hearth witch.
	The Complete Pagan Herbal	A-Z herbal with detailed information on the folklore, medicinal and ritual uses of herbs, together with information on their botany, chemistry and growing.
	The Path of Ritual	The path of the priest and priestess within the Craft, the purpose of ritual, initiation and magic. Coming August 2008
	The Path of the Bard	The bard is the keeper of history and lore, a storyteller, but also much more than this. He or she works with vibration, rhythm, chants, rhyme, storytelling, sacred scripts and magical languages, riddles, memory, ancestral knowledge and spell craft in order to vibrate the web of being.
	The Path of the Sacred Dancer	It is said that dance was the original form of worship, and it is an essential part of sacred ceremony. Dance is to movement what poetry is to language. Pagan temples often employed dancers, and in some places the dance went on without cease for centuries, with one dancer taking the place of another, expressing the passing of the seasons and the cycles of life, representing the Goddess who created them. Sadly, the early Christian church frowned on dance and we lost this aspect of worship in the western world. The sacred dancer works with movement and energy, the dance of the year- the zodiac, the sun, moon, stars, vibrating the web, avatars, summoning through dance and healing through dance.
	The Path of the Warrior	The warrior referred to is a psychic warrior, and his or her tools are mind, body and spirit. These must be trained to work in harmony. She or he explores chivalry and knightly values, the psychic warrior, western martial arts, the weapons of the warrior, encountering the guardian of the threshold, questing
	The Path of the Hunter	This is nothing to do with killing animals, the object of the hunt is the soul of the witch. The hunter develops those qualities that will further his/her spiritual growth in a programme of exercise and meditations based on hunting magic- silence, concentration, stillness, woodcraft, finding the questing beast or white hart, hunting the Self.
	Wicce	Traditional Pagan witchcraft. Wicce defines a specific set of British magical practices stemming from the folk culture of people who worked close to nature, people who were farmers, peasants, blacksmiths and shamans. The roots of Pagan witchcraft are not found via Gerald Gardner, but in the cunning men, wise women and working class societies like the Horsemen and Bonemen. If we try to look for evidence of Pagan survival in the last thousand years, we can find only fragmentary evidence of a belief in classical deities. However, we can see a consistent concern with in the multiplicity of spirits associated with place, with vegetation, and so on, and practices designed to encourage or placate them. This was unlike the intellectual approach of ritual magicians, whose work was based on the predominant religion, Judeo-Christianity, and who sought their mysticism in the Cabala, tales of the watchers and so on, rather than in the much despised working-class beliefs of Britain. The concepts and rituals of grass-roots Pagan practice has rarely been part of the state religion, whether Christian or Classical Pagan. People who work closely with Nature have an instinctive knowledge that there is a consciousness within it, that there are spirits of vegetation that can be influenced, powers of blight and bane that can be appeased, and powers of fertility and growth that can be appealed to. Very little is known of the magical practices and rituals of ordinary people in the ancient world, though we have examples of festivals centred around the natural cycles of the year, and spells for fertility, curses and so on. These are remarkably similar to ones found as far apart as modern Africa, Victorian England, and Ancient Asia. In Britain, witches were said to consort with fairies, spirits that the church condemned as demonic. Many, such as Isabel Gowdie, freely admitted this, and claimed that their powers were obtained from commerce with the fairies in their mounds. Such tales are found throughout Britain in the pages of the witch trial reports, and suggest that a belief in fairies was prevalent among the general population. These spirits had different names and characteristics in different parts of the country, suggesting that they were spiritual emanations of the local landscape. Unlike Druids, who were the priests and magistrates, witches have always existed outside the establishment, separate, and not even as acceptable as the tribal shaman. They have always been considered dangerous and unacceptable.
	The Path of the Witch	The The witch is concerned with revealing the sacred concealed within the manifest, using the Eight Paths of magic, the circle, natural cycles and Wheel of the Year. It is the goal of every witch to combine all of the previous paths into a greater one. Central to this is a relationship with the land, in a real, not symbolic manner, to observe and celebrate the wheel of the seasons, and become part of their ebb and flow. The spirits of the land are sought for their teachings and honoured for their work. The gods and goddesses are honoured as the powerful beings that they are. We first recognise what happens on the earth plane, and celebrate the coming of spring, the return of greenery and light, the warmth of summer, the harvest and so on. On a simple level these celebrations help to connect us to the Earth and recognise natural cycles. At the next level we recognise that the natural cycles are reflected in the psyche- times of growth, times of promise, times of waiting, times of decay. These ideas are incorporated into seasonal rituals of inner and outer courts- the seed of promise, the sacrifice of the harvest and so on. At the third level the inner court uses the rituals of the year to align with the ebb and flow of natural and magical energy, to become aware of being at one with the tides, being part of effecting their change. The cycles become vehicles of transformation on a fundamental level, each complete turning of the wheel moving the initiate along the spiral path towards the centre, journeying each year with the Sacred King from birth, purification, youth, marriage, consummation, harvest, death and into the underworld. The ritual circle is our map and our compass. It contains the stations of the year. It connects us to all possible realms, the Otherworld cities of the four elements, and the centre where the end and the beginning are one. The outward expression of transformation is presented as the achievement of a quest and marked by the degrees of initiation.
	Liber Umbrarum	Pagan rituals for every occasion.